Showing posts with label Durbin Amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Durbin Amendment. Show all posts

Friday, May 1, 2009

Corporate Democrats Defeat the Durbin Amendment

Yes, this is Senator Tom Harkin. Here I agree with him:




Here is a blog post on this

Senator Durbin: thank you. To you spineless Democrats:

No Republican members voted for the amendment. The Democrat no votes include Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Tom Carper (D-DE), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Arlen Specter (D-PA) & John Tester (D-MT).


Shame on you; I know that you represent the big banks.

This is why I don't contribute to the DSCC or the DCCC; I don't want to support such Democrats. Note: the vote on this amendment was subject to the usual "cloture" rules; that is why 45 "nay" votes were enough to kill it.