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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

"I Know What You Did Last Session"

Posted by Sassy
Let's see, what got accomplished in the Senate in May:

Crapo (Yeah, no doubt) Amendment: Limiting further bailouts of Freddie and Fannie Mactastic.
Survey Says- Motion Rejected
The vote count: 47 to 46 (What a close one, baseball fans!)
See who was on what team!

Gregg Amendment: Prohibit tax payer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible state and local governments.
Survey Says- Amendment Rejected
The vote count: 50 to 47 (I'll give you a scooby snack if you can figure out which team California was on!)
See who else said "Nay"

Sessions Amendment: To provide an orderly and transparent bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions and prohibit bailout authority.
Survey Says- Amendment Rejected
The vote count: 58 to 42
Who wants to be able to bailout Insurance Firms!

Shelby Amendment: To establish a Division of Consumer Financial Protection within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.
Survey Says- Amendment Agreed
The vote count: 63 to 36
People wanting to make sure banks actually check to see if someone qualifies for a loan!

Carper Amendment: To address the applicability and preservation of certain State authorities, and for other purposes.
Survey Says- Amendment Agreed
The vote count: 80 to 12
See Who wants to block states from filing class action lawsuits against national banks

Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline re: McCain Amdt. No. 4214:
To provide for National Guard support to secure the southern land border of the United States.
Survey Says- Motion Rejected
The vote count: 51 to 46
Check out the Nays and Yeas

Feingold Amendment: To require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of the US Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
Survey Says- REJECTED]
The vote count: A measly 18 Yeas to 80 Nays
God, We can't even come up with a plan for removal???

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