Comments on: Senate rejects CPSIA reform on budget vote, 39-58

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:06:48 +0000

Thanks for reminding me to add a John McCain tag to this post.

An anomaly in Congressional voting should be noted: the leadership sometimes assigns one loyal member to vote the “other” way for purely tactical reasons (only a member who voted on the prevailing side can file a motion for reconsideration). I do not know whether this might explain anyone’s vote in this case, whether for or against.

By: BG

BG — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:02:20 +0000

I was surprise to see he voted no as well since he serves on the Indian Affairs Committee and I assumed the Native stance on the “cultural genocide” aspect of the CPSIA would have prompted a favorable vote. I considered it, but for the above reason he was one I chose not to contact.

He is now added to my letter writing list.

By: Virginia Postrel

Virginia Postrel — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:36:44 +0000

I knew John McCain was an instinctive regulator.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:36:38 +0000

I guess this is “the change you can believe in” that everyone voted for last November. I guess that the change voters wanted was a bigger, more arrogant and unresponsive government than they already had.

By: joliefay2003

joliefay2003 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:40:10 +0000

The word in Washington was not favorable for this new DeMint Bill. It might take longer, but the Rally did bring light to the issue and more bills will get introduced. Unfortunately, small busiensses are running out of time, we need an answer NOW

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:38:14 +0000

It means, I imgaine, that with enough pestering it can go through later!

By: JT

JT — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:05:44 +0000

Well, what exactly does this mean for the bill passing or not?

By: Scott Sigl

Scott Sigl — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:57:56 +0000

Landrieu was a no brainer. EYEROLL.

At least with Vitter, there’s some hope, regardless of past acts.

By: BG

BG — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:58:44 +0000

It should be noted that MN only has one seated senator right now. There was a tweet asking about the “missing” senator.