The House of Representatives passed an emergency supplemental war spending bill today by a 218 to 212 margin. The bill includes a firm deadline–August 31, 2008–for American troops to disengage and leave Iraq. Only two Republicans–Reps. Walter Jones of North Carolina and Wayne Gilchrist of Maryland–voted to hold the Bush Administration accountable and move to end the war in Iraq. The rest? Loyal as ever to the President. It seems that the vast majority of the Republican caucus has yet to learn the hard lessons of the 2006 elections. Must we teach them a second time?
Here is a list of the 62 Republicans occupying marginal districts (those with a PVI of R+5.0 or weaker) who voted against the bill in a show of solidarity with President Bush today.
| State | CD | Incumbent | PVI |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE | AL | Castle | D+6.5 |
| CT | 4 | Shays | D+5.4 |
| NJ | 2 | Lobiondo | D+4.0 |
| IL | 10 | Kirk | D+3.6 |
| NY | 25 | Walsh | D+3.4 |
| NJ | 3 | Saxton | D+3.3 |
| NM | 1 | Wilson | D+2.4 |
| WA | 8 | Reichert | D+2.3 |
| PA | 6 | Gerlach | D+2.2 |
| NY | 3 | King | D+2.1 |
| PA | 15 | Dent | D+1.6 |
| FL | 10 | Young | D+1.1 |
| NV | 3 | Porter | D+1.0 |
| NY | 13 | Fossella | D+0.8 |
| IA | 4 | Latham | D+0.4 |
| MI | 9 | Knollenberg | R+0.1 |
| NY | 23 | McHugh | R+0.2 |
| MN | 3 | Ramstad | R+0.5 |
| OH | 1 | Chabot | R+0.5 |
| VA | 11 | Davis, Tom | R+0.6 |
| NJ | 7 | Ferguson | R+0.6 |
| OH | 12 | Tiberi | R+0.7 |
| NJ | 4 | Smith | R+0.9 |
| IL | 11 | Weller | R+1.1 |
| OH | 15 | Pryce | R+1.1 |
| MI | 11 | McCotter | R+1.2 |
| PA | 3 | English | R+1.6 |
| MI | 8 | Rogers | R+1.9 |
| AZ | 1 | Renzi | R+2.2 |
| WI | 1 | Ryan | R+2.2 |
| PA | 18 | Murphy | R+2.2 |
| OH | 14 | LaTourette | R+2.2 |
| MI | 6 | Upton | R+2.3 |
| MI | 7 | Walberg | R+2.5 |
| MN | 2 | Kline | R+2.7 |
| OH | 3 | Turner | R+2.9 |
| IL | 6 | Roskam | R+2.9 |
| FL | 8 | Keller | R+3.0 |
| NC | 8 | Hayes | R+3.0 |
| FL | 24 | Feeney | R+3.1 |
| CA | 45 | Bono | R+3.2 |
| NY | 26 | Reynolds | R+3.5 |
| OH | 16 | Regula | R+3.6 |
| MI | 4 | Camp | R+4.0 |
| CA | 26 | Dreier | R+4.1 |
| FL | 13 | Buchanan | R+4.1 |
| FL | 7 | Mica | R+4.1 |
| FL | 15 | Weldon | R+4.1 |
| FL | 9 | Bilirakis | R+4.3 |
| AL | 3 | Rogers | R+4.3 |
| FL | 18 | Ros-Lehtinen | R+4.3 |
| NJ | 5 | Garrett | R+4.4 |
| MI | 10 | Miller | R+4.4 |
| FL | 25 | Diaz-Balart, M. | R+4.4 |
| IL | 16 | Manzullo | R+4.5 |
| CA | 50 | Bilbray | R+4.6 |
| IL | 13 | Biggert | R+4.7 |
| CA | 24 | Gallegly | R+4.8 |
| IL | 14 | Hastert | R+4.8 |
| MO | 6 | Graves | R+4.8 |
| VA | 4 | Forbes | R+4.9 |
| WV | 2 | Capito | R+5.0 |
This is gonna be a hard one for Chris Shays to live down. Let’s make sure the NYT doesn’t forget this vote when it comes time for their endorsements.
and i thought schmidt had a deathwish. ever get the feeling, he’s the type of guy who’ll touch something scoldingly hot over and over?
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I was really worried that in the Democratic Congress, Kirk would take the opportunity to burnish his “independent, moderate” credentials, leaving Dan Seals nothing to run on. Now I really hope Seals gets into the race for 2008 and ties this vote around Kirk’s neck like an anvil!
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