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House GOP to Obama: Go Eff Yourself
Booman Tribune — Not a single Republican in the House voted for the stimulus package. And guess what? No one gives a crap what the House Republicans think. They wanted to prove that they could hold their caucus together but that means nothing unless they can bring Blue Dogs along with them. Only eleven Democrats defected on this vote. Rush Limbaugh hopes Obama fails, and now the entire House GOP is forced to hope for the same.

No House Republicans Vote For Stimulus Bill
Swampland — ... But it still passes 244-188. See vote tallies here.        ...

Art Brodsky: Obama Had To Try Bipartisanship This Time -- Next Time Will Be Different
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Now Obama can go to the American people and say, "I tried." I tried to go the extra mile, tried to make compromises to get a bill, tried to be bipartisan within the context of an election which Democrats won. And what did I get? Literally, nothing. Not one Republican vote. Not one. They resurrected the 1993 playbook when the Democrats had to rescue the economy from the first George Bush without one Republican vote and lost Congress as a result. ...

Bipartisanshit
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House GOP holds the line; unanimously votes against "stimulus" bill
Wizbang — ... earlier, but this is such good news, it deserves two posts). The House of Representatives approved an $819 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday, dealing the new Obama administration a legislative victory but also giving Republicans a chance to show their resolve as the opposition party. The final vote was 244-188, mostly along party lines. All Republicans who were present voted against the bill. They were joined in their opposition by 11 Democrats. Here is the official roll call, if you're interested. This bill will be horrible for the United States. And yes, it ...

With Blue Dog Democrats like Jim Cooper, who needs Republicans
Crooks and Liars — ... which he wanted to be included in the stimulus. Instead, Obama agreed two weeks in advance of the stimulus vote to convene such a summit in February, and I said Obama should have waited to see that Cooper and the Blue Dogs pony up on the stimulus before agreeing. Well, Obama didn't wait, and Cooper (and five other Blue Dogs) didn't show. What a surprise. There's still time to disinvite them, of course. Think that'll happen? Jim Cooper voted against the stimulus plan. (h/t Hullabaloo) ...

House GOP holds the line; unanimously votes against “stimulus” bill
Stop The ACLU — ... against the wasteful, pork-laden “stimulus” bill. The House of Representatives approved an $819 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday, dealing the new Obama administration a legislative victory but also giving Republicans a chance to show their resolve as the opposition party. The final vote was 244-188, mostly along party lines. All Republicans who were present voted against the bill. They were joined in their opposition by 11 Democrats. Here is the official roll call, if you’re interested. This bill will be horrible for the United States. And yes, it passed anyways. ...

“Republican” Leonard Lance: 60% Voting Record with Liberals
PoliPundit.com — ... TARP Bailout - Voted YES 5. HR-1 Stimulus Package - Voted NO His YES votes on these bills include such things as Government funded health insurance for illegal aliens, frivolous lawsuits, tax increases, more debt and more bailout money to be misused. Tell me again how it’s better to have someone just because they have an ® next to their name. He is as Liberal as you can get and still pass yourself off as a Republican. These votes are nothing, we haven’t even gotten to the good stuff yet that he supports the liberal agenda on. -- ...

Mitchell Bard: Republicans in the House Are Behaving Like the Collapse of Bush's Policies Never Happened
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... And despite all of this information, not one single Republican member of the House voted for the stimulus bill yesterday. (It still passed, 244-188, with 11 Democrats joining the 177 Republicans in opposing the bill.) Not one. Zero. Zippo. Nada. Nil. None. There wasn't one Republican in the whole House of Representatives who could see his or her way clear to support legislation to help our tanking economy, even if they thought the bill wasn't perfect. And what was the primary objection of the Republicans, based on the GOP's suggested alternative bill ( ...

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) Voted With the Republicans on the Stimulus Package
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... Is Bluedog just another name for Republican? Apparently so. My allegedly Democratic Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN-05) voted against the stimulus package, along with all Republicans and ten other alleged Democrats. ...

“Blue Dogs” Tuck Tail
GayPatriot — ... Wednesday, the 111th Congress burdened future generations of Americans with the passage of an embarrassingly non-stimulative “stimulus” bill. The final tally was a strictly partisan 244 yeas to 188 nays. Not a single Republican voted in favor of this behemouth, thankfully. ...

TN-05: Jim Cooper Officially Off The Deep End
Daily Kos — ... And pretty much everyone else in the party, including the vast majority of your beloved Blue Dog Coalition who backed the stimulus, people like John Tanner and Travis Childers and Jim Matheson and dozens of the most conservative Democrats in the House. ...

Stimulus Aftermath: How Can We Do Better Next Time?
Open Left - Front Page — ... Primary Challenges: It is simple and classic, but it still works. Already, at least two of the House Democrats who voted against the stimulus package are likely to face serious primary challenges in 2010: Alan Boyd (FL-02) and Paul Kanjorski (PA-14). Showing early, and strong, support for their primary challengers will not only have an impact on how Boyd and Kanjorski behave, but will also be likely to put other Democrats who act against the leadership and the administration on notice. ...

Seven Dem Lawmakers Switch Votes on Stimulus
News — Seven Dem Lawmakers Switch Votes on Stimulus Seven Democratic lawmakers switched their vote between the first passage of the House version of the stimulus bill and the vote Friday on final passage of the conference version of the bill. Five Democrats who had previously voted against the package now changed their votes to support the package: Reps. Allen Boyd (Fla.), Jim Cooper (Tenn.), Brad Ellsworth (Ind.), Paul Kanjorski (Pa.), and Frank Kratovil (Md.). One Democrat who had previously supported the package voted against it this time, Rep. Peter DeFazio ...

Reality Check: Republicans Had No Intention of Compromise on Stimulus
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... First, take the original stimulus bill as passed by the House. This bill contained $275 billion in tax cuts and $544 in government spending. No Republicans voted for it. Fair enough. ...

Kirk for Senate?
NJDC Blog — ... not stand in the municipal park because it violated a state constitutional prohibition on the governmental endorsement of any one religion. • Kirk voted in favor of a House resolution acknowledging and supporting the “role played by Christianity in the founding of the United States.”  As Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) said at the time, “Congress has better things to do than to infringe upon the separation of church and state.” • Kirk voted against Obama’s Stimulus Plan (Republicans voted NO 177-0). United Jewish ...

Dem rep: Time to get rid of the czars
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... during a telephonic town hall, the Oklahoma Democrat said he was glad Van Jones, who resigned over the weekend as controversy continued to build over past statements, has left his post. Boren joined others in criticizing the growing trend to name czars to lead efforts in specific areas. Such officials do not go through oversight hearings or a confirmation vote in the Senate. Thus far, Boren has opposed Card Check , cap-and-trade , and ObamaCare .  Boren voted for Porkulus , which is about all thus far identifying him as a Democrat.  Unions went ...

Frank Wolf, Stimulus Hypocrite
Blue Virginia — Posted by The Green Miles January 29, 2009: Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) votes nay on the economic recovery package in the House. February 13, 2009: Wolf specifically rips transportation spending elements of economic recovery package and says it should have instead focused on (and I am not making this up) reforming Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. October 5, 2009: Wolf criticizes Gov. Tim Kaine "for being slow in spending the state's share of federal stimulus money for ...