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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:51 AM Original message |
Senate Passes $70 Billion Tax Bill (18 Dems voted "Yes") |
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NoAmericanTaliban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sad day for the poor & middle class except for one thing |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 04:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Yes, My OIL Royalty check is in the mail Today |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. I guess bipartisan means 13 of 44 Dem Senators. *snort* |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. 18 Dem "Yes" votes - Lieberman voted "No"! Here's the vote tally: |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Ack! Clinton and my Senator; Nelson |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Other surprises, too: Feinstein, Schumer, Stabenow. :( |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Stabenow also voted for that bankruptcy bill |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Schumer! I held him in such high esteem before this vote |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Delete |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. the senate website is down. funny. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 08:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Not at all surprised to see Cantwell on the "Aye" list. Typical n/t |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Knock me over with a wet raggedy feather! Lieberman voted no. |
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freefall (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Maybe he's actually worried about competition in the primary? n/t |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Welcome to DU, freefall! |
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JudyM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. A no vote from Chafee. Nice. |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Wisconsin and Illinois |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. Unbelievable! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. Some opposition party |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. While it's frustrating, voting against tax cuts in an election year |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I can understand the politics of it, but it's still disappointing. nt |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I understand. |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I don't know...there was a post citing a Pew Research poll around here... |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I hope you're right. |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. What they say to pollsters and what they DO seem different. eom |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. here is a link to those stats |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. These votes reinforce unreality and this is a losing strategy. |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Again, I didn't say that I liked it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. I agree. n/t |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Let's be honest, they are whores, selling themselves; |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Probably so. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Oh bullshit. |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Please. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. It is a game they are playing with your head. |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. It's not the Republican Party. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. A very easy decision. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Clinton has NO competition for her seat |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
60. LEADERSHIP means voting for what's right even in the face of adversity |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. "One Item Has Drawn Heavy Criticism From The White House . . |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. There needs to be a tax revolt in the U.S. |
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jackbourassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. CLINTON??? |
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LiberalGuy000 (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. She thinks she's running for President (n/t) |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That vote sure isn't going to keep her Dem base happy. n/t |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Shillery is triangulating again. |
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lakeguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. once again HALF the friggen dems are on the wrong side |
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The Governor (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. Actually, I believe that taxes on capital gains should be eliminated |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. No but you can of course apply your losses against your gains |
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The Governor (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Yes, that is true. However all of the things that you mentioned |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Well, you are hardly alone on this board in investing capital. I invest |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. The capital may have been taxed, but your gains sure haven't |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. That is such a cannard Reddest of red herring |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. The Senate bill seems to be different than many of the previous ones |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
27. Shillery better not be the Democrat nominee in 2008! |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. yeah to hell w/her! |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. Who were the 18? |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. It's posted upthread...post #3. (There are some surprises.) eom |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. was there pork in it for ny? i noticed that it was the typical dino |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Hmmm.. that was strange |
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Idioteque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. The Senate bill isn't as bad as the House one... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
50. So let me get his straight |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. Traitor Dems strike again............ |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Should they really be called Democrats? |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
59. DINOS = Dumbass Inglorious Nabobs Of Shiftlessness |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
62. The corporate whores strike again. |
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AbbyR (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
63. There go my senators again... |
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