Keep the following names in your wallet just in case the IRS comes knocking at your door to arrest you for any possible “mistakes” in your payment of federal taxes, won’t you? For these are the names of those Republican Senators that one can rely upon to absolve us for being a tax cheat. In fact, if you play your cards right, you might even get a cushy government job out of the deal. These are the Senators that don’t think being a law abiding tax payer is a necessary requirement for being Secretary of the Treasury:
Corker (R-TN) - (202) 224-3344
Cornyn (R-TX) - (202) 224-2934
Crapo (R-ID) - (202) 224-6142
Ensign (R-NV) - (202) 224-6244
Graham (R-SC) - (202) 224-5972
Gregg (R-NH) - (202) 224-3324
Hatch (R-UT) - (202) 224-5251
Shelby (R-AL) - (202) 224-5744
Snowe (R-ME) - (202) 224-5344
Voinovich (R-OH) - (202) 224-3353
On the other hand, here are those unrelenting bores that seem to insist that tax laws are written in stone and that, darn it all, one should not be given high public office when it is discovered that one is a tax cheat!
Alexander (R-TN), Barrasso (R-WY), Bennett (R-UT), Brownback (R-KS), Bunning (R-KY), Burr (R-NC), Chambliss (R-GA), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Collins (R-ME), DeMint (R-SC), Enzi (R-WY), Grassley (R-IA), Hutchison (R-TX), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johanns (R-NE), Kyl (R-AZ), Lugar (R-IN), Martinez (R-FL), McCain (R-AZ), McConnell (R-KY), Murkowski (R-AK), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Sessions (R-AL), Specter (R-PA), Thune (R-SD), Vitter (R-LA), Wicker (R-MS)
Heartless of these stick-in-the-mud Senators to expect someone to have actually followed tax laws when being proposed as Secretary of the Treasury, isn’t it?
(And, to be fair, here are the Democrats and Independents that voted against Geithner’s confirmation: Byrd (D-WV), Feingold (D-WI), Harkin (D-IA), Sanders (I-VT))
The following list was obtained from the Senate website:
Alphabetical by Senator Name
| Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Baucus (D-MT), YeaBayh (D-IN), Yea Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Nay Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Not Voting Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Not Voting Brownback (R-KS), Nay Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burr (R-NC), Nay Burris (D-IL), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Nay Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Yea Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea DeMint (R-SC), Nay Dodd (D-CT), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea |
Ensign (R-NV), YeaEnzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johanns (R-NE), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kaufman (D-DE), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting Kerry (D-MA), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Nay Martinez (R-FL), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Nay McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Nay |
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), YeaMikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Nay Udall (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (D-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Not Voting |
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Nay | Shelby (R-AL), Yea |
| Alaska: | Begich (D-AK), Yea | Murkowski (R-AK), Nay |
| Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Nay | McCain (R-AZ), Nay |
| Arkansas: | Lincoln (D-AR), Yea | Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA), Yea | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
| Colorado: | Bennet (D-CO), Yea | Udall (D-CO), Yea |
| Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT), Yea | Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea |
| Delaware: | Carper (D-DE), Yea | Kaufman (D-DE), Yea |
| Florida: | Martinez (R-FL), Nay | Nelson (D-FL), Yea |
| Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA), Nay | Isakson (R-GA), Nay |
| Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Yea | Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
| Idaho: | Crapo (R-ID), Yea | Risch (R-ID), Nay |
| Illinois: | Burris (D-IL), Yea | Durbin (D-IL), Yea |
| Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN), Yea | Lugar (R-IN), Nay |
| Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Nay | Harkin (D-IA), Nay |
| Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS), Nay | Roberts (R-KS), Nay |
| Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY), Nay | McConnell (R-KY), Nay |
| Louisiana: | Landrieu (D-LA), Yea | Vitter (R-LA), Nay |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Nay | Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
| Maryland: | Cardin (D-MD), Yea | Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
| Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting | Kerry (D-MA), Yea |
| Michigan: | Levin (D-MI), Yea | Stabenow (D-MI), Yea |
| Minnesota: | Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea | |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Nay | Wicker (R-MS), Nay |
| Missouri: | Bond (R-MO), Not Voting | McCaskill (D-MO), Yea |
| Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Yea | Tester (D-MT), Yea |
| Nebraska: | Johanns (R-NE), Nay | Nelson (D-NE), Yea |
| Nevada: | Ensign (R-NV), Yea | Reid (D-NV), Yea |
| New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH), Yea | Shaheen (D-NH), Yea |
| New Jersey: | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea | Menendez (D-NJ), Yea |
| New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Yea | Udall (D-NM), Yea |
| New York: | Schumer (D-NY), Yea | |
| North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC), Nay | Hagan (D-NC), Yea |
| North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Yea | Dorgan (D-ND), Yea |
| Ohio: | Brown (D-OH), Not Voting | Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
| Oklahoma: | Coburn (R-OK), Nay | Inhofe (R-OK), Nay |
| Oregon: | Merkley (D-OR), Yea | Wyden (D-OR), Not Voting |
| Pennsylvania: | Casey (D-PA), Yea | Specter (R-PA), Nay |
| Rhode Island: | Reed (D-RI), Yea | Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea |
| South Carolina: | DeMint (R-SC), Nay | Graham (R-SC), Yea |
| South Dakota: | Johnson (D-SD), Yea | Thune (R-SD), Nay |
| Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Nay | Corker (R-TN), Yea |
| Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Yea | Hutchison (R-TX), Nay |
| Utah: | Bennett (R-UT), Nay | Hatch (R-UT), Yea |
| Vermont: | Leahy (D-VT), Yea | Sanders (I-VT), Nay |
| Virginia: | Warner (D-VA), Yea | Webb (D-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
| West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV), Nay | Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
| Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI), Nay | Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
| Wyoming: | Barrasso (R-WY), Nay | Enzi (R-WY), Nay |
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lol
Jack Tuesday, January 27th at 8:16AM EST (link)As I said last night Voinovich could not bring himself to vote for John Bolton. Voice breaking, tears streaming down his face standing on the heads of his grandchildren and saying his nay vote was for them.
I guess this shows that Voinovich wants his grandchildren to live under the threat of Islamic terrorists and to be bankrupt at the same time. Someone get him out of the Senate before he offers his grandchildren as human sacrifices.
Jack
“If at age 20 you are conservative you have no heart. It at age 30 you are liberal you have no brains.” Sir Winston Churchill
I guess they think...
Darvin_Dowdy Tuesday, January 27th at 8:24AM EST (link)…they’re saving their politicol capitol for a greater battle. They just don’t understand - the battle is on and will be non-stop until 2010. At which time, I pray, we can take back the House, the Senate or both. DD
Isn't much of a battle when so many of the troops surrender.
Michael Dugas Tuesday, January 27th at 8:38AM EST (link)Who’s gonna be our voice? Who out there is going to stand up for America? Who ever it is they better be quick about it because we’ve already lost several fights since the Inauguration.
Intro to Federalist Papers; section 5;
paragraph 4.
“…dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the zeal for a firm and efficient government.”
I only scored 17 on the Obama Test
What political capital?
JustLeaveMeAlone Tuesday, January 27th at 9:40AM EST (link)I’m thoroughly disgusted with the invertebrates posing as politicians.
Here’s an idea: howzabout they do the right thing just because it IS the right thing?
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
Glad he's leaving
ckincincy Tuesday, January 27th at 8:37AM EST (link)Voinovich is a waste of a senator. I am glad he is leaving because I wouldn’t have been able to vote for him in 2010.
The best thing for Ohio democrats has been Voinovich and Bob Taft.
Cornyn (TX)?! I'm shocked.
scottbomb Tuesday, January 27th at 9:01AM EST (link)Sending letter of diappointment. Letter of praise also goes to Hutchison (TX).
http://www.HowObamaGotElected.com
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” - Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948
Send the CORNMAN an e-mail to express your disappointment
izoneguy Tuesday, January 27th at 9:04AM EST (link)http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
Send CORNMAN a link to this
izoneguy Tuesday, January 27th at 9:36AM EST (link)Cornyn’s website is busy - keep it up
and send him this.
