The vote came down 219-212. 7 votes passed the largest tax increasing legislation we've seen in a long time, maybe forever. Now there's a lot of different ways to look at the vote and place blame, but here's an interesting one - 8 Republicans voted aye. Here they are:
Mary Bono - CA
Michael Castle - DE
Mark Kirk - IL
Leonard Lance - NJ
Frank LoBiondo - NJ
John McHugh - NY
David Reichert - WA
Chris Smith - NJ
I've linked each name to their congressional web site in case you have anything you'd like to say to them.
It's interesting that 44 Democrats broke from their party and voted against this bill. It was too liberal for 44 Democrats, but not for those 8 so-called Republicans. I'm not mad that the 8 traitors didn't vote "with the party" though. Voting with the party for the sake of voting with the party is bull. The problem I have is that this bill is way beyond anything that the Republican party stands for. This bill is huge government and gross over-taxation, two anti-Republican staples. If the "traitor 8" can't see that then they need to slither across the aisle and get themselves big old "D" after their name. Maybe we should recruit a few of the 44 brave souls that saw through this junk packed middle class killer.
All hope is not lost though, it still has to pass the Senate. Hopefully enough people will get through all 1200 pages and publicize what was really bought and blow the whistle. We need some serious pressure on our senators, but we've got to stay engaged. Pass this blog on or any of the millions of other resources to inspire someone else to care even a little bit about what's going on and take back our country. We've got to get these guys out of Washington and install some common sense.
A.J.
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