Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Scott Brown joins Dems and votes to end debate on jobs bill
The Hill ^ | Feb. 22. 2010 | Jordan Fabian

Posted on 02/22/2010 3:09:01 PM PST by mystery-ak

Newly-seated Republican Sen. Scott Brown (Mass.) on Monday joined Democrats in voting to end debate on their $15 billion jobs bill.

Brown crossed the aisle after Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) nixed an $85 billion, bipartisan plan in favor of a more narrowly-focused bill.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 111th; brown; jobsbill; scottbrown; scotttherino
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 381-400401-420421-440441-442 next last
To: sport

Well said sport. The Republicans are bound and determined to throw away their advantage by lifting their foot from the neck of the Democratic carcass just before it expires. They only needed to stand firm for another 9 months and the Dems would have been shattered in both the House and Senate. With their poster boy from MA already caving, independent voters in other states are going to think twice before pulling the Republican lever as a form of protest against the Obama-Reid-Pelosi junta.


421 posted on 02/23/2010 3:58:13 PM PST by littleharbour
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 410 | View Replies]

To: GoCards; GOPJ; Current Occupant; Baynative; mnehrling; eeevil conservative; Repub4bush; andyk; ...

Is Scott Brown Faux us or against us?

Could be he was the Dem’s candidate all
along - masquerading as a conservative.

Same thing happening in Nevada ... a faux
tea party candidate running against Reed.

We need to be like the Borg. Learn and
absorb, never to be abused by this tactic
again.

My opinion.


422 posted on 02/23/2010 5:26:12 PM PST by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Jo Nuvark

I wouldn’t worry about Scott Brown.

He gave his reason for voting for the bill — small amount of dollars, no new taxes, and people need jobs. Don’t read too much into it.


423 posted on 02/23/2010 5:38:25 PM PST by GOP_Lady
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 422 | View Replies]

To: School of Rational Thought
What is this guy’s email address?

scoakley@senate.gov

424 posted on 02/23/2010 5:41:45 PM PST by OBXWanderer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: Jo Nuvark

My problem with Scott Brown on this bill is that it is an extension of porkulus and is no more a “jobs” bill than the first one was. So is he a guy who just strides around flashing a nice smile, or does he read these things? If he doesn’t, if he’s not a serious legislator, then he’s just not much of a person.


425 posted on 02/23/2010 6:06:27 PM PST by Bahbah (Only dead fish go with the flow)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 422 | View Replies]

To: Jo Nuvark

Nobody who sent him money is happy with his vote because he cast a ‘political’ vote and not a ‘principled’ vote.

Republican senator’s Bond, Collins, Snowe, and Voinovich also voted with the democrats, so Brown was free to cast his with them, and have his not be of any consequence.

We will never know how he would have voted, had the other four held the line.


426 posted on 02/23/2010 6:07:15 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 422 | View Replies]

To: Jo Nuvark
"Learn and absorb, never to be abused by this tactic again."

Would you prefer Reynolds or Alcoa for your hat?

427 posted on 02/23/2010 6:10:08 PM PST by AGreatPer (Impeach Obama)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 422 | View Replies]

To: Cheerio

Illegal Immigrants: The Tancredo-Buchanan position on illegal immigration is equally unrealistic as the leftist “open borders” position. Both will be disastrous to the economy and we need a third way in it.

Gitmo and Waterboarding: Yes I disagree with Senator McCain on this but considering that he as POW was tortured by the North Vietnamese I understand how he feels.


428 posted on 02/23/2010 6:41:28 PM PST by General Mung Beans
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 407 | View Replies]

To: mquinn

Palin wouldn’t choose Brown as VP.


429 posted on 02/23/2010 6:41:28 PM PST by General Mung Beans
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 413 | View Replies]

To: mystery-ak

RINO....RINO.....RINO
HA HA
Just one more commie from MA.

Republicans are as responsible as the Dems for the coming hyperinflation. Wise-up people get to know real Republicanism - Dr. Ron Paul.


430 posted on 02/23/2010 8:08:49 PM PST by ronpaultherealrepublican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: chilltherats

I’m not in Maricopa County, but I think Joe is still very popular there and his endorsement of McCain will carry weight.


431 posted on 02/23/2010 8:26:03 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 419 | View Replies]

To: mystery-ak

Dr. Savage is right once more.


432 posted on 02/23/2010 9:06:00 PM PST by BrianE (i)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cicero; All

“Looks like he beat Collins and Snow to the lifeboats.”

Yeah, that’s because B comes before C, S, and V. Sheesh! And on one vote you are going to decide he is not a moderately good senator. Make your decision after you see how the final vote turns out. This was a procedural vote. Learn more about how the Senate voting system actually works.


433 posted on 02/23/2010 9:48:18 PM PST by gleeaikin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Arizona Carolyn

Wait. I thought you.....or somebody.....said Sheriff Joe likes JD for senate.

Does anybody know for sure which candidate Joe is supporting?


434 posted on 02/24/2010 1:39:22 AM PST by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 431 | View Replies]

To: Carley

With a small handful of exceptions, most senate pubs are pretty damn stpid.


435 posted on 02/24/2010 1:42:21 AM PST by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 420 | View Replies]

To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Sure, he said he was against partial-birth abortions, as if killing a baby in the womb is less harmful to the baby than killing it as it emerges.

True, but stopping the killing isn't on the Senate agenda this year, and it won't be on the Senate agenda until a) the Supreme Court tells them it's okay again, and b) a leadership like the one Scott Brown will vote for is elected to take over the Senate.

Funding all that killing, which pro-aborts estimate would bring in 300,000 additional clients for killings per year, is very much on the Senate's agenda and Brown's entire campaign was a promise to cast the deciding vote against that one bill.

436 posted on 02/24/2010 4:37:38 AM PST by cmj328 (Filibuster FOCA--a/k/a ObamaCare--or lose reelection)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 404 | View Replies]

To: mystery-ak

437 posted on 02/24/2010 6:16:00 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jo Nuvark

That vote was the beginning of his reelection campaign. Personally I wasn’t surprised, given the state he represents in the Senate.


438 posted on 02/24/2010 7:04:33 AM PST by Badeye (Still pretending Long Island is Manhattan, willie? (laughing))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 422 | View Replies]

To: Jo Nuvark

I told you all in one of the Brown victory threads that he was a lib.


439 posted on 02/24/2010 7:22:19 AM PST by Sensei Ern (Akbar Zib)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 422 | View Replies]

To: gleeaikin

I supported his election, and thought he would be a good senator for Massachusetts. I thought that the subsequent talk about him running for President was naive and silly.

I knew that he was moderately pro-abort, if that’s not a contradiction in terms, but thought he was fiscally sound. Now I doubt that, too, after this vote.

Did he need to vote this way to keep his job? I don’t know. I thought that he was elected because even the Massachusetts voters were tired of spending and debt and layoffs.

We’ll see how he goes on from here. This is, of course, a significant vote since it now allows the Democrats to pass their so-called jobs bill (a lying name for it) with just 51 votes. I didn’t expect him to be a real conservative, but I didn’t expect him to cave so soon on this fiscal insanity.


440 posted on 02/24/2010 8:53:02 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 433 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 381-400401-420421-440441-442 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson