Eight Senate progressives RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-Conn.), CORY BOOKER (D-N.J.), TOM CARPER (D-Del.), KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-N.Y.), ED MARKEY (D-Mass.), CHRIS MURPHY (D-Conn.), BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) and SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-R.I.) refused to support the amendment. @politico