This is the list of those voting against the amendment. Do any of them have children?
Burris (D-IL)
Casey (D-PA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

If any one else in that list was crowing about their votes on the SCHIP bill on how they are for “the children” they need to get hammered for that vote. At least Schumer had enough brain cells to vote for this.

about these scumbags because of O’Keefe. Shades of Silky Pony’s love child and the National Enquirer.

The lamestream hides more news every day than ever comes to light. What the #$%^ else are they sitting on or not pursuing?

…..in the normal “we already appropriated the money” take by Congress, the same exact amount of funding has gone to a new organization called “NORCA”.

Nah, can’t be the same people, it’s not the same name.

Cheers from my new lab dedicated to “coarsening the dialogue” !

I didn’t vote for him, but many misguided people in Pennsylvania did. He won because his dad was governor and that’s it. He was hardly at his job when he held auditor general. 2012 will be his Waterloo.

Maybe now we can get Giuliani and/or Pataki to commit against Gillibrand.

The Republican leadership has never really challenged ACORN, it took a group of low-budget conservative film makers to take down this organization, or at least make it radioactive from here on out to get Republicans to challenge the organization.

It’s the same thing with Van Jones, again it wasn’t the Republican Party that took him down, it was talk radio.

Also the health care debate, the townhall debates and protests that have probably derailed universal health care really had no leadership or organization from the Republican Party. The Party leaders just sat back and watched.

I’m beginning to question the usefulness of the Republican Party, and it’s leadership. They better start pulling their own weight.

I’m glad Americans are moving towards conservatism, and I’m excited about the grassroots movement that’s being built, but we need a better Republican Party, they have done absolutely NOTHING, and have played no part in our recent victories.

And how many former Acorn managers will be training and sending out the same armies of census takers from the same old offices with shiny new nameplates????

I guess not, I think there’d be enough votes to override it, and he’d just look stupid in the proccess.

George Soros is getting his checkbook out to fund his brownshirts at ACORN.

but ACORN changed its name to Community Organizations International back in June when it was having trouble shielding the bullets from voter registration fraud allegations.

Durbin and Burris holding the line for ACORN, Obama’s favorite organization, also affiliated with SEIU.

Makes you want to turn on an high pressure hose and just wash all of it down a city sewer drain…

Take a gander over at my site and add your comments on my working theory of the role Obama is playing. Is he the hammer or just a chisel somebody else is using to pry our future from us. It fits into what we are talking about now.

http://www.truthandcommonsense.com

There is a reason why so very many Liberals/Progressives would vote to cut funding for ACORN. It’s one of those technicalities that they shove under the door. They vote against a name, ACORN, and still have their funding in place for an organization that will still carry the baton.

There is a reason why so very many Liberals/Progressives would vote to cut funding for ACORN. It’s one of those technicalities that they shove under the door. They vote against a name, ACORN, and still have their funding in place for an organization that will still carry the baton.

Is she psycho! She’ the only one on that list running for re-election next year. We just got a major attack against her. I think this shows that ACORN is very active in IL, with both Durbin and Burris voting against it. Casey is vulnerable to in 2012, so this should help.

However, the problem is the organization has so many pipelines into the government coffers that cutting off one does little to stop them. I fear cutting off that one just opens the other ones up more.

The Dems know that so voting for this amendment doesn’t really hurt them. I think the “no” votes were mainly for show because it just wouldn’t do to make it a unanimous vote. Doesn’t surprise that the newbie (hence less valuable) were among those along with those who have little to fear from the reelection process.

They already have a release out http://ow.ly/pmO1
NYers, if we don’t get Pataki or Giuliani, who can we run against her? Anyone know of some talented state legislators?

Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Roland Burris (D-IL) Burris Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLJQN9tyYf4
Robert Casey (D-PA)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

crusading muckraker to finaly get this to happen, but GOD BE THE GLORY! at least that is a handful fewer evil parasites stealing our money.

Andrew Breitbart on Hannity, tomorrows video “devastating”!!!!!!!!!!!!

It will be hard to sleep 2nite

I believe Johanns had TWO amendments (note amendment numbers)

Text of amendment says ACORN . . . not ACORN Housing

SA 2355. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 414, insert the following:

Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act may be directly or indirectly distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

This Johanns amendment is also interesting . . . .

SA 2356. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 414, insert the following:

Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act shall be distributed to–

(1) an organization which has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election; or

(2) an organization which employs an individual who has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election.

http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/09/obama-signs-tens-of-thousands-of.html

His father was an heroic defender of the unborn and one of the very few Democrats I actually admired and respected. Alas, the apple has fallen far from the tree with the son.

McCain and Hutchinson “didn’t vote?”

Were they not there or did they just vote present?

The seven that voted against atleast held true to who they are…

If Hutchinson was there and didn’t vote.. she just handed Perry a bullet to fire.

Can anyone confirm if they were there or not?

I went to Drudge to check out if they had the story linked there. They most certainly did…

“U.S. Senate denies funds for poverty group”

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE58D6CW20090914

Just when you thought Reuters couldn’t possibly top themselves in terms of slavish partisanship…

this will merely lead to a name change by ACORN. Since they have embarrassed the Democrats enough to cause the removal of the public teet from their mouths, they will soon disband and reorganize under a different name in order to feed from the public trough once again.

to make their way to the floor?

Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Coburn (R-OK)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hutchison (R-TX)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Vitter (R-LA)

That’s 9 abstentions…and I count 2 Democrats…I’m not saying these Repubs didn’t have reasons for not voting…but they should be good reasons!

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

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is that despite the non-coverage by the MSM, the Senate is STARTING to listen to the voice of the people. That means:
1. The irrelevancy of the MSM is being tacitly acknowledged,
2. The sea change in the citizenry’s participation in politics is starting to be acknowledged,
3. The likelihood that our representatives are beginning to see their political peril is increasing, and they will therefore have an ever increasing tendency to actually listen (granted-they have a long way to go…. but it’s all moving in the right direction), and
4. Jefferson is being proved right once again….. We have freedom when the government fears the people.