Bush's budget squeaked past the House (214-211) and the Senate (52-47) yesterday, against unanimous Democratic opposition, joined by 1 Independent in each chamber, 15 Republicans in the House, and 3 Republicans in the Senate: Sens. Chafee (R-RI), DeWine (R-OH), and Voinovich (R-OH). (What's with Ohio?) Kudos to Rep. Pelosi and Sen. Reid for keeping the votes in line. Of course in this case, since the GOP budget proposal was simply awful, it may have been an easier task to herd the kittens than usual.
Friday, April 29, 2005
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I'm surprised about De Wine - he's one of those Bible thumper types normally. But Voinovich is traditionally a "deficit hawk" and probably voted against it because it wasn't a balanced budget. He may have convinced DeWine to do the same. I think DeWine is up for reelection in 2006 so he may have fealt pressured to establish some street cred on the small government issue - and since it was going to pass anyway....
// posted by Raised By Republicans
I was wondering if perhaps DeWine's vote was a protest in support for his fellow Ohio Senator, who was been viciously personally attacked by the GOP leadership lately for his stand on the Bolton nomination.
// posted by Dr. Strangelove
I was wondering if perhaps DeWine's vote was a protest in support of his fellow Ohio Senator, who has been viscously and personally attacked by the GOP leadership lately for his stand on the Bolton nomination.
Buckeye solidarity is a definite possibility. Glenn and Metzenbaum would occaisionally engage in that sort of thing and it was generally approved of by the voters.
// posted by Raised By Republicans
There is probably some Ohio-specific issue in the budget that we're not attuned to - such as a cut in funding for some freeway development or something that the Ohio senators felt promised to them in some other backroom deal.
// posted by LTG
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