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  • 22 Congresspeople hate Christmas

    12/22/2005 2:37:02 PM PST · by dbostan · 53 replies · 1,986+ views
    News Max ^ | 12_22_05 | Carl Limbacher
    Reprinted from NewsMax.com Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005 5:21 p.m. EST 22 Congressmen Hate Christmas This year's "War for Christmas" – keeping "Christ" in the holiday has apparently been won. And, like many "wars," there has even been a Congressional resolution in support of keeping Christmas alive and well. On December 15 the House of Representatives passed a resolution "protecting the symbols and traditions of Christmas" by an overwhelming 401-22 vote. Representative JoAnn Davis (R-VA), the resolution's sponsor, said the resolution was necessary to counter "political correctness run amok." "No one," she said, "should feel like they have done something wrong...
  • US House passes resolution supporting the symbols and traditions of Christmas

    12/15/2005 5:47:20 PM PST · by rcocean · 17 replies · 820+ views
    Roll Call ^ | Dec 15, 2005 | Anaymous
    FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 637 (Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined) H RES 579 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 15-Dec-2005 4:08 PM QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended BILL TITLE: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those who celebrate Christmas believe that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected
  • Rep. Davis wants to protect symbols of Christmas

    12/15/2005 1:01:20 PM PST · by twoid · 24 replies · 777+ views
    Daily Press ^ | December 15, 2005 | DAVID LERMAN
    WASHINGTON -- Saying Christmas is under attack, Virginia Rep. Jo Ann Davis sought passage Wednesday night of a resolution expressing support for "the symbols and traditions of Christmas." The largely symbolic resolution, scheduled for a House vote as early as today, triggered a partisan culture clash in the House chamber. Conservative Republicans applauded the measure, but many Democrats criticized it as religiously insensitive. Davis, an outspoken Christian conservative from Gloucester, said she was spurred to act after seeing news reports of retailers telling their employees to wish customers a "happy holiday," instead of "Merry Christmas," and schools forbidding everything from...