Where Was House GOP Whip Roy Blunt on Congressional Vacation Vote?
Posted by: Mike Spence | 07/31/2008 8:59 AM
You have probably seen the press release by House Republican Whip Roy Blunt detailing how Congress went on vacation by one vote. The release lauds the 17 Democrats that crossed party lines to stay in session and hopefully vote on things like gas prices.
What a great issue to show that Nancy Pelosi Democrats are out of touch with Americans.
The roll call vote was interesting in that the issuer of the press release, the person responsibvle for rounding up Republican votes was listed as a non-voter!
I couldn't believe it. This vote was an opportunity to force Congress to stay at work at force votes on issues like drilling for oil. I called Blunt's office. Surely, he was at the hospital or something to miss such an important vote. Although he did vote on other things that day???
The staffers refused to answer the question on why he didn't vote against the adjournment.
If Blunt and the other three Republicans listed as not voting don't have a good reason for not being there, shame on us.
What a great issue to show that Nancy Pelosi Democrats are out of touch with Americans.
The roll call vote was interesting in that the issuer of the press release, the person responsibvle for rounding up Republican votes was listed as a non-voter!
I couldn't believe it. This vote was an opportunity to force Congress to stay at work at force votes on issues like drilling for oil. I called Blunt's office. Surely, he was at the hospital or something to miss such an important vote. Although he did vote on other things that day???
The staffers refused to answer the question on why he didn't vote against the adjournment.
If Blunt and the other three Republicans listed as not voting don't have a good reason for not being there, shame on us.
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Just one more reason we need entirely new GOP leadership in D.C.
Blunt should be removed.
Complaining about the democraps and he didn't even vote.