Cap and trade liveblog, part 3: (Mini)-Filibuster; Vote time; Final vote – passes 219-212
Scroll for updates…7:17pm Eastern – Monstrosity passes 219-212 with 8 GOP turncoat votes…needed 218 votes…GOP turncoats made the difference…roll call vote link below…
It has been a wild day on the House floor. GOP leader John Boehner is going to read the entire 300-page late-night manager’s amendment into the record. Good to see some fight left in the GOP. This is must see TV.
Update: Well, the “filibuster” was a mini-filibuster. Boehner should have read entire bill. Then read entire suppressed Carlin EPA report. We are headed to vote on final passage…
Hold your breath.
Meanwhile, a glimmer of hope:
Passing President Obama’s “cap and trade” energy program would cost the average Oklahoma family $3,200 a year, Sen. Jim Inhofe said Friday, but he’s confident the measure will be killed in the Senate no matter what happens in the House of Representatives.
The Tulsa Republican, a longtime critic of what he considers “this hoax called global warming,” made his latest statements during a morning stop in Shawnee while House members in Washington were preparing to vote on the controversial issue.
“Between the years of 1998 and 2005, I was the only member of the United States Senate who would take on what I call ‘the Hollywood elitists’ and the United Nations on this hoax called global warming and I went through seven years of purgatory on that issue.
“But now I’ve been redeemed and the vast majority of the scientific community has now said Inhofe’s right and the United Nations is wrong and those individuals … have now said ‘no, the science is not there and these are natural cycles.”
7:13pm: Less than 3 minutes left. There are 7 GOP turncoats with recorded YEA votes.
What were their payoffs???
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GOP Turncoats include: Bono Mack; Castle Kirk Lance LoBiondo McHugh Reichert Smith(NJ)
GOP members not voting: Flake and Sullivan.
WHY?
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Now 9 traitors, (actually 220).
9!
nativeAZ
Let’s get’er done with all of the traitors. Broadcast their names far and wide and let their constituents deal with them. Make fun of them, redicule, and pull up every voting record you can find…we don’t need them any longer. Oh, and tell that idiot Steele that if they contribute a dime to these fools all the forces of h$ll will be let loose.
Up to 9 republicans… cry havoc!
if it’s a straight 50%, it’s been won by Piglosi and team Vots 219 to 210 with 5 not voting.
I see the ads opposing those few repubs.
The deciding vote for this bill…
back to 8
Revolution Number Nine
9 republicans?
And this is how a constitutional republic dies!
Who are the 9 dimwit republicans who voted for this act of stupidity?
A handful of dems voting NO now, to look good on paper. They would have said YES if needed. Don’t trust a Democrat.
It passed. Pelousi strong armed enough people. 8 Republican douche bags. I heard Pelousi was telling Freshman Dems that she’d pull all monitary support if they didn’t vote YEA.
And the assholes chear. Term Limits NOW!
Michelle you need to publically chastise every single republican that voted for this crap and tax bill…let’s now hope that the Senate has the spine to tell the house to pound sand….traitors all….We will remember in 2010!!!!!
Names…We need names of those ‘publicans…
Torches against cap and trade…
Oh wait…We’ll need to buy carbon credits first.
LET’S BURY THE 8 REPUBLICAN TRAITORS!
LET’S START NOW!
My dumps have more integrity than these people.
Oh…The Ferret speaks…
Pelosi & Co needs capped but we probably won’t get much as a trade…
Oh no. That sounds like it was the Republican’s fault. This bill belongs to the Dems.
It sure would be nice to find out what those “payouts” were …
God willing the senate will do the congress’ job and protect us from an overbearing federal system.
Sounds good to me!!
WHAT 8 F$CKING REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR THIS DAMN BILL?
I just watched the final House vote on C-SPAN.
I can’t believe this!!!! I just can’t.
We need to destroy those 9 people posing as conservatives and make this vote haunt them for the rest of their political lives!!!
Who are the RINO’s?
I hope those 8 repubs get their butts handed to them by their constituents.
Only 4 had to change their mind…its on…!!!
I am tired of minor local politicians (yes you, Waxman) telling me how to live.
Throw them all out!
Destroy Economy..check
Go on Vacation..check
Please take a permanent vacation and stop screwing everything up.
dinner and genuflection to Obama
The rat speaks. And he didn’t read his own bill. Looks like all the azzhole are in a rush to get to recess.
another example of agenda over the will of the people. just remember this next november when you say, oh my congressman is fine, it’s those other jerks. NO IT’S ALL THOSE JERKS. TURN THEM OUT ENMASSE.
Waxman thanking the CBO for its distorted figures on cost per family…
I’ve just invented a new term. Ridiots. That’s for the 8 R-idiots we’re going to get rid of.
Mr. Waxman now has put California building standards on the rest of us. Isn’t Califonia broke?
