Senate Votes Down Joint Investigation of Coconut Road Earmark

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As expected, Democrats, with few exceptions, just united to defeat Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) solution of creating a bicameral panel to investigate Rep. Don Young’s (R-AK) Coconut Road earmark.

The final vote was 49 for and 43 against. That’s far short of the 60 votes needed to pass.

Update: Here’s the roll call for that vote.

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