VERY suspect/secret voting process keeps DeLay in power [View All]

[The Spirit of JFK]

We all know the Republican controlled Congress voted to change the rules to allow to Delay keep his seat if he gets indicted. But Joshua Marchall (Talking Points Memo) and the fine folk at Daily Kos have pointed out that there is no record of the vote. In fact, some Repubs claim there was no vote at all.

Of course, there WAS a vote, but it was a voice-vote and therefore no records. So Marshall started calling members of the GOP caucus to see how they voted...and people at Daily Kos joined in. It seems many more people were trying convince us that they voted against it then there were nay votes,

To make a long story short, many of the Repubs. WON'T tell anyone how they voted. They claim that rules forbid them to, or that it's private....and some won't even tell their own constituents. All complete bullsh*t... One staffer even told three different people three different stories.

So they have a running list of who tells them what....CALL YOUR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND DEMAND (politely) TO KNOW HOW THEY VOTED. We need to hold them accountable...

More info below...

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_11_14.php#004009

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/18/11309/300