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House Passes Cap and Tax with Help from 8 Republicans
By Michael Kerr | 06/26/09 | 09:30 PM EDT | 11 Comments
The House of Representatives narrowly passed the Cap and Trade bill today with the help of 8 wayward Republicans. The vote was 219-212, with 44 Democrats voting against the measure. It’s being hailed as a major victory for Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership.
House Republicans accused Democrats of fast-tracking the bill without a thorough review and said the legislation would further damage a faltering economy and cost jobs. Republican Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said the bill was less about actual benefits and more about ideology. House Minority Leader, John Boehner called the legislation a “bureaucratic nightmare.”
Many are predicting that the bill will face an uphill battle in the Senate and will likely fall short of votes needed to pass.
Now, to the question of the day. Which eight Republicans sold out their Party, their constituents and taxpayers across the country? Here is the short list for retirement in 2010.
Mary Bono Mack (California)
Dave Reichert (Washington State)
Mike Castle (Delaware)
Mark Steven Kirk (Illinois)
Frank LoBiondo (New Jersey)
John M. McHugh (New York)
Chris Smith (New Jersey)
Leonard Lance (New Jersey)
If Cap and Trade becomes law, it will amount to the largest tax increase in our nation's history. These eight Republicans just made that a very real possibility.
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OMG! 44 Democrats voted against this. What are these eight Republicans thinking? What a huge disappointment.
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|I live in Dave Reichert's district and I voted for him. He has clearly lost his way. I was able to stomach some if his left-leaning nonsense but this is too much. Why did we fight so hard for him when his opponent, Darcy Burner, would have voted the same way? That's a question many will be asking next time. I certainly won't be writing any checks for him.
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|I love it! 44 member of my Party vote no and eight members of the GOP make it happen. Maybe Republicans are not as worthless as I thought.....at least not these eight!
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|Enjoy it while it lasts. Your days are numbered. As they say in base-ball, your OUT.
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|Our days number in the thousands. The Republican Party has completely squandered their opportunity. Time to let the big boys take care of business. Bush? McCain? Laughable.
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|Great article, Mike. All 8 of these Republicans need to be primaried. I interviewed Reichert a few weeks ago on a podcast and he has a great personal and professional story (his career in law enforcement), but anyone who could have voted for this clearly does not have the philosophical wherewithal to even be in the Congress of the United States. He and his seven friends are the Arlen Specters of the House. Re-register, gang... you cannot claim to be Republicans and have voted for this monstrosity.
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|Worse yet: Reichert (WA) and Lance (NJ) are on the NRCC's list of the top-10 most-targeted races in the country for 2010. What kind of Republican do you all think is going to stand up and support these candidates? Ironically, in trying to cast a vote that would save their own political careers in their left-leaning districts, they probably just sealed their own fates because Republicans in their areas will stay home.
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|Bono's got to GO. These Republicans need to pay every consitutent's tax bill when it comes, they won't understand the damage they've caused until it costs them. VOTE the Adam Henrys out of office.
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|The problem is broader than eight "renegade" Republicans. The problem lies in a retreat from America's original foundations, which has resulted in a rampant romp toward some of the very wrongs the Founders sought to repel from our shores.
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|Newportexecu is on target with his thoughts about the bigger problem. Until the Republican Party actually figures out what it stands for and gets everyone on the same sheet of music, soloists like the Renegade 8 will continue to do their own thing. Second part of the problem; as I see it, is that someone calling the shots at the top needs to make a living example out of these eight Renegades. I don't know what the process is in Congress, but the leadership needs to remove these people from any positions of responsibility, exclude them from caucus meetings and whatever other punitive measures may be available. At the same time, each should be called in and informed that they not only will receive no support in future re-election efforts, but the Party will run someone against them in the primary. The problem however is, that in the "Good Ol Boy/Girl Club" in Congress, the leadership follows the "Spare the rod and spoil the child," philosophy. This is why the Republican Party leadership cannot control eight renegade members on a critical piece of legislation. Sorry guys but we have to clean up our own house, before having a remote chance of retaking Congress. Perhaps, we need new leadership with a backbone?
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|Let's hope that this job-killing legislation goes down in flames in the Senate. If it doesn't, then Americans should use all means necessary to resist this counterproductive bill.
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