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In writing the "About Me" portion of this blog I thought about the purpose of the blog - namely, preventing the growth of Socialism & stopping the Death Of Democracy in the American Republic & returning her to the "liberty to abundance" stage of our history. One word descriptions of people's philosophies or purposes are quite often inadequate. I feel that I am "liberal" meaning that I am broad minded, independent, generous, hospitable, & magnanimous. Under these terms "liberal" is a perfectly good word that has been corrupted over the years to mean the person is a left-winger or as Mark Levin more accurately wrote in his book "Liberty & Tyranny" a "statist" - someone looking for government or state control of society. I am certainly not that & have dedicated the blog to fighting this. I believe that I find what I am when I consider whether or not I am a "conservative" & specifically when I ask what is it that I am trying to conserve? It is the libertarian principles that America was founded upon & originally followed. That is the Return To Excellence that this blog is named for & is all about.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Boehner Bill Does Not Gain The Support Of 22 House Republicans

House Speaker John Boehner finally got the Budget Control Act of 2011 through the House on Friday night – the legislative vote shows how little the Freshmen Tea Party House Republicans elected in 2010 stuck to their guns once they arrived in Washington.  Only a small handful of Freshmen Republicans voted against the Bill (22 Republicans in all) which immediately raises the debt ceiling by $900 billion & calls for $756 billion in unspecified spending cuts over ten years with $72 billion of these unspecified cuts coming in the next two years with the rest obviously having no chance of being realized.  The 87 Tea Party House Freshman Republicans had campaigned in 2010 on cutting $100 billion from the FY 2011 spending plan.  They have had two bites @ the apple with the CR & now the debt ceiling vote – all but a few have gone the Washington establishment way both times.  Most disappointing among the Freshmen are Rob Woodall (GA), James Lankford (OK), Kristi Noem (SD), & Jon Runyan (NJ) all of whom have consistently voted with the establishment old guard Republicans their first seven months in office.  Tim Scott (SC) has been true to his word after one initial slip.  Check out your own Congressman below.

The Boehner Bill is just another plan that adds to the national debt over the next ten years – there are no real spending cuts of any significance in any of the years.  Some call the meager unspecified cuts a starting point or a turning point in Washington but the Dems are way too cagey to fall for this.  In fact the Boehner Bill has very little chance to pass the Senate &/or survive BO's veto so it really means that supporters of the Bill are looking for backing from the Republican Party in the future as business continues in Washington as usual – @ our detriment & expense.

The Senate is planning to stall & pass something themselves @ the last minute sending the hot potato back to Boehner who will be left standing in the game of musical chairs when the music stops on & after the August 2 debt ceiling drop dead date thereby taking all of the blame from the disinterested public for whatever ails the country then.

Below are the results of the Boehner Bill vote.  People like Michele Bachmann, Steve King, Freshman Tim Huelskamp, & Freshman Trey Gowdy all voted against the Boehner Bill because of the principles they consistently espouse.  Gowdy said "I did not come here to curry favor.  I did not come here for committee assignments & threatening me with not coming back will hold no weight."  I don't believe the "ayes" on the list below can say the same.


FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 677
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

S 627 RECORDED VOTE 29-Jul-2011 6:25 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Budget Control Act of 2011



Ayes Noes PRES NV
Republican 218 22
Democratic 188 5
Independent
TOTALS 218 210 5



---- AYES 218 ---

Adams
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Austria
Bachus
Barletta
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bass (NH)
Benishek
Berg
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brooks
Buchanan
Bucshon
Buerkle
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canseco
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Chabot
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Crawford
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Denham
Dent
Diaz-Balart
Dold
Dreier
Duffy
Duncan (TN)
Ellmers
Emerson
Farenthold
Fincher
Fitzpatrick
Flake
Fleischmann
Fleming
Flores
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gardner
Garrett
Gerlach
Gibbs
Gibson
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Granger
Graves (MO)
Griffin (AR)
Griffith (VA)
Grimm
Guinta
Guthrie
Hall
Hanna
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Heck
Hensarling
Herger
Herrera Beutler
Huizenga (MI)
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurt
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kelly
King (NY)
Kingston
Kinzinger (IL)
Kline
Labrador
Lamborn
Lance
Landry
Lankford
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (CA)
LoBiondo
Long
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Marchant
Marino
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meehan
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Murphy (PA)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Noem
Nugent
Nunes
Nunnelee
Olson
Palazzo
Paulsen
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Pompeo
Posey
Price (GA)
Quayle
Reed
Rehberg
Reichert
Renacci
Ribble
Rigell
Rivera
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross (FL)
Royce
Runyan
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schilling
Schmidt
Schock
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stearns
Stivers
Stutzman
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiberi
Tipton
Turner
Upton
Walberg
Walden
Webster
West
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wittman
Wolf
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Young (IN)


---- NOT VOTING 5 ---

Baca
Giffords
Hinchey
Speier
Waters

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