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THE “DUMP” BLOGGERS CHOSE PARTISAN POLITICS OVER THE INTERESTS OF MINNESOTA
By Michael B. Brodkorb | August 5, 2007
In a sign of true bipartisan spirit, Minnesota's entire membership in the U.S. House of Representatives worked together and led the charge to pass a $250 million 35-W bridge repair relief package. The 35-W bride repair relief package was sponsored by in the U.S House by Congressman Oberstar and co-sponsored by Walz, Kline, Ramstad, McCollum, Ellison, Bachmann, and Peterson. The legislative process worked and every Minnesotan should be proud of how Minnesota's congressional delegation responded to this tragedy.
Senator Coleman and Senator Klobuchar worked in tandem to pass the bill in the U.S. Senate (I'll have more information on their work together on Blogs for Norm! tomorrow).
But everybody is not happy about the speedy process at which the Congress passed a 35-W bridge repair relief package.
Dump Michele Bachmann and the less known Dump John Kline, are making the claim that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Congressman John Kline chose partisan politics over the interest of Minnesota by voting for a procedural motion to adjourn before final passage of the 35-W bridge repair funding package.
Both "Dump" blogs link to a sloppy and confusing article from the St. Cloud Times.
The reality is that every member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota voted for a motion to adjourn before final passage of the 35-W bridge repair funding package:
- Kline and Bachmann – Roll Call 817, August 3, 2007 (motion failed)
- Walz, Ramstad, McCollum, Ellison, Peterson, and Oberstar – Roll Call 823, August 3, 2007 (motion successful)
Under House Rules, a motion to adjourn ends legislative business for the day only. The Constitution prohibits breaking any longer than three days without a concurrent resolution passed by both the House and Senate.
Some people leaving comments on Dump Michele Bachmann were even making the false and unconstitutional claim that Bachmann and Kline voted for a motion to adjourn the House of Representatives until after Labor Day.
The fact that every member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota voted for a motion to adjourn before final passage of the 35-W bridge repair funding package is missing from the original coverage on the "Dump" blogs and from the St. Cloud Times.
The votes were taken around 5 hours apart. The motion to adjourn that Kline and Bachmann voted for was not successful, while the motion Walz, Ramstad, McCollum, Ellison, Peterson, and Oberstar voted for was successful.
If I wanted to follow the faulty partisan logic presented by the "Dump" blogs, I would now make the silly claim that Walz, Ramstad, McCollum, Ellison, Peterson, and Oberstar voted to delay passage of the 35-W bridge funding package. They successfully voted to delay passage of the 35-W bridge funding packing because after their vote passed, the House adjourned for over 11 hours. I couldn't credibly make this claim and I won't make this claim.
The final passage of the 35-W bridge funding package occurred on a voice vote on Saturday, after every member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota voted for a motion to adjourn.
Under House Rules, a motion to adjourn ends legislative business for the day only. The Constitution prohibits breaking any longer than three days without a concurrent resolution passed by both the House and Senate.
By voting for a motion to adjourn, can I now claim that every member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota chose partisan politics "over voting for Minnesota" like the "Dump" bloggers? No. I couldn't credibly make this claim and I won't make this claim.
But the "Dump" bloggers have decided to chose partisan politics over the interests of Minnesota by attacking Bachmann and Kline for voting like every member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota.
Topics: Uncategorized | 18 Comments »
August 5th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
This post leaves me wondering what roll call 818, 819, 820, 821 and 822 accomplished.
I assume that the answer must be nothing.
August 6th, 2007 at 6:44 am
Can’t wait til these liberal clowns start whining about preserving some rare worm to delay the rebuilding of the bridge. Because, of course, rare worms, clams or fish are more important than people.
Or maybe they’ll do what they’re doing in Stillwater and suggest the “view” is better now and the river view should be protected. People can take the bus or canoe if they want to get across the river.
Just watch, it’s coming. First it was predicted here that liberals would blame Republicans for the bridges collapse. Now I predict “environmentalists” will get involved at some point in an attempt to force their will on the rest of us.
August 6th, 2007 at 7:33 am
Fair prediction Chet, sad, but probably true. Those, afterall, are the same clowns who delayed the much needed work on Hwy 55, which was formerly a death-trap. And who currently are helping to delay work on the much needed cross-town, Hwy 62… which is very dangerous and over crowded.
Still the point of the post… That the “Dump” losers would make those claims doesn’t surprise me. What liberals lack in logic and reason, they make up for in hate and dishonesty.
August 6th, 2007 at 8:19 am
The vultures at Dumpbachmann and Dumpkline are so desperate that they are willing to throw whatever thread of credibility they might have had under the bus for a sensationalistic post.