Send all the Senators this (R) and (D)
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
Shocked actually
kat Tuesday, January 27th at 9:18AM EST (link)To see Specter’s vote with the nays. I will have to send him a note of encouragement - keep on with the nays.
We cannot forget who voted yea when their next election cycle comes around. You can’t tell me we can’t find a real conservative in Texas for example, to replace Cornyn. I think I know the Lone Star State better than that. Maine may be a little tougher, but no one ever got anything worth getting without work.
And finally, as I read over at Ace’s ,@#$! each and every one of them.
“Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” Thomas Jefferson
Join the RedState Strike Force
I quote Rachel from "Friends",
skicougar Tuesday, January 27th at 10:20AM EST (link)In regards to Geithner, “once a cheater, always a cheater.” She said that phrased used by many women about cheating men in one Friends episode.
We’re supposed to believe this guy skirted the rules all tax payers live by in line for the NY Fed and then the Fed chair and he’s going to not skirt the rules again when he needs to.
I wonder if we’ll actually think Paulson was not so bad within 4 years.
It’s up to the GOP leaders, if they straighten up, clean house and follow the party platform; it’s a quick trip back to control; but 2 years after 2006; America still waits to see it.
Eat ‘em up Houston Cougars !
Why do you people keep expecting the Beltway Aristocracy
Tbone Tuesday, January 27th at 11:05AM EST (link)to exhibit any moral awareness? Government is evil because the majority of those in government, whether politicians or bureaucrats, seek those positions out of either greed of gain or the gain of power over their fellow humans.
Does anyone believe that had this over-educated, over-paid and under-principled piece of pond scum would have been confirmed by any 100 small business persons gathered together? In fact, I doubt that if you gathered up 100 hookers, street corner drug dealers and shoplifters that they would have confirmed this piece of high class scum because at least they know right from wrong. An awareness which politicians progressively shed like snake skin each additional year they are in office.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Why do you people keep expecting the Beltway Aristocracy
Tbone Tuesday, January 27th at 11:05AM EST (link)to exhibit any moral awareness? Government is evil because the majority of those in government, whether politicians or bureaucrats, seek those positions out of either greed of gain or the gain of power over their fellow humans.
Does anyone believe that had this over-educated, over-paid and under-principled piece of pond scum would have been confirmed by any 100 small business persons gathered together? In fact, I doubt that if you gathered up 100 hookers, street corner drug dealers and shoplifters that they would have confirmed this piece of high class scum because at least they know right from wrong. An awareness which politicians progressively shed like snake skin each additional year they are in office.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
I was shocked
Vegas_Rick Tuesday, January 27th at 12:25PM EST (link)the Ensign voted yea. And extremely disappointed. He’s been a fairly reliable conservative vote in the past.
I sent him a blazing e-mail last night. Not that it will do any good.
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
I sent him a blazing e-mail last night. Not that it will do any good.
izoneguy Tuesday, January 27th at 12:35PM EST (link)I send blazing e-mails all day long. If thousands and tens of thousands do the same then it might make a difference.
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
Any Republican to the Left of Specter has issues
Raven Tuesday, January 27th at 12:39PM EST (link)Their next election needs to be their last.
There are things to like about Senator Specter
David123 Tuesday, January 27th at 12:51PM EST (link)1. Support of Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court
2. Opposition to Geitner
3. Tough questioning of Holder
I don’t think people mind principled centrist republicans nearly as much as republicans who abandon their principles. Backstabbers bother me more than basicly loyal, principled centrist republicans
David123
Well, 2 things
Raven Wednesday, January 28th at 12:38PM EST (link)Apparently, he doesn’t mind Geithner so much anymore…
Geithner ala Barkley, "I am not a role model."
skicougar Tuesday, January 27th at 6:08PM EST (link)I figure that needs to be Geithner’s new motto as many of us will be paying more taxes starting sometime this year, yet the new head of the IRS proceeds to live by his own rules.
I don’t know if Barkely has trademarked that prhase requiring Geitner to pay for its use; but I really don’t expect Geithner to pay anyways.
I just expect Geithner will expect us to pay.
Eat ‘em up Houston Cougars !