Fairness Doctrine Loses 309 - 115 In The House

[Wyatt_Junker]

Put this one in the books too.

The House votes 309-115 for a Mike Pence amendment barring the FCC from imposing it.

By the way, let's be real clear, you still had 115 assholes who voted for it even though it was temporarily tossed into history's shitcan. And that in itself is frightening stuff.

[Wyatt_Junker]

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 599
(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)

H R 2829 RECORDED VOTE 28-Jun-2007 6:20 PM
AUTHOR(S): Pence of Indiana Amendment
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment


Ayes Noes PRES NV
Democratic 113 115 1 6
Republican 196 6
Independent
TOTALS 309 115 1 12




---- AYES 309 ---

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Andrews
Baca
Bachmann
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bean
Berman
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Bordallo
Boren
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd (FL)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Carter
Castle
Castor
Chabot
Chandler
Christensen
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Lincoln
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeGette
Delahunt
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Donnelly
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Ehlers
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
English (PA)
Etheridge
Everett
Faleomavaega
Fallin
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gillibrand
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green, Gene
Hall (TX)
Hare
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth Sandlin
Hill
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hooley
Hulshof
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jindal
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jordan
Kagen
Keller
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
Lamborn
Lampson
Lantos
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Mahoney (FL)
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCarthy (NY)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Musgrave
Myrick
Napolitano
Neugebauer
Norton
Nunes
Oberstar
Obey
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rodriguez
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Salazar
Sali
Sarbanes
Saxton
Schmidt
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shadegg
Shays
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Sires
Skelton
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Space
Spratt
Stearns
Stupak
Sullivan
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Walz (MN)
Wamp
Weiner
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (OH)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)



---- NOES 115 ---

Ackerman
Allen
Arcuri
Baird
Baldwin
Becerra
Berkley
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Carney
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeLauro
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Ellison
Eshoo
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Harman
Higgins
Hinchey
Hirono
Hodes
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kilpatrick
Klein (FL)
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Matsui
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meehan
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Neal (MA)
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Price (NC)
Rangel
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Sestak
Slaughter
Solis
Stark
Sutton
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Welch (VT)
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn



---- ANSWERED “PRESENT” 1 ---

Cohen



---- NOT VOTING 12 ---

Abercrombie
Davis, Jo Ann
Forbes
Fortuño
Hastert
Hinojosa
LaHood
McNulty
Ortiz
Sessions
Tierney
Waxman



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http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll599.xml

[DoctorDoom]

Without exception, the NOES were RATs. How surprising.

[Wyatt_Junker]

Gotta love the dorks who say 'present' but don't vote. Brave soul there Mr. Cohen.

Hastert and Waxman didn't vote. Probably wanna be able to stay out of the 'controversy'.

But, the 'crats, taken alone & as a whole did vote for censorship 115 to 113.

The 'pubs at least had the wherewithal to have solidarity for once, rejecting this idiocy.

But the 'crats had a majority for Peking radio.

[Wyatt_Junker]

What I want to know is who even puts this agenda as well as the immigration bill on the docket?

Who is THAT PERSON?

We need to find IT and fast because THAT'S the problem, the agenda MONKEY.

Who's putting this shit even up for a vote? Who is the Congress agenda starter? Maybe I need a civics lesson, but I know that whoever is in charge of it is the issue here.

Also, the wide margin of defeat here, coupled with republican solidarity on this one, says a lot. And since it followed on the heels of the douching of the amnesty bill, methinks that the beltway regulars got scared and are wising up to that unseen mass of angry patriots. Methinks they are freaked out and finally recognized, at least for a lil' while, that they can't cordone off debate from the rest of us and that is the result of what I call 'quick talk' which means online mobilization and forums & blogs. We can react a whole helluva lot quicker than before.

[Wyatt_Junker]

Again, do not associate with people in love with the word 'fair'. They are whiners and whiners are losers and losers pretend to be victims and victims justify their actions, any action as disgusting as it may be by VIRTUE of their victimhood because in lefty diction victimhood is the highest virtue.

Stay away from 'victims' or people who claim to be one. There are only a few victims in the real world; the mother and child of that Ben Wa wrestler asshole & maybe, MAYBE, the Jews in 1938. Besides them, no one.

Anyway, beware of the peddlers of FAIR. They are tommorrow's monsters. And Diane Feinstein and anyone who voted for the FAIRness DOCtrine are a part of that social disease.

[The_Elucidator]

What I want to know is who even puts this agenda as well as the immigration bill on the docket?

Who is THAT PERSON?

We need to find IT and fast because THAT'S the problem, the agenda MONKEY.

Who's putting this shit even up for a vote? Who is the Congress agenda starter? Maybe I need a civics lesson, but I know that whoever is in charge of it is the issue here.

Also, the wide margin of defeat here, coupled with republican solidarity on this one, says a lot. And since it followed on the heels of the douching of the amnesty bill, methinks that the beltway regulars got scared and are wising up to that unseen mass of angry patriots. Methinks they are freaked out and finally recognized, at least for a lil' while, that they can't cordone off debate from the rest of us and that is the result of what I call 'quick talk' which means online mobilization and forums & blogs. We can react a whole helluva lot quicker than before.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but the Majority Leader of both houses sets the agendas.

