Posted on 09/29/2008 4:34:29 PM PDT by Gondring
Voting yes were 140 Democrats and 65 Republicans. Voting no were 95 Democrats and 133 Republicans.
The entire Arizona contingent voted ‘no’. I’d be interested to know why the liberal Dims made that choice. They must all be worried about re-election.
“Democrats — Cazayoux, N; Jefferson, N; Melancon, Y.”
Jefferson voted no?????????
Well Everett, Y ; is going out with a bang.
The only one that surprises me is Tancredo.
Someone said it was to embarrass Sen. McCain, but I don't think that explanation holds water, considering Sen. McCain wasn't fond of the plan originally anyway.
If this monster comes up for a vote again, I would expect the Republicans to vote no. Every one of them to vote NO!!
Let the Democrats carry the water this time. Screw bipartisanship - the Dems want to blaim the Pubs for all the economic woe in the country right now. Let them take the responsibility for appearing to fix it.
Looks like I’ll vote against Blount in Missouri at the first chance I get. I even sent him several letters.
Whatcha wanna bet the next bill that gets offered up has all the ACORN pork back into it...and that it passes. I know her vote would shift.
Maurice Hinchey (D-Thug-NY) surprised me with a No.
I was coming here to ask something like that. I’ve heard that there were Dems not supporting this thing and that made me suspicious. Why did ‘they’ vote against it? I thought about it being an election year. But it always seems like there has to be phone campaigns and email campaigns and a LOT of fuss before something like this happens. This was almost too fast.
Can someone explain it to me? Or am I just too accustomed to long drawn out battles to try to get something bad stopped? Or should I care, so long as it’s not passed?
Looks like a noteworthy number of black Congresscritters voted no.
Kinda interesting.
Conyers also voted against. Pete Sessions (R-TX) voted for. Odd.
Good ol’ Joe Barton (R-TX), my rep, voted No, though. That’s all I care about.
If that happens, and the Republicans do nothing about it, then there might very well be a lot of ordinary people making a lot of noise.
It could be that they are hoping to get a porked-up version offered up and force it through without Republican support.
....so how did the Republicans kill this bill now? There were a lot of Republican supporters....
As regards the Congressional Black Caucus
No Acorn money, no walking around money.
Interesting....Tancredo voted yes.
That factor would doubtless explain half the Democrat N's. Kicking it down the road to get that back in it.
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