218 Republicans Vote To Deny America A Congressional Ethics Investigation

[ThomWV]

This is what should be headlined on tonight's news:

Republicans vote in lock-step to deny American's an investigation into Congressional corruption.

Two hundred and eighteen (218) loyal Republicans voted to table a resolution brought to the floor by Democrat Nancy Pelosi which would have resulted in a probe into what is generally perceived to be widespread corruption within the Republican Party. The Resolution, supported by one hundred ninety eight (198) loyal Democrats, was pushed aside in a 15 minute vote.

[LSK]

1. K & R

[skooooo]

2. It's those Delay Republicans

They gotta go!

[RufusEarl]

4. Yup, it's all about party and has nothing to do with patriotism.

If they don't Die-bold us to death, they'll pay for it in November!

[Solly Mack]

5. Make that the "Ney, Delay , and Dolittle" republicans

Hold Bush accountable? Nay
Investigate? Delay it as long as possible
The people's business? Do as little as possible

[dogday]

There were 6 Brave Republicans who voted not to table

I think they deserve a hand for understanding this goes beyond partisanship..... The rest of them can answer to their constiuents....

[electropop]

6. 218 chose to write their opponents' campaign ads.

Nice going.

[annabanana]

7. do we know which ones?. . . . . eom

[liveoaktx]

3. VIDEO

Pelosi and reading of privileged resolution

[Greeby]

8. It's Roll Call 87

No list up yet, but I'll keep checking

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. it's up!

Present but not voting - 5
Doyle
Green, Gene
Mollohan
Paul
Roybal-Allard



AYES 218 ---

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boustany
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Crenshaw
Cubin
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Poe
Pombo
Porter
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Schmidt
Schwarz (MI)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)



---- NOES 198 ---

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cramer
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Edwards
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Gerlach
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Herseth
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Platts
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Ross
Rothman
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn



---- NOT VOTING 11 ---

Allen
Butterfield
DeLay
Evans
Hoekstra
Nussle
Ros-Lehtinen
Schakowsky
Tanner
Watson
Whitfield


http://www.house.gov/daily/hpg.htm

[Viva_La_Revolution]

13. R's voting nay

Gerlach
Green (WI)
Jones (NC)
Leach
Platts
Shays

Good for them!

[datadiva]

9. I am sending this to Olbermann (sp)

I think this deserves worst person of the year award!

[Imagevision]

10. Repugs really want more uncovered before election, have to wait until

after there's a change in the house and senate -- then we can go after Bush impeachment!

[mzmolly]

11. Democrats need to USE this as a means to take back the house.

Great point/post.

[klook]

14. Just another "Democrat" dirty trick,

they'll say. That's pretty dirty, all right, trying to force the Republicans to do business honestly and above board.

[BeFree]

15. Yeah...

...Gee, what could they be hiding? Lets see, Cunningham was bribed, and caught, Delay knows he is done for - stick a fork in him, and several other critters are about to kick campaign buckets.

Looks like A Culture of Corruption they are trying to hide, eh?

[klook]

16. I look forward to the campaign ads

"In the wake of one House scandal after another, how did Congressthug Jack Kingston respond? He voted against an ethics investigation. What's he hiding? Jack Kingston -- too crooked for Georgia."

[BeFree]

17. Read this elsewhere, whatayathink..

We call them: Con-grease-men

[klook]

18. I like it.

They put the CON in Conress!

[madokie]

20. funny

[madokie]

19. It made it to the vote, before the hunt you must always load the ammo

[Zorra]

21. Those 218 republicans would go to prison if there were a

serious investigation into the republican culture of corruption.

I hope no one is shocked by their vote.

[gordontron]

22. a table, not even a vote = weak

hehe let's use their rhetoric back at 'em

[moondust]

23. Mighty revealing.

Would the mafia approve a thorough investigation of the mafia?

Dear Pugs: "If you're not guilty you have nothing to fear from this vital investigation."

[Justice Is Comin]

24. She's got it on

a recorded vote.

Another regrettable vote Republicans are going to be re-living in the one-on-one debates in a few months.