Thursday, July 28, 2005
Which Democrats voted for CAFTA-DR in the House? In the news: House Gives Bush Narrow Victory on CAFTA
It took personal visits from the president and vice president, along with strenuous arm-twisting from Republican leaders, before the House passed the Central American Free Trade Agreement early Thursday by a two-vote margin, 217-215.
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The House vote, supposed to take 15 minutes, dragged on for an hour as negotiations swirled around the floor among GOP leaders and rank-and-file members reluctant to vote for the agreement. In the end, 27 Republicans voted against CAFTA, while 15 Democrats supported it.
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"I don't see any benefits for workers, for sugar people," said Democratic Rep. Charlie Melancon, who said his family owed everything to 225 years of sugar production in his home state of Louisiana.
"We've given away textiles. We've given away steel. We've given away fruits and vegetables," Melancon said. "Now let's just go ahead and give away everything and be dependent on every other country for our food and our defense." Another over-15-minutes vote, but who cares about that anymore? In any event, who are these 15 Democrats? - Bean, Melissa L., Illinois, 8th
- Cooper, Jim, Tennessee, 5th
- Cuellar, Henry, Texas, 28th
- Dicks, Norman D., Washington, 6th
- Hinojosa, Rubén, Texas, 15th
- Jefferson, William J., Louisiana, 2nd
- Matheson, Jim, Utah, 2nd
- Meeks, Gregory W., New York, 6th
- Moore, Dennis, Kansas, 3rd
- Moran, Jim, Virginia, 8th
- Ortiz, Solomon P., Texas, 27th
- Skelton, Ike, Missouri, 4th
- Snyder, Vic, Arkansas 2nd
- Tanner, John, Tennessee, 8th
- Towns, Edolphus, New York, 10th
Nothing really jumps out. No regional or political ( Red vs Blue) distribution of interest. Looking at the Republicans that voted No, we get: - Boustany
- Capito
- Coble
- Cubin
- Garrett (NJ)
- Foxx
- Goode
- Gutknecht
- Hostettler
- Hunter
- Jindal
- Jones (NC)
- LoBiondo
- Mack
- McCotter
- McHenry
- McHugh
- Miller (MI)
- Ney
- Norwood
- Otter
- Paul
- Rehberg
- Simmons
- Simpson
- Smith (NJ)
- Tancredo
What's libertarian-Republican Ron Paul doing voting against CAFTA-DR?
posted by Quiddity at 7/28/2005 06:51:00 AM
5 comments
Well, Ron Paul is a true libertarian - if the Constitution or Bill of Rights doesn't say we can do something, explicitly, then Ron ain't gonna vote for it. He runs as a Republican to have access to Republican money, but he's not one.
moran from va is blue. he voted against the war.
thom hartmann said out of 15 dems, nine voted for bankruptcy bill. that's a double whammy. if they voted for the war, that's a trifecta.
any dem holding a trifecta needs to targeted for removal in the next primary.
did a quick scan (just a couple of graphs) of ron paul's congressional website. he's saying he voted no on cafta because it will spark a trade war with china. or something.
on second thought, i'm being too generous. double whammers need to go.
oh sorry, the red/blue's indicating the state. reading too fast.
Anybody know what goodies these 15 dems got or think they got from the repugs for their votes???
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