[Wyatt_Junker]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but the Majority Leader of both houses sets the agendas.


That's what I thought. Thank you.

http://bilesnarksneer.typepad.com/bile_snark_sneer/images/nancy_pelosi.jpg

The face behind the evil shit slew.

The face behind the agenda we've been pulling our hair out over for the last 3 weeks right here.

So, let's be clear here, when we vote to punish R's we have to what? Hyperventilate every third week, hoping that our country doesn't' get flushed down the crapper until the next election in OH EIGHT? Is that how it works?

[Lazarus]

Am I blind? I didnt see Bela Pelosi's name on any of the lists? Anyone know how the she-devil voted?

Now can someone explain the details? Is this a temporary ban? I heard something about one of the resolutions being only good for a year...

PS: I wanna say how proud I am of my Congressional representatives... Senators Sessions and Shelby led the fight to kill the Amnesty Bill... And now MY Congressman, Aderholt, is the first name on the list to kill this blantant attack on the 1st Amendment...

Time for a happy dance...
:boogie:

[The_Elucidator]

Am I blind? I didnt see Bela Pelosi's name on any of the lists? Anyone know how the she-devil voted?


Again someone correct me if I'm wrong but the Speaker can vote but usually only does so on extremely important bills. Evidently squashing the 1A wasn't extremely important enough to go on record for with '08 coming up!

[hdmundt]

I wanna say how proud I am of my Congressional representatives... Senators Sessions and Shelby led the fight to kill the Amnesty Bill... And now MY Congressman, Aderholt, is the first name on the list to kill this blantant attack on the 1st Amendment...

Time for a happy dance...
:boogie:


:claps:
My feelings exactly, Laz. Senator Sessions has been getting a good bit of TV face-time lately and his intelligent, straight-forward commentary is something about which the people of Alabama, and the United States, can be justly grateful - and proud.

[Maggie_T]

I just e-mailed Pence thanking him for looking after our right to free speech.

May I suggest you all do the same, my friends. Decent people like him ought to be encouraged. It's not every day that someone in CONgress show the courage to stand up to liberal autocracy.

[Kathy30]

Nancy Pelosi did say it was going to be number one on her agenda. Did the senate get a good enough nosefull that they didn't go for this one?

[Maggie_T]

One can only hope so, Kathy. If they didn't learn anything this time, they never will.

[d'urville]

Today a very similar bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate:

LINk (http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/06/25/daily54.html)

by McCain?????

What does he think he's doing now, this doesn't square at all with that bill he "co-sponsored" with that totalitarian a few years back.

Still, it'd be interesting to see how certain Senators would vote on this.

[Timberwolf]

Pomeroy (D-ND) actually voted for this one!! I think I'll do a happy dance, too!! http://freeconservatives.com/smilies/smily0016.gif

Dorgan & Pomeroy seem to know they represent a fairly conservative constituency...a fact I think Conrad has forgotten.

[Tazeeyore]

Wyatt, looks like stretch just blinked and her kneecaps collapsed.

[The_Elucidator]

Today a very similar bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate:

LINk (http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/06/25/daily54.html)

by McCain?????

What does he think he's doing now, this doesn't square at all with that bill he "co-sponsored" with that totalitarian a few years back.

Still, it'd be interesting to see how certain Senators would vote on this.

He screwed the pooch on McCain/Feingold and now the immigration bill, he has to show some hint of conservative behavior otherwise he would look like he is to the left of the she devil herself, Hitlery!

[MrSanity]

I could see McCain going either way on the Fairness Doctrine. But given that Medved - that neocon Bushbot - was head over heals for the amnesty bill - he might be looking for an endorsement through talk radio.

More seriously, I think McCain is trying to use talk radio in his favor by getting Rush and such to put a good word in for him.

[DeclinetoState]

Without exception, the NOES were RATs. How surprising.Unfortunately, the party key didn't come through in the copy. However, according to the stats at the top, 6 "'Pubs" voted no (thus for the so-called Fairness Doctrine). Democrats split about 50-50 on the question. :(

[Beowulf]

I'm wary of anything McPain proposes as it usually comes with him giving into a Democrat somewhere.

[DoctorDoom]

Unfortunately, the party key didn't come through in the copy.I went by the party key on the House web page (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll599.xml) and no Pubs were listed under "NOES". What list are you referring to?

[S-T]

I'm surprised that the Red Baron (http://baronhill.house.gov/) voted to ban the "fairness doctrine".

What does he think he's doing now, this doesn't square at all with that bill he "co-sponsored" with that totalitarian a few years back.

Trying to convince conservatives that he isn't a Communist. Sorry John, not buying it.

[DeclinetoState]

I went by the party key on the House web page (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll599.xml) and no Pubs were listed under "NOES". What list are you referring to?
The way this table reformats in Wyatt's original post may be misleading:

Ayes Noes PRES NV
Democratic 113 115 1 6
Republican 196 6
Independent
TOTALS 309 115 1 12
The number 6 after the word Republican makes it appear that 6 voted No. It may be that those voting No or PRES were left blank, and the 6 NV got shifted over so that they appeared to be No votes.