Thank you Kucinich, thank you Kaptur, thank you DeFazio, thank you Sanders.

[girl gone mad]

You were valiant in your efforts to stand up and fight for us.

This Administration uses the same playbook over and over again and it saddens me to see our leadership fall for it every time.

But I do take comfort in knowing that progressive values are still alive and well in the hearts of many.

[Subdivisions]

1. Seconded. n/t

[Hydra]

2. I do thank those who have sincerely fought not only this abomination

But all the others we've been forced to swallow.

Mad Props to Kucinich for always being there for us- in a better Era, he could have been President.

[katty]

18. yes, he has been great and unflinching- re: the bill to nowhere

and a perpetual laundry list of crimes for years.

[netania99]

3. Well said! n/t

[GodlessBiker]

4. Thirded.

[Neshanic]

5. Agree

[LynnTheDem]

6. Thank you to those who had the guts to do the right thing.

No bushit bailout.

No more gutting the power of Congress.

No more fear-mongering SIGN THIS DONT READ JUST SIGN RIGHT NOW OR WE ALL DIE crap.

No more ignoring the will of We The People.

No more corporations over people.

Just no fucking more!

[chill_wind]

7. Names to be respected and remembered as we go forward. K & R. n/t

[dana_b]

8. yes - please support these Reps people!!

I just made a donation to Kucinich and will try to do the same for some of the others.

[earth mom]

9. Thank you for being the only bright lights on a very dark and scary day.

:patriot:

[Dover]

10. Should probably list all of the 'no' voters in the house and senate...n/t

[girl gone mad]

11. I picked these four because I thought they were out in front..

on the issue. I'd be happy to add the full list, though.

Every Democrat who voted no has my undying respect.

[Pastiche423]

25. Nay votes in House and Senate

House

Aderholt
Akin
Altmire
Bachmann
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Becerra
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Boyda (KS)
Broun (GA)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Buyer
Capito
Carney
Carter
Castor
Cazayoux
Chabot
Chandler
Childers
Clay
Conyers
Costello
Courtney
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Lincoln
Deal (GA)
DeFazio <---------- my rep. :loveya:
Delahunt
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doggett
Doolittle
Drake
Duncan
English (PA)
Feeney
Filner
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gillibrand
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Graves
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hall (TX)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herseth Sandlin
Hill
Hinchey
Hodes
Holden
Hulshof
Hunter
Inslee
Issa
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jordan
Kagen
Kaptur
Keller
King (IA)
Kingston
Kucinich
Lamborn
Lampson
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McDermott
McHenry
McIntyre
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Moran (KS)
Murphy, Tim
Musgrave
Napolitano
Neugebauer
Nunes
Paul
Payne
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Price (GA)
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Rodriguez
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Roskam
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Salazar
Sali
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Scalise
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Stark
Stearns
Stupak
Taylor
Thompson (MS)
Tiahrt
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Visclosky
Walberg
Walz (MN)
Westmoreland
Whitfield (KY)
Wittman (VA)
Young (AK)
Young (FL)


Senate

Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feingold (D-WI)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (D-SD)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Wyden (D-OR) <-------- my Senator :loveya:

[Dover]

28. Thanks! Maybe we can talk them into forming a THIRD party..n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

29. I really DON'T think Michelle Bachmann belongs in any party with

the likes of DeFazio, Kucinich, Kaptur, and Feingold.

She is a fundie wingnut of the first order.

[Pastiche423]

30. Fantastic idea!

[bbgrunt]

37. After fisa and now this, I'm truly beginning to drift that way..

[girl gone mad]

31. thank you! n/t

[pleah]

12. K&R

[Not the Only One]

13. Integrity and true leadership are rare. I applaud them.

Too bad they were a lone voice crying out in the wilderness.

[musette_sf]

14. thank you Pete Stark

and thank you Nick Lampson.

current resident of CA-13, former resident of TX-22, both my guys done good. :-)

[slipslidingaway]

15. Add Brad Sherman...K&R n/t

[katty]

16. thank you all - thank you Brad

[leftofthedial]

17. there are still four or five Democrats.

[lonestarnot]

27. That's it? That's all we have?

:(

[dailykoff]

19. Add Xavier Bacerra and the Sanchez sisters from California.

Smart cookies. :thumbsup:

[TxBlue]

20. Hope these reps get in leadership

Ron Paul fought it also

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

21. Add Bart Stupak Northern Michigan

[nRkiSt]

43. Bernie Saunders could have filibustered

the bill, but chose not to. I was very disappointed that he didn't

[GetTheRightVote]

22. In time they will be discovered to be correct, I hope they get an award for it

Like being listened to next time around.

:grr::grr:

[ForeignSpectator]

23. Here is the thing : People who were right beforehand NEVER get their due credit.

The most they get ( when reality proved they were right ) is some sneer along the lines of "oh, so now you can pat yourself on the back!"

[Desertrose]

24. Thank you Dennis and all those who stood against this insanity.

Time will prove you to be right....unfortunately.

[fascisthunter]

26. Error: You already recommended this thread

[Norrin Radd]

32. And thanks McDermott, for opposing it, the second time.

[snappyturtle]

33. K&R

[chimpymustgo]

34. K&R to the brave.

[sugarraydodge]

35. Thanks :)

Too bad there aren't more like them.

[MsLeopard]

36. Yes, thank you all who thought of country first

rather than giving a lying war criminal and his gang of thieves nearly a trillion dollars on my grandchildren's and their children's credit card.

[Hidden Stillness]

38. Wonderful Thread, However Shocking and Awful the Outcome

It is a great thing to do to recognize these people, who were all brilliant; I am still in total shock and disbelief at what has happened. I do not understand even slightly, why they did this, unless a statement by Representatvie Brad Sherman a couple of nights ago tells the whole story. Sherman was describing the outrageous fact that well over half of the bailout money is going to go to foriegn investors--over half will have nothing to do with Americans at all--and explained what has happened over the past couple of weeks. When Lehman Bros. failed and went bankrupt, an investment bank in China and also Barclay's Bank of England (with Paulson connections), lost a huge amount of money, and the Chinese bank started making demands for full payment on other debt owed, that Bush-Cheney-Republicans have gotten us into by increasing trade and other debt, and, on other deals the Saudi Royal family also started calling in debts we owed because of Bush-Cheney-Republicans. Sherman's point on this--ignored by corporate media--is that this is the "crisis" that has unfolded, not "homeowner debt" or anything else they have been using as cover, and Bush and the Congress do not want the American people to know exactly how disastrous and now threatening this situation that they have all gotten us into, now is. If the holders of our National debt start demanding payment--as this is--then we will have complete National collapse, and Bush and Congress are still trying to hide how bad this all is.

Some of these people, you already knew how great they were--Sanders, Kucinich--and others I knew how great they are but they never got the credit they deserved--Kaptur--but I also learned how great Brad Sherman of Calif. is; what a great explainer. This is horrible, it will make the entire economy weaker by increasing debt for a thing that does not even help anyone, and all our problems still remain. The House Dems who voted "No," though, are great heroes. THEY should run things, not this disgraceful cabal of Emanuel, Hoyer, and Pelosi.

[crickets]

39. You're right about Sherman. He did a great job as well.

Thanks to Dennis et al, and all those who voted no.

[windbreeze]

40. ABSOLUTELY...Absolutely...

I watched every one of these people speak..I was cheering them on and yelling at the TV...wb

[OwnedByFerrets]

41. They are brave leaders

[Hotler]

42. Thank you. eom