Now this was an interesting article.
Posted on 05/20/2008 9:46:12 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
Republicans had lined up in the past to hold a vote open in protest, and Hoyer did not want to keep members on the floor any later than necessary, because most were rushing to the airport for flights home.
Blunt told his counterpart that most Republicans wouldn’t be changing their votes at all.
The final result: The amendment authorizing money to fund both wars died on the House floor. The vote was 141-149, with 132 Republicans voting present and most Democrats voting against it.
The Senate is expected to add the money back to the package this week, but the defeat has created a few additional hurdles for majority leaders. Most of the Republicans who voted present last week have no plans to do so when the broader package comes back to the House.
After the vote, Hoyer approached Pence in the center aisle of the House floor and told the Indiana Republican that the move “was really dumb.”
Pence responded that he was only trying to prove that an overwhelming majority of Democrats don’t support money for the troops — a point he thought would be lost in headlines about the House approving more money for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hoyer was dismissive, so Pence told the majority leader that he was only trying to follow the example of Democrats during their final year in the minority.
And what was that? Hoyer asked.
“Never stop fighting,” Pence replied.
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Make Pence Minority leader and send John “Boner” to the showers.
"“The only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.”
If the MSM had any intelligence at all, it'd stop drooling over its globalist stars, and start supporting and promoting freedom-lovers like Pence.
So, did this kill Feinswine’s AgWorker amnesty?
Now this was an interesting article.
They appeared to agree to the strategy out of spite, that they never had the opportunity to stuff some tax dollars into their districts.
I guess this is what passes as a victorious day on the House floor, if you're a Republican these days. My compliments to Pence, though. I wish we had 200 more just like him. Or one just like him in the White House.
“Never stop fighting,” Pence replied.
Man, this guy has a set of big brass ones. Why can’t he be the Conservative nominee?
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