Then maybe people will care.

Thank you to the people who comment on this blog for calling my attention to the real reason for the lack of outrage over Afghanistan.

Many teenagers and twenty somethings at convenience stores and fast food restaurants are really ticking me off.

They don't realize that when they act indifferent,like I'm not there, they are sealing their own fate.

If you can't perform well in your first job, you probably won't perform well at any job.

Have a great Holiday weekend.

It is our greatest American Holiday.

And it can be simplified into one question: What would you die for?

Our Founding Fathers were willing to die for an idea of America. How about you?

Straight from the worlds of the bizarre -

Mexico filed a legal brief objecting to Arizona's Immigration law. Mexicao complaining about Arizona is like BP complianing about the Gulf Coast residents.

Mexico has hade decade of inept and corrupt governments that have not dealt with the problems of drugs, unemployment and violence. If Mexico was a better place to be perhaps millions wouldn't be trying to get out.

Mexico, if you want to help, fix your own problems and don't worry about ours.

Geez, calls for my firing, a boycott, a protest, all over my commentary last night.

I waited for the protest. I even made cookies.

What is amazing to me is the emotional reaction to a commentary on telling a foreign government to stay out of our affairs. Forget for a moment that it is Mexico and the issue is immigration. In theory aren't most of us against foreign governments telling a state in our country how it should handle its affairs or what laws they should or shouldn't inact.

That is not racist. It could be Germany, Japan, Ireland, Saudi Arabia or Zimbabwe and I would feel the exact same way.

Many of the commentors made it a debate about Immigration and the Arizona Law. It seems the Facebook boycott keys in on the law. But never once did I talk about the merits of the law i my commentary last night. I simply stated (alright, loudly stated) that Mexico should mind its own business.

You must see the irony in the government of a country on our Southern Border, that has run things so badly people are leaving in droves, complaining about a law that is designed to keep people from being in this country illegally.

The problem starts when people add race to the argument; common sense then becomes clouded by emotion.

It seems that most reasonable people agree that three thiungs need to happen to solve the immigration problem - the borders must be secured - those who employ illegals must face stricter fines - and we need to create some path to citizenship for those here who are here working with families. I know that last part stirs up the political right, but there is no way you are sending 12 million people back to Mexico. It would cause riots, it would hurt businesses and it would tear apart families. That is just not who we are or what this country stands for. Impose fines and timetables, but you must create a path for most - not all.

But first, we need to elimate the ugly cries of racism from the argument. That is really not the issue. We have long had problems with immigration to this country - from Ireland - Southeast Asia - Eastern Europe - Cuba - Haiti - the list is endless. And the laws and policies have stretched and changed accordingly.

It is time to change again.

But take race out of the equation or nothing will be done. As someone said to me recently, "What color is illegal?"

We need to have laws and to enforce those laws. One of the primary responsibilities of a government is to secure its borders. I agree that it is the mandate of the Federal Government. The Arizona law may be struck down on the argument that the Constitution does not give them the power to set immigration policy.

If that is the case, we need a new Federal Immigration policy sooner rather than later. If not, there will be problems - bigger problems than we have now - from both sides of the divide.

I am happy to see that President Obama has called attention to the problem and put reform on his agenda. We'll see if that really happens. Republicans and Democrats would need put politics aside and do something in a bipartisan way.

I hope it happens. That will ease a lot of the tensions. The tensions that are all to evident on the comment secton of this blog.

From the beginning of the oil spill in the Gulf, BP has been trying to keep the media away.

Reporters have been harassed in the Gulf, denied access and lied to.

And now the Administration has joined BP in keeping the media away.

Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the man President Obama put in charge of the cleanup, has sent down an order that the media must stay 65 feet away from BP cleanup efforts. This is the same Thad Allen that promised this wouldn't happen. BP has wanted this restriction for some time and now the administration has caved.

Those who defy this restriction will face a forty thousand dollar fine and a class D felony charge.

The media are the eyes and ears for the public. The first thing an oppressive government does is attempt to control and/or quiet the media.

This is outrageous that the White House has joined BP in keeping the m3edia away.

President Obama promised transparency. He also said he is in charge, not BP. He can keep a promise and prove he is in charge by lifting this ridiculous ban.

A media savvy friend of mine recently made the prediction that BP will "accidentally" break thje camera that shows the leak at the bottom of the Gulf. When that happens, you heard it here first.

It is finally over!

Lebron James can't win a championship without a little help from his friends, so he is going to Miami to play with All Stars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. In doing so he ticked off fans in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, the three biggest media markets. Way to go Lebron. Good Luck with those endorsements now.

But the city that took the biggest punch to the gut is Cleveland. The team hasn't had a championship since Lyndon Johnson and hometown hero LeBron was the city's best shot. But he left his childhood sweetheart for a trophy city - or more to the point - a trophy.

Cleveland is feeling betrayed. I love the open letter to the fans from Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert.

There is no question that LeBron James has gone from hero to heel after the worst prime time special since Geraldo Rivera opened Al Capone's vault.

