Posted on 02/25/2009 2:51:24 PM PST by cc2k
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 86
(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)
H R 1105 YEA-AND-NAY 25-Feb-2009 3:50 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
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Democratic |
229 |
20 |
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4 |
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Republican |
16 |
158 |
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4 |
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Independent |
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TOTALS |
245 |
178 |
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8 |
---- YEAS 245 ---
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Abercrombie |
Green, Al |
Nadler (NY) |
---- NAYS 178 ---
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Aderholt |
Giffords |
Neugebauer |
---- NOT VOTING 8 ---
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Bachus |
Frank (MA) |
Rush |
This was H.R. 1105, the earmark laden "Omnibust Appropriations Act, 2009"
Disappointing to see so many Republicans voting for it. And I'm not sure if the Dems against it were moderates, wanting less spending, or ultra-libs who thought this wasn't enough.
Who were the 16? They get nasty notes.
Walt Minnick(D) from Idaho voting with the GOP again. I’m starting to actually like this guy. Real tell will be when a gun bill comes up for a vote.
My congresscritter, Capito (R. WV), the ONLY Rep. in my state’s DC delegation, voted for this POS.
POLITICIAN......a four letter word spelled with ten letters!
16 Republicans?
Boy, the glory days of two weeks ago didn’t last long.
doodad wrote:They are the italicized ones in the Yeas section. I see Cao and Castle are Yeas. Not sure who the other 14 are, but they are up there.
Who were the 16? They get nasty notes.
They have just killed school vouchers in DC, ensuring that no poor kid in DC gets the same quality education as Obama’s kids.
And the RNC is sending me emails, looking for donations. Why donate, so they can help RINOs get re-elected?
I see Republican Cao from NOLA is doing the bidding of his 90% minority constituency. He’ll be a reliable RINO vote for the ‘Rats in the future.
Sonny Bono continues spinning in the grave as his widow continues to solidify her RINO credentials.
Not only will I not donate, but I demanded a refund of my money to McCain since he refused to mention Rev. Wright.
I’m not playing ball with this loser party.
My critter, Tim Murphy (R), PA, did as well. He’s going to get a call from me tomorrow.
Sent this to my congresscritter
Congresswoman Capito,
Re. Omnibus Spending Bill
I would like to thank you for showing me the error of my ways with your vote on the Omnibus Spending Bill. I truly believed that there were some in DC who actually had the good of this nation at heart. I thought that you were one. I was mistaken. Your vote has proven to me that POLITICIAN is just a four letter word spelled with ten letters.
Ping to #14
“Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1105 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.”
One hour of debate for a hundreds of billions of earmarks and pork in a bill no one has had time to read.
Egad - what is has this country come to...
Good letter.
I actually want to talk to someone in his local office. I’ve called there before, and had a nice chat with one of his chief aides. I want to try to find out what the heck he was thinking with this vote.
I demanded a refund when he reached across the aisle to 'The One' and didn't slap him silly, of course he ignored me. LOL
Barton came through again.
I won’t need to send him a letter but if I was to, I would have copied yours.
Nice.
So...if your rep does something you support, the idea is to ignore him and only contact him when he needs hate mail?
How long was this available for review? Seems like it snuck up on us....
Bobby Jindal’s Response: Full Text
Hawaii Free Press | 2-24-09 | Governor Bobby Jindal
Posted on 02/24/2009 9:05:11 PM PST by AndrewWalden
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193410/posts
name them
My email to my congress critter:
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Mr. Linder,
Thank you for staying true to your beliefs.
Thank you for your “NO” vote on Roll Call 86:
“The 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act”.
We must fight them at every oppoprtunity.
I am ready to sharpen the tines on my pitchfork.
With much respect,
Me
My ‘Rat voted against the first round of Porkulus but ended up voting FOR its final form. Now he is voting against. When it comes out of committee, he’ll vote for it again.
Club For Growth is a possible option. They are backing conservative candidates and go after those that are not fiscally responsible. They definitely will need more money this cycle.
One hour of debate for a hundreds of billions of earmarks and pork in a bill no one has had time to read.
point
I wrote and thanked my congressman (Congressman Aaron Shock)for voting against this pork bill.