The vote is appalling… Maybe the North Koreans will save us from Washington.
I agree that we need to be rid of those 8 Republicans, along with as many Democrats as we can get – but it’s only possible if somebody runs against them. Any volunteers?
Now the other scumbag speaks.
Whoever they are, and it makes no difference what they were promised to cave, they need to be history. When was drawing and quartering outlawed in Scotland and Britain? They’ve committed adultery to the party. Time to fall on the sword and not seek reelection.
Just more opportunity for graft and corruption at the local level…ACORN housing inspectors and repair people.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll477.xml
God help America…
Un-fricking believable
My Reps (both in TX, still my State of Residence until my Dear Wife musters out & we sell our houses there…) and current habitation (Upstate NY, near Sunny Ithaca[wink]) have phones that dump to machine.
So I guess that means that not only are they not home, there’s no light on…
Damn pusillanimous pissant cowards…
If this thing passes either this time or next, I will put ALL my remaining time, gold, and paper money toward the defeat of these piles of thrice excremented vomit!
Flagitious poltroons, all of them!
If they want to reign and rule, let them tell the truth! Be a man! Put it to us and see what we’ll say! Through 60 yrs of lying culture they’ve got atleast 40% walking on all 4s and begging like beasts — what they don’t think they can convince 20% to roll belly-up and wait for The Masters’ Scratching?
Instead they steal our Liberty like some craven sneak-thief whenever we turn our backs. They oil us out of them, smoooothly with soft-words for soooothing itching ears and poisoning the inheritance of our posterity. Never the truth, never the uncovered dagger — always the cloak.
We need to just vote ALL of them out and start fresh, with a House & Senate that will blanket-repeal all the laws of the last 70 years. Start again, and WATCH them this time!
There is no more America. We can stop using that word.
OK so who are the 8??
Rep. John Conyers (D) Mi…Present on the day his wife plead guilty to conspiracy to accept bribes and she faces 3-5 years in prison. What a dedicated man he is…
So Reichert of Washington State voted for this…what an idiot. He’ll get no help from me.
This comes from hotair.com as to who are the 8 turncoats:
Jeff Flake AZ not voting ? WTF ? I don’t care if his vote would not matter…Time to let him know “we are not amused”
Last year one of our citizens ran against Sheila Jackson Lee (D) Houston. His tag line was “are you tired of seeing Sheila Jackson Lee on TV?” I should have donated to his campaign, even though Lee (D) does not represent me. Her 2010 opponent just earned my contribution.
Jeff Flake had a family emergency … he was a solid NO . Not sure what happened.
Rep. Ted Poe sayinh he’s in favor of the 4th of july…GAG
so now what’s next?
That’s three azzholes from New Jersey. More than 30%. Lance, LoBiondo, and Smith
Flake’s emergency was greater than Conyers’? I smell ACORN at work.
LoBiondo
Castle
Bono Mack
Kirk
Lance
McHugh
Reichert
Smith (NJ)
The 8 newest members of the HALL OF SHAME!
I’ll accept a true emergency, Too bad though.
List of GOP Turncoats
Bono Mack; Castle Kirk Lance LoBiondo McHugh Reichert Smith(NJ)
Jeff … Jeff Flake is one of the strongest conservative voices in the house. We need to find out what the “family emergency” was before you jump all over him.
Some votes are unforgivable and I would urge all tea party members to nix all future support for these 9
what was in it for New Jersey that would bring so many GOPers from there to vote AYE?
Let’s try to stay positive it has to go to Senate!
I’d be interested to plot these districts on a map…
the crap 8…good title…
louie Gohmert TX just referred to it as crap and trade…LOL
Maybe a Tea Party meeting in DC at the time of the Senate vote would be appropriate.
I prefer my ealier take…crap and tax…
Three repubics from my state of NJ. A bunch of jerks that need to be voted off.
I’m positive: We’re screwed. Going off to look for a new country.
My guess for NJ would be the bill’s provisions on nuclear power plants and nuclear waste treatment.
See my post #156
OK. We know who the 8 Republican turncoats are.
Now, let’s find out who is running against them!!!
Let’s donate to the candidates who are running against the turncoats before June 30!
Dirty traitorous, bastards everyone, we best see 219 new, fresh, faces in the house in 2011.
These bastards have betrayed our country, the depression will look like a bump in the road compared to driving off the planet. They are criminals every last one…sorry for repeating myself, I am so damn pissed off at these elitist bastards. they’d sell their mother out for a vote, probably already have. They have no scruples.
The worst president in history along with the worst congress, it’s a perfect package of $@#%&’s(I’d get banned if I said it).
Well, the wicked witch from Frisco has done her job well. She can fly away home now to her “beautiful city” (on our dime) and dance with the homosexuals. I’m sure that there will be party lights on til the wee hours at her multi-million dollar pad in Pacific Heights.
