Both votes were determined by senators who crossed party lines to vote with the majority.

The death of the DREAM Act Saturday morning (by a vote of 55-41) cast a somber mood upon the Senate gallery, where student supporters had gathered to watch the proceedings, spreading instantaneously across the country. 

Washington D.C. activist Asher Huey tweeted plainly: "The GOP is blocking the #DREAMAct because they're afraid of brown people. They are racist."  And: "The people who voted against the #DREAMAct are soulless. This is a sad day for humanity."

Sadness turned to anger at the five Democratic senators who voted against ending debate on the bill, thereby killing it for the session.  Grist blogger David Roberts wrote:

"Mark Pryor, Kay Hagan, Ben Nelson, Jon Tester, and Max Baucus: Dems who voted against #DREAMACT. Never let them forget it."

At the same time, the Senate had scheduled a 12 p.m. PDT vote on the Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal, a vote Democrats were confident they would win.  After six Republican crossed over to make the final vote 65-31 in favor of repeal, progressives celebrated joyously.

Pop star Lady Gaga, who has championed gay rights during the last few years, tweeted to her 7.4 million followers: "Can't hold back the tears+pride. We did it!i Our voice was heard + today the Senate REPEALED DADT. A triumph for equality after 17 YEARS."

President Obama wrote: "By ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” no longer will patriotic Americans be asked to live a lie in order to serve the country they love."

The LA Times reported that the six GOP senators who voted to repeal DADT were: "Scott Brown, of Massachusetts; Susan M. Collins and Olympia J. Snowe, both of Maine; Mark Kirk of Illinois; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and George Voinovich of Ohio."

Princeton professor and The Nation columnist Melissa Harris-Perry wrote about "The agony of losing #DREAM. The joy of beating #DADT."  She linked to the Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too, Sing America," encapsulating the bittersweetness of the day:

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

Tomorrow,

I'll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody'll dare

Say to me,

"Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.

Besides, 

They'll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.