They just finished the vote on withdrawing troops within the 120 days. It failed 47-47.
I know people are pissed (count me as one of them) but we have to remember that there are still some Democrats who truly want this mess to end.
Also, we have to keep on them, because as dissapointed as we are in them (as a whole) right now, without us constantly pressuring them to recognize reality things would be much, much worse.
There are more Iraq/Iran/GWOT amendments on the table, so there is a chance withdrawal may be brought up again (albeit slight).
This is on C-SPAN 2, BTW. (H/T: gchaucer2)
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Right now: Biden has an amendment (S.AMDT.2996) focusing on the political side of Iraq; Sen. Brownback is co-sponsoring this.
UPDATE: here are the results.
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs ---47
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
NAYs ---47
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dole (R-NC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Not Voting - 6
Bennett (R-UT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Domenici (R-NM)
Durbin (D-IL)
Lott (R-MS)
Sanders (I-VT)
Notable GOP YEA votes: Smith (R-OR) and Snowe (R-ME)
Notable Dem NEA votes: Dodd (D-CT), Nelson (D-NE) and Pryor (D-AR)
*Dodd did explain his vote, as bubmlebums mentioned below.