Yep, 178 Republicans voted against a Mother's Day resolution. From the
Washington Post's Dana Milbank's blog:
> Š 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.Š
>
> House Minority Leader John Boehner, asked yesterday to explain
> why he and 177 of his colleagues switched their votes,
> answered: "Oh, we just wanted to make sure that everyone was on
> record in support of Mother's Day."
>
> By voting against it? Š
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR200805
0802999.html?hpid=news-col-blog>
or <http://tinyurl.com/3egjos>
Even the original sponsor of the bill voted against mothers.
That's going to be real popular at Republican homes on Sunday.
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D.F. Manno | dfmanno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words
are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by
destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people
will solemnly vote against their own interests." (Gore Vidal)
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