List of the traitors that vote today with Reid

[bersaguy]

Here are the 25 Senate Republicans who voted to allow Harry Reid (D-NV) and the Democrats to fund Obamacare today:
 

Lamar Alexander (R-TN) John Cornyn (R-TX) Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) John Barrasso (R-WY) John Hoeven (R-ND) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Johnny Isakson (R-GA) John Boozman (R-AR) Mike Johanns (R-NE) Richard Burr (R-NC) Ron Johnson (R-WI) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Mark Kirk (R-IL) Jeff Chiesa (R-NJ) John McCain (R-AZ) Dan Coats (R-IN) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Tom Coburn (R-OK) Lisa Murkowksi (R-AK) Thad Cochran (R-MS) John Thune (R-SD) Susan Collins (R-ME) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Bob Corker (R-TN)  

The bill now goes back to the House for reconsideration

[JohnC]

A good Rep in TN, though.
 
http://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center/blog/getting-things-right-is-more-important-than-just-getting-along
 

Getting Things Right is More Important than Just Getting Along

Lately, some of my conservative colleagues and I have been attacked by both the mainstream media and the Washington, DC political establishment as being obstructionists who refuse to compromise. They decry our inability to play by Washington’s rules and do not understand why this new wave of Republicans can’t just get along.

I often hear these folks talk a lot about the “good ole days” when Republicans and Democrats could negotiate with one another and pass bipartisan legislation to move our country forward.

But here is what they conveniently forget. While these legislative proposals were indeed supported by both Republicans and Democrats, it was often because they were loaded up with each party’s special interest earmarks and pork barrel spending. It was not uncommon for Members of Congress to vote in favor of legislation, not because they supported the bill, but because they supported their individual pet projects. And the legislation that party leaders said was moving our nation further? Well it turns out all it did was further was our nation’s debt.

Unfortunately, both parties were complicit in this scheme. In fact, there came a point in time where it was nearly impossible to distinguish the two parties from one another. The policies being put forth by Republicans frequently did not live up to our party’s fundamental tenets of responsible spending and limited government. As a result, the American people removed Republicans from power in the House, Senate and White House.

Of course under President Obama and the Democratic Congress, we saw government go from a level that accurately could be described as excessive to a level completely beyond what the framers of our constitution could have ever imagined. In fact, the level of government created by the Obama Administration along with Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid threatens the future of our democracy.

But who could voters trust to restore government back to its proper role when both parties were complicit in creating the problem?

In 2010 Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives. But many of us elected that year could certainly not be classified as your typical Republicans. The class of 2010 was given a clear message by the voters who sent us to Congress: the status quo is no longer acceptable from either party. The American people expected us to go to Washington and work for them – not special interest groups, not party leadership and not political election organizations. And that is exactly what we did.

We said no more to the automatic debt limit increases. We eliminated special interest earmarks. We required Members of Congress to cite constitutional authority before introducing legislation. And now we are saying no more funding for ObamaCare.

Our hardline stance on these issues has certainly frustrated many career politicians on both sides of the aisle. They found they no longer have the carrots or the sticks to get these new lawmakers to fall in line. That is because we care little about the prizes that were once bestowed by party leaders to loyal Members of Congress. Rather, the only thing we truly care about is representing our constituents and doing what is right.

And we have found that listening to and acting on behalf of voters in our districts leads to rewards that are much more intrinsically valuable than anything that could be given here in Washington. I am talking about respect, trust and the ability to go home after a week in our nation’s capital and look our friends, families and constituents in the eyes and say, “I did what I thought was right.”

So when the political talking heads go on television and ask why this new breed of conservatives will not abandon their effort to strip funding for the president’s health care law, the answer is really simple: We believe it is the right thing to do because our constituents believe it is the right thing to do. They are our guide.

I am not in Washington to win a popularity contest or make friends. I am here to put our country back on the right track. Believe me; I do not like always having to say no. No more than a parent enjoys disciplining a child. But someone has to be the adult in Washington.

Tennessee voters recognize the perils we find ourselves in as a nation. They understand that tough decisions are required and we need leaders who are more interested in getting things right than just getting along. This logic may confuse some of those who make politics their profession, but I promise it makes perfect sense to the folks that truly matter – my constituents.

Edited September 28, 2013 by JohnC

[seez52]

they're all yellow belly scum! Votin'em out is too good for 'em.

[bersaguy]

He has had a few ghosts come out of his closet that I think will hurt his chances to get re-elected

[Garufa]

The extent of my leeway given to the Two Tools from Tennessee is that they only voted YES to end debate and allow the bill to proceed to a final vote, just like all the other R's mentioned.

 

The final vote was 54-44 with the TTT twins voting against.  The two missing votes are from Republicans.  Guess they can now say they had nothing to do with any of it.  http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00209

 

Same silly, stupid crap those two pulled on the last gun control bill earlier this year.

Edited September 27, 2013 by Garufa

[Oh Shoot]

The extent of my leeway given to the Two Tools from Tennesse is that they only voted YES to end debate and allow the bill to proceed to a final vote, just like all the other R's mentioned.
 
