Ben Nelson, D-Neb...switches vote to approve funding to Dick Cheney.

[tjwash]

From the "Detroit Free Press".

Committee approves funding to Cheney's office in 15-14 vote

July 12, 2007

BY ANDREW TAYLOR

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The White House scored a win Thursday on Capitol Hill after a moderate Senate Democrat broke with his party to restore funding for Vice President Dick Cheney’s office.

The 15-14 vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee came after the House last month narrowly rejected a companion bid to punish Cheney in a continuing battle over whether he is complying with national security disclosure rules.

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., switched his position from a subcommittee vote Tuesday.

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate and the author of a bill funding the White House budget and other agencies, had refused to fund the vice president’s $4.8 million budget, arguing that Cheney’s office is refusing to comply with parts of an executive order governing its handling of classified information.

At issue is a requirement that executive branch offices provide data on how much material they classify and declassify. That information is to be provided to the Information Security Oversight Office at The National Archives.

I'm sort of at a loss to say anything about this that does not involve tons of swearing and cussing out of "moderate senate democrats", so I will just say-"Yep. 15-14" :argh:

[rodeodance]

1. i shake my head

[tjwash]

4. I shake something else in his general direction.

nt

[kansasblue]

10. I shake YOUR head....that how pissed I am.

So you can assume impeachment is a long way off if we can't even scare him with funding.

grrrrrrrrrrrr

[Peregrine Took]

2. He should be kicked off the Committee.

[VP505]

3. That Nelson's

vote doesn't surprise me, I think he votes with the RePublics much of the time, another one like LiEBerputz.

[JDPriestly]

5. So now we know where our work is cut out for us.

Connecticut and Nebraska. We need to find really strong candidates there and encourage members who live in those states to start talking to their neighbors.

[AndyTiedye]

6. How Is Caving In to the Wingnuts At Every Opportunity Considerered "Moderate"?

[Individualist]

12. "Moderate" is a label DLC tries to hide behind

They're republican enablers, and Nelson has just shown once again what a good DLC member he is.

[TheLeftyMom]

15. Maybe someone threatened him, like they did Kennedy in the past?

I wouldn't put it past this band of gangsters in office.

[AndyTiedye]

20. Gee, Ya Think?

If that doesn't work, they have this anthrax, and…

[mmonk]

7. A Cheney dem.

[WI_DEM]

8. heck at an 18% approval rating, Cheney can't be all that popular even in Nebraska

[jgraz]

9. I don't think for a minute he did this without the knowledge and approval of his fellow Dems

Another example of playing at politics without actually doing anything.

[Peregrine Took]

11. You know, you are probably right. Very cowardly and cynical of them.

[rucky]

13. Are we still keeping score?

BFEE - 14,000

Sanity - 0

[terisan]

14. Ben Nelson a Quisling?

Seems to fit this wikipedia definition:


Quisling, after Norwegian fascist politician Vidkun Quisling, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborationists. It was most commonly used for fascist political parties and military and paramilitary forces in occupied Allied countries which collaborated with Axis occupiers in World War II Europe, as well as for their members and other collaborators.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quisling

[acmavm]

16. Do not ever expect a vote from that friggin' dolt that is just and

righteous. It's gotta be for the rich, powerful, and corrupt or Ben ain't gonna vote your way.

Sleezy bastard.

[originalpckelly]

17. In Nelson's case the D stands for dumbass.

[spanone]

18. cheney probably faxed over those cocaine/hooker polaroids

[dmosh42]

19. In the finest Lieberman mold!

Scumbag #2