That stands repeating. The bill passed, defeating Obama's stand of consicatory gov't and only 4 Republicans supported this bill?!?!?!. There had better be a really good reason why our gutless, spineless GOP leaders were craven enough to not be able to support this bill.
How about we simply have a ballot that not only lists Republican or Democratic candidate - but one that also shows 'who is currently in office (ie. incumbent)', so those who do not know who their representatives are, can at least vote to throw the bums out.
It was part of the Financial Services bill — an amendment.
This was not an auto dealership bill, it was a massive appropriations bill. Just because the excrement sandwich had a candy bar in the middle was no reason to consume it. And note well it was a symbolic vote at best. The clause will die in committee and as someone posted above, the Chrysler dealers are pretty much toast at this point. The RATs will simply tout their vote for 2010 even though it won’t do squat.
You might also READ some of the other posts.
A REPUBLICAN offered the Car Dealership Amendment, it seems almost ALL Republicans voted FOR that Amendment -—
But that Amendment was tacked to a VERY BAD BILL, overall.
So, they made a horrible Appropriations Bill, that was going to pass, anyway, slightly better with a very smart Amendment.
This is the REPUBLICAN PARTY making things hard for Obama and the Democrats.
This is the REPUBLICAN PARTY forcing Democrats to vote against Obama.
Please stop the circular firing squads, ok?
It honestly seems like some of you like the taste of your own better than you like the taste of your enemy!
Why do you insist on eating our own?
The dealer provision was an amendment to the Treasury appropriations bill -- which appropriated (and wasted) gazillions of dollars.
The GOP voted to insert a diamond into this turd of a bill, then understandably voted not to support the turd.
I would like to think that, if you were a Congressman, you'd have the sense to do the same.
Don't set your hair on fire. The bill probably was another horrible pork-laden tax-and-spendfest by the greedy and destructive dems, and the Republicans refused to support it despite this amendment, because they knew it was going to pass anyway.