Brian4Liberty
12-17-2013, 12:10 PM
This is getting ridiculous. These GOP Senators will vote for cloture, and then vote "against" the bill. Who is falling for this charade?
The Senate voted today to end debate on the budget deal reached by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). This tax-and-spend deal blows the top off of the budget caps set back in 2011, and raises taxes (or, if you prefer, fees), while claiming to reduce the deficit over ten years with mostly phony cuts that will likely never materialize. With the cloture vote passed, the Democrats can now pass this deal with a simple majority.
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The 12 Republicans who voted to give up the budget caps and raise taxes were:
Lamar Alexander (TN)
Roy Blunt (MO)
Saxby Chambliss (GA)
Susan Collins (ME)
Jeff Flake (AZ)
Orrin Hatch (UT)
John Hoeven (ND)
Johnny Isakson (GA)
Ron Johnson (WI)
John McCain (AZ)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Rob Portman (OH)
Some of these Republicans may vote against the final passage of the bill tomorrow and claim that they didn't support it, but as always anyone who votes for cloture knows that they are letting Harry Reid pass a bad bill with only Democrat votes.
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More:
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/jwithrow/see-how-your-senators-voted-on-the-ryanmurray-budg
The Senate voted today to end debate on the budget deal reached by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). This tax-and-spend deal blows the top off of the budget caps set back in 2011, and raises taxes (or, if you prefer, fees), while claiming to reduce the deficit over ten years with mostly phony cuts that will likely never materialize. With the cloture vote passed, the Democrats can now pass this deal with a simple majority.
...
The 12 Republicans who voted to give up the budget caps and raise taxes were:
Lamar Alexander (TN)
Roy Blunt (MO)
Saxby Chambliss (GA)
Susan Collins (ME)
Jeff Flake (AZ)
Orrin Hatch (UT)
John Hoeven (ND)
Johnny Isakson (GA)
Ron Johnson (WI)
John McCain (AZ)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Rob Portman (OH)
Some of these Republicans may vote against the final passage of the bill tomorrow and claim that they didn't support it, but as always anyone who votes for cloture knows that they are letting Harry Reid pass a bad bill with only Democrat votes.
...
More:
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/jwithrow/see-how-your-senators-voted-on-the-ryanmurray-budg