Skidmore's Representative So, amazingly enough, our normally very progressive and nice representative doesn't seem very comunicative about his vote on the 'Republicans are proud to be criminals' / "delay rule" thing (for more on this disgusting vote, see here):

that phrase refers to House Republicans' decision to get rid of an 11-year-old party rule that required leadership members to step aside temporarily if indicted.

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The rule change was approved by voice vote during a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Nov. 17. That means there's no written record of the vote.

Spurred on by Josh Marshall, author of the political blog http:// talkingpointsmemo.com, constituents having been calling members of Congress to ask how they voted.

Three people who called Sweeney's D.C. office reported back with similar stories: His staff either couldn't or wouldn't say how he had voted. Staffers professed not to know the answer, or said they hadn't yet had a chance to talk to Sweeney about his vote, or said the vote was private. Sometimes, they reportedly tried all these tactics in one conversation.

Aren't you proud of him? I wrote my email (a call would have been godawfully expensive for me) a week and a half ago, but I never got a response (true, I'm no longer actually registered in the district...).   ¶
- josh | 3:13 AM