Just to follow up on Steven’s post this morning about the Blue Dog coalition: all of the following Blue Dogs, except the ones that are struck out, voted against James McGovern’s Out of Iraq bill. Notice that my friend Patrick Murphy did not vote with the Blue Dogs. Also, notice that the California caucus largely went with their Speaker. The bill failed 171-255.
* Mike Arcuri (New York)
* Joe Baca (California)
* John Barrow (Georgia)
* Melissa Bean (Illinois)
* Marion Berry (Arkansas)
* Sanford Bishop (Georgia)
* Dan Boren (Oklahoma)
* Leonard Boswell (Iowa)
* Allen Boyd (Florida)
* Dennis Cardoza (California)
* Ben Chandler (Kentucky)
* Jim Cooper (Tennessee)
* Jim Costa (California)
* Bud Cramer (Alabama)
* Lincoln Davis (Tennessee)
* Joe Donnelly (Indiana)
* Brad Ellsworth (Indiana)
* Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
* Jane Harman (California)
* Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (South Dakota)
* Baron Hill (Indiana)
* Tim Holden (Pennsylvania)
* Steve Israel (New York)
* Tim Mahoney (Florida)
* Jim Marshall (Georgia)
* Jim Matheson (Utah)
* Mike McIntyre (North Carolina)
* Charlie Melancon (Louisiana)
* Mike Michaud (Maine)
* Dennis Moore (Kansas)
* Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania)
* Collin Peterson (Minnesota)
* Earl Pomeroy (North Dakota)
* Mike Ross (Arkansas)
* John Salazar (Colorado)
* Loretta Sanchez (California)
* Adam Schiff (California)
* David Scott (Georgia)
* Heath Shuler (North Carolina)
* John Tanner (Tennessee)
* Gene Taylor (Mississippi)
* Mike Thompson (California)
* Charlie Wilson (Ohio)
On the bill that really mattered, Pelosi passed it 221-205. Ten Democrats voted against it.
Progressives
Kucinich
Lee
Lewis (GA)
McNulty
Stark
Waters
Watson
Woolsey
Blue Dogs
Michaud
Tanner
Clearly, the Blue Dogs held firm on and refused to allow the caucus to be divided.
