Post by: The Annoyed Man on September 30, 2008, 05:12:34 AM
In other news, the House.gov home page has been down since the vote due to an excessive volume of traffic. Maybe Americans do care what their government does. I only wish we so adamant on all issues of government's self-granted power.
Post by: ilbob on September 30, 2008, 05:16:36 AM
Post by: The Annoyed Man on September 30, 2008, 05:23:47 AM
Post by: TommyGunn on September 30, 2008, 06:05:30 AM
I don't get it. The link is to a bill that should have died and did.
Oh no, this is gonna come back in spades. Look for it to happen Thursday, after the Jewish holiday is over.
It's such a horrendous emergency, you see, congress JUST HAD to take a couple of holidays ......
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 30, 2008, 08:45:23 AM
Post by: TommyGunn on September 30, 2008, 09:02:04 AM
Post by: Intune on September 30, 2008, 09:22:59 AM
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The House of Representatives is currently experiencing an extraordinarily high amount of email traffic. The Write Your Representative function is therefore intermittantly available. While we realize communicating to your Members of Congress is critical, we suggest attempting to do so at a later time, when demand is not so high. System engineers are working to resolve this issue and we appreciate your patience.
The problem ain't with the email system, bud. My patience has run out. Edit- 5 of the 9 TN reps voted NO. I called my Rep in DC to thank her and urge her to stay the course & the staffer said that she had been working there two years and has never seen anything like the current volume of calls.
Post by: Lennyjoe on September 30, 2008, 12:07:02 PM
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 30, 2008, 12:27:26 PM
Um, yeah ... well, that's not exactly what I meant ......
I know. It's just that I've been saving that line ever since I heard they were taking time off for Rosh Hashana.
Post by: longeyes on September 30, 2008, 03:12:22 PM
While the pols prattle about protecting savings accounts, they practice fiscal policies that make saving a JOKE.
Please. We have a runaway addict on our hands here.
Post by: MicroBalrog on October 01, 2008, 08:22:46 AM
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The bail-out bill isn't dead, not by a long shot.
It's a trick. Get an ax.
Post by: TF_FH on October 01, 2008, 08:53:10 AM
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The bail-out bill isn't dead, not by a long shot.
It's a trick. Get an ax.
Army of Darkness. I love that scene.
Post by: longeyes on October 01, 2008, 10:29:36 AM
Post by: The Annoyed Man on October 02, 2008, 02:46:23 AM
By The Associated Press 8 hours ago
The 74-25 roll call by which the Senate approved a $700 billion rescue package for Wall Street aimed at preventing a credit crisis.
On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to approve the package and a "no" vote was a vote against it.
Voting "yes" were 39 Democrats, 34 Republicans and 1 independent.
Voting "no" were 9 Democrats, 15 Republicans and 1 independent.
Alabama
Sessions (R) No; Shelby (R) No.
Alaska
Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.
Arizona
Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Yes.
Arkansas
Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.
California
Boxer (D) Yes; Feinstein (D) Yes.
Colorado
Allard (R) No; Salazar (D) Yes.
Connecticut
Dodd (D) Yes; Lieberman (I) Yes.
Delaware
Biden (D) Yes; Carper (D) Yes.
Florida
Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) No.
Georgia
Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes. [My state's senators fail]
Hawaii
Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.
Idaho
Craig (R) Yes; Crapo (R) No.
Illinois
Durbin (D) Yes; Obama (D) Yes.
Indiana
Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) Yes.
Iowa
Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Yes.
Kansas
Brownback (R) No; Roberts (R) No.
Kentucky
Bunning (R) No; McConnell (R) Yes.
Louisiana
Landrieu (D) No; Vitter (R) No.
Maine
Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.
Maryland
Cardin (D) Yes; Mikulski (D) Yes.
Massachusetts
Kennedy (D) Not Voting; Kerry (D) Yes.
Michigan
Levin (D) Yes; Stabenow (D) No.
Minnesota
Coleman (R) Yes; Klobuchar (D) Yes.
Mississippi
Cochran (R) No; Wicker (R) No.
Missouri
Bond (R) Yes; McCaskill (D) Yes.
Montana
Baucus (D) Yes; Tester (D) No.
Nebraska
Hagel (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.
Nevada
Ensign (R) Yes; Reid (D) Yes.
New Hampshire
Gregg (R) Yes; Sununu (R) Yes.
New Jersey
Lautenberg (D) Yes; Menendez (D) Yes.
New Mexico
Bingaman (D) Yes; Domenici (R) Yes.
New York
Clinton (D) Yes; Schumer (D) Yes.
North Carolina
Burr (R) Yes; Dole (R) No.
North Dakota
Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) No.
Ohio
Brown (D) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.
Oklahoma
Coburn (R) Yes; Inhofe (R) No.
Oregon
Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) No.
Pennsylvania
Casey (D) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.
Rhode Island
Reed (D) Yes; Whitehouse (D) Yes.
South Carolina
DeMint (R) No; Graham (R) Yes.
South Dakota
Johnson (D) No; Thune (R) Yes.
Tennessee
Alexander (R) Yes; Corker (R) Yes.
Texas
Cornyn (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.
Utah
Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) Yes.
Vermont
Leahy (D) Yes; Sanders (I) No.
Virginia
Warner (R) Yes; Webb (D) Yes.
Washington
Cantwell (D) No; Murray (D) Yes.
West Virginia
Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.
Wisconsin
Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) Yes.
Wyoming
Barrasso (R) No; Enzi (R) No.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hX_MaTaUTKVxe0Z1tfLTOa1U75MgD93I3IQ80
CNN Money
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Georgia's senate representation is a 100% failure. Both voted 'yes.'
Overall, if just 25 or 26 of the 'yes'-voting Republicans had actually voted like Republicans, this bill would have been shot down.
Oh well, back to the house. I have to go round up some chickens and buy some tar.
Post by: The Annoyed Man on October 02, 2008, 04:19:44 AM
Post by: Balog on October 02, 2008, 08:50:50 AM
Post by: ilbob on October 02, 2008, 09:25:50 AM
Post by: Tallpine on October 03, 2008, 07:57:25 AM
(I voted for the logger/rancher from western MT)The perenially unsuccessful Kelleher is pushing for a parlimentary system and full govt health care, among other things
I have to say that on this at least I am impressed by Tester. Our democrats in MT are generally more "conservative" than republicans in some other states.
Post by: MicroBalrog on October 03, 2008, 08:10:16 AM
Post by: The Annoyed Man on October 03, 2008, 09:22:57 AM
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml
I take it that #680 was to consider the vote.
I had a feeling there were more traitors than that.