Who (effectively) voted for media consolidation? It was technically a spending bill, but as the wires stories put it,
House overturns FCC ruling, Senate ponders issue stance. The
vote was 400 - 21 (16 Republicans, 5 Democrats). So, who were those 21?
| who | state | comment |
| Akin | Missouri | |
| Costello | Illinois | |
| Duncan | Tennessee | |
| Flake | Arizona | |
| Franks | Arizona | |
| Green | Wisconson | |
| Hensarling | Texas | |
| Jones | No. Carolina | |
| McCarthy | New York | |
| McInnis | Colorado | |
| Musgrave | Colorado | |
| Oxley | Ohio | Chairman of the new House Committee on Financial Services, which oversees Wall Street, banks, and the insurance industry |
| Paul | Texas | Ron Paul, always a gadfly |
| Pence | Indiana | |
| Royce | California | Based in Fullerton, 5 miles from Disneyland (which we are pretty sure is in his district) |
| Tancredo | Colorado | |
| Tauzin | Louisiana | Chairman of House Committee on Energy and Commerce |
| Taylor | Mississippi | |
| Udall | Colorado | |
| Van Hollen | Maryland | |
OBSERVATIONS: They are a diverse lot, but why so many from Colorado? What's with that? We expected all of them to be Republicans, but to our surprise there were some Democrats in there as well. It isn't clear why these representatives voted the way they did (except for libertarian Ron Paul), but it is ominous that two chairmen of important committees (Oxley, Tauzin) are in the list.
posted by Quiddity at 7/25/2003 03:33:00 PM 
