Posted on 03/19/2009 9:16:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
You can find the full roll call vote on HR 1586, tax cheat Charlie Rangel’s ass-covering, after-the-fact AIG bonus tax here. I have broken out the 85 Republicans (led by GOP Minority Whip Eric Cantor) who voted with Rangel and the Democrat demagogues.
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
Because you should know:
Aderholt
Alexander
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Blunt
Bono Mack
Boozman
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Calvert
Camp
Cantor
Cao
Capito
Cassidy
Castle
Crenshaw
Davis (KY)
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gerlach
Goodlatte
Guthrie
Heller
Herger
Hoekstra
Johnson (IL)
Jones
Kirk
Lance
Latham
Lee (NY)
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Manzullo
McCaul
McClintock
McHugh
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (MI)
Moran (KS)
Petri
Platts
Putnam
Rehberg
Reichert
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Schmidt
Schock
Shimkus
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stearns
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden
Wamp
Whitfield
Wittman
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
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Way to go, confiscatory Republicans. Charlie Rangel, Chris Dodd, and Barney “Grabby Hands” Frank thank you!
HR 1586 roll call vote
http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2009&rollnumber=143
some surprises on the list..
or maybe not.
It’s the precedent it sets that is so sickening.
Shame on every last one of them.
Any earmarked goodies hidden within this vote?
Stearns is mine, he is usually way conservative.
Boy, you got that right! There are three there that I thought would never vote for this. I wonder what happened?
Three FAX’s off in the AM asking.
Holding face in my hands!
Malkin’s missing the point.
Too many Floridians on that list. Hey, RPoF ... whiskey tango foxtrot? Glad to see Bill Posey knows better and he’s a first-termer.
None of my congresscreeps are on the Benedict Arnold wall of shame list.
It would sure be nice to see these guys tried for Treason but that is a pipe dream. Failing that, maybe someday when someone petitions the Supremes they will declare this POS legislation UN-Constitutional as it is.
That is if the petition gets by the law clerk and if the Supremes think it is worthy of consideration or they have not been bought off like the rest of Washington, whores that they are.
These people are insane.
Cantor’s the most disappointing for me.
Rush played the reasoning why some of the Republicans voted for the bill this morning. It was a speech made by Ed Royce. I believe Dana Rohrabacher probably felt the same way. These guys are staunchly conservative
Basically it was to teach the private companies a lesson about coming to the federal government looking for a handout. In other words if they get their hand slapped they may not come back while hopefully others will stay away.
You may or may not agree but that is the reasoning. It was not a sellout as some on this board are thinking.
Cantor may have a Parliamentary excuse but the others? bah!
Cantor’s POTUS prospects are toast. McClintock is a surprise. At least Duncan Hunter Jr. & Issa aren’t on this list with the rest of the CA GOP / RINO delegation.
They're just not smart enough to think about precedent.
For the most part, we are being led by people who keep their hair neat and don't make any major gaffes in their campaigns.
in other words - it is a punishment for their earlier misdeed.
very dissapointing nonetheless
I appreciate the input.
In the end, the courts may trash it anyway... but.. if a lesson is learned.. good.
My Congressman voted against it.
2 wrongs do not make a right.
LLS
There’s a good list to start with on who needs to be voted out of office. If they want to toss out the constitution they need to be tossed out themselves.
I agree.
LLS
I thought this kind of bill was unconstitutional.
Sent this letter to my idiot. Thats 2 in 2 days. Its on. I gave him the benefit of the doubt as a newbie on the GIVE act. He is toast.
Congressman Rooney,
I can honestly say I had hoped that you were not going to be another RINO. I now know that I wasted another vote. In the last 2 days, you have voted to enforce mandatory volunteerism, an oxymoron especially to a conservative like myself. I have brought my children up to give back to their communities. Now government is going to do that for me? Mandatory Volunteering is servitude, conscription, serfdom, and it is a socialist tenet. If it were attached to those who only take, like welfare receipents for life, or section 8 receipients as a way to give back some of what they take, so be it.
