wow 7 votes by dems not to override veto and 1 vote present?! ?!

[iamthebandfanman]

what is going on here ?


TUNE TO C-SPAN 1

OH MY GOD 2 REPUBLICANs VOTED YES

Somebody find out what dems voted against this please!!

[Dinger]

1. Who Were The Assholes? (nt)

[iamthebandfanman]

3. the votes not over

but so far 5 have voted against overriding!

when its over somebody please find out who those bastards are cause they are gonna get a keyboard full from me!

[Iwasthere]

4. Yes! Let's pound them with emails and phone calls...

FUCKERS!!!

[Left Hook]

29. not gonna work

It'll just be brushed off like dandruff unfortunately.

[ISUGRADIA]

30. Yeah, I'm sure they will give a rat's ass for the opinions of

people out of their districts.

They represent such liberal districts in Georgia, Oklahoma and Mississippi and Utah I'm sure they'll be voted out in the next primary. :sarcasm:

[loudsue]

14. DLCers. That's my bet.

Lieberman & crew....you know, the usual suspects.

They have NO BUSINESS in the Democratic party. Fucking infiltrators (infil-traitors) .

:kick::kick::kick:

[Iwasthere]

2. wtf!!!!

[bigtree]

5. six now

fuckers

[mtnester]

6. Lieberman still calling himself a Dem? I call one of the votes for him

if he is.

[KamaAina]

27. He is still calling himself a Dem.

He is also still calling himself a Senator. :eyes: This vote was in the House. So it can't be him. There are apparently 7 Dem* congresscritters who are nearly as bad. :puke:

[mtnester]

28. Oops

see what happens when I read fast?

:)

[BOSSHOG]

7. I'll go out on a limb and bet one of them was my congressman

Gene Taylor (D), Mississippi. I hope not but thats the way Gene is. One day I love him, the next day I hate him, BUT and this is an incredibly large but, he is Jane Fonda compared to the scum Mississippi republicans have run against him the past few elections.

[Beelzebud]

8. Who are the 6 cowards?

[iamthebandfanman]

11. Exactly

more like 7.
voting present is the same as voting NO in my opinion

COWARDS!

[BuyingThyme]

9. They're often too stupid to push the right button, but they're

allowed to go back and change it.

[TahitiNut]

10. Seven now supporting the purveyors of death and predation.

:shrug: Party labels don't seem to be all that reliable. For those who decry "litmus tests," it seems the "D" label isn't one either.

[bobbolink]

19. "Party labels don't seem to be all that reliable"

Only when it's the republics.

When will the left side of the aisle get it together to build consensus?!

[blogslut]

12. Looks like the Republics voted to take money away from the troops

n/t

[magellan]

13. Forgive them for they are Dems

Unless like me you don't mind having the "you can't take issue with a Dem no matter what they do" police after you.

[iamthebandfanman]

16. well i dont

i have the 'drive them out of office for being cowards' police with me.

[TahitiNut]

15. "Present" is every bit as negative as a "Nay" vote on this override.

The required 2/3 is of those "present and voting" - and voting "present" raises the bar.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. "Practical politics", "Don't have the votes." "I'm from a Red state" and the usual excuses.

[Dinger]

18. How Many Votes Is 2/3? Sorry, I Plead Ignorance (nt)

[TahitiNut]

20. If 430 are present and voting (of 435) then it's 287 votes. (If 429, it's 286.)

It depends on how many are ACTUALLY present and voting ... which is almost always less than the maximum membership of 435 seats.

[Dinger]

23. Geez, we Weren't Even Close : ( nt

[onehandle]

21. The veto has zero chance of being overridden.

Welcome to politics. No outrage here. Except for the Veto against the people's will.

[Maru Kitteh]

22. One of them will be Ben Nelson from Nebraska. Chuck Hagel is a better Democrat

than Ben is.

[TahitiNut]

26. You're talking about the Senate. This vote is in the House..

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

24. FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 276

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll276.xml

Democratic 220 7 1 4
Republican 2 196 3
TOTALS 222 203 1 7

426 were present and voting, making the 2/3 requirement 284 votes.

The two Republicans voting "Yea' were Gilchrest and Jones(NC).

The eight Democrats voting "Nay" or "Present" were Barrow, Boren, Lincoln Davis, Marshall, Matheson, McNulty, and Taylor. Kucinich voted "Present."

[uppityperson]

25. roll call link and list of Nay/Present/not voting

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll276.xml
NAY
Barrow
Boren
Davis, Lincoln
Marshall
Matheson
McNulty
Taylor

PRESENT
Kucinich

NOT VOTING
Engel
Gillibrand
Lampson
Ortiz