GOP swayed LaTourette (gop-OH-14) to vote for 'lousy' bill

[Kolesar]

Saturday, November 19, 2005
Stephen Koff
Plain Dealer Bureau Chief

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1132392783249281.xml&coll=2

Washington - Rep. Steve LaTourette of Concord Township voted early Friday for a budget bill he calls "lousy." It was so lousy that when he walked into the chamber from the pre-dawn darkness, he said he was going to vote against it.

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The vote was for a budget bill that will limit spending growth and could result in losses for recipients of student loans, food stamps, child support and Medicaid. Republican supporters said entitlement spending has gone out of control because Congress has refused to make tough but necessary choices.

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It came as a surprise, then, that LaTourette voted the opposite way. He soon acknowledged that Republican leaders convinced him that they needed his support. He said in a statement later that "as lousy as the House bill is, I felt a responsibility to move a bill to the Senate. The challenge will be to take a flawed House bill and turn it into something palatable."

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"Well, Chardon's under 12 inches of snow, so they're really not worried about what happened here tonight," LaTourette replied. This is the second time in four months that LaTourette has had a last-minute surprise. In July, after telling people he was against the Central American Free Trade Agreement, he voted for it.

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"Snowed under"? By the yellow color, I can tell this is the gop trickle down economics at work. -TBA

[tsuki]

1. I'm sure his constituents appreciate his lock-step with the

Republican Party, his unwavering devotion and loyalty. When they pay their home heating bill, I bet they praise his name for being an upright Republican Party type of guy.

[POAS]

2. Concerned about 12 inches of snow???

How about all of his unemployed constituents who are worried about heating their homes and the medical bills that will come from not having a government that is willing to help them in a time of need.

[Kolesar]

3. The PD does take shots at Northern Ohio's only R congressman..

...to their credit. Latourette's district is well-off Lake County and the quite-wealthy Chagrin Valley. So, Leavin' Steven need not worry about Medicaid budgets and he can still get elected. Of course, we are all getting old and will experience the train wreck of Bush's inexcusable budget deficits when the fed won't be able to fund Medicare properly.

[liberalnurse]

4. kick

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