17 Democrats voted to hold Atty Gen Holder in contempt; 2 Rs voted NO

[ProgressiveEconomist]

17 Democrats voted to hold Atty Gen Holder in contempt; 2 Rs voted NO

IMO this is not a very noteworthy bunch. Have you heard of any of them?

WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?

From http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2012&rollnumber=441

"FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 441

H RES 711 RECORDED VOTE 28-Jun-2012 4:39 PM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Ayes Noes PRES NV
238 02 0 001 Republican
017 65 1 108 Democratic
Independent
255 67 1 109 TOTALS"

DEMOCRATS VOTING AYE:
Altmire
Barrow
Boren
Boswell
Chandler

Critz
Donnelly (IN)
Hochul
Kind
Kissell

Matheson
McIntyre
Owens
Peterson
Rahall

Ross
Walz

[cthulu2016]

1. Who are the two pugs?

[ProgressiveEconomist]

3. LaTourette and Rigell are the two Rs voting 'NO',

Ever heard of either of them?

[cthulu2016]

6. re: LaTourette and Rigell

LaTourette: Representing east Cleveland suburbs since 1994. made his name prosecuting the Kirtland serial murders that were organized by mass-murderer and outlaw Mormon, Jeffrey Lundgren.

On Thursday, March 17, 2011 LaTourette became one of only seven Republicans who voted "NO" on a measure introduced in the US House of Representatives to strip all government funding from NPR.

In a meeting with transit advocates, LaTourette disparaged fellow legislators, referring to them as "knuckledraggers that came in in the last election that hate taxes."

__________

Rigell: Car dealer representing Virginia Beach. Social conservative. Large military constituency.

Rigell won the Republican nomination in a six-way race. The Hill rated Rigell's primary race as one of the top seven primaries in Congress for this election cycle.[5] Rigell was considered by many to be the favorite in the primary,[6] had support from the National Republican Congressional Committee[7] and Eric Cantor,[8] and was endorsed by Republican Virginia governor Bob McDonnell.[9]

Rigell came under attack from his primary opponents for having sold 138 cars under the Cash for Clunkers program, which Rigell subsequently criticized as "reckless bailouts and an out-of-control federal debt."[10] He also came under attack for making campaign contributions to Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic primaries and to Virginia Democrat Louise Lucas in her bid against Randy Forbes.[11] Rigell said he believed that Hillary Clinton would have been a worse option for President.[12]

Billionaire Warren Buffet challenged the GOP that he would match any donations to the treasury they give. In response the congressman donated 49k.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

16. Thanks. Great research!

[sabrina 1]

17. They sound better than some of the Democrats we have in Congress.

[Scootaloo]

5. Rigell and LaTourette

Your guess is as good as mine

[hlthe2b]

2. I don't recognize any of those Dem names... What two RETHUGS voted no?

[highplainsdem]

8. Steven LaTourette of Ohio, and Scott Rigell of Virginia

http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/house/2/441

[ProgressiveEconomist]

14. Thanks for that NY times link, though it has one more not voting than the House Clerk's page.

Great graphics routine for making the official roll-call understandable--I'd never seen it before.

[tpsbmam]

12. Republicans who voted no

LaTourette (Ohio)
Rigell (VA)

[FarLeftFist]

4. GTFO of the Democratic Party if you can't stand up to the NRA.

[sadbear]

7. Heath Shuler voted NO?

Good for him. Maybe he's not quite ready to defect.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

11. Correct

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. He's leaving after his term

That's why.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

9. Lipinski was the Democrat voting 'Present'. I've never heard of that person either; have you?

[truebrit71]

13. He's a fucking DINO scumbag from chicago...

...about as useful a Dem as a kickstand on a jackass..

[11 Bravo]

10. Great! A bi-partisan repudiation of Republican overreach! (You know that's how the Pukes ...

would try to spin it had the roles been reversed.)

[mac56]

15. I lived in Barrow's district for a time. East central Georgia.

I really thought he was awesome. I'm reevaluating now.

[kentuck]

18. It says they are more afraid of the NRA holding them responsible ....

than their own Party. It says they take their Democratic supporters for granted but they have to kiss the ass of the NRA for fear of losing them. They never think of losing their Democratic voters. They cannot afford to lose their conservative supporters. They depend on the Democratic voters understanding.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

20. 'They take their democratic supporters for granted'--It's a shame

it's too late to run real Democrats against them in a primary.