The final vote was 54-44 with the TTT twins voting against.  The two missing votes are from Republicans.  Guess they can now say they had nothing to do with any of it.  http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00209
 
Same silly, stupid crap those two pulled on the last gun control bill earlier this year.

 
Correct. Let's not villify them too unduly.
 
Corker, Alexander, and McConnell all voted against the actual resolution that had stripped out the ACA defunding. Matter of fact, looks like no Republican voted for it at all -- it was strictly party line vote, with two Indies siding with the Dems.

 

What else did you expect the GOP members to be able to do?
 

YEAs ---54



Baldwin (D-WI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hagan (D-NC)

Harkin (D-IA)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Hirono (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murphy (D-CT)

Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)







NAYs ---44



Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Chiesa (R-NJ)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)

Cruz (R-TX)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kirk (R-IL)
Lee (R-UT)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)

Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)







Not Voting - 2



Flake (R-AZ)

Hatch (R-UT)

 



 
- OS

Edited September 27, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[jgradyc]

What can we do to get rid of Corker and Alexander?

 

EDITED: Okay. The other post came in while i was typing, but I'd still like a real Republican instead of RINOs.

Edited September 27, 2013 by jgradyc

[bersaguy]

 
Correct. Let's not villify them too unduly.
 
Corker, Alexander, and McConnell all voted against the actual resolution that had stripped out the ACA defunding. Matter of fact, looks like no Republican voted for it at all -- it was strictly party line vote, with one Ind siding with the Dems.

 

What else did you expect the GOP members to be able to do?
 

YEAs ---54



Baldwin (D-WI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hagan (D-NC)

Harkin (D-IA)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Hirono (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murphy (D-CT)

Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)







NAYs ---44



Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Chiesa (R-NJ)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)

Cruz (R-TX)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kirk (R-IL)
Lee (R-UT)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)

Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)







Not Voting - 2



Flake (R-AZ)

Hatch (R-UT)

 



 
- OS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yea, I guess we will have to see how they vote when it gets sent back to the old fairy in the Senate next time

[bersaguy]

What can we do to get rid of Corker and Alexander?

 

Okay. The other post came in while i was typing, but I'd still like a real Republican instead of RINOs.

Nothing till the next election and then I don't think Corker is up. Just Alexander.

[Garufa]

There will be a new president before Corker is up for re-election.  I believe he's in until 2018.

 

Thank you republicans of Tennessee.

Edited September 27, 2013 by Garufa

[klamb5]

Write/Call your State Reps calling for a change to the current lack of being able to recalll our Rep's in Washington , its BS that we cant..

[Oh Shoot]

Write/Call your State Reps calling for a change to the current lack of being able to recalll our Rep's in Washington , its BS that we cant..

 

Would require change to federal election laws, if not an actual constitutional amendment. Not a call individual states can make.

 

- OS

[Garufa]

Would require change to federal election laws, if not an actual constitutional amendment. Not a call individual states can make.

 

- OS

 

And who changes those federal election laws OhShoot?  ;)

[Oh Shoot]

And who changes those federal election laws OhShoot?  ;)

 

Not the state reps that he mentioned. ;)

 

- OS

[RED333]

I do not want another Republican, for that person will just turn into a RINO, I WANT AN ULTRA TEA PARTY CONSERVATIVE.

[seez52]

 
Correct. Let's not villify them too unduly.
 
Corker, Alexander, and McConnell all voted against the actual resolution that had stripped out the ACA defunding. Matter of fact, looks like no Republican voted for it at all -- it was strictly party line vote, with two Indies siding with the Dems.

 

What else did you expect the GOP members to be able to do?
 

 

 

Please, give me a break! I hope you're saying that sarcastically!

 

Had these morons any balls of their own they would not have voted with Harry Reid for cloture. They knew exactly what was going to happen when voting to end debate, it's the same crap we always get from pantie wastes in the RINO party. They also knew their vote against the stripped bill wouldn't amount to a hill of beans, other than a great one liner for the next election campaign. "hey look everybody, I voted to defund obamacare" kiss my a** you did!

 

These morons don't give a d*** about anything but their own skin. They bowed down to the party bosses. The national party bosses and the TN party bosses, and I'm just gonna tell you, those bosses don't give a crap about you and me. It's all about power and what they can do to keep it. McCain said "we need to focus our attention against democrats, and not republicans" hell man there's no difference, we've got to fight both of them!

 

If you knew what you were going to get before you started, why go there? "Ok fellow RINOs, here's the plan... so we vote to end debate, then we'll vote yes to strip out the obamacare funding, ok, that should work, got it?"

 

What, are they so stupid that they can't even count! My word, it only takes a simple majority and they ain't got the votes for it. Is that stupid or what? For people in the real world yes it's stupid. But not for RINOs, no. They never planned to have any affect on the bill to start with. They quit caring about the people that put them in office a long time ago. They have no inkling about who they serve or what purpose they are there for. Once inside the beltway their allegiance turns to "The Party." And the party has a huge influence over everything they do, and everything they do is first for the party, and second or third for the people of the Great State of Tennessee. And we may even be farther down the line than that!

