(Look at Republican) Support (for) Obama’s War on Suburbs

CR Conservative Review ^ | 5/19/2016 | CR Staff

[HomerBohn]

Vote Description

This vote was a procedural vote to kill an amendment offered by Senator Lee that would have defunded implementation of a Department of Housing and Urban Development rule that basically federalizes zoning laws and encourages the forced economic diversification of neighborhoods. Rhetorically speaking this rule is a war on the suburbs as it uses the power of federal government to centrally plan out neighborhoods. The rule is a massive power grab by progressive bureaucrats to allow them to conduct large scale social experiments with real neighborhoods by forcing the collection of data that will be used to evaluate whether communities meet Washington guidelines and quotas on race, economic, and other factors. The result will undermine local representation and push localities into more regional government structures that ultimately answer to Washington D.C. -

(The percentage to the right of the Senators' names is how they vote in support of our Constitution.)

CONSERVATIVE POSITION? NO

VOTED YES

OH Sen. Rob Portman 50%

IN Sen. Daniel Coats 45%

MO Sen. Roy Blunt 44%

NC Sen. Richard Burr 44%

UT Sen. Orrin Hatch 38%

NC Sen. Thom Tillis 36%

NH Sen. Kelly Ayotte 35%

GA Sen. Johnny Isakson 35%

AZ Sen. John McCain 35%

SC Sen. Lindsey Graham 33%

ND Sen. John Hoeven 29%

MS Sen. Thad Cochran 27%

AK Sen. Lisa Murkowski 21%

TN Sen. Lamar Alexander 19%

IL Sen. Mark Kirk 19%

WV Sen. Joe Manchin III 16%

MT Sen. Jon Tester 14%

MA Sen. Elizabeth Warren 14%

ME Sen. Susan Collins 12%

MA Sen. Edward Markey 11%

DE Sen. Thomas Carper 10%

NY Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 10%

OH Sen. Sherrod Brown 9%

IN Sen. Joe Donnelly 9%

CT Sen. Christopher Murphy 9%

CO Sen. Michael Bennet 8%

NJ Sen. Cory Booker 8%

MO Sen. Claire McCaskill 8%

OR Sen. Jeff Merkley 8%

MI Sen. Gary Peters 7%

WI Sen. Tammy Baldwin 6%

PA Sen. Bob Casey 6%

MI Sen. Debbie Stabenow 6%

CT Sen. Richard Blumenthal 4%

MN Sen. Al Franken 4%

VT Sen. Patrick Leahy 4%

FL Sen. Bill Nelson 4%

RI Sen. Jack Reed 4%

NM Sen. Tom Udall 4%

VA Sen. Mark Warner 4%

RI Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse 4%

OR Sen. Ron Wyden 4%

NM Sen. Martin Heinrich 3%

ND Sen. Heidi Heitkamp 3%

HI Sen. Mazie Hirono 3%

ME Sen. Angus King 3%

HI Sen. Brian Schatz 3%

WA Sen. Maria Cantwell 2%

MD Sen. Benjamin Cardin 2%

IL Sen. Richard Durbin 2%

MN Sen. Amy Klobuchar 2%

NJ Sen. Robert Menendez 2%

MD Sen. Barbara Mikulski 2%

NV Sen. Harry Reid 2%

NY Sen. Charles Schumer 2%

NH Sen. Jeanne Shaheen 2%

DE Sen. Christopher Coons 0%

CA Sen. Dianne Feinstein 0%

VA Sen. Tim Kaine 0%

WA Sen. Patty Murray 0%

Voted No

State

Name

Score

Track

UT Sen. Mike Lee 100%

KY Sen. Rand Paul 94%

NE Sen. Benjamin Sasse 93%

SC Sen. Tim Scott 88%

AR Sen. Tom Cotton 80%

FL Sen. Marco Rubio 79%

AL Sen. Jeff Sessions 79%

ID Sen. Jim Risch 78%

ID Sen. Michael Crapo 76%

OK Sen. Jim Inhofe 74%

MT Sen. Steve Daines 71%

OK Sen. James Lankford 71%

LA Sen. David Vitter 70%

KS Sen. Jerry Moran 69%

GA Sen. David Perdue 69%

AL Sen. Richard Shelby 69%

IA Sen. Charles Grassley 67%

PA Sen. Pat Toomey 62%

WY Sen. Michael Enzi 61%

WI Sen. Ron Johnson 59%

AR Sen. John Boozman 57%

IA Sen. Joni Ernst 57%

NE Sen. Deb Fischer 57%

NV Sen. Dean Heller 57%

AK Sen. Dan Sullivan 57%

KS Sen. Pat Roberts 54%

WY Sen. John Barrasso 53%

LA Sen. Bill Cassidy 50%

AZ Sen. Jeff Flake 48%

TN Sen. Bob Corker 47%

SD Sen. John Thune 47%

TX Sen. John Cornyn 45%

KY Sen. Mitch McConnell 44%

CO Sen. Cory Gardner 43%

SD Sen. Mike Rounds 29%

MS Sen. Roger Wicker 29%

