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22 Democrats voted to block $4.5 billion in food stamp aid, 22 Democrats, [View all]

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Shame on them all

Half of the food stamp beneficiaries are children, 17 percent are seniors, and unfortunately now 1.5 million households are veteran households that are receiving food stamps," Gillibrand said, referring not just to heat-and-eat participants, but the broader population of food stamp recipients.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00135

Baucus (D-MT)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Carper (D-DE)
Conrad (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Franken (D-MN)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)

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22 Democrats voted to block $4.5 billion in food stamp aid, 22 Democrats, [View all]	DainBramaged	Jun 2012	OP
re: 22 Democrats voted to block $4.5 billion in food stamp aid, 22 Democrats	clang1	Jun 2012	#1
Terrible	goclark	Jun 2012	#2
k&r...	spanone	Jun 2012	#3
I thought Al Franken was a liberal along the lines of a Paul Wellstone?	matmar	Jun 2012	#4
They were proposing cuts to farmers to pay for the food stamps	LynneSin	Jun 2012	#11
my two senators didn't vote against it	cali	Jun 2012	#36
Agreement.	kenfrequed	Jun 2012	#43
Like fairly taxing the 1%, maybe?	savannah43	Jun 2012	#46
I could vote for that	LynneSin	Jun 2012	#54
Harkin and Franken voted against it... What assholes.	shcrane71	Jun 2012	#65
In Iowa yes, but not in Minnesota - there are a lot of small farmers here yet. Especially in the	jwirr	Jun 2012	#68
Oregon is filled with small farms and our Senators did not take food from the mouths of children	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#84
You are welcome to your opinion.	jwirr	Jun 2012	#86
Thank you. That explains a lot. Actually it is a smart move - rethugs liked this so that the	jwirr	Jun 2012	#67
Al Franken???	warrprayer	Jun 2012	#87
Just wondering	SoutherDem	Jun 2012	#5
Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012	elleng	Jun 2012	#26
NONE of these things ever stand alone, there are 100s of things in these.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#81
Is this the bill that republicans offered which reduces aid?	dkf	Jun 2012	#6
Let The Damn Bu$h tax cuts expire, why don't cha!	RC	Jun 2012	#22
Should probably include all of what the amendment would do	jeff47	Jun 2012	#7
Yep. You see someone like Franklin voting against Food Stamps you know there is time bomb in there	LynneSin	Jun 2012	#12
re: Yep. You see someone like Franklin voting against Food Stamps you know there is time bomb in the	clang1	Jun 2012	#13
As one third owner of a family farm, trust me, farmers could better	snappyturtle	Jun 2012	#15
Yes, family farmers are Burkean superheroes who pull themselves up by their bootstraps	jeff47	Jun 2012	#16
re: Yes, family farmers are Burkean superheroes who pull themselves up by their bootstraps	clang1	Jun 2012	#30
It looks like they were voting on an amendment to the bill	Thav	Jun 2012	#8
re: It looks like they were voting on an amendment to the bill	clang1	Jun 2012	#14
I'll have to quit	deaniac21	Jun 2012	#9
OUr government, and our nation	Doctor_J	Jun 2012	#10
Harkin and Franken are on that list--there was a poison pill in the bill	Arkana	Jun 2012	#17
and dick durbin	mopinko	Jun 2012	#79
Social Security and Medicaid to follow	Teamster Jeff	Jun 2012	#83
I suggest that such blind condemnation of these 22 is wrong	USD79	Jun 2012	#18
USD79,welcome to DU!	Swede	Jun 2012	#19
+1000	geardaddy	Jun 2012	#24
This could have also been a stumbling block for the Democrats. Legal residence should	SlimJimmy	Jun 2012	#27
they'd just let people starve i guess.	barbtries	Jun 2012	#31
Right, and welcome!	elleng	Jun 2012	#28
Hello	bigwillq	Jun 2012	#34