The scarier issue for me here is you vote to raise taxes on big bonus earners. You have attached your name to a bill that will be found unconstitutional. Maybe you should try reading the constitution, the bill of rights, the declaration of independence. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary.....It is becoming necessary. I had hoped you were going to prove to be a champion of America. It seems as though in your short time in office, you are helping to tear down a country that you claim to love.
I had hoped we would have an ally in the congress. A voice. It is apparent that our representation in Florida is non existent, and we are assisting the current congress and administration on their extremely rapid march toward socialism.
May your children forgive you, I know I will not.
..................stop allowing them to take your money.............
I think many of them voted that way to show they are in agreement with teaching these weasels a lesson. This is government-taxpayer (our) money they are squandering on failure.
This will likely amount to little more than symbolism anyway. I think the courts will overturn it because it singles out one specific group to be punished via taxation. I do not think that will hold in the courts.
I’d prefer to see all the members of the RMSP taken out first, that would cull quite a few moderates.
I understand a lot of folks are beyond upset and disappointed with the list here but unless you’re an AIG bonus recipient or with any other entity that receives bonuses from bail-out money, I wouldn’t go whole hog to dump all of them.
jmo
I just sent this letter to my congressman Republican Dave Reichert, 8th district, Washington.
How disappointed I am to find out that you Congressman Reichert has voted along with most Democrats and 85 House Republicans supporting Rangels 90 percent bonus tax. . As much as we all hate to see bailed out company executives get bonus checks paid for by tax payers dollars, this punitive 90% tax is unconstitutional. But why should I expect these same Congressmen to have ever read the Constitution when they don’t even read bills they vote on. You a man with a law background should out of all of them know better. The rule of law must stand above this, ‘if it makes you feel good do it’, vote today in congress. You have lost my support and vote forever because of this knee-jerk reaction and illegal vote. I will be supporting someone else to represent me next election.
Admitting that they are punishing these guys by confiscatory taxes? Oh to be one of the AIG employee lawyers. Such a slam dunk case because congressmen take such glee in admitting that this was a bill punishing individuals without due process.
Any Republican that would approve a 90 percent tax on anything, and I mean anything - I do not care what the reason is - should get the boot from the party.
You know who always seems to vote the right (literally and figuratively) way? Jeb Hensarling.
It’s okay with me they got Fannie and Freddie too.
Rehberg is mine, and he's oftentimes very conservative in his voting pattern.
In my view, the country is pretty much a lost cause at this point. Too many of our leaders are willing to discard the foundation of the nation either intentionally or through ignorance. And far too many of the electorate are idiots and/or willfully and negligently ignorant. I can agree that there are some that are even more deserving to lose their jobs than this list, but as I see it, this group has violated the Constitution and in doing so violated their oaths of office and really need to resign or be thrown out. My concern is the discarding of the Constitution, not particularly the bonus money.
Agreed. Completely.
This will eventually make it to the Supremes. They’ll just laugh as they rule against it. It’s a no-brainer even for the Libs on the Court.
Just a populist tantrum.
Well case closed. Prepare to abandon ship. Every man for himself.
Look. Give it up on Repubs. They are selling us down the river.
Have you figgerd out yet that Ron Paul is not a kook and these Psuedo Republican worthless idiots are selling us out yet. They will turn on us!!
The Senate will not even look at it this month and their bill wants 70%. It ain’t going to happen.
bookmark
I can’t argue with the continuing assault on the Constitution, whether intentional or otherwise, as we are witnessing here.
I agree, the amount of money involved is miniscule in the potential harm to the nation as a whole.
in comparison to the potential harm
I don't care what Rush may have said. The constitution is nothing to be played with. These elected representatives are sworn in with the oath to “uphold the constitution”, not vote against it to make a political point. What next Freedom of speech, or the 2nd amendment?
It’s the precedent it sets that is so sickening.
Shame on every last one of them.
WELL maybe I should have said “conservatives” instead of Republicans, but then many Republicans aren’t conservative :(
Reagan is rolling in his grave :(
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