Everybody who voted against needs to be removed from office. It's votes like these that make me laugh at NC Herd when he says Ron Paul might cause Rand trouble with the GOP. The problem IS the GOP already! Has been for some time! If the GOP had their way he wouldn't be in the Senate right now in the first place!


Voted For:
Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY] Aye
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK] Aye
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID] Aye
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] Aye
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY] Aye
Sen. Ron Johnson [R, WI] Aye
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT] Aye <---- Somebody is scared of losing their primary
Sen. Mike Lee [R, UT] Aye
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY] Aye <--- O_o
Sen. Jerry Moran [R, KS] Aye
Sen. Rand Paul [R, KY] Aye
Sen. James Risch [R, ID] Aye
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL] Aye
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL] Aye
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] Aye
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] Aye



RINO Voted Against:
Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN] Nay
Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R, NH] Nay <-- Don't make tea like they use to
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] Nay
Sen. John Boozman [R, AR] Nay
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] Nay
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC] Nay
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA] Nay
Sen. Daniel Coats [R, IN] Nay
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS] Nay
Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME] Nay
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN] Nay
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX] Nay
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC] Nay
Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA] Nay
Sen. Dean Heller [R, NV] Nay
Sen. John Hoeven [R, ND] Nay
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX] Nay
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK] Nay
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA] Nay
Sen. Mike Johanns [R, NE] Nay
Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ] Nay
Sen. Patrick Toomey [R, PA] Nay
Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] Nay
Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS] Nay
Sen. Marco Rubio [R, FL] Nay <-- Don't make tea like they used to
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME] Nay
Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN] Nay <-- Defeated RINO
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] Nay <-- "Maverick" vote there
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK] Nay <-- A triumph for Dem cross over votes
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] Nay



WTF?:
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] Abstain


Libtard Voted Against:
Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI] Nay
Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT] Nay
Sen. Mark Begich [D, AK] Nay
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] Nay
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM] Nay
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D, CT] Nay
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] Nay
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH] Nay
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA] Nay
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD] Nay
Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE] Nay
Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA] Nay
Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND] Nay
Sen. Chris Coons [D, DE] Nay
Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL] Nay
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA] Nay
Sen. Al Franken [D, MN] Nay
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] Nay
Sen. Kay Hagan [D, NC] Nay
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA] Nay
Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI] Nay
Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD] Nay
Sen. John Kerry [D, MA] Nay
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN] Nay
Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI] Nay
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA] Nay
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ] Nay
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] Nay
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI] Nay
Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT] Nay
Sen. Joe Manchin [D, WV] Nay
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO] Nay
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ] Nay
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D, OR] Nay
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD] Nay
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] Nay
Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE] Nay
Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL] Nay
Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR] Nay
Sen. John Reed [D, RI] Nay
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] Nay
Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV] Nay
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT] Nay
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] Nay
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D, NH] Nay
Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI] Nay
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT] Nay
Sen. Tom Udall [D, NM] Nay
Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO] Nay
Sen. Mark Warner [D, VA] Nay
Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA] Nay
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI] Nay
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] Nay

Kirk had a stroke a few months ago, might explain him abstaining?

Why are Ron and Rand still Republicans?

(05-17-2012 10:43 AM)BleedsHuskieRed Wrote:  Kirk had a stroke a few months ago, might explain him abstaining?

Ah.

(05-17-2012 11:58 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Why are Ron and Rand still Republicans?

Because running as a third party for any office higher than mayor is a thankless, lonely, sure-lose proposition. There is not a chance in the world that either would have gotten elected except as Republicans.

Conversely, the Republicans can really use the support of libertarian-leaning voters whom represent probably a solid 20-30% of their support, depending on how strictly one defines 'libertarian-leaning'. Both parties are big tents with diverse interests. If labor unions and environmentalists can form a party with little more in common than 'screw the industrialists!', there is no reason why libertarians and neocons can't form a party. Republicans probably have an easier time of keeping party unity, since 'Let the states decide!' is an acceptable answer to almost any question.

(05-17-2012 11:58 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Why are Ron and Rand still Republicans?

The question is....Why are the others still Republicans. They are among only a handful that hold the Republican ideals.