Joel Hendon

How the House of Representatives Voted on Cut, Cap and Balance Act


Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011

by Joel Hendon
http://hebronics.org/index.html

On Tuesday, July 19, 2011, the House of Representatives voted and passed HR 2560 at 8:23 P.M. after a day of heated exchange on the floor of the House. As you can see below it passed 229 to 181 along party lines. The GOP, for the past two years have been ridiculed and been referred to as the party of “No”. But you see, they can vote yes and the other party seems to have become the “No” party. This act became a bill and is now awaiting Senate action. Many say the Senate will not approve it, however, some feel that it does have a slight chance since there are a number of Democrats in the Senate who are becoming nervous and fidgety because of the polls from their areas.

But, President Obama has already said he would veto it. Perhaps he had better give some serious thought to that stand. Because it is almost a certainty that the House will not pass either of the current two plans being put together in the Senate. If everyone wants to see the debt limit raised, it is my opinion that this is the last chance for it..

If, it should pass in the Senate, those who are considered “Blue Dogs” will have enhanced their possibility of being re-elected and the stigma will land right on Obama’s shoulders, if he vetoes it. If the failure to raise the debt limit should result in any of the “Scare-stories” become fact, if we default on our debt payments, if SS checks do not go out as they are supposed to, or the credit rating agencies lower the rating of this country’s credit, Obama stands to loose an enormous amount of votes, from all angles.

It is not that this writer would not like to see him loose numerous votes, but this is not the way I would like to see him loose them. We desperately need to enact this law or one similar to get this nation going again.

If anyone has a desire to read the text of this bill and all the statistics, the amendments offered and their votes, Click Here.

There were very few that crossed party lines but a few did. On the Republican side, most if not all who voted Nay, did so because the bill does allow a debt limit increase, in fact the exact increase Obama had asked for. And some of those had already vowed to their constituents that they would not vote for an increase in that debt limit.

Of the five Democrats who voted for passage of the bill, may have been because they knew their constituents who favored it were in the majority from their area. Although, I have nothing to base that on.

Here is a breakdown of who voted for and against it. This was an important piece of legislation and everyone should have had a strong preference on it. If your legislator voted the way you hoped he would, commend him/her for it. Those who did not, let them know your feelings also. Our legislators should always vote to represent those who put them in office, otherwise our system fails.

Republicans                                                                                                                        229 Aye (all except the following 10)...9 Nay: Bachmann, Broun, Canseco, DesJarlais, Griffith, Jones, Mack, Paul...1 Not voting: Young (Alaska)

Democrats                                                                                                                                 181 Nay: (all except these named 11)...  5 Aye: Boren, Cooper, Matheson, McIntyre, Shuler...7 Not voting: Blumenauer, Capuano, Castor (Florida), Ellison, Engel, Giffords, Hinchey 

 
Author Biography: Joel Hendon was born near Gadsden Alabama. He attended public schools in Cherokee County, Alabama and after serving a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attended Jacksonville State University, majoring in Business Administration. He became a Christian in 1948, and although he followed secular work as a career and retired from Allied Signal Aerospace, he is an avid student of the Holy Bible and related works as well as biblical history. He has an extensive website of conservative religious and political articles.http://hebronics.org/index.html

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