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House Republicans Stand Firm, Vote Against Porkulus; Bill Passes House – UPDATE

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  February 13th, 2009 at 02:58 PM  | 

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Here’s the roll, 246-183. Every Republican that voted went against it (176; 2 didn’t vote). A big thank you from me to John Boehner and Eric Cantor for lining up against this travesty, along with every other Republican (Rep. Price, Rep. Shaddeg, etc.) who presented the American people with all the ethically questionable activity by the Democrats in getting this bill passed, and for standing for America and not for special interests.

Seven Democrats voted against it:

Bobby Bright, Alabama
Peter DeFazio, Oregon
Parker Griffith, Alabama
Walt Minnick, Idaho
Collin Peterson, Minnesota
Heath Shuler, North Carolina
Gene Taylor, Mississippi

Heath Shuler was ripped on by Reid’s staff earlier this week. Glad to see he didn’t get cave under pressure. One Dem, Lipinski, voted Present.

It’s on to the Senate, and the cloture vote may come today. Make sure Collins, Snowe, and Specter know how House Republicans stood against Porkulus and that they need to stand with all Senate Republicans and vote against cloture. Otherwise, America will be in a world of hurt. For years.

UPDATE: Via Slublog, I put in the full names and locations of the Democrats.

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  • SteveLA
    • Martin Knight

      … and tell them to toe the line.

      At least now, we might get you to agree that all that talk about Republican “moderates” over at GOPProgress being “fiscally conservative” was a steaming pile of horse-sugar-honey-ice-tea.

      • Martin Knight
        • SteveLA

          And is your favorite color Moron maroon?

          This is a bad bill, and Republicans are fighting a good fight against it which is all that can be done given that the Republican party did not offer up a real counter proposal, other than some nonsense from some unelected radio entertainer with a personal life history that I do not respect.

          How’s that sparky?

          • E Pluribus Unum

            The Dems refused to allow anything to even be debated or come up for a vote.

            Sparky.

          • SteveLA

            A comprehensive approach to the problems facing the economy of this country, not nibbling around the edges with amendments, which is all the Republican minority was left with and you are right, rejected by the DONKS. There is a difference if you can grasp that fact and the fact that being a minority party does not leave a whole heck of a lot of room to stop a majority in the House from doing what they want to do.

            This goes back to the failures of the Republican party sense Contract With America I to offer off comprehensive approaches to issues when in the majority, and now that they are in the minority playing catchup.

            Is this standing against the Porkulus bill good…darn right it is. These actions re-establishes the fiscal conservative leg of the Republican stool, but it comes after 8 years of spending as much as the Democrats ever did. The tricky part is going to be explaining to the American people the why of standing against the bill. That’s up to Mitch McConnell (doubtful) and Leader Bonyer along with Chairman Steele.

          • E Pluribus Unum

            Dude, where have you been? McCain offered up a $425B plan, I saw several total plans floating around from various Repub congressmen.

            But in general, Repubs have not been in favor of ANY “comprehensive plans”. “Comprehensive plans” don’t work. McCain’s comprehensive plan to “fix” campaign corruption? FAIL. New Deal? FAIL. Great Society? FAIL. NCLB? FAIL.

            The conservative philosophy for governing involves securing freedoms, maintaining order, and otherwise getting the heck out of the way. Why SHOULD we offer up Porkulus Lite?

          • Mike gamecock DeVine
          • $peciallist

            and………….Rush is right….

            OC Rules!

          • SteveLA

            The choices and failures he’s made in his personal life or that he’s laughing all the way to the bank…good for him by the way.

            Like the Ken and John show out here in LA, your guy Rush is good entertainment, but I think that I’d rather get my political advice from someone who has actually run for office and been elected like a Chris Cox or Buck McKennon.

          • Mike gamecock DeVine
          • $peciallist
          • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
          • Martin Knight

            Last I checked, “moderates” were porking it up with the worst of them all the way through the last eight years.

            At least we SoCons are rediscovering our FisCon sides again. Specter, Snowe and Collins, RMSP leading lights all, are a different issue altogether.

