H/T to Robert Romano for the following: There may be a growing consensus in Washington against simply flushing money down the toilet. The Senate did vote late last week to release the second installment of $350 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to the Treasury for disbursement. But, surprisingly, the resolution only passed by a slim 52-42 margin. Although the bill now moves to the House, there were in fact 42 heroes who stood in opposition, and here they are, listed in full:| Barrasso (R-WY) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell (D-WA) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) | Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Feingold (D-WI) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hutchison (R-TX) | Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Lincoln (D-AR) Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-NE) Risch (R-ID) | Roberts (R-KS) Sanders (I-VT) Sessions (R-AL) Shaheen (D-NH) Shelby (R-AL) Specter (R-PA) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS) Wyden (D-OR) |
Included were 9 Senators who caucus with the Democratic majority. What does that mean? It means that if Senate Republicans had stood together—and if they can now unite—the unbridled Washington spending spree could actually be brought under control. It also means that those tired of the bailout—in the media and at the grassroots level—need now to apply pressure to the the following Republican Senators who defected from the vast majority of their caucus:
Alexander (R-TN; Gregg (R-NH); Kyl (R-AZ); Lugar (R-IN); Snowe (R-ME)
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