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"Congressman Wittman is not alone in practicing this chicanery. His office just happened to give us a really clear example of it. The other 50 Representatives who voted like him are just as guilty. There are articles all over the media naming the 16 Heroes of the House (h/t Redstate) who really meant their opposition and meant to keep the bill from being passed. There are also numerous listings of the 67 who voted against the Cromnibus once it came to the floor. Take a look and see if your Representative is on both lists or only on the latter. If he or she only voted “no” on the second vote, don’t let him or her fool you again."
1 posted on 12/13/2014 6:09:47 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

“the rule” is the cloture of the House. Like the senators that vote to “proceed to debate” and then vote against the bill, congressmen vote “for the rule” and then against the bill, when they know it will pass.

They get to have it both ways. They get the legislation they want but can tell their constituents that they voted against it.

But we’re on to their game!


2 posted on 12/13/2014 6:12:51 AM PST by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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To: cotton1706

looks like time for a 2015 remix

3 posted on 12/13/2014 6:16:00 AM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: cotton1706

well I would love a link to such an article


4 posted on 12/13/2014 6:20:06 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: cotton1706

The fascist republican leadership do not care what conservatives want, they are dictators-arms with the Obama fascists in congress.


6 posted on 12/13/2014 6:23:49 AM PST by stockpirate (The Republican leadership are all fascist/Socialists, just like the fascist democrats.)
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To: cotton1706

Fool me a hundred times, time to leave the Republican Party . . . .


7 posted on 12/13/2014 6:25:04 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: cotton1706

McConnell and his minions in the US Senate use the same tactic. Cruz called him on it last year and exposed him.

And yet McConnell thinks we’re all so stupid as he points to his American Conservative Union ratings to buttress his conservative bona fides.


8 posted on 12/13/2014 6:28:45 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: cotton1706

Congressman Huelskamp of Kansas

The sole Kansas Congressman with a spine.


10 posted on 12/13/2014 6:33:04 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: cotton1706

My Congress Critter voted no. For the wrong reason but she did vote NO.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., released the following statement about her vote today against the House GOP’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Resolution introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.:

“The Ryan budget will damage my Arizona district, and I intend to fight it tooth and nail. I cannot support a plan that shuts the door on investments in infrastructure, education, science and public health. These are the foundations of our local economies. And I cannot support a plan that punishes our seniors, veterans, workers and families. This reckless plan scraps the promise of traditional Medicare and replaces it with a voucher system. It reopens the Rx ‘donut hole,’ forcing seniors to pay more for prescriptions. It allows insurance companies to once again charge women more than men for the same coverage. And it cuts Head Start and other vital education funding. I’ve been listening to the seniors and families across my district – and they are the reason I’m fighting the Ryan budget.”


11 posted on 12/13/2014 6:47:47 AM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: cotton1706

My Congressman voted against the rule. I just sent him a Well Done e-mail. That is refreshing for a change.


13 posted on 12/13/2014 7:10:31 AM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: cotton1706

Bill Flores TX17 Yes on rule, No on passage.

Ironically, he defeated Chet Edwards by pointing out this exact hypocrisy on Obamacare.


14 posted on 12/13/2014 7:17:39 AM PST by ziravan (Choose Sides.)
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To: cotton1706

My congressman is one of the 16 good ones, he voted against “the rule” and the bill. Has anyone yet put together a list of the 51 (67 - 16 = 51) congressmen who voted against the bill but for “the rule” and think we are idiots? I really believe putting a target on each of their backs would be a good thing.


17 posted on 12/13/2014 10:49:13 AM PST by Waryone
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