Posted on 17 July 2009 by Mr. Harrington
The Politico is reporting that there was a cash dump into the fund-raising accounts of moderate Democrats around the time of the Cap and Trade vote on June 26.
The vote was close: 219-212.
Now, its not possible to determine whether the cash was to persuade those on the fence, or a last minute money dump before the June 30th deadline.
You be the judge…
Posted on 26 June 2009 by Mr. Harrington
Surrounding Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Mark Sanford, and Ed Sullivan, it might be hard to remember that THERE IS A VOTE ON THE LARGEST TAX INCREASE EVER on the floor today…
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, congress, in order to ram through the 1,201 page bill, they have decided to vote today.
Thanks to @CalebHowe
This is ridiculous. How are they expected to read the bill? To put it in perspective, they are asking the other representatives to read Atlas Shrugged in one day…and UNDERSTAND IT!
Now, an organization called Let Freedom Ring has made a pledge card that asks congresspeople to vote on the healthcare bill, only after they have personally read it and it has been made available to the people.
And as a quick asside, two people have signed the pledge… Jim Demint and James Inhofe…
Now they just need one for the largest tax ever…
Looks like they’ll need a speed-reader…
UPDATE: HA! I knew it. Harry “Doesn’t want to” Reid says no to allowing a week to read the Cap and Trade bill…
UPDATE: Tell those swing votes to vote no!
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Click here to see a list of swing votes.
Read–Chicago Tribune
Read–Breitbart
UPDATE: Jesus Christ, folks. House holds a moment of silence for Michael Jackson. Kills me. It’s a circus.
UPDATE: Greenpeace is against Cap and Trade? Who knew? So, it seems that the Congress is trying to put the screws to the economy for the sake of expansion of government…
UPDATE: They are really trying to pass a bill with a placeholder? It’s a circus.
Rangel supports horse-trading on House floor…
Carl Levin says C&T is moral imperative…
John Larson invokes the name of T. Boone Pickens…Which is odd…because T. Boone’s Prop 10 was voted down in California in 2008…
And someone needs to tell him to stop yelling…
Is anyone else worried about all these Democrats invoking the ideas of “terrorism” and 9/11 while trying to get votes for C&T?
The Cap and Trade bill costs $700 Million a page!
UPDATE: Representatives caught horse-trading…Barton said it best, “At least its transparent…”
UPDATE: Gohmert: “Where is a physical copy [of the 300 page amendment?]”
–silence–
That silence is so telling.
Apparently, they can’t find a physical copy of the 300 page amendment…
And also, there isn’t a rule that requires a physical copy to vote…or, if there is, the important sounding person at the big podium isn’t aware of one…
Barton: “If a bill for which there is no copy were to actually pass House, could bill be sent to Senate having no copy?”
Apparently there isn’t a copy…anywhere…even on the desk…
Will they recess to form a search party to find the 300 page amendment? Barton requested a short recess to find the official copy…
Markey says no.
It’s a circus…
Jason Chaffetz, Representative from Utah, said on tweeted, “Dems still don’t have a final finished hard copy of bill, 1,500 pages now. And we are supposed to vote on this? Nobody has read it in full.”
Representative Bilbray: “The biggest threat to environment is the smoke coming from backroom deals”
A representative wished to have a moment of silence for those who will lose their jobs had his request objected to…
UPDATE: Well, John Boehner is going to fillabuster! He is going to read every page of the 300 page amendment…
I guess that means they found it…
Hope he brought a diaper…or a pail…
Boenher turned 2.5 minutes into an Hour! Good work, sir!
WORK THOSE PHONES!
Watch him tell it like it is…
“It is the custom of the house is to listen to the leader’s comments.”
Cap and Trade has passed in the House.
Now we must work the Senate. And find out who those 8 Republicans were…
219-212
After the jump: Who were the Republican turncoats? Also, more updates…
Posted on 23 April 2009 by Mr. Harrington
GE has something to gain by being left wing.
GE has a vested interest in Obama’s Cap and Trade proposal.
So, why would they say anything negative of the almighty Barack?
This is why Jeff Immelt lets MSNBC run wild with their liberal bias.
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