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27. It sucks in a lot of ways for Dems, Major.. but, I think many repubs voted against it because it

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 07:21 AM

Dec 2014

does fund the President's Immigration Reform Bill! Oooops. Course, cruz and mike lee voted against it too.

And, if it didn't pass it would linger and shutdown the government.. and the pubs would be in charge of the next one.. and it could be a whole lot worse(I mean why wouldn't it be?).

I've been looking at it and.. and one bad bad thing that stands out is this in Washington DC..

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"Marijuana legalization: On November 4, 69.4 percent of Washington, DC voters backed a referendum legalizing marijuana. The ballot measure didn't provide a mechanism for legal sales, but the DC Council was set to implement regulations and taxes similar to those in Washington and Colorado. The spending deal bars DC from implementing the ballot initiative or setting up a legal sales system. Leaving aside the merits of marijuana legalization, this is a pretty egregious way of disenfranchising DC voters, and it's prima facie offensive for representatives from the rest of the country to be overruling DC's citizens and elected officials."

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/11/7377253/cromnibus-veto

I know how that feels.. two different fed judges in Hawaii ruled against the Will of the People voting against Monsanto in Maui and Kauai.

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Roll Call: Democrats who voted NO [View all] cal04 Dec 2014 OP

Geez, even the real Moran (R) voted no! merrily Dec 2014 #1

Really - he was everywhere saying yes was the way Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2014 #15

Who was? merrily Dec 2014 #16

Duh...sorry...read and replied too fast - thinking Moran-D rep VA. sorry nt Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2014 #30

Well, I never discount totally the possibility of kabuki. merrily Dec 2014 #31

The Flake (r), too! merrily Dec 2014 #26

Democrats who voted NO... Should be rephrased as REAL AMERICAN PATRIOTS who voted NO. nt TheBlackAdder Dec 2014 #2

Both of my Senators from Oregon voted No Merkley and Wyden. neverforget Dec 2014 #3

As did Markey and Warren. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #7

Environment has been Markey's signature issue. merrily Dec 2014 #17

Surprising Robbins Dec 2014 #4

McCaskill is no one's fool. She donated to Akin's campaign to try to help merrily Dec 2014 #6

I agree, she's no fool. elleng Dec 2014 #9

Both of my Senators from Maryland voted Yea MiniMe Dec 2014 #5

Ditto elleng Dec 2014 #8

Figures DiFi couldn't be bothered to vote onecaliberal Dec 2014 #10

Couldn't be bothered, or didn't want to be on record either way? merrily Dec 2014 #32

Her husband is a known war profiteer onecaliberal Dec 2014 #33

I can't blame you. merrily Dec 2014 #34

I read that too. onecaliberal Dec 2014 #39

Thanks. It is interesting that there are a fair number of republicans are in that list. still_one Dec 2014 #11

The others. merrily Dec 2014 #12

Oh wow Aerows Dec 2014 #13

Dem and Republican votes were necessary for cloture. Maybe we should check that vote, too! merrily Dec 2014 #18

I believe the vote was 77-18 Mnpaul Dec 2014 #37

How many times do Republicans vote for cloture when they do not want a bill to pass? merrily Dec 2014 #40

This vote pattern seems to be all over the place... brooklynite Dec 2014 #14

Depend on your pov. Very few Dems on the no list surprised me. merrily Dec 2014 #19

Baldwin voted Yes? That disappoints me. postulater Dec 2014 #20

And Ron Johnson voted no? dragonlady Dec 2014 #22

From what I understand the bill helps fund the President's Immigration Reform.. same reason for Cha Dec 2014 #24

Yeah NJ! (Finally some NJ politicians Euphoria Dec 2014 #21

From Hawaii.. Senator Hirono voted No and Senator Schatz Voted Yes.. I contacted Cha Dec 2014 #23

I know for a fact that this bill must be a good bill. Do you know how I know that? Major Hogwash Dec 2014 #25

It sucks in a lot of ways for Dems, Major.. but, I think many repubs voted against it because it Cha Dec 2014 #27

Both of the Senators in my state of Minnesota MineralMan Dec 2014 #28

Is this a bill to promote fracking? Both my senators voted "yes" and warner only cares about peacebird Dec 2014 #29

Warner was another founding member of the DLC. merrily Dec 2014 #35

And part of the infamous gang of six.... Scum always reaches across the aisle to screw us peacebird Dec 2014 #36

Both of my senators voted no. nt LWolf Dec 2014 #38