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House approves $108 billion foreign bailout
Michelle Malkin — ... war spending and Republicans condemned $5 billion in the measure to secure a $108 billion U.S. line of credit to the International Monetary Fund for loans to poor countries. Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, contended that Democrats were endangering troops by shifting money to create room for a “global bailout loan program.” The vote was 226-202, with only five Republicans voting for the bill and 32 Democrats opposing it. Here’s the roll call vote. The five GOP members who voted for the bill: Cao King (NY) Kirk Miller ...

All But 32 House Dems Back Bad Wars, Big Banks
Commondreams.org Views — Thirty-two Democrats broke with the Obama administration and House Democratic leaders Tuesday to oppose a $106 billion supplemental appropriation to maintain the occupation of Iraq, surge more troops into the quagmire that is Afghanistan and fund the International Monetary Funds anti-social policies of forcing developing countries to sacrifice programs for the poor in order to bail out big banks. But that wasn't enough to block approval of the measure. The final vote was 226 in favor of the supplemental, 202 against. The bill passed with Democratic votes -- 221 Democrats ...

Shame: The 'Anti-War' Democrats Who Sold Out
Commondreams.org Views — ... war begun under Bush and escalating under Obama. Tuesday's vote was another one of those moments in Congress where heroes are made, like the day when Sen. Russ Feingold stood alone as the sole Senator to vote against the USA Patriot Act. To paraphrase Bush, it was one of those days when we truly discover who is for war and who is against it. Below are the Democrats who stood against Obama's expanding war the day their votes mattered (See where your Representative stood here ): Tammy Baldwin, Michael Capuano, John Conyers, Lloyd Doggett, Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison, Sam ...

SSP Daily Digest: 6/17
Swing State Project — ... ? Votes: The war supplemental passed the House 226-202 yesterday, with 32 Democrats and 5 Republicans breaking ranks. The GOPers fall under the 'moderate' umbrella: Cao, King, Kirk, Candace Miller, and John McHugh (for whom a 'no' vote would be awk-ward, as the incoming Sec. of the Army). The Dems are generally the most liberal few dozen, although with a few eyebrow-raising exceptions (Eric Massa, maybe most notably): Baldwin, Capuano, Conyers, Doggett, Donna Edwards, Ellison, Farr, Filner, Grayson, Grijalva, Honda, Kaptur, Kucinich, Barbara Lee, Lofgren, Massa, ...

Thursday Catchup
Fired Up! Missouri — ... today that included good news for Boeing St. Louis workers who make C-17 cargo planes. Roy Blunt, Todd Akin, Sam Graves, Blaine Luetkemeyer and Jo Ann Emerson voted against the legislation in the House. ...

DCCC launches campaign to spotlight House GOP hypocrisy on troop funding
Fired Up! Missouri — ... say about the campaign: Republicans never hesitated to criticize those who voted against the previous supplemental bills that included funding for the troops, but now that they are trying to score political points, Republicans' votes have conveniently changed. So this Independence Day, we are going district by district to hold these hypocritical Republicans accountable. Roy Blunt, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Todd Akin, Sam Graves and Jo Ann Emerson all voted against HR2346 last week. Sen. Kit Bond call the same ...

House Democratic Fundraising Committee To Attack Patriotism Of GOP Members Over July 4 Weekend
Think Progress — ... to fund the U.S. military’s efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.” In the House, 170 Republicans and 32 Democrats voted against final passage of the supplemental ...

Whither the Progressive Block?
Open Left - Front Page — ... However, with minimal concessions (pretty much just cash for clunkers), 19 of those 51 Democrats folded and ended up voting for the bill. This includes 8 Democrats who singed the July 31st letter: Representatives Yvette Clarke, Barney Frank, Luiz Gutierrez, Jim McDermott, Grace Napolitano, Ed Towns, Nydia Velazquez, and Anthony Weiner. ...

Working Towards Ending The War In Afghanistan Will Require Republicans As Well As Democrats
DownWithTyranny! — ... Last spring 90 Democrats bragged they would vote against the war supplemental. Only 52 did. But on the final vote-- when it really counted, on June 16-- only 32 Democrats has the balls to stand up to the Obama administration and vote no. Another dozen and the war would be winding down now... instead of ramping up. Grassroots and netroots activists against the occupation of Afghanistan need to bolster the members who were willing to take the not insubstantial political hit from the Obama administration-- Emanuel threatened Donna Edwards (D-MD) with a primary and, lo and behold!, ...

No Means No Highlights 11 California Members Of Congress-- Down From 15
DownWithTyranny! — ... They looked at the California delegation, applied some friendly pressure and quickly peeled off Doris Matsui, George Miller, Grace Flores Napolitano, and Mike Thompson. As the vote drew closer, the pressure coming out of Emanuel's office grew less friendly. It was like the battle over NAFTA all over again, where he managed to beat up and bribe enough Democrats to pass a truly destructive Republican bill. He was at it again and he succeeded again. The bill passed 226-202 but 11 California Democrats held their ground: ...

DCCC criticizes Republicans for voting against flu funding
News — ... In a series of releases sent out on Monday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee faulted some GOP lawmakers -- including House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio) -- for voting against a supplemental appropriations bill in June that included about $2 billion in flu pandemic funding. ...

Seriously?
Fired Up! Missouri — ...  about by directing reporters to his recent vote against funding for the vaccine, and Team Blunt flies off the handle with accusations of ...

Matt Finkelstein: GOP Women Shamelessly Accuse Dems Of Being Anti-Woman
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Later in the column, McMorris Rodgers and Jenkins cite problems with the H1N1 vaccine as evidence that the government can't "make good medical decisions." However, both women -- and all but 5 of their Republican colleagues -- voted against funding the vaccine.  ...