Thread: TX - Hutchinson FAIL Obamacare for illegal aliens advances

The two faces of Kay

Senate GOP sends out video about being "the last chance" to stop Obamacare and Kay Bailey Hutchinson is in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtYZDFxnpvc

But what did RINO Kay do?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ba2fGKJ75I
(Just a political ad and not in any way an endorsement.)

Hutchinson "You Lie"!

This is an e-mail from Fellow Common Sense Texans.


You may have heard that Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was one of three opposition senators (along with Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe) to cast a vote against a legislative filibuster on Friday. We contacted Senator Hutchison's office for confirmation and/or an explanation of the reports. We've included all the details below.


Background:

At this point, Harry Reid's health care bill can only be slowed or stopped by the use of senate procedures including the filibuster (procedural block). Harry Reid almost certainly has the 50 votes necessary for passage of the bill. Thus, if the bill gets to a final up-or-down vote on the Senate floor, the bill will almost certainly pass.

At this point, news reports are telling us that Harry Reid has the 60 votes necessary to break any filibuster, but we are still several days away from the final cloture vote, and a lot can happen in a few days.

The conventional wisdom holds that the opponents of the health care bill will have to employ every procedural tool at their disposal to stop or slow this bill. Every vote matters. There is no room for error, division or infighting. It is broadly acknowledged that, if the bill is to be slowed down, and hopefully defeated, a united front will be critical.

Senators opposing the health care bill had imposed a filibuster on pending legislation in order to prevent the health care bill from getting to a final vote before Christmas. As you are aware, given the current makeup of the Senate, a filibuster can only be maintained if the opposition minority holds together and votes consistently as a bloc.


Snowe, Collins and Hutchison Break Ranks:

As noted, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and Texas' own Kay Bailey Hutchison joined with Harry Reid and the other proponents of the health care bill in voting to break an opposition filibuster on Friday. (The specific bill under consideration at the time was a spending bill on defense appropriations, but the vote in question related to maintaining the filibuster.)

The breaking of this filibuster moved one more obstacle out of the way and helped the health care bill move another step closer to passage through the Senate.

Erick Erickson of RedState has taken a hard line on Hutchison's vote:

Kay Bailey Hutchison, much maligned for campaigning in Texas during the health care debate, boldly announced that she would go to Washington and stay there to fight health care and kill it dead.

Instead, today she accelerated it getting to the Senate floor in a bit of Senate gamesmanship.

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/12/1 ... s-passage/


Sen. Hutchison's Explanation:

We called Senator Hutchison's office to confirm the reports of this vote, and to ask for her side of the story. Senator Hutchison's office confirmed that Hutchison did indeed vote to end the filibuster. Her office explained that the filibuster would have been broken even without Sen. Hutchison's vote, and she considered her vote an expression of 'support for the troops.' (As noted above, the filibuster was delaying the passage of a defense appropriations bill.)


Analysis:

Hutchison's staff is almost certainly correct that the opposition filibuster would have been broken even without Hutchison's vote to break it (60 Democrats and two other Republicans--Snowe and Collins--voted the same way). Further, in terms of chronology, it appears she was the 61st vote for the motion. Thus, she wasn't the 60th 'critical vote.'
More on that here : http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/ ... to-pr.html

That said, whatever opinion one may hold on Senator Hutchison's vote, there is some cause for concern that Hutchison's vote with Collins and Snowe may indicate wavering support for the opposition effort to this bill. Snowe and Collins were already known to be wavering in their opposition. Prior to this filibuster vote on Friday, Sen. Hutchison was thought to be solidly in opposition.

As noted above, the opposition effort can fall apart in short order if solidarity is lost.

Fellow Texans, if you oppose this health care bill, we encourage you to contact Senator Hutchison and remind her that WE'RE WATCHING EVERY VOTE.

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)

202-224-5922 (DC Office)
214-361-3500 (Dallas)
713-653-3456
210-340-2885
512-916-5834
325-676-2839
956-425-2253

Kay Bailey Hutchinson has proven over and over that she is a backstabbing traitor. She announced that she was not going to give up her Senate seat while she ran for Governor of Texas because she wanted to see this health care fiasco stopped. Once again, she has show Texas and the USA what a liar she really is.

This article is going around to a lot of people today as the Texas TEA Party has also mass emailed it out. Hutchinson's chance of ever having a political career again is doomed.

I am so fed up with these back stabbing politicians we sent to Washington to represent us I just don't know what to do.

I do know that Monday my friends and family will be here.....

Monday, December 21 at 5:00 PM
1919 Smith Street (Leland Federal Building)
Suite 800
Houston, Texas 77002

Join us with other Common Sense Texans across the State as we gather in front of Kay Bailey Hutchison's Office. Houston Tea Party Society is going with Katy Tea and San Jacinto Tea Party while our CST sister orgs protest her other offices across the state as well.

Please take a moment after work and before dinner on Monday to make your voice heard!

Here is the email I just sent Hutchinson:

Recently a Rasmussen Poll reported that Fifty-six percent (56%) of U.S. voters now oppose the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. Furthermore a ABC News/Washington Post Poll reported that 53% of Americans disapprove. Each day that goes by means more and more Americans do not want this ridiculous plan that will do nothing but increase taxes.

With the overwhelming majority of Americans opposing Obama’s health care plan what were you possibly thinking when you sided with Harry Reid in voting to end any attempt of those who are against this plann to filibuster?

You have announced many time in your campaign for Texas Governor that you will not give up you Senate seat while campaigning because you wanted to stay in Washington to fight health care and kill it dead. The only chance Republicans had to keep the Democrats from shoving this unpopular plan down America’s throats is to filibuster. You helped turncoats like Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and the Democrats reach the 60 votes needed to stop this from happening.

I just want to remind you that Texans are aware of this and will remember your vote when it comes time to elect a Republican candidate to run for the position of Texas Governor. My family is definitely not planning on voting for you if this health care bill is passed. We also plan on joining other Texans outside your office in Houston in protest of your vote.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3326. )
Vote Number: 381 Vote Date: December 18, 2009, 01:01 AM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Measure Number: H.R. 3326 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 )
Measure Title: A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 63
NAYs 33
Not Voting 4

Sanders and Lieberman are two independent Yea votes.
http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_ ... 1#position

Dixie

You know what Kay did for the troops? She voted to turn our country Socialist, while they were out fighting for this country. That's what she did, she destroyed a Republic. Yea, that's exactly what the troops wanted.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Dixie

You know what Kay did for the troops? She voted to turn our country Socialist, while they were out fighting for this country. That's what she did, she destroyed a Republic. Yea, that's exactly what the troops wanted.

Dixie

Hutchinson is a disaster not only for this country but this state. As much as I dislike Rick Perry, we will get our votes next November.

I am SO SICK of all the traitors I could puke, it is like a bad movie that just keeps on going.................KICK THEM ALL OUT!!!! Until we take the bull by the horns and get them out of there this is going to happen over and over. IT IS A GAME AND I AM TIRED OF IT!!!! WE NEED TO BE AS MAD AS HELL AND NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!

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KICK THE TRAITORS ALL OUT AND REPLACE THEM WITH PATRIOTS!!!!


http://www.kickthemallout.com/

http://goooh.com/

...the filibuster would have been broken even without Sen. Hutchison's vote, and she considered her vote an expression of 'support for the troops.'

This is your brain on Socialism.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Dixie

...the filibuster would have been broken even without Sen. Hutchison's vote, and she considered her vote an expression of 'support for the troops.'

This is your brain on Socialism.

Dixie

I know, IT IS UNREAL!!!!!STOP THE INSANITY!!!!!