41 House Dems Tremble Before the Mighty Bush

Published: August 5, 2007, 1:19 am

Tags: foreign intelligence surveillance act

Of the 41 House Democrats who voted today to roll over on the eavesdropping amendment that the White House demanded be added to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 26 were Blue Dogs. The bill, Orwellianly named the Protect America Act, passed 227-183, with 181 Democrats and two Republicans opposed. These are the Dems who ... failed us. Who failed our country. Jason Altmire (4th Pennsylvania) Melissa Bean (8th Illinois) Blue Dog Dan Boren (2nd Oklahoma) Blue Dog Allen Boyd (2nd Florida) Blue Dog Christopher Carney (10th Pennsylvania) Blue Dog Ben Chandler (6th Kentucky)Blue Dog Henry Cuellar (28th Texas) Artur Davis (7th Alabama) Lincoln Davis (4th Tennessee) Blue Dog Joe Donnelly (2nd Indiana) Blue Dog Brad Ellsworth (8th Indiana) Blue Dog Bob Etheridge (North Carolina) Bart Gordon (6th Tennessee) Blue Dog Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (South Dakota) Blue Dog Brian Higgins (27th New York) Baron Hill (9th Indiana) Blue Dog

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