According to TPM & Porkbusters...
Dean
...only these five Senators have refused to unequivocally deny holding up transparency and accountability reform:
Byrd, Robert C.- (D - WV) Gregg, Judd- (R - NH) Hatch, Orrin G.- (R - UT) Stevens, Ted- (R - AK) Bennett, Robert F.- (R - UT) - a staffer denied, but not unequivocally
All 95 other Senators have unequivocally denied the hold.
I think the smart money at this point is indeed on either Robert Byrd or Ted Stevens. Even Crapo has now gone public with an official "no."
Last night I thought this might all be much ado about nothing, but I now think I was wrong. With proper delaying, this thing could effectively be buried despite its wide bipartisan support. Hopefully you folks in West Virginia, New Hampshire, Utah, and Arkansas will contact your Senators. You can find their contact information easily right here.
(Oh and by the way, four Republicans and one Democrat? Republicans like to talk big on ending wasteful spending, but apparently they're all talk eh?)
Update: It's starting to look more and more like Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. That would be no surprise at all.
We're down to:
Byrd, Robert C.- (D - WV)
Hatch, Orrin G.- (R - UT)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Bennett, Robert F.- (R - UT)
...and Bennett's given an equivocal denial.
And another Senator has openly accused Stevens.
So my apologies to Senator Byrd for assuming the worst of him.
Methinks he feels quite invulnerable. (And by the way, he is known to wear an Incredible Hulk necktie in some Senate debates. I don't know if Vic Stein knew that or not but it's true.)
AR - Arkansas
Dont' feel bad, you'ld be surprised how many people get this wrong.
Yup. He's all but worshipped up there, despite being a major league Adam Clymer to pretty much everybody.