Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Republicans Stand Firm Against Crap Sandwich



The "stimulus" bill passed, but was unanimously opposed by House Republicans. Welcome back to the fight, ladies and gentlemen!

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good. There are some representatives who have discovered their spines. But I don't think that party at the White House tonight is going to be much fun.

Retread

Paco said...

The Democrats own this disaster, now, free and clear.

Anonymous said...

What is this "free and clear" you speak of? Some strange concept from a bygone era perhaps?

Paco said...

"Clear title to this legislative compost pile, with all rights appertaining thereto."

Anonymous said...

I wrote a thank you note to my (Republican) representative, in appreciation for their principled stand. And she'll need it, she's one of the invitees to the latest White House shindig.

TW: louslo. A louse laid low, indeed.

Anonymous said...

Ah! You mean lock, stock and barrel. Why didn't you say so in the first place.

While I can't be any happier that all of the Republicans voted no on this Democrats in Perpituity Act, there is one sobering note to add.
Of the eleven Democrats that voted no on this only five were Blue Dogs. This means that 42 or 44(I count 47 they say it's 49)of the members caved and voted for something that clearly they should have voted against. Time will tell how important this was.

Anonymous said...

Jeffs:Unfortunately I can't do that since Congressman Che-lite would be the last person to vote against anything like this. I am going to write a little note to the Blue Dog website and tell them how saddened I was to see their lack of participation. Words like "coward" and "irresponsible" my drift into the missive, who can tell.

Anonymous said...

Excuse my ignorance, but do the Republicans now have a leader in opposition? I assume it is not McCain. Mehaul

Anonymous said...

Not really, Mehaul. You could tag the Senate and House minority leaders as head of the "opposition", but it's sometimes hard to tell the difference.

Morally, I'd say that Inhofe and DeMint are the opposites in the Senate. They at least follow their principles. I'm not so sure about the House.

Yojimbo, that's a good idea. I didn't know that they had a web site.

TW: psing. Yes, the House Republicans get a passing grade. This time.

Anonymous said...

For Jeffs & Mehaul

The leader in the House would be John Boehner-8th, Ohio
You might want to pay close attention to Eric Cantor-7th, Virginia as well.

The Blue Dog site is Bluedogdems.com

Anonymous said...

Those Cantors from Virginia are sticklers for tradition, eh what?

Anonymous said...

Stimulus Bills are becoming more common than viagra spam. It's a hard rain's a gonna fall, I guess.

Anonymous said...

Any bets on McCain not voting for it in the senate?

Anonymous said...

Nice to see there is still a loyal opposition. Hope they hold up in the Senate too. Message sent loud and clear.

Personally I reckon this law ought to pass - we need one like it here too.

Anonymous said...

Hey, Malkern kept me abreast of the situation. I also salute the dems who were opposed.

"Crap Sandwich" is not an edifying description, but it is accurate.

Congrats to those who oppopsed.

Paco said...

Welcome, Robert!

lotocoti: I'm thinking McCain will probably vote against it.