The House of Representatives Speak: Redux

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The Vote in the House is history. This is the Resolution:

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that –

(1) Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and

(2) Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.

How utterly pathetic our Federal Congress is, that such a milktoast resolution requires days of rhetorical oration and fanfare. It’s the old “sound and fury, signifying NOTHING.” And yet it meant enough to some members of the opposition junta to cause them to cross the aisle, so here are my kudus for the following 17 Republican members of the 110 Congress of the House of Representatives. They are:

Michael N. Castle, Delaware, Delegate-at-Large
Howard Coble, North Carolina’s 6th District
Tom Davis, Virginia’s 11th District
John J. Duncan, Jr. Tennessee’s 2nd District
Phil English, Pennsylvania’s 3rd District
Wayne Gilchrist, Maryland’s 1st District
Bob Inglis, South Carolina’s 4th District
Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois’ 15th District
Walter B. Jones, North Carolina’s 3rd District
Ric Keller, Florida’s 8th District
Mark Kirk, Illinois’ 10th District
Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio’s 13th
Ron Paul, Texas’ 14th District
Thomas Petri, Wisconsin’s 6th District
Jim Ramstad, Minnesota’s 3rd District
Fred Upton, Michigan’s 6th District
and,
Jim Walsh, New York’s 25th District

And to be fair, there are 2 Democrats who deserve raspberries for their ass-kissing aisle-crossing nay votes on this lousy resolution. They are:

Jim Marshall, Georgia’s 8th District
and,
Gene Taylor, Mississippi’s 4th District

And then there were the 6 Representatives not present for this vote. I hope that they are well...fighting a sinus infection for the past week or so myself, so I can sympathize to a degree. But I’d really like to think that it would take more than personal illness to keep away from this one.

Dems:
Brian Baird, Washington’s 3rd District
and,
Jerrold Nadler, New York’s 8th District

Repubs:
Charles W. Boustany, Jr. Louisiana’s 7th District
Jo Ann S. Davis, Virginia’s 1st District
Denny Hastert, Illinois’ 14th District
and,
Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey’s 2nd District