I will now follow the NBA this season just to cheer against James and the Three Amigoes. I hope the next superstar free agent goes to play for the Cavs and that they win vefore Lebron does.

Hear that Carmelo Anthony?

One last thing. I love the drunken Cleveland poet on the You Tube below. I feel your pain bud.

It has to be the easiest, slam dunk case in American history.

A mass murderer commits his crime in front of millions, admits to it and wants to be put to death. So why on earth is it taking almost eight years to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to justice.?

On Face the Nation yesterday Atoorney General Eric Holder blamed politics. It is true that politics is the reason things don't get done in Washington - Immigration, the Deficit, Social Security, Energy, even justice for the families of those who died on 9/11.

But I think those in the Obama Administration are the ones playing politics withy the case by NOT making a decision.

Try Mohammed in a civilian court or a military court. Give him a civilian trial in a military court. Do it at Guantanamo or bring him to the states. BUT MAKE A DECISION.

This monster was caught on March 1, 2003. It has been to long. The 9/11 families deserve justice, as do we all.

A young man ran up to me in Central Park and gave a very polite critique of my commentaries. He said he watches every night and afterwards he feels down. He thought I should do something positive.

And so this is for you guy in the park.

The national crime rate is down. It is at its lowest level since the 1960s.

Time magazine put together a great article on this in late February. It seems the best reason the experts have for the falling crime rate is that more bad guys are in prison.

Who ever thought THAT would work?

Police are using data bases to patrol the areas of the highest crimes. Judges are handing down tougher sentences, many mandated, and prisons are holding on to people longer.

Remember this the next time there is a ballot initiative asking for more money to build a prison.

So there you go guy in the park - good news,

Back to the bad stuff tomorrow night.

After a bad few months, things were looking up for BP. They had a new contraption that they were certain would plug the leak. They hoped to have it contained before they had to report earnings. And the stock was up.

It seemed for a day that they might survice the worst ecological disaster in history.

But then cam the story that made the company look for despicable than anything that happened in the Gulf. The London Times uncovered evidence that BP may have pressured the British Government to release Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, in exchange for an off shore oil deal with Libya.

You will remember that Megrahi was released from jail in August after it was determined that he only had three months to live because of prostate cancer. He returned home to Libya to a hero's welcome. And now it seems that he was faking and the doctor lied because Megrahi is expected to live another ten years or more.

This is the man who was found guilty of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland killing 270 people including 190 Americans.

There will be investigations in both London and Washington. If it is determined that BP did trade Megrahi for oil, BP executives should take his spot in prison.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is at the top of my list, right under Osama Bin Laden.

I understand many people's onjection to the death penalty. I have my own problms with it.

But Kalid, Osama, John Wayne Gacy, Saddam Hussien - how can you argues with any of those men dying?

There are some people who are so evil they should shake your very convictions. In my latest commentary I answered some commentors who argued with that point.

Sorry I didn't post last night - early night to bed in the Mendte home.

Have you go out to see a movie recently?

You may not have noticed, but the price of tickets has gone up about five percent.

I took my family to see Toy Story Three and it cost me $80 for tickets, popcorn and soda.

I guess I wouldn't mind paying if Hollywood was putting out better product. But everything has become formulaic - cartoons, comic book heroes, horror movies, action movies and sequels.

With On Demand, HBO, Home Theaters and NetFlix, why pay the money? And soon 3D Tv will be more affordable. The only reason to go is to pay the twenty dollars a ticket to get the IMAX experience.

Twenty dollars!

I know it is the movie chains that set prices. But we end up paying for the movie bombs like Sex In The City Two.

All I want is my money's worth. (By the way, Toy Story Three was worth it)

I found this term on the Internet. There are even Tee Shirts.

Headless Fatties is the term for the people who appear on local TV new because they are overweight. Photographers are sent out when there is a new story about obesity to shoot random overweight people on the street, because every story MUST be covered with video, The people are minding their own business and suddenly they represent every fat person in the area. They are shot from the neck down, so the station doesn't get sued. This the headless fatties.

Oh wait, the new politically correct term is Obese, which is the worst euphemism in the world. I would much rather be fat than obese.

But I found out that I am merely overweight, My BMI, body mass index, is 27,5. You have to be over 30 to be legally obese. You can check your BMI here.

You are hearing much more about "obesity" in the news because it is the hot new cause. Obesity is the new climate change, which will give politicians an excuse to create more regulatons for profit and power.

Look, people who are heavy don't need to be called "obese," they don't need to be shown on the news and they certainly don't need taxes and regulations to keep them from eating bad things.

It is not that easy to lose weight. They need our support, not our riducule or our exploitation. I wrote much more about this - click here.

We seem to have a warped sense of justice in this country.

Greed is rewarded above all with little scrutiny. Those whose goal is only to serve our country are scrutinized, second guessed an even charged - with murder.

The difference is striking. BP oil has admitted to putting pressure on the British Government before it released Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in a terrorist for oil deal. Megrahi, as a Libyan Intelligence officer, masterminded the bombing of PanAm flight 103 in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The mass murderer got a sickening hero's welcome in Libya.

