Posted on 07/29/2011 4:32:13 PM PDT by americanophile
Speaker John Boehner pushed his debt-ceiling bill through the House Friday night with the support of 218 Republicans. Here are the 22 no votes:
Justin Amash (Mich.) Michele Bachmann (Minn.) Chip Cravaack (Minn.)
Jason Chaffetz (Utah) Scott Desjarlais (Tenn.) Tom Graves (Ga.) Tim Huelskamp (Kans.) Steve King (Iowa) Tim Johnson (Ill.) Tom McClintock (Calif.) Mick Mulvaney (S.C.) Ron Paul (Texas) Connie Mack (Fla.) Jim Jordan (Ohio) Tim Scott (S.C.) Paul Broun (Ga.) Tom Latham (Iowa) Jeff Duncan (S.C.) Trey Gowdy (S.C.) Steve Southerland (Fla.) Joe Walsh (Ill.) Joe Wilson (S.C.)
CORRECTED: Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) voted YES on the Boehner bill. That was incorrect in the initial list. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) has been added to the list.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
SCREW EM. I DON’T WANT A “DEAL” I WANT OBAMA HANGING ON A LEDGE AT THE TOP OF A HI-RISE, WITH ME STOMPING ON HIS KNUCKLES : )
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The only 22 people in the house that I can respect. May their names go down in history as the only ones who tried to save America. And may the hypocrites here on FR get what they deserve in the end. You claim you voted for a tea party. And then you criticize the very ones who were real. Those who demanded the insanity STOP! Flaming hypocrites is all you are. You can’t do math, and you have no common sense besides. I hope you can’t even get a card for the bread line. Eat your borrowed cake while you can.
The whole tea party movement was all for nothing because of you.
Me too. Let’s talk about eliminating all the exemptions, deductions and credits that allow that bottom 50% to contribute less than 10% of their Adjusted Gross Income in Federal Income Taxes. I don’t care how many kids you’ve got, how big a mortgage you took on, or how many solar panels, electric cars, or windmills you bought — pay 10% of your GROSS income.
And I specifically include the fact that a hundred million workers have $10,000+ in employer-paid benefits that are part of their total compensation but are not counted as income for tax purposes. If you receive health insurance, education reimbursement, 401k matching, company vehicle or cell phone, reimbursed meals, or stock options, it should be treated and taxed just like you received cash.
Remember, if EVERYBODY paid 10%, NOBODY would need to be punished with higher rates.
We’ve been fed your type of reasoning for 45 years and look where it’s gotten us.
...by the time this bill gets out of the Senate, no one will recognize it.
I think the fact they held out tells Senate Dems that conservatives aren’t happy with the bill and they’ll have a very tough time sending back something worse.
The economy is on Obama. He’s not going to be able to blame Republicans — though he’ll certainly try.
Debt downgrade and further tanking and Obama will be in the 30’s. That’s the point where someone will Primary him. If a candidate or two pops in... might we see Hilary step up? She wouldn’t want to be the first but if the water is already muddy she may wade in...
EXACTLY! It's like I said up-thread, unless one of the 22 NO votes decide to spill the beans, we will never know who were the potential sell-outs. If no one talks, then ALL 22 are complicit in this deception.
Ya know, I don't know why I get upset about crap like this. I've been on this planet long enough to know that this is what politicians do. They lie, cheat, deceive and obfuscate. It doesn't matter which side they are on ideologically. It is their nature...they can't help themselves.
i have already posted this info on who waited.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/the-republicans-who-couldnt-take-yes-for-an-answer.php
Glad to see the SC Five stood their ground!
Now, I’m just waiting for someone to explain yet again why it was so important and such a good thing that the Boehner crap fest was passed, only to be shot down in the Senate in near record speed.
I read the article you linked and it is contradictory in itself. It also does not match up with what I saw on C-Span
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2756148/posts?page=5#5
I’m not trying to pick a fight with you, just showing that the ONLY way this confusion can be cleared up is if one of the 22 talks.
The confusion over the article is not mine alone....see#70 above
It very well may be that a "NO" vote on this bill does NOT mean what you think it does. A vote against a bill that is still undecided is a principled stand. A vote at the gavel against a bill that already has enough votes for passage is a deception.
I've got to wonder why Boehner or any of the other candidates won't even mention it.
I think perhaps the problem is in the wording.
Some waited until the final seconds. Some waited until the final minutes.
There are two sections in that article.
Here is another article on it.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/174461-house-passes-revised-boehner-debt-plan-vote
You and I are on the same page on this. I want these potential sell-outs to be uncovered for exactly what they are....political opportunists....and certainly not “heroes.”
If it was the South Carolina people..I don’t know that I would call them a sell out.
I don’t think they would have gone against Demint on this one.
Why would they wait?
I can see a few reasons.
But the one that made sure Boehner had the votes was the very last vote by his Buddy.
I must be blind....I can only see one.
They could have been trying to trip someone up into thinking that they might vote yes.
The tripped up person covers himself by voting no.
It is a plan that probably wouldn’t work but maybe they gave it a try.
And the question is..why didn’t Maxine Water, Baca, and Speier vote in this down the wire vote.
I theorize it is because they wanted this Bill to pass and their votes would have required Boehner to get more yes votes.
Thanks...gotta go.
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