My Old Kentucky Home(less)

Barefoot and Progressive reports on how Kentucky's congressmen voted on the "Cut, Cap, and Balance" nonsense.

As Joe pointed out earlier, John Yarmuth took to the House floor today, denouncing the bill as a charade from a delusional party dead set on returning the country to 1966, before Medicare existed (and, implicitly, before that darn Civil Rights movement had really done its damage). It was an awesome speech — because John’s pretty awesome — and you should watch it.

The Bill passed (for basically the reasons Yarmuth outlined) by a vote of 234 to 190.

Five Democrats voted for the circus act, and normally we’d at least toy with your emotions before telling you how Ben Chandler voted… but no, Quiet Ben voted just the right way. He was not one of the Blue Dog Five and he joined Michelle Bachmann (Why? Who really cares.) in voting against HR 2560.

Mark one down in the bipolar Ben Chandler ‘Yes!’ column.

Here's Yarmuth's speech:





"Slash, Shred and Punish" is a much better name. Good for Yarmuth. And yes, the plan will cap spending at 1966 levels, an utterly ridiculous concept that would basically annihilate the country's poor.  And yes, other than Chandler and Yarmuth, the rest thought doing that was a great idea, along with my own congressman, Geoff Davis.

Definitely committed to getting rid of him in 2012.  I'm hoping Waltz will run again.