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3/6/13, "The CR Vote Tally: Courage in the Senate; Capitulation in the House," Daniel Horowitz, RedState
"The House voted overwhelmingly
to pass the CR today which failed to cut one cent from Obamacare. 30
members signed the Bridenstine-Huelskamp letter asking leadership to
defund Obamacare through the CR. 16 members voted against the rule to
bring up the CR, some of which hadn’t signed the letter. Only 14
members voted against the CR. In other words, several members took the
drastic step of opposing a rule, yet voted for the bill. All this
confusion is above my pay grade.
Nonetheless, here is the tally:
30 signers of March 4, 2013 Letter from Bridenstine & Huelskamp to
Boehner & Cantor Urging Defunding of Obamacare in Any Appropriations
Bill: (link)
16 Voting “No” on the Rule for Continuing Resolution, HR 933, 3/6/2013 (link)
14 Voting “No” on Passage of the Continuing Resolution, HR 933, 3/6/2013 (link)
"Now the CR moves on to the Senate. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have taken
up the campaign to defund Obamacare, as noted in these pages.
At this point, it’s relevant to reflect on the Rand Paul filibuster
over the issue of drone strikes on American citizens on American soil. Many conservatives have been reinvigorated watching Rand Paul and some
of his allies on the floor engaging in an old fashioned filibuster in
order to defend the Constitution and separations of powers. Watching
the filibuster, the thought occurred to me that this is exactly what
should have been done with Obamacare in 2009/2010. Why didn’t Mitch
McConnell use every parliamentary procedure to block Obamacare? More
relevant to today, these same senators should engage in the same
educational filibuster against funding Obamacare next week when the
Senate considers the CR. If nothing else, we’re long overdue for a
national discussion over Obamacare, personal liberty, and free markets. We need to take this #StandWithRand show and run with it.
Then again, times are changing in Washington, at least in the Senate. As my good friend Wes Goodman noted on twitter,
“thanks to Senators Trey Grayson, Charlie Crist, David Dewhurst, and
Bill Bennett for leading this filibuster for freedom.” Throw in Arlen
Specter, notes Moe Lane.
Primaries do matter, and from now on we’re looking for
game-changers. Amazingly enough, we might have a larger percentage of
them in the Senate than in the House."
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