ANY Republican to do any sort of favor for labor unions. Ever. They try to cut our collective throats indiscriminately of how any individual pol might vote, every chance they get, the closing thing to a blood enemy you can get in politics. One might as well vote to give federal money to George Soros.

Anyone want to take a stab at the explanation?

If they did not whip the vote enough to know exactly the outcome of something like this then they failed their duties. If they had any idea that this would pass, they should have slowed it down and pressured those aye votes to no.

This sort of thing is precisely what happens when the party sells its soul in favor of the “big tent” philosophy. We have only ourselves to blame.

Rep. Shimkus (R-IL 19th Congressional) has had a history of supporting PLAs. He has received a great deal of flak from his district regarding this issue. The MilCon bill was a prime opportunity to reclaim his conservative credentials but decided to “not vote”. As a result, as you pointed out, the amendment passed by 1 vote. If Rep. Shimkus would have voted no, conservatives could claim a victory, but instead, Rep. Shimkus voted with President Obama.

Sure, there were other Rs that did not vote, but I am only concerned with the voting record of my Congressman on this issue. If my Congressman would have stood up and actually voted against President Obama, things could have been different.

The GOP LOSERship needs to be reminded of their Constitutional duty to promote the GENERAL welfare, not welfare of a select form of workerbees called unions… If some of their members haven’t figured this out, it’s time for their reassignment to dogcatcher committee. The Nation’s first BLUE president leadership isn’t getting the Red White and Blue moving, neither will the GOP LOSERship.

Barton, from TX was a surprise for me. However, there are plenty of large construction companies that are Unionized. Maybe one of them is in his district.

Barton, from TX was a surprise for me. However, there are plenty of large construction companies that are Unionized. Maybe one of them is in his district.

once again. Really wish I could say I was surprised, but since I live in his district, I’m not.

Jackass.

A construction company could form a new LLC specifically for the proposed project, hire workers from the local union hall, and dissolve the LLC after completion of the project. Maybe a good way to use Obama’s own tactics against him.

to have the majority if you’re going to knuckle under to the left every time a union vote comes up. This is just another example of the business as usual approach in DC. They prove once again that no matter what their affiliation these so-called leaders don’t give a damn about anything but their political careers. This has got to be the most worthless bunch we have ever had in DC even with the addition of the Tea Party members. Even more reason to get rid of them when the come up for election again. Enough already with CAREER POLITICIANS! PLease work to rid the country of these leaches. If ever TERM LIMITS was a good idea, it’s NOW!

as Mitch here in Indiana who let the “right to work” die a slow death. I knew there was something about him I didn’t like. Just could not put my finger on it.
They claim they are repugs. If this is the new party, it may be time to jump ship and switch parties if they can’t back us on what should already be our right to work without paying union thugs dues!

So many RINO’s so little time!

Just what is it you don’t get? The only difference in ideologies in congress is the liberals spell it “liberal” and the republicans “riberal”. The systemic progressivism is just that. What is in the best interest of congress bears no resemblance to ours. We need to get over it so we can begin to get over them. And while I’m at it.

Sarah Palin, the only chance she has to succeed is? Can you imagine 2-10 or more prospects on stage for a debate and on walks Sarah? From that moment, as far as the press is concerned, she would would be the entire focus for as long as she was in the race. How do you think the others would react? How much damage would this cause the republicans in general and would it short circuit any worthwhile co-operation from that day forward? She knows that if no one else emerges, well there you go. She walks in at the convention as a fully vetted true constitutional conservative having shown the press to be a group of progressive apologists with empty magazines . The place would go nuts. She is special and the liberals and riberals know it. Thats when the campaign would truly begin. Consider this, she withdrew as a target as Alaska’s governor to protect and better provide for her family and at the same time aquire the means to proceed, so is she still in protect mode? Is she that smart? I think so.
But then again I could be wrong.
Tyranny in the guise of the NLRB would not exist if we as citizens didn’t tolerate the systemic tyanny built into government on all levels. From local codes to federal and state mandates every minute of every day government controls every move we make and unless we are willing to unhook ourselves from the government tit then all this blather is nothing more than a bunch of crows sitting on a wire cawing and looking for and opportunity.

Any Republican voting for such as this should be “drawn & quartered!!”

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Republicans. They have chosen this time to come out of the closet and try to run the Party. If they are successful in getting Mitt Romney nominated we are in real trouble. Romney is McCain 2.0 with Obamneycare tucked under his arm. Romney is RINO and they are worthless and think that Conservatives shouldn’t be in the Party. I don’t care that RINO’s are int he Party but don’t try to pas themselves off as Conservatives. Karl Rove, George Bush (both) John Boehner, Eric Cantor are just a few of the RINO’s that continue to refuse to actually recognize Conservatives in the Party. Karl Rove almost single handily gave harry Reid his seat back in the congress by attacking Angle. One thing about the Democrats they wuld not have made such a stupid move even if they didn’t like the Democratic candidate. We not only have to fight the Democrats now we have to battle with our own camps before any progress on the economic recovery can be made.

Looks like we got a lot more rinos thenwe thought.WE need a third party to counteract the weak kneed congress.Webbie Wobbly,chicken shits.