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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:48 AM
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Please remember this next time you are thinking about NOT voting for the (D)
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-01-24T171723Z_01_WBT006480_RTRIDST_0_USA-CONGRESS-WAGES-VOTE-URGENT.XML

No Democrat voted against the minimum wage increase, but it can't pass because only a few Rs crossed over, and there aren't enough D votes to push it through.

People sometimes claim that there is "no difference" between some Ds and Rs, but here is a situation where they are undeniable different.

The more Ds (even if they are conservative Ds like Nelson or Salazar) we have in the senate, and the fewer Rs, the better.

I hope everyone remembers that in 08.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:52 AM
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1. Unfortunately, my Dem (Stabenow-MI) voted for torture which is
Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 11:52 AM by MrsGrumpy
why I voted Green in that race. I knew she would win but I wanted to take a hunk out of her percentage. And it did. I like to think this may have sent a message to her.

There are different reasons why people make the decisions they do. That said, I am glad all of our Dem Congresspeople voted for. Let's hope they keep it up. :hi:

**It is the first time I voted against a Dem but I want my party back.
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