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In an effort to make sure we know exactly who is causing the drama in Politics, I'll attempt to create an ongoing thread that lists how certain politicians vote on very important issues that affect everyone in our society. I'm sure this will be greeted with the usual complaints, sneers and overall rhetorical bitterness from certain anonymous adversaries who will see this as another one of those "liberal" threads. However, this is merely a thread to illustrate who voted NO on these important bills... nothing more, nothing less.
Wednesday, March 3rd
By now, we all know the problems brought upon by Senator Bunning from Kentucky when he decided to stand alone and block a bill that would temporarily extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless. Yesterday, he eventually stood down to allow a vote to happen. Much to the delight of many people, the bill did pass the Senate with a whopping 78 yes votes. Alas, there were still 19 of them who said no despite the reports of several people in America losing their benefits due to the week long grandstanding.
Here are those no voters:
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay (Go fig)
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Full results can be seen here.
Wednesday, March 3rd
By now, we all know the problems brought upon by Senator Bunning from Kentucky when he decided to stand alone and block a bill that would temporarily extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless. Yesterday, he eventually stood down to allow a vote to happen. Much to the delight of many people, the bill did pass the Senate with a whopping 78 yes votes. Alas, there were still 19 of them who said no despite the reports of several people in America losing their benefits due to the week long grandstanding.
Here are those no voters:
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay (Go fig)
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Full results can be seen here.