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[–] swollentiki 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Not every Republican - Corker voted nay. Seems to be the only R to vote nay, finally showing his true colors as a rino. Never liked him anyways.
[–] SmashedFinger 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Baldwin is a democrat who voted yea, and Franken didn't vote.
[–] LastPlaceOnEarth 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Of course both of my Senators voted no. California blows.
[–] heywoodnj 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Yep Boxer and Feinstien .
Why do you guys keep sending them back to D.C?
The pair of them commit fuckery on the national level almost daily.
[–] LastPlaceOnEarth 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Believe me, I have voted against them every election. There are just way too many stupid people here.
[–] Paganfun ago
they have been in office since i was a little kid and i remember my father being extremely pissed about them winning time after time. its been decades dealing with them and their bullshit. California's voting block is a bunch of high functioning retards.
[–] MrPim 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
all of them, every last one. DC, nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
[–] RedditIsPropaganda23 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Rand and Bernie are 'ok'.
[–] KingofKong 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
The list is exactly what you expect. Nearly every single democrat voted against this except for 1 or 2 and Sanders who is an independent. They protect their own interests and its in their best interests to not shine a light on the endless redundancy that provides jobs with increasingly long titles to total morons.
[–] peacegnome 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Surprised that wyden is a piece of shit. I thought he was one of the good guys, but it looks like he is a democrat first, and a representative second.
[–] SlappyHo 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Well Sanders is obviously one of the only Presidential candidates willing to work across the aisle. That's why I like him.
[–] sp00kygh0st ago
I saw it on C-Span. Sanders waited till everyone elses' votes were counted to make sure it wouldn't pass, before casting his "yes" vote. His was the very last vote to come in. If his had been the deciding vote, he'd have had to vote "no" like the rest of his party.
This is a common scam employed by those in congress, to fool constituents into believing they care about them.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?403131-2/us-senate-legislative-business go to 52:00
[–] Dysnomia [S] ago
He's an independent. Go figure.
[–] Drenki 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'd be really interested to hear the arguments for voting against something like this.
[–] pauly_pants ago
It'll definitely involve an audit somehow violating the 4th Amendment and terrorism.
[–] Dysnomia [S] ago
The fed's job in determining fiscal policy is so precarious that any public scrutiny or oversight puts the whole nation at risk.
At least that's the argument. The same argument for why we have representatives rather than direct democracy- if the public had any power over policy there would be total chaos.
Of course, most people would readily agree that this lack of accountability and governmental opacity creates the circumstances for the ongoing corruption that dominates representative governments and clandestine bureaucracies like the fed.
Of course, most people don't have to political fortitude to do anything about all this.
[–] lord_nougat ago
I don't think I'm voting for incumbents ever again.