Robert Novak: GOP Drinking Its Bath Water

RCP ^ | May 19th, 2008 | Robert Novak

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And here’s the hall of shame.

The senators who voted to waive the ban on earmarks (including 17 republicans):

Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Conrad (D-ND)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Grassley (R-IA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)
Wyden (D-OR)

And the 32 house republicans who voted with the dems for upper-bracket tax hikes as part of the veterans’ bill:

Buyer
Capito
Castle
Dent
Emerson
English (PA)
Fortenberry
Fossella
Gilchrest
Hayes
Johnson (IL)
Jones (NC)
King (NY)
Kirk
Knollenberg
LaHood
LaTourette
LoBiondo
McHugh
Miller (MI)
Murphy, Tim
Petri
Platts
Porter
Ramstad
Renzi
Ros-Lehtinen
Shays
Smith (NJ)
Upton
Whitfield (KY)
Young (AK)

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Need an Army of Bob Novaks.