[Vision2020] The Party of no?

[Gary Crabtree]

Well by golly the scales have fallen from my eyes! To think that to become
the party of yes all that needed to be done was a simple renunciation of
outdated conservative principles and values (as little as they still had)
and a little heart felt prostration before the alter of The One. Who knew?

g


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> GARY!!  You just don't get it.  You don't.  The Republicans are 'the party
> of no' because they don't embrace and push the agenda of President Obama
> who obviously has a mandate of the masses considering he was twice elected
> fairly and squarely (unlike George W. Bush who was appointed by the
> Republican controlled Supreme Court).
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:54:18 -0700
> From: moscowlocksmith at gmail.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Party of no?
>
> Oops, lets try that a little different:
>
> August 4, 2014
>
> In this MegaVote for Idaho's 1st Congressional District:
>
> *Recent Congressional Votes*
>
>    - Senate: McDonald Nomination - Confirmation
>    - Senate: Veterans Benefits - Conference Report
>    - Senate: Highway Trust Fund Reauthorization - Motion to Recede
>    - House: Veterans Benefits - Conference Report
>    - House: Litigation Against President - Adoption
>    - House: Supplemental Border Appropriations - Passage
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *Editor's Note: *Both chambers are in recess until the week of September
> 8.
>
> * Recent Senate Votes**McDonald Nomination - Confirmation* - Vote
> *Confirmed* (97-0, 3 Not Voting)
>
> The Senate voted to confirm President Barack Obama's nomination of Robert
> Alan McDonald of Ohio to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
>
> *Sen. Michael Crapo* voted *YES*
> *Sen. Jim Risch* voted *YES*
>
> ------------------------------
> *Veterans Benefits - Conference Report* - Vote *Agreed to* (91-3, 6 Not
> Voting)
>
> The Senate voted to adopt the conference report on a bill that would
> provide for $10 billion in emergency spending for care at non-Veterans
> Affairs facilities and allow veterans to obtain health care at such
> facilities if they live more than 40 miles from a VA clinic or can't get an
> appointment at a VA clinic within 30 days. It would provide for $5 billion
> in spending for expedited authority to hire more doctors, nurses and other
> health care professionals and would authorize leases for the opening of 27
> new VA health facilities. The bill is cleared for the president’s signature.
>
> *Sen. Michael Crapo* voted *YES*
> *Sen. Jim Risch* voted *YES*
>
> ------------------------------
> *Highway Trust Fund Reauthorization - Motion to Recede* - Vote *Agreed to*
> (81-13, 6 Not Voting)
>
> The Senate voted to agree to a motion to recede from the Senate amendment
> and thus clear for the president’s signature a bill that would reauthorize
> the federal-aid highway and transit programs for eight months, through May
> 31, 2015, and transfer $10.8 billion in other federal funds to the Highway
> Trust Fund to cover projected trust fund shortfalls.
>
> *Sen. Michael Crapo* voted *YES*
> *Sen. Jim Risch* voted *YES*
>
> ------------------------------
> * Recent House Votes**Veterans Benefits - Conference Report* - Vote
> *Passed* (420-5, 7 Not Voting)
>
> The House voted to suspend the rules and adopt the conference report on a
> bill that would authorize $10 billion in emergency spending for care at
> non-Veterans Affairs facilities and allow veterans to obtain health care at
> such facilities if they live more than 40 miles from a VA clinic or can't
> get an appointment at a VA clinic within 30 days. It would provide $5
> billion for expedited authority to hire more doctors, nurses and other
> health care professionals and would authorize leases for the opening of 27
> new VA health facilities.
>
> *Rep. Raul Labrador* voted *YES*
>
> ------------------------------
> *Litigation Against President - Adoption* - Vote *Passed* (225-201, 6 Not
> Voting)
>
> The House voted to adopt a resolution that would authorize the speaker of
> the House to file a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the House against
> the president and other administration officials for failing "to act in a
> manner consistent with that official's duties under the Constitution and
> laws of the United States" to implement provisions of the 2010 health care
> overhaul or related laws.
>
> *Rep. Raul Labrador* voted *YES*
>
> ------------------------------
> *Supplemental Border Appropriations - Passage* - Vote *Passed* (223-189,
> 20 Not Voting)
>
> The House voted to pass a bill that would provide $694 million for federal
> agencies involved in border control and the housing and care of
> unaccompanied migrant children apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border for
> the rest of fiscal 2014, including $405 million for Homeland Security
> Department border security and law enforcement activities.
>
> *Rep. Raul Labrador* voted *YES*
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> megavote at mailmanager.net
>
> g
>
>
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