These bloggers certainly have a right to oppose Michele and John. A right both Michele and John would fight to defend. But for these bitter bloggers to display such a disregard for the truth is disgusting.
Perhaps Dump1 and Dump2 have decided that any post, no matter how factually corrupt, is better than no post at all. Don’t let the truth get in the way when the goal is to smear a republican.
The DFL has certainly shown the same win at all costs sort of character deficit in their attack pieces. Is this now a component of Camp Wellstone curriculum? Even DFL party boss Brian Melendez appears more than willing to foist falsehood on the public for political gain. His strategy of retraction after the editorial impression is made has already been played out. Considering he’s also the chair of the bar association makes a marvelous statement about the integrity of our legal profession.
One need only comprehend the vicious negativity inherent in any blog labelled Dump(insert republican name here). They are selling negativity, cynicism, and hatred: political commodities that seem to be the emotional rocket fuel of the leftists.
Once again MDE exposes the nincompoops for their careless disregard for the truth. Thanks for your viligilance Michael. We need more republicans willing to call the left on their corrupt practices.
Keep up the good work!
August 6th, 2007 at 9:00 am
“Dump” describes these blogs perfectly with the excrement they like to throw out as fact. Perfect examples of lunatic fringe Lefties, say anything whether factual or not and hope somebody actually believes it.
Look at the author of some of those threads and it should tell you a lot. A failed, no talent, wanna be journalist that doesn’t know fact from fiction.
August 6th, 2007 at 9:07 am
I just emailed Pam Brogan at the St. Cloud Times asking for a clarification of her reporting.
She either doesn’t understand the multiple possible causes of a procedural vote to adjourn, or she is being patently irresponsible in her reporting.
August 6th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Michael, why won’t you post my response to your spin? Are you afraid of the truth here at MDE? Can’t your spin refute the official House record?
August 6th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Once again, a paid Republican mouthpiece is trying to obfuscate and confuse the issue rather than address the facts at hand.
The bridge money bill was passed on Friday, August 3. And before the House even took up the measure for the FIRST time on Friday, Bachmann and Kline voted to adjourn. End of story.
No amount of GOP spin is going to change that.
The votes are here for all to see:
Vote #817, Motion to adjourn, 4:28 pm
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/1/votes/817/
Vote #819, Motion to suspend the rules and pass HR 3311 (the bridge money bill), 6:30 pm:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/1/votes/819/
Vote #818 was not relevant to either the motion to adjourn or the motion to pass HR 3311. No Democrat voted to adjourn before the House took up the bridge money bill. Republican Jim Ramstad joined the Democrats in voting against adjourning. How about asking Ramstad why he voted against the motion to adjourn if it was such a routine procedural matter?
You can see how Bachmann voted on them all here:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/b001256/votes/
So bloviate and spin all you want, Brodkorb, it doesn’t change the facts.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:04 am
It’s time to remove Karl’s feeding tube.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Karl: The final passage of the 35-W bridge funding package occurred on a voice vote on Saturday, after every member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota voted for a motion to adjourn.
Why don’t you come on my radio show on Saturday and I’ll explain the procedures of the House of Representatives.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Karl ought to call Michele and John and confirm that his hypothesis about the motion to adjourn is accurate.
If the lib press allows for clarification this fabrication by the leftists will be seen for what it is.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Is Karl the same lunatic butt-muncher that ran the “Lakeville Dad” site? You’ve got to be truly fucked in the head to think how these morons do.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:29 am
“Those, afterall, are the same clowns who delayed the much needed work on Hwy 55, which was formerly a death-trap. And who currently are helping to delay work on the much needed cross-town, Hwy 62… which is very dangerous and over crowded.”
Nice try Buddy, but it was the colossal screw-ups of MnDOT that delayed the crosstown construction. They misestimated the federal money they were to receive and asked construction companies to borrow the state money to start the project. That in and of itself should be a reason to kick Molnau to the curb.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Let’s see if Karl has the courage to make a fool of himself on the radio or is content doing it behind a keyboard.
August 6th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
[...] If you read this post about the "Dump" blogs' silly attack on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Congressman John Kline, you would know that I am not a fan of this sloppy and confusing article from the St. Cloud Times. [...]
August 6th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Let’s keep the comments focused on the subject of the post. I don’t think Karl ran the “Lakevill Dad” site.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:18 am
[...] He has a couple of posts on the subject. here, here, and here. [...]
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
[...] Now my understanding is that what Bachmann did was a procedural move which is common in Congress and according to political analyst Michael Brodkorb it was also done by the rest of the Minnesota contingency. Click here to read about that. [...]