Thursday, September 22, 2011

YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYBODY, DAMMIT!

I have a good opinion of Margaret Carlson but even she can get the numbers wrong. In this opinion piece in Bloomberg News, she makes this claim about the infamous (for Baggers) "light bulb" bill (HR 6, 2007):
The law passed the House with 95 Republican votes and was signed by President George W. Bush.

I looked up the vote in the House and found that only 36 Republicans voted for it:


FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 40


(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)

      H R 6      YEA-AND-NAY      18-Jan-2007      6:09 PM
      QUESTION:  On Passage
      BILL TITLE: Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act



YeasNaysPRESNV
Democratic22841
Republican361597
Independent
TOTALS2641638

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