Senate votes to suspend embattled Senators without pay
Posted Nov 5, 2013 4:19 pm.
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The Senate has voted to suspend Senators Pamela Wallin, Patrick Brazeau and Mike Duffy without pay.
The suspension, which permits all three to retain health, dental and life insurance benefits, is to last for the duration of the parliamentary session, which could continue for the next two years.
Senators voted 50-29 to suspend Brazeau, with 13 abstentions, and 52-28 to suspend Duffy, with 11 abstentions.
For Wallin, the vote was 52-27, with 12 abstentions.
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