      • SteveLA

        How about instead we contact those spend and spend some more CongressCritters that are far right on social issues but don’t really care about fiscal matters? Seems that’s all we’ve had for the last 8 years and seems like that’s one of the reasons the Republican brand is in the shape it’s it.

        It’s amazing what happens when the three legged stool of fiscal, strong military and social conservatism comes back into balance and the Republican party stops standing just for legislating morality while spending like Drunken Sailors on shore leave.

        Tom Delay could not be reached for comment

        …and snark off.

        • Martin Knight

          You and your buddies at GOPProgress – where is Liz Mair BTW? – had a great time lambasting all of us “extremist” theocrats out to ban fellatio and sodomy for abandoning fiscal conservatism, unlike those paragons of fiscal conservative virtue at the RMSP.

          What the heck happened?

          • SteveLA

            You really should catch a plane out to San Fran and the Castro district. Perhaps you can get lucky somehow and deal with your fixation on what consenting adults do behind closed doors. I really don’t think many folks spend as much time as you do thinking and talking as graphically as you do about these topics. Have you considered seeking help?

          • http://andrightlyso.com/ civil_truth

            This issue today is that it is the “moderate” – the RMSP group who have abandoned fiscal conservatism is the most egregious act of irresponsibility in our nation’s history. The “moderates” not the “social conservatives”. I will remember who took a stand for fiscal conservatism in the hour when our nation’s future was a stake, and who sold out for thirty pieces of silver. You need to also.

            Worse they have aided and abetted a process in which the largest appropriation bill was rushed through to passage without either our representatives or the people of this country having a chance to read the contents.

            The second even more than the first is a betrayal of fundamental representative principles and for that betrayal they need to be primaried and cast out if possible. We are on the verge of a legislative tyranny of the majority – which will only invite retaliation in kind if the Republicans ever regain the ascendency.

            Democracy itself has taken a body blow today, one that may prove fatal. Those who enabled it must be held accountable.

          • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

            That last one went over the edge.

          • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

            I have done so.

          • Martin Knight

            … what people do behind closed doors. Neither does any SoCon I know. And I know quite a lot.

            You “moderates” are the ones who go around echoing liberal chants about “fundies” who want to bring the government into people’s bedrooms and turn the nation into a “theocracy”, when it has no bearing on reality.

            You’re the ones who claim to be “moderate” about it all while claiming to be “fiscal conservatives” and yet end up having your leading lights vote for this travesty.

          • Jack_Savage

            Written a spending bill that will ruin this country. And thank God House Republicans aren’t stuck in the past like you and like minded Democrats and voted against the bill. Every last one of them.

            Maybe YOU could catch a plane to D.C., sit in the very middle (appropriately) of Pennsylvania Avenue, look at both ends and see where the Democrat Wing of the Republican Party have gotten us. Your credentials for leading us to electoral victory are at an all-time low, and I would hope that you have the good sense to realize that.

            Since I have no desire to get into the usual Friday night “Homophobe! You Can’t Legislate Morality! I’m OK, Abortion Is OK!” discussion with you, I will retire to watch a movie with my family and leave the dirty work to others.

            Every time I try to like you, this happens. Geez.

          • http://www.erickerickson.org Erick Erickson

            I backed everybody down on banning your ass, but you deserve it for something like this.

            Had you not been around for so long, I would not have insisted you be turned back on.

            Don’t do it again. You sometimes have to recognize you aren’t in sync with the majority of the community.

          • SteveLA

            Erick.

            Yes you are right, but sometimes the bashing of moderates is a bit too much for me. I overreacted and bit back…I apologize to all for my cruddy postings.

          • http://www.erickerickson.org Erick Erickson

            So can you. ;)

            Hell, we all live in fear of Moe’s blam stick.

          • Dan McLaughlin

            I agree with Erick. We are cutting slack here solely on the basis of you being here a long time.

          • Martin Knight

            That said; I think this time even you have to agree, the bashing is exceeding well deserved.

  • http://www.AmericanThinker.com Hammer2008

    Rep. John Barrow, GA-12th: http://www.barrow.house.gov/ and here’s a the 12th’s congressional map (picture Augusta to Savannah): http://www.borrow.house.govs/images/stories/district/Cong05map.gif