WV Sen. Shelley Capito 21%

Not Voting

TX Sen. Ted Cruz 97%

VT Sen. Bernard Sanders 14%

CA Sen. Barbara Boxer 2%

VOTED NO

UT Sen. Mike Lee 100%

KY Sen. Rand Paul 94%

NE Sen. Benjamin Sasse 93%

SC Sen. Tim Scott 88%

AR Sen. Tom Cotton 80%

FL Sen. Marco Rubio 79%

AL Sen. Jeff Sessions 79%

ID Sen. Jim Risch 78%

ID Sen. Michael Crapo 76%

OK Sen. Jim Inhofe 74%

MT Sen. Steve Daines 71%

OK Sen. James Lankford 71%

LA Sen. David Vitter 70%

KS Sen. Jerry Moran 69%

GA Sen. David Perdue 69%

AL Sen. Richard Shelby 69%

IA Sen. Charles Grassley 67%

PA Sen. Pat Toomey 62%

WY Sen. Michael Enzi 61%

WI Sen. Ron Johnson 59%

AR Sen. John Boozman 57%

IA Sen. Joni Ernst 57%

NE Sen. Deb Fischer 57%

NV Sen. Dean Heller 57%

AK Sen. Dan Sullivan 57%

KS Sen. Pat Roberts 54%

WY Sen. John Barrasso 53%

LA Sen. Bill Cassidy 50%

AZ Sen. Jeff Flake 48%

TN Sen. Bob Corker 47%

SD Sen. John Thune 47%

TX Sen. John Cornyn 45%

KY Sen. Mitch McConnell 44%

CO Sen. Cory Gardner 43%

SD Sen. Mike Rounds 29%

MS Sen. Roger Wicker 29%

WV Sen. Shelley Capito 21%

[HomerBohn]

We are not being served by the Democrat Party, of course, but the Republican Party is complicit in shoving the edicts by the central socialist government down our throats. Copy the YES votes and help defeat these drooling traitorous dogs.

[headstamp 2]

The DC party strikes again.

As always, follow the money.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Just tells me that the GOP is STOOOOPIDER than STOOOOOPID.

They are cutting their own throats. Helping the Dems turn all of their safe districts bluer than blue.

[taildragger]

May Dr Ward use this data in her quest to become the nominee for AZ. Shame on Sen. McCain...

[headstamp 2]

And that is completely what it is all about.

[BenLurkin]

There shouldn’t even be a department of housing and urban development.

[Lurkinanloomin]

OH Sen. Rob Portman 50%

IN Sen. Daniel Coats 45%

MO Sen. Roy Blunt 44%

NC Sen. Richard Burr 44%

UT Sen. Orrin Hatch 38%

NC Sen. Thom Tillis 36%

NH Sen. Kelly Ayotte 35%

GA Sen. Johnny Isakson 35%

AZ Sen. John McCain 35%

SC Sen. Lindsey Graham 33%

ND Sen. John Hoeven 29%

MS Sen. Thad Cochran 27%

AK Sen. Lisa Murkowski 21%

TN Sen. Lamar Alexander 19%

IL Sen. Mark Kirk 19%
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All on board the Cheap Labor Express also

Every one of these allegedly Republican Senators needs to be Cantorized.

[Red Badger]

The 'Elites' of both parties want people to be crammed together in huge megalopolis cities that will allow for better control of the peons. Like Chicago's infamous Cabrini Green, now demolished. But they will try a new tact: GET ALL WHITE PEOPLE IN THERE.........................

[jpsb]

The (xx%) come from Mark Levin’s Cruz super PAC, the Conservative Review, so take them with a grain of salt.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Our POS Isakson voted for it and still won reelection over two opponents. Sickening.

[G Larry]

We also have “R” down-ballot candidates who just can’t say ‘No’ to Federal dollars.

[sphinx]

Here in DC, large swaths of the city are gentrifying rapidly. Many of the democrat pols, naturally, are in slum preservation mode, because if neighborhoods improve enough, the residents might stop voting for the racketeers based on the color of their skin. But market forces are inexorable. Neighborhoods are cleaning up, and low income people are being forced out.

The question becomes, where are they supposed to go? Nowhere is it written that central cities must be dumping grounds and social quarantine sites. Central cities can actually be extremely convenient and attractive places to live if the yuppie to junkie ratio is within reasonable tolerances.

