US House Votes 402-1 to honor Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winning dissident (Guess who voted 'No')

US House of Representative Website ^ | 12/08/2010

[Ted Grant]

Shouldn’t that concept justify an abstention, and not a ‘no’ vote?

[bmwcyle]

The whole vote was a waste of time. If they wanted to do something give the man CIA support.

[CharlesWayneCT]

If you think the honoring is unconstitutional, you would vote against it.

If you thought the vote was a waste of time, you’d abstain.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Yep. Cut all this meaningless stuff, cut 3 months off the legislative schedule, and make the positions part-time, with a 33% pay cut.

[backwoods-engineer]

Ron Paul. Where in the constitution does it say a duty of the federal government is to vote resolutions of honor, much less resolutions of honor for non-citizens?

If that's his logic, I'd have to agree with it. At least he is trying to do what the Constitution provides.

[Ted Grant]

Does Dr Paul think it is unconstitutional? Source?

[CharlesWayneCT]

We were told to guess. That was my guess -- it usually is his reason for voting no on these things.

I really doubt he was actually opposed to the guy getting a Nobel Peace Prize.

On the other hand, the hot air folks had fun with this Ron Paul Casts Lone Vote...

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