To further stack the odds, they went ahead and held the debate and vote tonight after Tom DeLay’s farewell address. Fitting tribute, I suppose, sacrifice the finest engine of civic discourse and free speech on the altar of special interest as a going away present.
And yes, we got spanked as expected. The Markey Amendment failed 152-269, with 11 Rs and 1 independent joining 140 Ds. On the nay side were 211 Rs and 58 Ds. COPE itself passed 321-101.
On to the Senate!
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Where can we find the talley of who voted which way?
Here:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/…
Please post URL for the Roll Call on the Markey Amendment…both here and at dailykos
Here is the breakdown for the Markey Amendment. Note that Delahunt voted “yes” on Markey. Way to go John! And proof positive that we can get legislators to change their views.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/…