by Brian Leubitz
With the austerity plan set to lop between one and two points off our GDP growth, the House today voted to pass it anyway. It’s a doozy no matter how you look at it.
Here’s the vote tally, with the California caucus splitting in strange ways. Tom McClintock and Devin Nunes joined Zoe Lofgren and Barbara Lee in voting no. John Garamendi, Jackie Speier, Wally Herger, and John Campbell teamed up to vote yes. Quite the dynamic alliances there.
Of course, if you like the way your member voted, or if you didn’t, be sure to let them know.
I never thought for one minute Barbara Lee would vote for it, though I did call her office this morning. Her staff gave the standard “she hasn’t decided” line, but was quite friendly. I told her I was sure she’d vote no but was calling anyway just to let her know.
Wow, Hahn voted “no”. I’m pleasantly surprised.
Jackie Speier voted yes. I wish I had the resources for a primary challenge.
Most likely, He’s a Republican, what else would He do? It may not be perfect, but something is always better than nothing and there will be another day to tax the Uber Rich, Repubs can’t obstruct that forever, at least their is no flawed Amendment in It.
I say “both my Reps” because I live in the new CA-30 where both Brad Sherman and Howard Berman plan to run for re-election. I hoped that one of them would vote against the bill and that would make it easier for me to decide which one to support next year. I would have been in Waxman’s district under the first version of the lines; he voted No.
At this point I am in a weird combination of anger and depression. It is a good thing that I am about to go up to the mountains (Eastern Sierras) because I am really tired of the Satan Sandwich and the ridiculousness of U.S. politics in general. I won’t be walking any precincts for or making any contributions to the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP).
President Obama: Now More Than Ever…
As often happens on bills that split Congressional Democrats, you can figure out the way one should have voted by watching the divergent paths of the Sanchez sisters.
Miller splits from Pelosi. Is that a first?
This country has a lot of very difficult decisions to make in the next 20 years. Today we are taking on the least difficult, difficult decision. We are raising the debt ceiling and cutting our bloated defense budget.
Next time we will have to address revenues, then social entitlement programs.
We have not made any difficult decisions for a generation. We have said “yes” to tax cutters and to tax penders alike….and you can waste your time bickering about who got the most from the 20 year long raid on the treasury if you want, or you can try to fix this mess.
Next up will be revenues if the President has the balls to do it in the middle of a campaign. When the Bush tax cuts expire next year, the President MUST hold the line and not renew them.
Capps votes any way Pelosi tells her to.