Today, the Senate voted on establishing a bi-partisan commission on reducing the deficit. The vote failed, 53-46. 37 Democrats voted for it, and 16 Republicans. Wait. 16 Republicans? I thought they were the party of fiscal responsibility? I thought they've been screaming about deficits, debt and spending? (oh my)
With this vote, Republicans have made it clear. That is not the case. They do not care about our country's fiscal problems. Nor do they care about our safety, our world image, our health care, our economic well being, or anything at all. They've not even pretending to care anymore. The only thing they care about, is making President Obama look bad at all costs, in any way imaginable.
23 Senators shamelessly cast away all principles and beliefs today, purely to get in a political hit at President Obama. I will list all of them below the jump.
(note: let's not debate the actual merits of the bill, that's not the point of this diary, the point is the utterly disgusting politics being played by the Republican Party)
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