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SSP Daily Digest: 3/6
Swing State Project — ... ? Votes: Speaking of Blue Dogs, they provided most of the defections on yesterday's 234-191 vote on the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, which included the controversial mortgage modification provision. After all the agitas from Ellen Tauscher and other New Dems, they almost all voted yea. There were 24 Democratic nays, with Eric Massa probably the biggest surprise: also Mike Arcuri, Marion Berry, Dan Boren, Rick Boucher, Bobby Bright, Travis Childers, Kathy Dahlkemper, Lincoln Davis, Chet Edwards, Brad Ellsworth, Bart Gordon, Parker Griffith, Baron Hill, Tim Holden, Ron ...

Open Season on Ron Kind!
Open Left - Front Page — Yesterday, 24 Democrats voted against the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, even after the bill was changed at the behest of a coalition of New Democrats and Blue Dogs. Here is a list of these twenty-four Democrats, along with their three votes on TARP. This way, we can see which Democrats want to give money to Wall Street, but don't want to give money to homeowners: The votes are here: 1--Bailout #1, September 29th 2--Bailout #2, October 30th 3--Bailout #3, January 28th In every case, a "Y" refers to the vote that gave ...

While the nation is in crisis, Conservative Democrats are busy building a new bridge to a mythical place where everyone gets along
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... Bayh is proving our point. See, at the same time Bayh is purporting to be a great man of the moderates, he's been doing the bidding of the banking industry to water down the mortgage cram down bill, which has passed the House. ...

Can We Have Our $1,076,370 Back?
Open Left - Front Page — ... , cramdown and, in only a little while, health care, Griffith won't even vote for a Democrat to control Congress.  Is there any possible reason left to support this guy?  I have heard time and time again how we have to support any Democrat over any Republican because all Democrats members of Congress vote for Democrats to control Congress. This gives us control of the legislative calendar, committees, subpoenas, vast corporate PAC donations, etc. ...

Another Blue Dog That Democrats Can Live Without: Rep. Parker Griffith (D-Ala.)
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... , cramdown and, in only a little while, health care" this Alabama DINO says he won't support the Democratic Speaker of the House. Sounding just like a chest-beating Republican, Parker Griffith thrills his heavily Republican district by throwing a personal and ...

Jerry Lewis-- A Congressman Whose Constituents Would Really Benefit From Health Care Reform
DownWithTyranny! — ... isn't the only place where quality of life sinks in Jerry Lewis' sprawling San Bernardino County district. The home foreclosure rate is one of the worst in California and one of the worst in all America. Over 15,300 homes have already been foreclosed on and the 4 year projection of foreclosures is 50,906-- fifth highest in the state after the districts represented by Republicans Dan Lungren, Tom McClintock, Ken Calvert and Mary Bono-Mack. On March 5 Lewis and his four colleagues voted against HR 1106, the bill meant to help families save their homes. As usual, Lewis was putting ...

How Serious Are Kentucky Republicans About Health care Reform?
DownWithTyranny! — ... So what's the commonality here and why bring it up? Last March 5 the House passed legislation, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, 234-191. Both the Kentucky Democrats voted for it and all four Kentucky Republicans voted against it. All indications are that that is precisely what will happen when the House votes on a meaningful health care reform bill. Regardless of how much the bill will ameliorate the problems faced by the constituents who vote in Rogers, Whitfield, Davis and Guthrie-- not to mention the two awful senators-- the entire Kentucky congressional delegation ...

Post Dispatch Welcomes Blunt's Self-Serving, Selective Outrage About Special Treatment For Wall Street
Fired Up! Missouri — ... Wall Street. Whatever the reason, we welcome Mr. Blunt to the populist outrage front. Mr. Blunt was in Congress throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s when, during both Republican and Democratic administrations, the banks got everything they asked for, subsequently wrecking the economy. Mr. Blunt has been a reliable pro-banking industry vote, from repealing the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 to refusing to allow bankruptcy judges to modify mortgages in 2009. Blunt was also the House GOP's ...