While this vote doesn’t and shouldn’t automatically deem somebody a complete RINO, the vote today was disappointing as 118 Republicans voted against the RSC Budget which would balance in 4 years (a whole lot better than the Ryan Budget). This was very sad, and while I think the Democrats voting “present” should stop playing games, Republicans must decide whether they truly want to be the party of limited government or vote against better budgets.
Here are the Republicans who voted “NO” (the wrong vote):
| Alexander Bachus Barber Barletta Barr Benishek Bilirakis Brooks (IN) Buchanan Calvert Campbell Cantor Capito Carter Chaffetz Coble Coffman Collins (NY) Cook Cramer Crawford Crenshaw Daines Davis, Rodney Delaney Denham Dent DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Duffy Ellmers Fincher Fitzpatrick Forbes Frelinghuysen Gerlach Gibbs Gibson Granger Graves (MO) |
Griffin (AR) Griffith (VA) Guthrie Hanna Harper Hastings (WA) Heck (NV) Herrera Beutler Hurt Issa Jenkins Johnson (OH) Jones Joyce Kelly King (NY) Kinzinger (IL) Kline Lance Latham Latta LoBiondo Lucas Luetkemeyer Marino McCarthy (CA) McKinley McMorris Rodgers Meehan Miller (FL) Miller, Gary Mullin Murphy (PA) Noem Nugent Nunes Paulsen Petri Pitts Posey |
Reed Reichert Renacci Ribble Rice (SC) Roby Rogers (KY) Rogers (MI) Ros-Lehtinen Roskam Rothfus Royce Runyan Ryan (WI) Shimkus Shuster Simpson Smith (NE) Southerland Stewart Stivers Thompson (PA) Tiberi Tipton Turner Upton Valadao Wagner Walberg Walden Walorski Webster (FL) Westmoreland Whitfield Wittman Wolf Womack Young (AK) Young (FL) Young (IN) |
Take a good look at these names of the spineless GOPers. And you should expect to see several of their names voting “yes” when the CR (that sadly passed the Senate today) returns to them. In 2014, we must elect Republicans with spines…PERIOD.