Walt Minnick(D) from Idaho voting with the GOP again. I’m starting to actually like this guy. “
Why? He’s just doing it for political survival.
He still voted for Pelosi for speaker and in the process made all his nay votes irrelevent.
The only good Democrat politician is a politically dead Democrat.
#I wasn’t addressing you.
#2 I contact Joe Barton all the time
and I thank him when necessary.
Okay?
I hope they rot in Hell.
You can volunteer but they don’t want that, they want your money.
If you aren’t an insider you don’t get to play in the club, only fund it.
GOP are losers just like the DNC. No leadership, no credentials, no balls.
At this point, I could care a less about Democrats or Republicans, they have both sold America and Americans down the river!
Where are the Men and Women of character, morality, values, and principles that can truly lead?
That’s quite a large assumption you make there skippy.......wrong, but still large.
Actually, Republicans put in about 40% of the earmarks.
Tell the GOP what you think about RINOS
I got this from Senator Casey, my response is first, I imagine he’ll vote yea in the senate....I forgot to throw in my thoughts on that idiot Biden, Mr. Overseer, damn!
Dear Senator Casey,
You repeated all of Obama’s speech to Congress, but I still am not buying one word of it. You are all, as the Democratically controlled Congress, spending like, as they say, drunken fools. My children and grandchildren cannot afford what you are all doing...spending TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS, that’s TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS, when is it going to end??
You are all throwing BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS around as though it were just thousands. I am choking on the pork and earmarks, you should all be ashamed of yourselves and embarrassed to think that the American people are going to just roll over, or is it bend over(?) for the CATASTROPHE you are all perpetrating on this great nation. Spending has never, I repeat never, gotten this country out of a recession. Soon we wil be in the same malaise Carter gave us. I can only hope and pray that from the ashes of what you are all doing another REAGAN is born.
I fear for my son-in-law currently deployed in Iraq and the rest of our brave military in harm’s way. Cutting the military in a time of war..YOU REMEMBER THAT WAR ON TERROR DON’T YOU?? Janet Napolitano forgot to mention it.
Go preach to your choir, those who supported Obama, but don’t bother trying to sell your goods to me..NO SALE HERE!
Christine M. Starick
Registered Republican
Effort, PA
Monroe County
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:43:17 -0500
Dear Mrs. Starick:
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on the economic recovery plan. I appreciate hearing from you.
The end of the year brought sobering news about the state of our economy. So many working families have suffered under the weight of this recession. In 2008, 3.6 million Americans lost their jobs and unemployment soared to 7.2 percent. In Pennsylvania, 54,300 jobs were lost in a single month between November and December, bringing the state’s unemployment rate from 6.2 percent to 6.7 percent. Compounding the bleak employment data is the state’s own financial picture. These shortfalls present a danger to communities across Pennsylvania as state and local officials may be required to raise tax rates to meet the looming deficits unless action is taken.
As you are aware, Congress has been working with the Obama Administration over the past several weeks to come up with a recovery plan to begin to reverse the economic downturn. The bill, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, includes many components designed to accomplish this goal. For instance, the plan will give tax cuts to 95 percent of American workers, putting money in their pockets as they struggle to make ends meet. It will provide an infusion of capital into projects across Pennsylvania that will put people to work modernizing the Commonwealth’s roads, bridges and water systems, creating or saving an estimated 3.5 million jobs nationwide and as many as 143,000 here in Pennsylvania. It provides direct aid to the state to help fill the budget gap, stave off cuts to crucial services and provide additional unemployment insurance for workers who have lost their jobs. For greater detail on the funding specific to Pennsylvania, please visit my website at http://casey.senate.gov.
Although I recognize that this recovery bill is not perfect, I voted for it to help President Obama get our economy moving again, to create jobs and to aid those hardest hit by the economy. As you probably know, President Obama recently signed this bill into law.
This bill will not only create and save jobs immediately, but it help us rebuild America for the future, making us more globally competitive and energy independent. The investments it will make in roads, bridges, mass transit, energy efficient building, flood control and clean water projects will have a lasting effect on our economy. The bill’s investments in science and innovation will be used to spur new American-made technology, prevent and treat disease, and tackle urgent national challenges like climate change and dependence on foreign oil.
