(Brian Snyder/Reuters)

(Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Well, the vote won't be unanimous in the Senate.

From his web site:

Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after he voted against a Senate deficit- reduction proposal: "The Republicans have been absolutely determined to make certain that the rich and large corporations not contribute one penny for deficit reduction, and that all of the sacrifice comes from the middle class and working families in terms of cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, LIHEAP, community health centers, education, Head Start, nutrition, MILC, affordable housing and many other vitally important programs. "I cannot support legislation like the Reid proposal which balances the budget on the backs of struggling Americans while not requiring one penny of sacrifice from the wealthiest people in our country. That is not only grotesquely immoral, it is bad economic policy."

Update: The statement is from today, July 31, but many posters note this isn't clearly specific for the latest iteration of a changing landscape; the statement hasn't been updated as of this evening. We'll post when we get more.

Update 8/1/11: This is Sen. Sanders' statement opposing the final version: