153 Republicans Voted to curtail debate on Spending Bill.

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[cc2k]

For the past week, I've been posting about the "Omnibus Spending Bill" that the Dems have rammed through the congress. This $410 billion monster is for Fiscal Year 2009. They refused to do their job while Bush was in office and passed a continuing resolution last year to run the government until March 6. Now, they want big increases (even bigger than Bush would have approved), and they will get them with Obama's signature.

Minority leader Boehner has been sounding the alarm on this since Februrary 5th. He was calling on the Dems to publish the bill so Republicans could read it, and so that it could be made available on the Internet. He was trying to expose their plan to pass this in secrecy.

Why then, did Boehner vote to limit debate on this bill to only one hour?

Even if your Congress critter did well and voted against the bill, if they voted to keep debate to just one hour, that was a bad call. These 153 Republicans voted to keep the public in the dark and rush this bill to a final vote. That's shameful.

If your representative is one of the "Yeas" above, you should contact them and ask them why they thought a $410 Billion spending bill for an entire fiscal year was so trivial that it should only be debated for a single hour. And why they voted to proceed with the final vote less than a day after the bill was shown to the public.

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FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 85

(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)

      H RES 184      YEA-AND-NAY      25-Feb-2009      2:09 PM
      QUESTION:  On Agreeing to the Resolution
      BILL TITLE: Providing for consideration of H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations for 2009

	Yeas	Nays	PRES	NV
Democratic	245	3		5
Republican	153	21		4
Independent
TOTALS	398	24		9

---- YEAS    398 ---

Abercrombie Ackerman Aderholt Adler (NJ) Akin Alexander Altmire Andrews Arcuri Austria Baca Bachmann Bachus Baird Baldwin Barrett (SC) Barrow Bartlett Bean Becerra Berkley Berman Berry Biggert Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Bishop (UT) Blackburn Blumenauer Boccieri Boehner Bonner Bono Mack Boozman Boren Boswell Boucher Boustany Boyd Brady (PA) Brady (TX) Braley (IA) Bright Brown (SC) Brown, Corrine Brown-Waite, Ginny Buchanan Burton (IN) Butterfield Buyer Calvert Camp Cantor Cao Capito Capps Capuano Cardoza Carnahan Carney Carson (IN) Carter Castle Castor (FL) Chaffetz Chandler Childers Clarke Clay Cleaver Clyburn Coble Coffman (CO) Cohen Cole Conaway Connolly (VA) Conyers Cooper Costa Costello Courtney Crenshaw Crowley Cuellar Culberson Cummings Dahlkemper Davis (AL) Davis (CA) Davis (KY) Davis (TN) DeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dent Diaz-Balart, L. Diaz-Balart, M. Dicks Dingell Doggett Donnelly (IN) Doyle Dreier Driehaus Duncan Edwards (MD) Edwards (TX) Ellison Ellsworth Emerson Engel Eshoo Etheridge Fallin Farr Fattah Filner Fleming Forbes Fortenberry Foster Foxx Frank (MA) Frelinghuysen Fudge Gallegly Garrett (NJ) Gerlach Giffords

Gohmert Gonzalez Goodlatte Gordon (TN) Granger Graves Grayson Green, Al Green, Gene Griffith Grijalva Guthrie Gutierrez Hall (NY) Hall (TX) Halvorson Hare Harman Harper Hastings (FL) Hastings (WA) Heinrich Heller Hensarling Herger Herseth Sandlin Higgins Hill Himes Hinchey Hinojosa Hirono Hodes Hoekstra Holden Holt Honda Hoyer Hunter Inglis Inslee Israel Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Jenkins Johnson (GA) Johnson (IL) Johnson, E. B. Johnson, Sam Jones Kagen Kanjorski Kaptur Kennedy Kildee Kilpatrick (MI) Kilroy Kind King (NY) Kirk Kirkpatrick (AZ) Kissell Klein (FL) Kline (MN) Kosmas Kratovil Lance Langevin Larsen (WA) Latham LaTourette Latta Lee (CA) Lee (NY) Levin Lewis (GA) Linder Lipinski LoBiondo Loebsack Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Lucas Luetkemeyer Luján Lummis Lungren, Daniel E. Lynch Mack Maffei Maloney Manzullo Marchant Markey (CO) Markey (MA) Marshall Massa Matheson Matsui McCarthy (CA) McCarthy (NY) McCaul McClintock McCollum McCotter McDermott McGovern McHenry McHugh McIntyre McKeon McMahon McMorris Rodgers McNerney Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Melancon Mica Michaud Miller (FL) Miller (MI) Miller (NC) Miller, George Minnick Mitchell Mollohan Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (KS) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy, Patrick Murphy, Tim

Murtha Myrick Nadler (NY) Napolitano Neal (MA) Neugebauer Nunes Nye Oberstar Obey Olson Olver Ortiz Pallone Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Paulsen Payne Pence Perlmutter Peters Peterson Petri Pingree (ME) Pitts Poe (TX) Polis (CO) Pomeroy Posey Price (NC) Putnam Radanovich Rahall Rangel Rehberg Reichert Reyes Richardson Rodriguez Roe (TN) Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rogers (MI) Rooney Ros-Lehtinen Roskam Ross Rothman (NJ) Roybal-Allard Royce Ruppersberger Ryan (OH) Ryan (WI) Salazar Sánchez, Linda T. Sanchez, Loretta Sarbanes Scalise Schakowsky Schauer Schiff Schmidt Schock Schrader Schwartz Scott (GA) Scott (VA) Sensenbrenner Serrano Sessions Sestak Shadegg Shea-Porter Sherman Shimkus Shuster Sires Skelton Slaughter Smith (NE) Smith (TX) Smith (WA) Snyder Souder Space Speier Spratt Stearns Sullivan Sutton Tanner Tauscher Taylor Teague Terry Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Thornberry Tiahrt Tiberi Tierney Titus Tonko Towns Tsongas Turner Upton Van Hollen Velázquez Visclosky Walden Walz Wamp Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Watt Waxman Weiner Welch Wexler Whitfield Wilson (OH) Wilson (SC) Wittman Wolf Woolsey Wu Yarmuth Young (AK) Young (FL)

---- NAYS    24 ---

Barton (TX) Blunt Broun (GA) Burgess Deal (GA) Ehlers Flake Franks (AZ)

Gingrey (GA) Issa Jordan (OH) King (IA) Kingston Kucinich Lamborn Lewis (CA)

Paul Price (GA) Rohrabacher Shuler Simpson Smith (NJ) Stupak Westmoreland

---- NOT VOTING    9 ---

Campbell Cassidy Davis (IL)

Larson (CT) Miller, Gary Perriello

Platts Rush Stark

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Here's what the vote was about:

The text of H.Res 184:

House Calendar No. 12

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 184

[Report No. 111-20]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 24, 2009

Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1105) making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

Sec. 2. House Resolution 158 is laid on the table.

House Calendar No. 12

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 184

[Report No. 111-20]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105) making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

[cc2k]

I'm very proud that my representative was one of the few that voted against this resolution for secrecy. And I'm sending him a big thank you note today.

[Gondring]

Dang obstructionist Roon Paul....voting against this....

[Future Snake Eater]

Well, the faster we pass these bills, the faster we’ll bankrupt the country, the faster we can get on with the next phase of America.

[shoutingandpointing]

Goodlatte voted “Yea?” The man who represents the citizens of the valley of the “I'm Voting for the Chick!” signs?

Speechless.

[Old Sarge]

Does anyone doubt any longer that we are a one-party government, and that conservatives have been marginalized?

[misterrob]

Maybe some had their earmarks in the bill, maybe some wanted the Dems to get their bill so they could go out and campaign against it. They can’t filibuster it so I don’t see what the issue is here.

[pleikumud]

Nowhere can I find exactly what the $410,000,000,000 is for. What will it be spent on? Anyone have specifics? 10% for Medicaid? 5% for the new Komsomol University? $1 billion for Acorn?

[dawn53]

I guarantee that with 9000 earmarks, not all are going to the Dems. Republicans are complicit, that’s the answer to his question.

[FarRightFanatic]

Michelle Bachmann voted YEA on this????

[HighlyOpinionated]

Where is Georgia’s Nathan Deal? Don’t see him voting at all.

I surely HOPE that the Republicans have a plan to CHANGE how this goes down.

2 things that ‘we’ did incorrectly . . . allow Congress to vote for its own raises and . . . allow Congress to vote for its own raises.

[SumProVita]

So did Marsha Blackburn!!! Grrrrr.....

[kellynla]

I give up...we support & elect Republicans to office and this is what they do?

I guess my father was right...”If a politician’s mouth is moving, he's lying.”

[cc2k]

pleikumud wrote:

Nowhere can I find exactly what the $410,000,000,000 is for. What will it be spent on? Anyone have specifics? 10% for Medicaid? 5% for the new Komsomol University? $1 billion for Acorn?

This bill is all the spending for Fiscal Year 2009. Rather than pass any actual appropriations bills last year, the Dems in Congress passed a "continuing resolution" in September to fund the federal government through March 6, 2009 at fiscal year 2008 levels. They thought Bush might veto their spending increases, and they knew they could run out the clock and kick this down the field to Obama (or maybe McCain).

I posted links to the actual bill on the thread "H.R.1105, Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Introduced in House)."

The bill itself is in legis-speak, and difficult to read. Go to the "Explanatory Statements" (links at post 7 on that thread) you will find more a more readable summary. The earmarks are all listed in the explanatory statements, and it shows the increases or decreases for the budget.

[Carry_Okie]

Tom is a yea? WTF? Already?

I want answers.

[xzins]

Republicans are no friends of conservatives. I’ve learned that over the last 6 years.

They vote for big spending when they’re in power and pretend to be against it when out of power.

It’s simply a way of building a power base to them.

I’ve left the pubbies for good. They are absolutely untrustworthy.

[cc2k]

HighlyOpinionated wrote:

Where is Georgia’s Nathan Deal? Don’t see him voting at all.

He's in the Nays. He's my congressman as well.

The ones that voted against limiting the debate to a single hour were: Barton (TX), Blunt, Broun (GA), Burgess, Deal (GA,) Ehlers, Flake, Franks (AZ), Gingrey (GA), Issa, Jordan (OH), King (IA), Kingston, Kucinich, Lamborn, Lewis (CA), Paul, Price (GA), Rohrabacher, Shuler, Simpson, Smith (NJ), Stupak and Westmoreland.

I can't explain Kucinich on there. What was he thinking? Or does he really believe in transparency and openness?

[Joe 6-pack]

Kucinich is nutty as a fruitcake...no debaqte there, but I think he at least believes in transparency. In fact, he’s probably no more insane than many on the left, but simply makes no attempts to conceal it.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

And not one peep from the media on Chairman MAObama’s complete lack of open debate and transparency that he said would be the very core of his administration.

I guess he has quickly learned that you get your agenda passed much faster when you lie, cheat and steal. And the brain dead public is completely ignorant about how this country is being ripped apart from the inside out.

[pappyone]

I agree, and would love to see a real third party. Only problem is it would probably attract too many nuts like me and you.
he he
SFC/USA/RET

[redk]

I thought for sure Bachmann would vote no to something like this.

[wilco200]

Kucinich 2012! /s

[genetic homophobe]

No. It’s been obvious, even before Bush TARPed us.

[genetic homophobe]

ping

[FarRightFanatic]

Yes, I did too. Going to have to call her office today.

[genetic homophobe]

I don’t want to believe Marsha’s going RINO! There’s no hope.

[dools007]

Yo xzins—Thank you for your service. I’m retired US Army O5. I agree with you that the GOP is a lost cause for conservatives. A couple of months ago I was not getting much traction on that point. But I’m seeing more and more folks like yourself who finally get it.

I keep asking the people, who insist on sticking with the GOP, what gives them any reason to think the RINOs running the party will not continue to vote for demrat policies. I have not received one explanation.

Personally, I think there are a lot of demrat lurkers here on FR whose job it is to encourage the idea that the GOP remains a credible opposition to the demrats. In fact, the GOP has been coopted by the demrats.

It appears I am in a distinct minority that believes our political apparatus has broken down to the point where there is no longer a viable opposition party to the demrat party. And that is precisely why The Marxist Onada feels so emboldened to rush the country to socialism.

[genetic homophobe]

Here’s a tagline for you: “A third party would attract too many nuts like me”

[theDentist]

I think he was wrong to curtail debate, but perhaps it’s beause he wants to save his ammunition for later on.
Either way, this is what happens when your “Leadership” wants to cozy up to the Oval Office.

[Cedric]

Do you people ever look for another explanation other than “everyone’s a RINO sellout”?

These are the same Republicans who stood 100% against porkulus, just a few short weeks ago.

[RatsDawg]

Wow, in Michigan Stupak (D) voted nay, and Hoekstra (R) (who I had much respect for) voted yea.

Hoekstra is going to hear from me!

[popdonnelly]

Our era as the greatest World power is over, because we are enormously in debt to China.

[Munz]

We have no one to blame except the Republican party of days gone bye for not towing the line when they had the chance.

We must vote in a new congress and senate, dump the lot and let them know we won’t tolerate this nonsense anymore.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Calling John Sullivan’s office.

[Lard McKenzie]

I called Ken Calvert’s office and asked why he is joining with the Democrats to limit debate to a mere hour. Said I was concerned he may not have the energy to put up a fight.

[penelopesire]

My guess is that the republicans knew they did not have the votes to stop this thing and this was procedural. They are calling on Obama to veto the bill entirely now.

http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=112651

[P-Marlowe]

Republicans are no friends of conservatives.

We all need to join the "TEA PARTY"

[P-Marlowe]

I called Ken Calvert’s office and asked why he is joining with the Democrats to limit debate to a mere hour. Said I was concerned he may not have the energy to put up a fight.

Calvert (the pervert) used to be my congressman, but thankfully I was Gerrymandered into Darryl Issa's district.

[randog]

LOL!! That’s one way to look at it!

[slowhandluke]

Do you people ever look for another explanation other than “everyone’s a RINO sellout”?

These are the same Republicans who stood 100% against porkulus, just a few short weeks ago.

And, in the case of my Rep, he voted against TARP before he voted for it. It's amazing how he is willing to vote against waste, as long as it's going to pass without his vote.

If they can't win the vote, they should at least be fighting by buying time. I want to see a full court press on this stuff, it's that important.

Sometimes they are RINO sellouts, other times they just don't have seem to have the heart to put up a good effort. Maybe it would have been a valiant losing effort, but you have to make the effort or you will discourage your supporters.

[RatsDawg]

Upton is my real Congressman, but I expected him to vote yea anyways. I did not vote for Upton in the last election, I voted for his Libertarian opponent.

[pgkdan]

I’m keeping my eye on Heath Shuler. He’s voted against his party on every major vote this year. He’s looking more conservative than 99% of the GOP.

[VictoryGal]

> They are calling on Obama to veto the bill entirely now.

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHHHAHAAAAHA
*wheeze*
HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAAAHAHHA

ohhhh that’s a good one.

[XR7]

Why then, did Boehner vote to limit debate on this bill to only one hour?

So he could go on vacation.
Oops!
I forgot.
He's been on vacation since being elected to Congress.

[Theodore R.]

It may have to do with keeping golf games already scheduled by the Republican members. They know too that the American people want this socialism; so why be an “obstructionist”?

[penelopesire]

It is a pretty hopeless scenario. LOL

[GeorgiaDawg32]

he voted “nay”..he’s mine too..

[Theodore R.]

Kucinich is proof of the decline of Cleveland as a major city.

[agrace]

Did my rep cease to exist when I wasn’t looking? I got excited for a minute there imagining that Voinovich didn’t vote yea and then I see he’s nowhere to be found.

[avacado]

The current budget deficit fiscal 2009 (Oct 2008 - Jan 2009) excluding the stimulus and TARP is $600 billion. Another $600 billion will probably be spent to close out fiscal 2009. So the fiscal 2009 standard budget deficit will probably end up $600B + $600B + $400B = $1.5 trillion dollars. Plus the $800B stimulus and $700B TARP = $3 trillion.

How in the world can the Democrats scream about the Republicans’ spending when the largest single year deficit that the Republicans ran up was $412B in 2004? And the Republican Congress had the deficit down to $160B in fiscal 2007.

Where is the media?

[penelopesire]

This was a procedural vote to ‘consider’ the bill. The final vote on HR 1105 was 16 republicans voting for the bill and 158 against.