 

/rant off

Edited September 28, 2013 by seez52

[Oh Shoot]

Please, give me a break! I hope you're saying that sarcastically!...

 

No, not really.

 

I'd posit the entire legislative debacle that Washington has become would clear up quite a bit if both Senators and Reps simply had to vote on every bill they had to take up, without the absurdity that the filibuster has become. Let the debate continue until there's literally not one more speaker who wants to be heard, then vote.

 

No more "tacit filibuster" that takes cloture to force the vote; that was never its intent. Let these guys simply stand on their clear cut voting record for their constituencies to easily see without all the duplicity on what their various votes "meant".

 

- OS

[Hershmeister]

I prefer tall this list the "usual suspects"

[Guest 6.8 AR]

The senate was always meant to slow the process down. Cruz was trying to use the rules
to do just that. He was trying to keep the House
CR intact and continue debate to force it through
without change. Now, Reid can get it changed.

Cruz accomplished some of his task, though.
He put the RINOs on record and the blame can
be posted against the Democrats. The people
speak through the House. The senate slows
everything down. The House just needs to resend
their original CR back again.

If only Boehner will.

[Guest Bassman17SC]

Please, give me a break! I hope you're saying that sarcastically!

 

Had these morons any balls of their own they would not have voted with Harry Reid for cloture. They knew exactly what was going to happen when voting to end debate, it's the same crap we always get from pantie wastes in the RINO party. They also knew their vote against the stripped bill wouldn't amount to a hill of beans, other than a great one liner for the next election campaign. "hey look everybody, I voted to defund obamacare" kiss my a** you did!

 

These morons don't give a d*** about anything but their own skin. They bowed down to the party bosses. The national party bosses and the TN party bosses, and I'm just gonna tell you, those bosses don't give a crap about you and me. It's all about power and what they can do to keep it. McCain said "we need to focus our attention against democrats, and not republicans" hell man there's no difference, we've got to fight both of them!

 

If you knew what you were going to get before you started, why go there? "Ok fellow RINOs, here's the plan... so we vote to end debate, then we'll vote yes to strip out the obamacare funding, ok, that should work, got it?"

 

What, are they so stupid that they can't even count! My word, it only takes a simple majority and they ain't got the votes for it. Is that stupid or what? For people in the real world yes it's stupid. But not for RINOs, no. They never planned to have any affect on the bill to start with. They quit caring about the people that put them in office a long time ago. They have no inkling about who they serve or what purpose they are there for. Once inside the beltway their allegiance turns to "The Party." And the party has a huge influence over everything they do, and everything they do is first for the party, and second or third for the people of the Great State of Tennessee. And we may even be farther down the line than that!

 

/rant off

^^^THIS!^^^  This x 1000!  This mechanism allows the spineless weasels (especially Alexander and Corker) to have their cake and eat it, too.  By voting for cloture (i.e, ending the debate on the bill), and then voting against the actual bill (knowing full well that there were not enough votes to prevent passage), they can then go out and proclaim to the masses that they voted against the bill.  "Hey, we voted against the bill, but alas, there were not enough of us that voted against it."

 

They pulled the same crap when the gun control bills were being debated.  We were fortunate that enough Democrats voted against those bills, too, to prevent passage.

[leroy]

Folks... Got an interestin e-mail this mornin from Massa Corker explaining his actions on this very vote... The bottom line was that it has to go back to the house to be reworked; along with his usual explainin to me that he wants to "fix" obamacare for us delightful rustics as well... 

 

It's my belief that the incumbent republican class in the senate (...and house...) is feeling tremendous heat from their constituents; thanks to men like Ted Cruze...

 

Remember this; the senate was once characterized by some bygone pundit as: "... a bunch of prima donna know it alls; each on of which think they should be president...."  Just look at Kerry and Hillary as proof of this great observation... .  

 

When overbearing know it alls such as corker feel the need to "explain themselves" you can bet they are feeling the heat and trying to turn it back down a bit... That is a good thing...

 

Thank you Ted Cruze, Rand Paul, and all you delightful rustics that have raised all this hell...

 

leroy,

primitive rustic isolationist

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Too many senile old men. If McCain had retired about Y2K he might be remembered fondly by somebody or t'other nowadays. He didn't start screwing up too badly until about Y2K. So he is now at least 13 years past his use-by date. Edited September 28, 2013 by Lester Weevils

[Guest PapaB]

I have to disagree with Oh Shoot's sentiments on this. The rules were set by Harry Greed to benefit the Dem's. When Repubs vote the way Corkexander did, they are allowing the dem's to have their way. That's fine, but only when the people they represent want them to. In this case they weren't representing their constituents, they were playing rino, inside the beltway, don't forget how I helped you guys political games to achieve a future benefit for themselves. They knew if they voted the way they did, it would allow the bill to pass in the form the dem's wanted, but they could still hide behind voting against the actual bill. Now they can say they voted against funding obamacare while still ensuring obamacare got funded. This is not representation.