As the Obama Administration moves forward with this plan, I will work with other senators to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent in an effective and efficient manner. The new law contains unprecedented transparency and oversight provisions that will allow taxpayers to see how their government spends their money. I encourage you to visit a new website, www.recovery.gov, that has been established so that you can track the implementation of this recovery plan.
Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about this or any other matter of importance to you.
Sincerely,
Bob Casey
United States Senator
CAsey’s letter is about the Stimulus..rather PORKULUS...
Domandred wrote:
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By the way, I do think he's doing the right thing for political reasons. WOSG has a valid point. Having said that, I'm not against doing everything you can to have him actually represent his district while he's in, and still supporting a Republican challenger in 2010.
Roccus wrote:
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And what a gerrymandered district you live in. Wow.
Did you use her web form? Or fax it? or mail it? I would suggest printing that in a short note, and mailing it with a Lipton (or Tetley or whatever's on sale) tea bag. Just do that as a follow up if you used her web form to send your message.
Good for you for contacting her, though.
Also, odd that she voted for this. She says she voted for a Congressional Pay freeze. I'm not sure if H.R. 1105 had the freeze in it. I don't think the Dems allowed any amendment. If she voted for the whole package to get the pay freeze, she really needs to have it explained to her that growing total federal spending 16% for the next six months to get a congressional pay freeze is a bad deal. Her negotiating skills need some development if she thinks she did good there.
Hoodat wrote:
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pleikumud wrote:
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When they called here, I told them I would handle my own donations to my local republicans, but I wasn't interested in funding campaigns for Arlen Specter and some of their other problems.
rightwingintelligentsia wrote:
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Gabrial wrote:
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TribalPrincess2U wrote:
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You need to send a quick note or make a phone call. These Congress critters need to know that we're watching and we care about what happens. Send a quick thank you. Maybe turn Roccus's comment around and say "Your vote has shown me that POLITICIAN isn't always just a four letter word spelled with ten letters."
Theo wrote:
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The Party Propaganda Ministry (formerly known as "the media") was completely silent about this. They fully supported the Democrat "keep it a secret, we have the votes, we'll just pass it" strategy.
You really have to pay attention. Mr. Boehner has been complaining about this for most of February. And I've been trying to spread the word online, posting a lot of Boehner's press releases. I tried to get through to talk radio shows when I could, but never got a call through.
Blood of Tyrants wrote:
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ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas wrote:
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They are also the ones who promise "transparency" and "openness" and then refuse to publish the bills on the internet until less than 24 hours before the vote.
tina07 wrote:
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It look like your letter is about the Spendulus package as well.
I find when I write to my Congress critter or Senators, it's best to start out with a statement like: "This is about H.R.1105, the Omnibus Spending Bill. I am opposed to this bill because:" and end the note with "I urge you to vote against this measure when it comes to the floor."
That way, you're sure the staffers understand which piece of legislation you're writing about, and exactly what your position is. I usually make the bill number and title, and the vote for/against this measure bold, so they can find it easily.
I haven’t answered their mail for 3-4 years, so I perhaps they are smart enough to figure it out?
Of course they did. They don't want their children polluted with the stench of the chattering class.
I used her web form as I always do in co-responding with her. As to sending her a note........I don't know. I'm old, tired, not in the best of health, bitter and consumed with impotent rage at these criminals in Washington. To be perfectly honest, ever since June 12, 2008 I've been contemplating just saying "To hell with all this political BS." I just want to say, "I QUIT!"
Then I expect to not see unemployment rise any higher. I expect to not see any business in the entire country having to lay off one more single worker. We should expect to see the unemployment rates start to drop in the next day or so.
/sarcasm because I know that it's all a big lie.
You need to send a quick note or make a phone call. These Congress critters need to know that we're watching and we care about what happens. Send a quick thank you. Maybe turn Roccus's comment around and say "Your vote has shown me that POLITICIAN isn't always just a four letter word spelled with ten letters."
Although you sound very smart and you think you know how people should reply to their reps, I don't feel it necessary to be told what or how to do something I may already do. IMO, you went to a lot of trouble just to say nothing to a lot of people.
Thanks, I will remember to do that in the future. My letter was second. I had previously written to Casey before the PORKULUS vote, he didn’t respond until AFTER he voted for it.
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