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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 01:49 PM
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Last week, the House passed the Ethics Reform bill 430-1.
'W"ho was the ONE nay vote? I suppose it doesn't really matter, since that Rep. was so overwhelmingly outvoted, but I'D like to know!
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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 01:50 PM
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1. Dan Burton R-IN
The same nut-job that tried to prove Vince Foster was murdered by shooting a watermelon.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 01:58 PM
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2. HUH? Did he say why? I really expected it to have been
Boener. At least HIS excuse could have been "I'm the Pub minority leader!"
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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 02:05 PM
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3. I've yet to hear any explanation.
Maybe god told him the bill was evil.

I gave up long ago trying to apply reason or logic to anything crazy ol' Dan does.

http://www.takingdownwords.com/taking_down_words/2007/01/ethics_reform_e.html
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-16-07 02:20 PM
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4. I believe that sometimes a vote is cast for procedural reasons
but given that its Burton I can't be sure in this case.
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