Senate votes 83:7 to cut off spending for ACORN Housing Funding

[Thomen]

Wow.. that was fast..

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...using-funding/

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/1...ing-for-acorn/

And for our members who do not trust Fox:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32848593...-capitol_hill/


Sorry, nothing on CNN or ABC News as of the time of Edit.

[ETR3(SS)]

Wow that was fast! Congress may have a cookie for this act.

[SteamWake]

Yea they had to nip this thing in the bud.

Dont want people to get the wrong idea.

By the way who were the 7 ?

I also think that Acorn gets alot more than 1.6 million. Somthings missing.

[Platapus]

That 1.6M applies to only one of Acorn's programs.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Platapus

That 1.6M applies to only one of Acorn's programs.

Indeed, just drop in the bucket. But one has to start somewhere.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

By the way who were the 7 ?

The seven “NAYs”:
Burris (D-IL)
Casey (D-PA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI

http://biggovernment.com/2009/09/14/...orn/#more-2362

[ETR3(SS)]

I just noticed this, 83+7=90. Where are the other ten votes?

[August]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

I just noticed this, 83+7=90. Where are the other ten votes?

The dead Ted Kennedy is one that won't be voting.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

I just noticed this, 83+7=90. Where are the other ten votes?

Not present, abstain, yadda yadda.

If I remember correctly that was Obama's favorite method


Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Yea
Burr (R-NC), Not Voting
Burris (D-IL), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Not Voting
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Nay
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Not Voting
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
DeMint (R-SC), Yea
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Ensign (R-NV), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Not Voting
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Gregg (R-NH), Not Voting
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Not Voting
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johanns (R-NE), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kaufman (D-DE), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
LeMieux (R-FL), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Not Voting
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (D-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Not Voting
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

No real supprises here except the absence of Pelosi

Leahy, Durbin when are those geezers gonna finally get the boot.

But I digress, so they are going to cut some of the funding to one of their programs and claim "See we did something" reminds me of the kid that shoves all the toys under his bed and claims to have cleaned his room.