Posted on 10/04/2013 12:55:53 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
Fifty-seven House Democrats have broken ranks with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer to vote with Republicans to fund parts of the government like veterans programs, national parks and the National Institutes of Health.
Sixteen of those Democrats voted for all six targeted appropriations bills, introduced at the behest of House Speaker John Boehner, including measures to fund the National Guard and Reserve, NIH, national parks, the District of Columbia and two separate votes for veterans programs. (The House of Representatives voted twice to restore funding for veterans programs, once Oct. 1 and a second time Oct. 3.)
Of those 16 Democrats, 10 face tough re-election campaigns in 2014:
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
That’s what I thought!
How many members of the Hispanic, Black or progressive Caucus voted to fund these programs?
I imagine that they did not get any blessings from Obama, Reid or Pelosi to do this. Of course, the MSM will try and convince the public that those 3 gave these 57 Dems the idea to do this in the first place. Anything to make it look like their party is still the one who is trying to do the right thing for the little guy of course /vomit sarc tag.
Looks like they blinked and caved in.... PRAISE BE TO YAHWEH !
Hopefully soon the MSM will also cave in but for those hold outs it should be very entertaining indeed.
It says 16 of them face tuff re-election in 2014.
Harry Reid, MSM, bitter clingers to Obamacare.
Obie was a God foreordained failure the day he was born.
Those in the Republican Party should have taken note how Putin and the Syrian leader man handed Obie and Obie lost.
No, that isn’t what it says.
I just read the title and figured the excerpt would have related to what was shown.
Yes.
Which is why he’s good at failure.
Nope. Did you expect me to?/sarc
I have the same habit.
57 dems? If it had been reversed, the left leaning slimey MSM would be proclaiming a bipartisanship breakthrough.
While I agree with the 0bamacare stance...
This shutdown and getting through it are about much more than just 0bamacare.
It is about breaking the dictatorial hold the democrats have held over the people since before 2008.
This is about letting the elites know the common man has arrived and we are not stupid, ignorant, dumb and can do quite well without them.
Why do the hate the Tea Party so much? Because we’re not a bunch of useful idiots running around Wall Street pissing on police cars. We’re sitting in the halls of congress making them wee-wee their pants.
Unfortunately, Patty Osama Mama Murray is mine, too. And, I agree with mylife. IIRC she was voted the dimmest bulb in the Senate.
She is a true believer
They will if you drive a toddler onto their lawn. Look what it did for the lady in DC.
I suggest using a babybuggy, though. Fewer bullets to contend with and why waste a perfectly good car.
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.