The following list of Republican Senators voted for Sen. Thune’s (R-SD) asinine amendment, Senate Amdt. 238 amending the Stimulus bill, HR-1. Unfortunately, there is no snappy short title, but this is the description is awesome: To ensure that the $1 trillion spending bill is not used to expand the scope of the Federal Government by adding new spending programs.
You would think that someone who hates government wouldn’t actually be part of that government.
The Hoover List:
- Alexander (R-TN)
- Barrasso (R-WY)
- Bennett (R-UT)
- Bond (R-MO)
- Brownback (R-KS)
- Bunning (R-KY)
- Burr (R-NC)
- Chambliss (R-GA)
- Coburn (R-OK)
- Cochran (R-MS)
- Corker (R-TN)
- Cornyn (R-TX)
- Crapo (R-ID)
- DeMint (R-SC)
- Ensign (R-NV)
- Enzi (R-WY)
- Graham (R-SC)
- Grassley (R-IA)
- Hatch (R-UT)
- Hutchison (R-TX)
- Inhofe (R-OK)
- Isakson (R-GA)
- Johanns (R-NE)
- Kyl (R-AZ)
- McCain (R-AZ)
- McConnell (R-KY)
- Murkowski (R-AK)
- Risch (R-ID)
- Roberts (R-KS)
- Sessions (R-AL)
- Shelby (R-AL)
- Thune (R-SD)
- Vitter (R-LA)
- Voinovich (R-OH)
- Wicker (R-MS)
Today alone there were four separate attempts to zero out the stimulus bill, and one attempt to add additional money for mass transit was rejected.
As for the above list, these Senators have fully crossed into Hooverville.
