Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens

[kpete]

Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens

By Dana Milbank
Friday, May 9, 2008; Page A03

On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, “Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day,” when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest.

“Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote,” he announced.

Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who has two young daughters, moved to table Tiahrt’s request, setting up a revote. This time, 178 Republicans cast their votes against mothers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050802999.html

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The "Mother's Day Proclamation" by Julia Ward Howe was one of the early calls to celebrate Mother's Day in the United States.
Written in 1870,


Mother's Day Proclamation
Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts,
Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!


Say firmly:
"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."


From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.


Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace,
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God.


In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And at the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_Proclamation

[electropop]

1. Good job! Will they vote against apple pie next?

What a Boehner-head move.

[tanyev]

2. They're already on record voting against children's health...

Brilliant Republican strategy to take back the US House!

Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana said voters in Muncie and Anderson and at a town-hall meeting in Fort Wayne on Saturday expressed disappointment with Republicans and suggested the GOP deserved its comeuppance in 2006 for veering from limited government.

Republicans now need to get the word out that they are returning to conservatism with fights against expanding a children’s health initiative...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3257117

[Solly Mack]

3. Motherhood happens after the baby is born. Now, had it been a vote for fetus-hood

Well, that would have been a different story.

While pregnant you're a mother-to-be... Of course, you still don't count for much compared to what you're carrying

[Elspeth]

4. That's just stupid on their part. Why would they let that kind of PR mistake happen?

What says Oxy-Rush on the vote?

[Robbien]

6. They were just playing games trying to frustrate Dems.

Getting under the skin of Dems and obstructing Congress is more important to GOPers than honoring Moms.

To GOPers, the most important thing is to win. Win at all costs. Even if winning means harm to each and every one of them, they still have to fight hard and WIN.

Winning is their GOD.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. You guys have to read the full article! It's hilarious! Here's some other nuggets.

Neither is Boehner likely to be helped by a Senate ethics committee decision yesterday exonerating Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) over his use of the "D.C. Madam's" call girls. The Senate cleared him because the prostitution occurred when he was in the House -- and the House can't punish him because he left for the Senate. The madam, meanwhile, killed herself by hanging last week.

To induce this working together, Boehner decided to stop the House from working at all. As House Democrats tried to pass legislation to ease the mortgage crisis on Wednesday, Republicans served up hours of procedural delays, demanding a score of roll call votes: 10 motions to adjourn, half a dozen motions to reconsider, various and sundry amendments, a motion to approve the daily journal, a motion to instruct and a "motion to rise."

The high point came just after 6 p.m., when, after one of the motions to adjourn, 61 members lined up to change their votes, one by one. Forty-six went from aye to no, while 15 changed from no to aye. The maneuver ate up 28 minutes in all -- and caused an eruption by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who accused the minority of a "filibuster by vote changing."

"I know that probably all of you did polls on that and focus groups on whether or not you should vote aye or nay," Hoyer mocked. "What just happened is not appropriate for the House for either side, to simply use a device of changing votes, of voting late, of lining up in the aisle and coming down every 30 seconds or so with one more vote."

[Robbien]

7. Shame on Dems for allowing all this stuff to happen

GOPers have been playing these games for the last two years. By this time Dems should have figured out a way to shut them down.

Hell, during the GOPer majority, Dems weren't even allowed to open their mouths.