Did your Senator vote to pass the nuclear bill? Find out here

Yesterday, Feb. 2, 2011, the Minnesota Senate voted 50-14 to approve Senate File 4, a bill that lifts the ban on the construction of new nuclear plants in Minnesota.

Senate DFLers offered five amendments — including provisions on ratepayer protections, waste storage issues, and reprocessing restrictions — all of which failed.

Here’s the breakdown of the votes:
(Don’t know your Senator? Find out here)

Republicans in red, Democrats in blue

Those who voted to pass the bill:

Bakk	Gazelka	Koch	Nelson	Saxhaug
Benson	Gerlach	Kruse	Newman	Scheid
Bonoff	Gimse	Langseth	Nienow	Senjem
Brown	Hall	Latz	Olson	Sheran
Carlson	Hann	Lillie	Ortman	Skoe
Chamberlain	Harrington	Limmer	Parry	Sparks
Dahms	Hoffman	Magnus	Pederson	Stumpf
Daley	Howe	Metzen	Rest	Thompson
DeKruif	Ingebrigtsen	Michel	Robling	Vandeveer
Fischbach	Jungbauer	Miller	Rosen	Wolf

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Those who voted against the bill:

Anderson	Dibble	Kubly	Pappas	Torres Ray
Berglin	Higgins	Lourey	Pogemiller	Wiger
Cohen	Kelash	Marty	Reinert

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Three senators were absent from the vote: Tomassoni, Sieben and Goodwin.

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See the minutes from yesterday’s session. Discussion on the nuclear bill starts on page 27.

Watch video from the Feb. 2, 2011 Senate Floor Hearing.