|
Let's play a new game. Our representatives in Washington have been voting. Who made us proud? The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was passed by the House yesterday and tomorrow it will become the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. How did our representatives vote? Congressman Davis (D, AL-07) voted in favor. Congressmen Bright (D, AL-02), Griffith (D, AL-05) and all the Republicans voted against. Rep. Davis issued the following statement today honoring the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: “The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act honors the sacrifices of working mothers in Alabama who wake up before dawn, drop their children off at school, put in a long day’s work and then return home to the never ending demands of motherhood. Too many of these women toil for smaller wages than the men who work beside them: they suffer from old ideas that exist about the relative value of men and women in the workplace. A year ago, the Supreme Court made the struggle for pay equity harder by complicating the laws for redressing wage imbalances based on gender. I am proud to have stood with an exceptionally courageous Alabama woman like Lilly Ledbetter to right this wrong. I am also pleased that there is now a Congress and a President who believe that our laws should reward sacrifice and hard work and punish the remaining indignities in our society that are based on gender.” There was a vote today on President Obama's Stimulus Package. As is becoming all too usual, Alabama's Congressmen voted the very same way as on Lilly Ledbetter: Davis voted YES; all the Republicans voted NO; and Bright and Griffith voted with the Republicans. This explanation is from Rep. Parker Griffith: “We need to jump start our economy and create new jobs, but this bill does not do enough to cut taxes, support small businesses or invest in our research and development programs.” Griffith said. “I hope that we can work together to improve this bill as it moves through the process so that taxpayers are protected and we do more to invest in the programs and projects important to North Alabama.”
Honestly, it sounds like he's saying there wasn't enough pork for the homefolks in that stimulus package. And the tax cut stuff is pure rightwing rhetoric. We used to talk about Cramer being a Bush Dog, but Bush is gone now. Ddo we just call these guys Red Dogs or what? Who, if anyone made Alabama proud on these votes?
|