The social burden needs to be spread. But when we come to the suburbs, many are zoned against low and moderate income housing. I dislike the application of a big federal sledgehammer as much as anyone here, but we still need a solution.

My own view is, let the market decide -- apart, of course, from development that would imperil preservation of the historic district in which I reside. In your neighborhood, however, if a developer wants to build duplexes and small apartment complexes on your cul de sac, he should be able to. If a developer wants to build a large apartment complex in your tract of single family homes, in order to take advantage of your area's superior schools and other services, he can. If your neighbor wants to rent his place to three Asian families, he should be able to. If people are tripling and quadrupling up and turning single family homes into boarding houses, they should be permitted to do so. And if the six Mexican laborers who are bunking next door need to use the front yard as a parking lot, that's ok too. In your neighborhood, of course; not in mine.

Of course, some will object to these market-driven solutions. If you object, however, don't think you can just send the poor back my way; we are gentrified here, and the poor can't afford my neighborhood any longer. Yours is probably a cheaper option, and closer to the service jobs they need as well. So if you will not allow the market to sort things out, you need to be willing to participate in a planning process that makes reasonable provision for mixed income housing in appropriate locations.

[Buckeye McFrog]

What Obama is doing is NOT a free-market solution to the need for low income housing. He is taking revenge on behalf of his base against white suburbanites.

[ifinnegan]

“Every one of these allegedly Republican Senators needs to be Cantorized.”

Every one!

[Nateman]

I have a theory why the GOP is allied with HUD on this War on the Suburbs. They are afraid of Article V. We already know our vote matters little when it comes to the mastermind overlords infesting the District of Corruption . Why wouldn't they be afraid of the one thing that can bring their lying-looting comfy scam to a screeching halt? They are trying to hand back control of the state houses to the RATS to make sure the gravy train is not stopped.

[Nateman]

McCain sure has a lot of chutzpah on this. The jerk is running THIS YEAR for reelection. THIS YEAR and yet he's not worried about this terrible vote derailing him. At least most of the other senators have 4 years separating them from this vote. I say it's time we deflate his Zeppelin sized head.

[HarleyLady27]

Maybe I’m looking at this wrong, but the way I see it is to put these kind of people in our suburbs are a way to drop down the Republican voter, destroy property values...

It isn’t going to work, the elite people that live in these types of neighborhoods are not going to permit any thing but what they are used to, there will be no cross over action, unless the low housing people are told to shape up or ship out...most of these places are ‘gated’ communities that have rules to live by, like lawn care, no junk cars, no out door clothes lines, no kids playing in the roads, no loud music, and if you have a ‘party’ it has to be low keyed and quite and there are times when it is quite, like at night...

Barky comes from Kenya where they live in huts, their yards are dirt and mud, and they cook on a bon fire...none of this will ever be allowed...

He isn’t going to be getting this through the House or the Senate, and his EO’s are in the paper shreader anyway, so what difference should it make...

[Nateman]

Levin has been fighting for Conservative values for DECADES and has been doing a great job too. I find it amazing that on Free Republic of all places I even have to defend such a long time defender of the Republic and liberty.

[sphinx]

What Obama is doing is NOT a free-market solution to the need for low income housing. He is taking revenge on behalf of his base against white suburbanites.

I entirely agree. But the underlying problem is real, and you can't beat something with nothing. We are still living in the rubble of the 1960's. With regard to low income housing, slowly but surely we are dismantling the big, concentrated projects that proved so disastrous, both to their inmates and to the surrounding areas of the city. But the housing from which the project dwellers originally came -- much of it wretchedly substandard -- has long since disappeared. We can't simply tear down the projects and dump people on the street.

So where do they go? How do we spread the load so that we do not simply recreate the ghetto in another place? How do we move poor people, often without cars, into reasonable proximity to jobs? At this point in the discussion, there is a tendency -- certainly on this forum -- for too many people to simply go NIMBY. We should be trying to eliminate large concentrations of welfare populations. And we should be trying to link poor people with better schools and job opportunities without resort to forced busing and heroic commutes. That means low-income housing should be dispersed. NIMBY ranters have nothing useful to contribute to this discussion -- and that is exactly what opens the door to heavy-handed coercive measures such as Obama is implementing now.

There is a problem in search of a solution. We need to step up to the challenge.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think the problem you are alluding to only exists in rapidly gentrifying cities with already high housing costs, like Washington, D.C., New York and San Francisco.

Here in Pittsburgh there is no shortage of rotting old mill towns or decaying urban neighborhoods where one can find a cheap floor. They can all go to Detroit and buy a house for a buck.

I have also heard of this problem in tony resort towns like Vail, Colorado. An ongoing shortage of valets, waiters and cleaning women for the 1% because there’s no place they can afford to live within 90 miles. But again, isolated instances.