Losing by Less

The Marijuana Policy Project reports that the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment, aimed at stopping the federal attack on the medical use of marijuana, was defeated today but attracted more votes in the House than ever before: 163, up two from last year.

Comments

[sedated]

So if this trend continues, in 50 years it will pass.

[AC]

Hooray?

[ChicagoTom]

Is this supposed to be considered a moral victory?

[zanu]

Wish they'd post the roll call, and I hope to Jah my Congressman voted yes. He's one of the "most vulnerable Republicans" in Congress identified by the DNC, and I've got a promise to drive around with the Democrat challenger's bumpersticker on my car if he voted against this one again, which should cause a good deal of friction in the family as the Congressman is a friend of ma and pa.

[juris imprudent]

And they say marijuana doesn't affect the brain.

[Luke Brown]

The roll call has now been updated and can be found here.

[joshua corning]

wow we didn't loos as bad as we did last year...yippy..

sorry to be a downer but I just looked up who my counties contact for the libertarian party...this guy:

http://www.cornertheweb.com/billallyn/index.htm

I think in a year or two I might have to stage a coup.

[rm2muv]

Holy cow! My Ultra-Republican congressman voted aye. I THOUGHT he inhaled.

[Adam W.]

Wow-Tancredo voted Aye?

[Isaac Bartram]

My rep voted no (predictably). Problem is, that except on the various "wars" he's not a bad guy. But on those he's a real asshole.

[jf]

I'm stunned that my congressman (and future Senator) Sherrod Brown voted aye. Too bad he's such a protectionist prick, but considering how reprehensible Mike DeWine is, Brown can only be an improvement.

[Mo]

I'm split, my old Rep in CA, Jane Harman, voted Aye. Sadly, my current Rep, Chris "Count" Chocola, voted no. Curse you red state rep.

[jf]

Just in case anyone has ever wondered what would happen if Superman and Spider-man were in the same (Italian) movie.

[Mo]

SCOTUS rules 5-3 for Hamdan.

[dhex]

"http://www.cornertheweb.com/billallyn/index.htm"

holy fucking shit we are doomed

[sedated]

My NYC GOP congressman Vito Fossella voted no predictably. I think his positions are identical to Sean Hannity on most issues.

[zanu]

Looks like I'll be sporting a new bumpersticker.
Kirsten Gillibrand for Congress!

[Kwix]

Yet again Don "Pocket Lining" Young voted against it. You would think that in a state of only 600,000 people, 58% of whom voted yes to a MMJ proposition this would be a point of contention for his reelection but I have yet to find an instance of where that is the case.

[Scatamousche]

This is a state's rights issue but all the drug-warriors see is a supposed "trojan horse" to get marijuana legalized. Republicans would have you believe that they are for state's rights but obviously that is total BS.

A special thanks to Luke Brown for linking the roll call.

Scatamousche