***Originally posted on 2/16/09, Updated 3/12/09, 4/7/09, 5/6/09***
Just for posterity's sake, I wanted to post links to all of the votes that have gone into the TARP bailout and the Generational Theft Act/Porkapalooza bill. You can see how your Senators and Rep voted on each step of the process:
TARP 1 vote 1 - House of Representatives
TARP 1 - Senate
TARP 1 vote 2 - House of Representatives
Generational Theft Act ("stimulus") vote 1 - House of Representatives
Generational Theft Act ("stimulus") cloture vote - Senate
Generational Theft Act ("stimulus") vote 1 - Senate
Generational Theft Act ("stimulus") vote 2 - House of Representatives
Generational Theft Act ("stimulus") vote 2 - Senate
Omnibus spending bill - House of Representatives
Omnibus spending bill (cloture) - Senate
Omnibus spending bill (final) - Senate
2009/2010 budget - House of Representatives
2009/2010 budget - Senate
2009/2010 reconciled budget - House of Representatives
2009/2010 reconciled budget - Senate
Final dollar amounts:
Generational Theft Act: $1.2 trillion
Omnibus spending bill: $410 billion
2009/2010 budget: $3.5 trillion Total: $5.8 trillion
I'll update and re-post this every time we get another giant bailout or 'stimulus'.
Why am I doing this? I think our politicians believe that we have a very short memory. They think they can get away with whatever is politically expedient because the voters will forget about it before the next election. Well, not anymore. When the 2010 election rolls around, check back here to refresh your memory on exactly who voted for these disastrous economic policies, and send them home. If you hate what Congress is doing, the only way to change their course is to vote the bad ones out.
Don't forget.
There's my two cents.
PS - it should also be noted that out of all 15 votes above, from a combined total of almost 3,800 votes cast, 89% of the 'yes' votes were from Democrats. TARP was the only truly bipartisan measure, and that's because panic was driving all the lemmings over the cliff. Once Congressional heads cooled a bit, the Republicans found their spine and some fiscal responsibility. So, if you remove TARP from the picture, the number of Democrat yes votes jumps to 97%. Of the 12 non-TARP votes, six of them had literally zero Republican support. Why do I point this out?
This debacle belongs to Obama and the Democrats.
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