Who says you can’t fit 10 lbs. of manure into a 5 lb. sack.
There is right now, a GOP guy (I didn’t catch the name…) telling us that the GOP turncoats don’t matter!
That guy needs to go, too!
Opps! forgot: I’m listening to Levin on the radio, and that’s where the guy was on.
California has not yet figured out how to fund the 52.1 million needed just to fund the bureaucracy to run their own little crap & tax program.
I will send a big thank you to my own congressman, Jim Costa, a Democrat and when the names of the 8 rinos are available, I will attempt to communicate with them to let them know exactly what their vote means to me.
Your joking right, 59 traitors by trade and a handful coats and we should stay positive? Oh, I am positive, positive we’ve lost our country.
al gore is wetting himself with pleasure
check out this Mike Church graphic…fits eh??
http://www.mikechurch.com/joomla/images/stories/evening_post/2851.jpg
I have to leave… I’m so close to losing my temper my writing will soon be incoherent… see ya’all tomorrow.
Incredible. Dem wacko Sheila Lee Jackson just used her minute of speaking time to make a eulogy in honor of pervert musician Michael Jackson. Even threw in some garbage about his love of children. What a great way to mark the death of common sense in this county.
Un-fricking believable
Has the MSM started patting itself on the back yet? Between wall-to-wall Jacko and Obama-care, they’ve covered the collective butts of the Dems that just sold us all down the crap and tax river.
The Philippines is pretty nice but I am not sure how long I will be safe here with the way this current administration is going.
The stage 1 booster of the ICBM that will nuke the American economy has now fired.
The turncoat 8 deserve to remembered for this shameful performance just as the Snowe, Collins, and Specter (who turned out to be a Dem anyway) deserve ignominy for their failure on key votes. Yeah, it’s great if someone votes with you 85% of the time, but when they fail you on the monstrously important votes, what the hell is the point.
We wasted 44 defecting Democrats because of 8 RINOs … ay, it drives you to drink.
The Philippines are nice. Cold beer, good food, and the health care is not socialized there, either.
Flake didn’t vote? You mean the same guy who re-introduced the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty Bill under his own name?
Keep in mind that once again, Boehner led the fight into defeat. Keeps his conservative score inflated while winning nothing. A McCain “conservative”.
The ninth switched his or her vote prior to the clock expiring.
What is frustrating is, had only four of those not voted for it, and the 44 Democrats who voted against it kept their vote, this would have failed. Of course, it is more likely that 8 of those 44 would have had to vote against their consciences to deliver Waxman, Markey and Pelosi their victory.
New Jersey
Lance dist 7
LoBiondo dist 2
Smith dist 4
Jeff Flake AZ’s family emergency seems to be unknown to anyone here in Phoenix.
REMEMBER IT PASSED UNREAD!
I’m gonna fax them my energy bills every month with TRAITOR written on the bill.
Mark Kirk: North Shore congressman eyeing bid for governor GOOD LUCK WITH THAT AZZHOLE!!!!
April 16, 2009, 10:54 am – Chicago Tribune
Republican North Shore Congressman Mark Kirk is considering a bid for governor along with his previous interest running for the U.S. Senate and said Wednesday he expects to make a decision by month’s end…..
PACE pushed to add hybrid vehicles to fleet
June 24, 2009, 10:43 am – News Sun
“Many city bus companies used federal stimulus funds to add hybrid buses to their fleets,” Congressman Kirk said. “Pace is going the opposite direction and plans to buy 58 older-technology diesel buses. It’s time for Pace to go green.”
http://www.kirkforcongress.com/?q=
After watching FOX news, “fair and balanced”, they should change their name to “NERO” News, they’ve been fiddling for the last 24 hours about Michael Jackson while our country is going up in flames. What is with these people? Who cares about a pedophile? I think it’s time to ask France for a Guillotine and set it up on the House floor!
Here are the telephone numbers for the 8 turncoats.
All start with (202) 225-
Bono, CA 5330
Castle, DE 4165
Kirk, IL 4385
LoBiondo, NJ 6572
Lance, NJ 5361
McHugh, NY 4611
Reichert, WA 7761
Smith, NJ 3765
Call them and voice your disappointment. Pass it on!!
Thanks rightwing mom
UGHH! I actually got through to Lance, Smith, LoBiondo & McHugh’s offices today. My line was “you’ve seen what high taxes and the high cost of business has done to NJ – this bill will do the same to the Nation.” Iguess they just don’t give a crap. I’d sure like to know what it took to buy them off.
Vicious, treacherous, drunk with power. Our country suffers under a bunch of insane politicians who only care about their own glory and self-gratification. These goons will not be happy until we are all in equally in rags and equally walking the soup line.
I think one person voted yes, then switched back to no when they saw their vote was not needed.
I noticed that too it was 9 then switched back to 8