To: All; americanophile
In the mean time we have
this BULL in the Senate (roll call):
Measure Title: A bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit.
Vote Counts: YEAs 76 NAYs 23 Not Voting 1
GOP Senators wanting "shared sacrifice" (AKA higher taxes!):
- Blunt (R-MO)
- Boozman (R-AR)
- Brown (R-MA)
- Burr (R-NC)
- Chambliss (R-GA)
- Coats (R-IN)
- Cochran (R-MS)
- Collins (R-ME)
- Corker (R-TN)
- Hatch (R-UT)
- Hutchison (R-TX)
- Isakson (R-GA)
- Johanns (R-NE)
- Kirk (R-IL)
- Kyl (R-AZ)
- Lugar (R-IN)
- Moran (R-KS)
- Murkowski (R-AK)
- Portman (R-OH)
- Rubio (R-FL)
- Shelby (R-AL)
- Snowe (R-ME)
- Thune (R-SD)
Not voting Wicker (R-MS)
61 posted on
07/29/2011 6:07:32 PM PDT by
newzjunkey
(Obama's plan: http://rooney.house.gov/images/stories/President_Obamas_Plan.pdf)
To: newzjunkey
I would vote in favor of “shared sacrifice” if it means having the 49-51% who pay nothing start paying part of the burden. Otherwise, NO.
63 posted on
07/29/2011 6:16:52 PM PDT by
SharpRightTurn
(White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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