Oh I don't know. Something about not wanting to feed hungry kids sends me over the edge.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#35
There is NO good reason to remove support for the poor, NONE NONE NONE	DainBramaged	Jun 2012	#38
This amendment would remove support for the poor.	jeff47	Jun 2012	#41
Welcome to DU	treestar	Jun 2012	#62
Agreed. While an ostensible $4.5B cut in food stamps is horrible, food stamps running out	ProgressiveEconomist	Jun 2012	#80
I called Pryor and told him to join the repuke party	BlueToTheBone	Jun 2012	#20
Wow!!! another Dino on the board	Wellstone ruled	Jun 2012	#21
I'm a Dino?	DainBramaged	Jun 2012	#37
Yeah, it took 35,000 posts,	Fuddnik	Jun 2012	#44
And 11 years	DainBramaged	Jun 2012	#53
It used to be you couldn't get away with callng one of us a DINO	DainBramaged	Jun 2012	#77
shameful :(	ElsewheresDaughter	Jun 2012	#23
There must have been something else in this bill that was unethical or undesirable	judesedit	Jun 2012	#25
Yes, bill FULL of stuff,	elleng	Jun 2012	#29
And we can't stop those farm subsidies	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#33
Yeah, they're just starving!	elleng	Jun 2012	#39
My dad's family was in western Kansas. We used to drive across the state every summer to see them.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#50
And 'we' still haven't been able to change the subsidy rules!	elleng	Jun 2012	#69
Shame Shame Shame	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#32
shush please	wwytchwood	Jun 2012	#40
This is a highly misleading and deeply inflammatory OP and, thus,	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#42
Good post...	SidDithers	Jun 2012	#45
the cutting of food stamps may not have been what they voted against,	hahahareally	Jun 2012	#48
Actually, they voted against cutting aid to farmers as a way	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#49
all great ideas, but out of the realm of reality.	hahahareally	Jun 2012	#52
Speaking of the land of reality, do you or anyone really	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#55
Because the farmers getting these subsidies are NOT starving, but kids on food stamps are.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#51
Agreed on both points (farmers not starving and hungry children). But	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#59
So nice that both sides of the elite in Washington can't find the resources to feed our poor,	midnight	Jun 2012	#47
if you want starving riots in the streets	lovuian	Jun 2012	#56
None of these 22 Dems have voted to cut food stamps. They have	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#61
Food stamps were not around until the late 50s. What we had before then were commodities. Food	jwirr	Jun 2012	#73
damn!!! al franken. smh. where was HE for that recall? I hardly heard a word. nt	LaydeeBug	Jun 2012	#57
Since I am sort of against censorship, unless some typo, I don't edit, so I will	LaydeeBug	Jun 2012	#58
HAGAN (NC)	ProfessionalLeftist	Jun 2012	#60
This message was self-deleted by its author	Mass	Jun 2012	#63
What in the hell are they thinking? Kohl, Klobuchar, Harkin and Franken? Was there something wrong	jwirr	Jun 2012	#64
And Herb Kohl too!!! He's retiring...	shcrane71	Jun 2012	#66
Here is an explanation by Stabenow.	Mass	Jun 2012	#70
Utterly shameful n/t	OhioChick	Jun 2012	#71
Good grief! Even Joe Lieberman voted like a traditional, real Democrat. nt	Zorra	Jun 2012	#72
And Franken didn't.	Hassin Bin Sober	Jun 2012	#75
and not Sanders?	Mass	Jun 2012	#76
Republicon Lite is a lousy plan!	urlnts1	Jun 2012	#74
In order to do one good thing to help farmers...	Blue Owl	Jun 2012	#78
Shit - both of my VA Senators voted against it. That sucks big time. Why don't these folks act	williesgirl	Jun 2012	#82
22 Democrats who should be Republicans.	sarcasmo	Jun 2012	#85
I haven't read the bill, but if so many Democrats voted against it, there must have been	Arkansas Granny	Jun 2012	#88