Tue 24 Jun 2008
Cloture Vote on Housing Bill Passes; 9 Republicans Step Up to the Plate
Posted by DC Republican under Across the US , Activism , Beltway Politics , Campaign '08 , Congress , Democrats , Politics , SpendingEven though it was inevitable that the Democrats would get the cloture vote that Harry Reid was seeking on the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (aka: Housing Bailout Bill), I have to admit that I was quite surprised to see it get the overwhelming support that it did.
Regardless of how this vote turned out, there are 9 members of the Senate who deserve our thanks and gratitude for standing up and speaking out against this horrible piece of legislation.
Senators who have a pair:
Senator John Barrasso, Wyoming
Senator Christopher Bond, Missouri
Senator James Bunning, Kentucky
Senator Michael Crapo, Idaho
Senator Jim DeMint, South Carolina
Senator John Ensign, Nevada
Senator Michael Enzi, Wyoming
Senator Jon Kyl, Arizona
Senator David Vitter, Louisiana
And then there are those Senators who simply don’t get it:
| Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Dodd (D-CT) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) |
Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) |
Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wicker (R-MS) Wyden (D-OR) |
Blogs covering this:
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2008/06/senate_key_vote_doddshelby_hou.php
http://usmegatrends.blogspot.com/2008/06/is-there-goat-in-house.html
http://www.mathies.com/weblog/?p=1319
http://rubechat.kfan.com/forums/thread/3139831.aspx
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-sns-ap-congress-housing,0,2396621.story?track=rss
http://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/2008/06/senate-housing-bailout-further-erodes.html
If you’re covering the post-cloture segments of the Housing Bailout Bill, let me know, I’d be more than happy to add your link to the list.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I’m guessing Brownback wasn’t voting because he’s still holding out for a VP spot? What’s more baffling is the fact that Tom Coburn didn’t vote.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
you moron!
June 27th, 2008 at 9:23 am
This is bad news, man. There needs to be more public outcry over this. If this bill passes in the face of constituents ire, I don’t know what to say. Go here for updates:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200806/POL20080627a.html