59 Republicans who bailed on Boehner

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But pay close attention to the partisan breakdown. Most Democrats opposed the deal (81 to 108) while most Republicans supported it (179 to 59).

That's good news for Boehner, right? Well, not really. The day after the deal was struck, GOP leaders said they expected some defections on this, but thought the total would go no higher than 40, and the leadership was prepared to "work strenuously to keep the number below 30."

The final tally of GOP defections was 59.

Also note, this means divisions among Republicans were so significant, the budget deal would have died, rather easily, were it not for House Democrats who once again saved Boehner.

I'm sure the Speaker is pleased the deal went through, but he can't be pleased with the margin -- a fourth of Boehner's own caucus rejected the budget deal he personally negotiated.

Adams
Amash
Bachmann
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Blackburn
Broun (GA)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Cravaack
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Franks (AZ)
Gardner
Garrett
Gingrey (GA)
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Griffith (VA)
Harris
Heller
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hurt
Johnson (IL)
Jordan
King (IA)
Kingston
Labrador
Lamborn
Long
Mack
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
Miller (MI)
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Poe (TX)
Quayle
Rehberg
Rigell
Ross (FL)
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Southerland
Stutzman
Tipton
Walsh (IL)
West
Wilson (SC)
Yoder

[Dos Equis]

But pay close attention to the partisan breakdown. Most Democrats opposed the deal (81 to 108) while most Republicans supported it (179 to 59).

That's good news for Boehner, right? Well, not really. The day after the deal was struck, GOP leaders said they expected some defections on this, but thought the total would go no higher than 40, and the leadership was prepared to "work strenuously to keep the number below 30."

The final tally of GOP defections was 59.

Also note, this means divisions among Republicans were so significant, the budget deal would have died, rather easily, were it not for House Democrats who once again saved Boehner.

I'm sure the Speaker is pleased the deal went through, but he can't be pleased with the margin -- a fourth of Boehner's own caucus rejected the budget deal he personally negotiated.

Adams
Amash
Bachmann
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Blackburn
Broun (GA)
Chabot
Chaffetz
Cravaack
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Franks (AZ)
Gardner
Garrett
Gingrey (GA)
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Griffith (VA)
Harris
Heller
Huelskamp
Huizenga (MI)
Hurt
Johnson (IL)
Jordan
King (IA)
Kingston
Labrador
Lamborn
Long
Mack
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
Miller (MI)
Mulvaney
Neugebauer
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Poe (TX)
Quayle
Rehberg
Rigell
Ross (FL)
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott (SC)
Southerland
Stutzman
Tipton
Walsh (IL)
West
Wilson (SC)
Yoder

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watching the news this morning on this budget.... CBO says it's actually 350 MILLION instead of 38 billion.

And Boehnner is STILL on tv talking about what a good deal he got.
And 1/4 of the repubs bailed on him.
And 1/3 of the freshmen in congress bailed on him.

He's defending this as a win.  Instead of stopping 1% of total deficit spending, you're stopping 10% of 1% of spending.  And he's STILL defending it.  Sad.  He just lost a quarter of his congress.

[tonymctones]

watching the news this morning on this budget.... CBO says it's actually 350 MILLION instead of 38 billion.

And Boehnner is STILL on tv talking about what a good deal he got.
And 1/4 of the repubs bailed on him.
And 1/3 of the freshmen in congress bailed on him.

He's defending this as a win.  Instead of stopping 1% of total deficit spending, you're stopping 10% of 1% of spending.  And he's STILL defending it.  Sad.  He just lost a quarter of his congress.

Imagine if they had passed the budget the dems wanted...LOL

guess you dont look at it from that end huh?

I wonder why?

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i wish they had passed the rand paul proposal - chop 500 bill of the budget - end foreign aid, cut some entitlements.  No need to even mess with medicare at the moment to be honest, and no need to cut tax rates from 35 to 25%.

[tonymctones]

i wish they had passed the rand paul proposal - chop 500 bill of the budget - end foreign aid, cut some entitlements.  No need to even mess with medicare at the moment to be honest, and no need to cut tax rates from 35 to 25%.

hmmm you didnt address my point at all....

wonder why?