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| Republicans who voted for Waxman-Markey climate bill | |
| 2009-06-28 | |
| The House just passed the sweeping carbon tax bill commonly known as Waxman-Markey by the thinnest of margins, 219-212. Right-leaning groups felt very strongly about the measure and pulled out all sorts of stops to get Republicans in line against it. Those efforts, and those of the House GOP leadership, worked for the most part except for 8 Republicans, most of whom are likely to face significant pressure from the base for their vote. They are as follows: Mary Bono Mack (Calif.), Mike Castle, Mark Steven Kirk (Ill.), Leonard Lance (NJ), Frank LoBiondo (NJ), John McHugh (NY), Dave Reichert (Washington), Chris Smith (NJ).
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Likely because it didn't go far enough. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-06-28 22:01 |
| #6 #5 Greenpeace was against it, so I'm guessing that's the source of Kucinich's opposition. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2009-06-28 21:22 |
| #5 Kucinich? Rare moment of sanity, or he doesn't think it goes far enough? |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-06-28 18:11 |
| #4 #3 The Republican Nay votes are all RINO/Country Club Republican districts without any "energy interests". But what was the payoff? John Boehner needs to take the gloves off and expose these Judas' publically. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-28 08:24 |
| #3 The Republican Nay votes are all RINO/Country Club Republican districts without any "energy interests". Probably not a lot of heavy industry either that will be affected. It is all meaningless since I just cannot see the senate voting for this thing that I now call an Obamanation. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-06-28 08:17 |
| #2 Michelle Malkin lists the Donks - In case you were wondering, here are the 44 Democrat NAY votes: Altmire Arcuri Barrow Berry Boren Bright Carney Childers Costa Costello Dahlkemper Davis (AL) Davis (TN) DeFazio Donnelly (IN) Edwards (TX) Ellsworth Foster Griffith Herseth Sandlin Holden Kirkpatrick (AZ) Kissell Kucinich Marshall Massa Matheson McIntyre Melancon Minnick Mitchell Mollohan Nye Ortiz Pomeroy Rahall Rodriguez Ross Salazar Stark Tanner Taylor Visclosky Wilson (OH) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-28 08:01 |
| #1 cap and traitors. Vote the ones that voted for this insanity out. We may have no GOP at the end of it all, but we may sleep at night. Until they rustle us up and take us in for disent. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-06-28 00:12 |