Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Myrick votes 'No' (again)

Posted By on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:12 PM

Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, H.R. 3183.

The bill funds energy and water development for the next fiscal year, which runs October 2009 through September 2010. There were 320 yeas, 97 nays and 16 non-voting representatives.

Keeping with her determination to vote against measures her majority-Democratic district would want her to vote 'yes' on, former Charlotte mayor Rep. Sue Myrick (R) -- your Congresswoman and mine -- voted 'no.'

Here, she talks with Generation Engage about the need to, um, develop and conserve energy in the U.S.:

How does she keep getting re-elected? Seriously, folks. Sixty-two percent of those who voted decided to send her back to Washington for her 8th term in Congress.

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