House Rejects Bid to Withhold Cheney's Funds

[Demeter]

Source: Washington Post

The House voted yesterday to allow Vice President Cheney to keep his house, entertainment budget and sundry other entertainments, when a measure to withhold the money to pay for them failed....

The amendment failed, 217 to 209.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062802247.html

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Missed it by THAT Much! 8 lousy democratic votes, I'm sure!

[kurth]

1. Impeach the evil bastard

Quit fucking around.

[Demeter]

2. You Speak for Many of Us, Kurth

but somebody stuck wax in Congress' ears.

[spotbird]

3. And they said it was a stunt.

Oh yeah, it was.

[BootinUp]

4. That was a pretty close vote though

Sort of a shot across the Dick's bow.

[ORDagnabbit]

5. 1 party run by the corporations.... votes bought and paid for the outcome was decided way before

[Parche]

6. Darrell Issa

With whiny ignorant rep Darrell Issa voting no........

ISSA you are a %^$&%$#^%#@(*^(*&^_(*&_)(*&(^&%&^%#^%$#@%$#@&$%$*&^%)(&_)(*_)(*&)(&(*&^*&^%&*^%$^%$#

And yes Rep Poe, "Thats just the way it is"



:hi:

[Joffan]

7. Even closer than that

4 switched votes and an abstention would've done it.

[Demeter]

12. My Bad. You Are Exactly Right

Guess you better not have me counting votes!

[Gman]

8. Or 8 mindless Republicans

[Wwagsthedog]

9. Too many DINOs. nt

[FreeStateDemocrat]

10. Political theater, we have no representation in Congress. Fuck the ruling class.

[Doctor_J]

11. The GOP sticks stick, the Dems fragment and fail

Can you say, "President Thompson"?

How about "Speaker Boner"?

[aquart]

13. Some House members need a spanking.

[Lasher]

14. Chickenshits.

The office of the VP needs to be de-funded anyway. This co-presidency is bullshit. Al Gore didn't take over while Clinton rode his bicycle and dressed up as a cowboy.

[Vidar]

15. I'm glad it was a close vote at least.

[Demeter]

16. Yeah! At Least It Shows Reality Closing In

Although why so many Congresscritters are still in denial baffles me. Especially the Democrats.

[Vidar]

17. Political expediency, complicity, cowardice. I'm to cynical to

accept ignorance as an excuse except for the really stupid ones.

[cosmicdot]

18. 24 Democrats voted against it; 4 didn't vote

it would be helpful if the press would give the vote number

in this case House vote 596

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll596.xml

Democratic

Ayes 207
Noes 24
Not Voting 4

Republican

Ayes 2
Noes 193
Not Voting 7

TOTALS

Ayes 209
Noes 217
Not Voting 11


2 Republicans actually voted in favor.
Jones (NC) and Ron Paul

Democrats voting against (Kaptur, McDermott, Obey?)

Bean
Boren
Boyd (FL)
Capuano
Cuellar
Edwards
Ellsworth
Gordon
Herseth-Sandlin
Kaptur
Klein (FL)
Lampson
McDermott
Murtha
Obey
Peterson (MN)
Ross
Salazar
Sestak
Skelton
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Tanner


Democrats not voting:

Abercrombie
Hinojosa
McNulty
Ortiz

[Josh]

19. Murtha and McDermott voted against?

That's very strange.

[Demeter]

20. Thank You So Much for the Vote Breakdown

I wanted to post this, but couldn't get it together. I'm saving the link, too!