Benishek
Bishop
Miller
Trott
Upton
And a special thank you to the "moderate" FReepers who assured us that Dave Trott was a real conservative.
Michigan legislative action thread
Why did we bother to vote?
The Republican Party is dead—Murdered by its own “leaders.”
Ed Royce used to be a solid conservative. He has been getting soft in recent years, but I didn’t think he would wind up on this list
75 lowlife bass turds who believe that Soetoro’s “unaccompanied”, freeloading illegal alien criminals who are in this country illegally are far superior to your average American. These clowns can kiss my *** on Main Street and I’ll give them 15 minutes to draw a crowd. The GOP can stop asking me for money any time now. I’m finished with them. They’ll never get another penny out of me.
1. Benishek
2. Bishop (Mich.)
3. Boehner
4. Bost
5. Brooks (Ind.)
6. Buchanan
7. Calvert
8. Carter (Texas)
9. Coffman
10. Cole
11. Collins (N.Y.)
12. Comstock
13. Costello (Pa.)
14. Curbelo (Fla.)
15. Davis, Rodney
16. Denham
17. Dent
18. Diaz-Balart
19. Dold
20. Ellmers (N.C.)
21. Emmer (Minn.)
22. Fitzpatrick
23. Frelinghuysen
24. Gibson
25. Granger
26. Guinta
27. Hanna
28. Hardy
29. Heck (Nev.)
30. Hurd (Texas)
31. Jolly
32. Katko
33. King (N.Y.)
34. Kinzinger (Ill.)
35. Kline
36. Knight
37. Lance
38. LoBiondo
39. MacArthur
40. McCarthy
41. McCaul
42. McHenry
43. McMorris Rogers
44. McSally
45. Meehan
46. Miller (Mich.)
47. Moolenaar
48. Murphy (Pa.)
49. Noem
50. Nunes
51. Paulsen
52. Pittenger
53. Pitts
54. Poliquin
55. Reichert
56. Rogers (Ky.)
57. Ros-Lehtinen
58. Royce
59. Ryan (Wis.)
60. Scalise
61. Schock
62. Shimkus
63. Simpson
64. Smith (N.J.)
65. Stefanik
66. Stivers
67. Thompson (Pa.)
68. Tiberi
69. Trott
70. Turner
71. Upton
72. Valadao
73. Walden
74. Walters, Mimi
75. Young (Ind.)
All three Minnesota Republicans caved. Including John Kline! Minnesota is hopeless.
Glad to see that my congressman didn’t sell me out on this.
The “Hastert Rule” says that a Speaker shouldn’t let any bill reach the floor unless a majority of his own caucus supports it. In the end, when the Great Executive Amnesty Sellout reached its final act, a supermajority of Boehner’s caucus opposed it. He passed the bill anyway — with all members of the minority party voting yes.
John Boehner, Democratic Speaker of the House.
75 Republicans join EVERY Democrat in funding Obama's amnesty. #dhs #haction pic.twitter.com/JeD5xcnqdz— dan holler (@danholler) March 3, 2015
It ended up 257-167. Here’s the roll, but don’t get too caught up in the 75 Republicans who voted yes. If 100 Democrats had switched their votes to no at the last second, I assume Boehner would have had little trouble replacing them with squishier members from his own side. Dozens of GOPers voted no here, no doubt, simply because their votes weren’t needed and a “nay” on authorizing executive amnesty will help them avoid primary challenges next year. There are probably 50-60 House conservatives who opposed the bill on the merits, because they’d rather endure a very limited shutdown of DHS to pressure Obama on immigration than throw in the towel now.
I already said my piece on this earlier so I won’t belabor it but lemme add two points. First, per Leon Wolf, don’t forget that not only does this remove any congressional roadblock to Obama’s amnesty, it also removes the roadblock to O’s plan to let illegals apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit retroactively, a giveaway that could be worth thousands of dollars in taxpayer money for each applicant. Second, if you think that this would have been a slam dunk with a Republican president in office, you’re kidding yourself and setting yourself up for more disappointment in 2017. For one thing, Democrats will almost certainly regain some seats in the Senate in 2016 (whether or not they reclaim a clear majority) so they’ll actually be in a better position to filibuster during the first two years of the next presidency than they are now — unless McConnell makes the filibuster go bye-bye. But even if the GOP had a filibuster-proof majority, it’s goofy to think that a Republican White House would risk alienating Latinos by undoing Obama’s executive order without having some sort of comprehensive immigration deal in Congress ready to go in its place. In that sense, executive amnesty is a lot like ObamaCare — Republicans may talk a good game about nuking each, but when push comes to shove, they’re talking about repeal and replace, not mere repeal. And the GOP’s replacement for executive amnesty will itself certainly allow for some form of legalization. The die is cast. And O knew it when he signed the order, which is why he’s not worried about a successor undoing his immigration legacy with a penstroke.
Wet noodle LoBiondo - no surprise there.....
Note to self: Just remember when Martha McSally R, AZ, wants to run for Senator or Governor. She was hard to pin down on abortion too.
Joe Wilson - No
Jeff Duncan - No
Trey Gowdy - No
Mick Mulvaney - No
Tom Rice - No
Thank God for South Carolina's conservative Republican Representatives! How can we clone these guys for the other states?
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Glad my Rep., Zinky, Montana, is not there.
What!! Rep. Michael McCaul was one of the 75 who turned into Obamabuttboys and betrayed our nation?!? MCaul also betrayed Texas and the 10th District. The 10th District has plenty of real conservatives to replace him in 2016.
Tom Emmer?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!
What a complete disappointment!
Hey Tom, remember when I helped you win?
Ya, loose my phone number. you already lost my vote.