22 Congresspeople hate Christmas

News Max ^ | 12_22_05 | Carl Limbacher

[dbostan]

Reprinted from NewsMax.com

Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005 5:21 p.m. EST

22 Congressmen Hate Christmas

This year's "War for Christmas" – keeping "Christ" in the holiday has apparently been won. And, like many "wars," there has even been a Congressional resolution in support of keeping Christmas alive and well.

On December 15 the House of Representatives passed a resolution "protecting the symbols and traditions of Christmas" by an overwhelming 401-22 vote.

Representative JoAnn Davis (R-VA), the resolution's sponsor, said the resolution was necessary to counter "political correctness run amok."

"No one," she said, "should feel like they have done something wrong by wishing someone a Merry Christmas."

Twenty-two Democrats played Scrooge and disagreed.

Representative Robert Scott (D-VA) said Republicans were more concerned with the symbolism rather than the substance of Christmas – referring to Republican passage of a bill to slow the rate of growth in federal entitlement programs.

Davis lodged a preemptive response to critics who might question the constitutionality of her resolution.

"Celebrating Christmas is not a violation of separation of church and state," she said. "The Framers intended that the First Amendment to the Constitution would prohibit the establishment of religion, not prohibit any mention of religion or reference to God in civic dialogue."

The text of the resolution read as follows:

Whereas Christmas is a national holiday celebrated on December 25; and

Whereas the Framers intended that the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States would prohibit the establishment of religion, not prohibit any mention of religion or reference to God in civic dialog: Now, therefore be it resolved, that the House of Representatives –

(1) Recognizes the importance of the symbols and traditions of Christmas; (2) Strongly disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas; and (3) Expresses support for the use of these symbols and traditions, for those who celebrate Christmas.

As the Christmas season draws to a close, we thought we would share the names of the 22 Congressman who voted against the pro-Christmas resolution:

Congressman Party-State District

Ackerman D-NY 5th

Blumenauer D-OR 3rd

Capps D-CA 23rd

Cleaver D-MO 5th

DeGette D-CO 1st

Harman D-CA 36th

Hastings D-FL 23rd

Honda D-CA 15th

Lee D-CA 9th

Lewis D-GA 5th

McDermott D-WA 7th

Miller, George D-CA 7th

Moore D-WI 4th

Moran D-VA 8th

Payne D-NJ 10th

Rush D-IL 1st

Schakowsky D-IL 9th

Scott D-VA 3rd

Stark D-CA 13th

Wasserman Schultz D-FL 20th

Wexler D-FL 19th

Woolsey D-CA 6th

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[liberty_lvr]

Oops, sorry...

Guess I was a little quick on the trigger, too!

No matter, terribly sorry that, Merry Christmas!

[Spok]

"22 Congresspeople hate Christmas"

They're all Democrats. Why should we start believing them now?

[rocksblues]

Couldn't find their religion but did find out.

13 are white, 8 are black and 1 are Japanese.

15 are men and 7 are women.

[Big Horn]

No surprise here. Dems hate anything that may make someone happy. Tax on sex isn't far away.

[jackibutterfly]

Lady Heron - I think you misread that sentence - I don't see anything wrong with what she said. In fact, what she said IS correct. I think you need to re-read that.

[jackibutterfly]

OK - nevermind, you answered it already.

[wizr]

Many of these are part of the powers that be from my state,CA.

As such, you can tell that they have no religion, no God, only their own self worth. Nothing seems to wake them up except maybe a Sodom and Gomorrah type event.

But then, they'll say its Bush's fault.

[Let's Roll]

Ditto

[ndt]

At the hourly wage of a congressman this cost what? Something like 10K. What a waste of time that should have been spent on the P.A.

[BobS]

"It would be interesting to know what religion are they..."

None. Whatever they say. They will meet their constituencies at that gay cowboy movie for Christmas. That is:

22/401 x 100 = 5.49% of congressional districts. Need maps of each so we know the areas to avoid

[wardaddy]

you went to some trouble.

the only surprises are RC and Baptist....I bet the Baptists are National Convention and not SBC

AME....always good for a laff.


a good many Jews apparently voted yes....I know there are more than 5 Jews in the House...(research break):

23 Jews in the House....so 18 voted yes....good.

Wexler is such a whineyboy....can I say "boy"?

