{"id":32509,"date":"2013-02-12T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T22:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/12\/the-gop-senate-boys-club.html"},"modified":"2013-02-12T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T22:12:15","slug":"the-gop-senate-boys-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/12\/the-gop-senate-boys-club.html","title":{"rendered":"The GOP Senate Boys Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the 22 GOP Senators, all men, who voted against this bill:<\/p>\n<p><i>Barrasso, Wyo.; Blunt, Mo.; Boozman, Ark.; Coburn, Okla.; Cornyn, Texas; Cruz, Texas; Enzi, Wyo.; Graham, S.C.; Grassley, Iowa; Hatch, Utah; Inhofe, Okla.; Johanns, Neb.; Johnson, Wis.; Lee, Utah; McConnell, Ky.; Paul, Ky.; Risch, Idaho; Roberts, Kan.; Rubio, Fla.; Scott, S.C.; Sessions, Ala.; Thune, S.D.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, many of them are the names you hear in the news on a regular basis, usually for some other ideologically irksome reason.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a special call-out to the GOP Senators who voted YES. \u00a0Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.<\/p>\n<p><i>Alexander, Tenn.; Ayotte, N.H.; Burr, N.C.; Chambliss, Ga.; Coats, Ind.; Cochran, Miss.; Collins, Maine; Corker, Tenn.; Crapo, Idaho; Fischer, Neb.; Flake, Ariz.; Heller, Nev.; Hoeven, N.D.; Isakson, Ga.; Kirk, Ill.; McCain, Ariz.; Moran, Kan.; Murkowski, Alaska; Portman, Ohio; Shelby, Ala.; Toomey, Pa.; Vitter, La.; Wicker, Miss.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(Roll call via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/NV9zw\" class=\"ot-anchor\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/NV9zw<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vawavote-50-e1360699858511.png&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/health\/2013\/02\/12\/1556601\/senate-passes-vawa-again\/'>BREAKING: Senate Passes Violence Against Women Act, With No Help From 22 Republican Male Senators<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Violence Against Women Act reauthorization passed through the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, by a vote of 78 to 22. Of those opposing the legislation, all 22 were Republican men. Every female Senato&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/UyrXXBQRcjf' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the 22 GOP Senators, all men, who voted against this bill: Barrasso, Wyo.; Blunt, Mo.; Boozman, Ark.; Coburn, Okla.; Cornyn, Texas; Cruz, Texas; Enzi, Wyo.; Graham, S.C.; Grassley, Iowa; Hatch, Utah; Inhofe, Okla.; Johanns, Neb.; Johnson, Wis.; Lee, Utah; McConnell, Ky.; Paul, Ky.; Risch, Idaho; Roberts, Kan.; Rubio, Fla.; Scott, S.C.; Sessions, Ala.; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/12\/the-gop-senate-boys-club.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The GOP Senate Boys Club&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3979,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/04\/testing_testing.html","url_meta":{"origin":32509,"position":0},"title":"Testing, testing","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 4-Mar-03 8:25pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The US Constitution (Article VI, Clause 3) says (emphasis mine): The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers,...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics &amp; Law&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics &amp; Law","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":152990,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2021\/01\/08\/the-sublime-bullshit-of-a-growing-sense-of-regret.html","url_meta":{"origin":32509,"position":1},"title":"The sublime bullshit of &#8220;a growing sense of regret&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 8-Jan-21 4:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So NOW the GOP is sad that they didn't \"contain\" Trump. 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