[Continental Soldier]

Yes, it would be interesting to see a listing of their own religious affiliation. But, even without that, most of us can pretty much guess what they are.

[American in Singapore]

Great post. We need to get these jokers on the record.

[Not a 60s Hippy]

What is Democratic Socialism?

Question: Aren’t you a party that’s in competition with the Democratic Party for votes and support?

No, we are not a separate party. Like our friends and allies in the feminist, labor, civil rights, religious, and community organizing movements, many of us have been active in the Democratic Party. We work with those movements to strengthen the party’s leftwing, represented by the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Neil Abercrombie (MEMBER, HAWAII-01)	Raul Grijalva (MEMBER, ARIZONA-07)	Ed Pastor (MEMBER, ARIZONA-02)
Tammy Baldwin (MEMBER, WISCONSIN-02)	Luis Gutierrez (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-04)	Nancy Pelosi (MEMBER, CALIF. -08)
Xavier Becerra (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-30)	Maurice Hinchey (MEMBER, NEW YORK-26)	Bobby Rush (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-01)
Corrine Brown (MEMBER, FLORIDA-03)	Jesse Jackson, Jr (OFFICER, ILLINOIS-02)	Bernie Sanders (OFFICER, VERMONT)
Sherrod Brown (MEMBER, OHIO-13)	Sheila Jackson-Lee (MEMBER, TEXAS-18)	Jan Schakowsky (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-09)
Michael Capuano (MEMBER, MASS. -08)	Stephanie Tubbs Jones (MEMBER, OHIO-11)	Jose Serrano (MEMBER, NEW YORK-16)
Julia Carson (MEMBER, INDIANA-10)	Marcy Kaptur (MEMBER, OHIO-09)	Hilda Solis (OFFICER, CALIF. -31)
William "Lacy" Clay (MEMBER, MISSOURI-01)	Dennis Kucinich (CO-CHAIR, OHIO-10)	Pete Stark (MEMBER, CALIF. -13)
John Conyers (MEMBER, MICH. -14)	Tom Lantos (MEMBER, CALIF. -12)	Bennie Thompson (MEMBER, MISSISSIPPI-02)
Danny Davis (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-07)	Barbara Lee (CO-CHAIR, CALIF. -09)	John Tierney (MEMBER, MASS. -06)
Peter DeFazio (OFFICER, OREGON-04)	John Lewis (MEMBER, GEORGIA-05)	Tom Udall (MEMBER, NEW MEX. -03)
Rosa DeLauro (MEMBER, CONN. -03)	Jim McDermott (MEMBER, WASH. -07)	Nydia Velazquez (MEMBER, NEW YORK-12)
Lane Evans (MEMBER, ILLINOIS-17)	James P. McGovern (MEMBER, MASS. -03)	Maxine Waters (MEMBER, CALIF. -35)
Eni Faleomavaega (MEMBER, AMERICAN SAMOA)	George Miller (MEMBER, CALIF. -07)	Diane Watson (MEMBER, CALIF. -32)
Sam Farr (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-17)	Jerry Nadler (MEMBER, NEW YORK-08)	Mel Watt (MEMBER, NORTH CAROLINA-12)
Chaka Fattah (MEMBER, PENNSYLVANIA-02)	Eleanor Holmes Norton (MEMBER, D.C.)	Henry Waxman (MEMBER, CALIF. -29)
Bob Filner (MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-50)	John Olver (MEMBER, MASS. -01)	Lynn Woolsey (VICE-CHAIR, CALIF. -06)
Barney Frank (MEMBER, MASS. -04)	Major Owens (OFFICER, NEW YORK-11)

 

[darkangel82]

And how many of those actually practice their religion, and aren't CINOs?

[dbostan]

Great.
Where did you get the pdf file from?

[Alter Kaker]

Yes, it would be interesting to see a listing of their own religious affiliation. But, even without that, most of us can pretty much guess what they are.

Yeah? What's that? No need to be coy.

[Alter Kaker]

It would be interesting to know what religion are they...

Watch out, the evil Jooooos will get you.

[jerry639]

Dems hate anything that may make someone happy. Tax on sex isn't far away

So right you are. Dems are a miserable lot and want the rest of us to be as miserable as they are.

[reg45]

I'm not surprised by any of the people on the list.