What is even more sickening is that it seems nothing illegal took place. The laws are set up to protect the rich and the powerful, no matter how despicable.

There are reports that BP took shortcuts in constructing the Deep Water Horizon rig that exploded, killed 11 and caused the worst ecological disaster in history. Although the FBI is investigating, no charges are expected.

Wall Street executives took part in shady business practices that they knew would hurt the country. They almost sent us into a depression. People lost their jobs and families lost their homes. There were no charges. In fact, WE BAILED THEM OUT.

And then there is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. He was captured over seven years and has not even stood trial yet.

Justice failed us in each case.

And then there are the Leavenworth 10. A group of brave young men who took up arms to fight for America in Iraq. Each one made a mistake that has cost them their Freedom. They all killed al Qaida members, insurgents and terrorists. But they were each accused of murder because the military didn't like the way they carried things out.

I understand that military rules must be followed, that the chain of command must be followed. But murder? In a war?

I encourage you to read more about the Leavenworth 10. You decide if they were wronged, write to your member of Congress or Senator. Ask for a new trial, parole or a pardon.
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These are men who were sent to hell to kill bad guys and they did...for us.

We need to fight for them now.

Magrahi is fee, Khalid has not even stood trial, BP and Wall Street executives are free to do whatever they want withour consequence....and then there are the Leavenworth Ten asking where is the justice?

President Obama signed a financial reform bill into law yesterday. It should have been a good day for the administration, a day to celebrate a major piece of legislation before the mid-term elections. Instead the signing, and all other news, took a back seat to a good woman treated bad by the media and the Obama Administration because, as far as we’ve come, we still are dangerously clumsy when dealing with issues of race in this country.

The Shirley Sherrod debacle should be used forever as an ugly example of the race issue can be used as a weapon and why it must stop. Good people get hurt.

The debacle started last week when the NAACP accused the Tea Party of being fueled by racism. The Tea Party is not a racist organization. There are undoubtedly racist elements in the movement; but at its core the Tea Party is about smaller government and less taxes.

The Tea Party, aided by conservative bloggers and the Fox News channel, fired back, accusing the NAACP of being a racist organization. It is not. There are undoubtedly racist elements, but at its core the NAACP is about racial equality.

But anytime race is injected into a debate, emotion seems to cloud reason. Unfortunately, there are people who take advantage of that dynamic and the Shirley Sherrod case is a perfect example. Sherrod was wounded in a national political duel, with the word “racist” as the weapon of choice.

A very personal, honest and inspirational speech that the 62 year old Georgian gave at an NAACP meeting was purposely taken out of context to make her look like a racist, or specifically to make the NAACP look like racists. Shirley Sherrod must have been considered acceptable collateral damage by Andrew Breitbart, a right wing Internet rabble rouser who has had run ins with the truth before this latest whopper.

I fell for the Breitbart’s despicable lie when I saw it for the first time. There was a black bureaucrat form the US Department of Agriculture seemingly bragging about how she withheld aid to a struggling white farmer because he was “acting superior.”

I wasn’t the only one to fall for it. The media was quick to label Shirley Sherrod as a racist. The story spun out of control on cable news and on the Internet for 24 hours.

Tuesday morning Shirley Sherrod was doing what she always does; she was visiting famers are part of her job as a federal liaison for the USDA. On her three hour drive back from Augusta to Atlanta, she got a frantic phone call from a representative of the Secretary of Agriculture asking for Sherrod’s immediate resignation. She wasn’t even allowed to return to the office. She was asked to pull off on the side of the road and resign right then and there.

What the Obama Administration investigated even a little bit, had the media done their job and fact checked the story, they could have avoided a great injustice and even greater embarrassment.

The story of Roger Spooner, the “white farmer”, happened 24 years ago. He credits Sherrod with saving his farm. In her speech, Sherrod was using the Spooner case as an example in her own personal journey of racial reconciliation after her father was killed by the KKK when she was a little girl.
It is the kind of speech we all need to hear and the fact that she had to go through the pain of being called a racist on national TV and then losing her job should be, as President Obama likes to say, “a learning moment.”

Racism has and deep and ugly history in this country. We have still not healed and we never will if we don’t deal head on with an evil off-shoot of the word – Racistism: The use of the word Racist as a weapon for personal or political gain.

The accusation is so powerfully charged with emotion that it can cause the media, the government and all of us to forget ourselves and act irrationally. There was never better proof of that then the events of the past two days. The media forgot to do its job of seeing if a story was true and the Obama administration forgot to do its due diligence before firing a woman.

Many in the media, including Bill O’Reilly from Fox News, have apologized to Shirley Sherrod. The Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has apologized personally. Sherrod wants to talk directly with the President, my guess is her request will be granted. The person who owes her a direct apology is Andrew Breitbart, but my guess is that will not happen.

After all of the apologies are finished, and the name Shirley Sherrod fades from memory, except in journalism and race relation classes, will we have learned anything?

If the answer is no, we are a long way from healing.

I remember at the onset of this financial crisis when people were outraged that the government was considering helping people who couldn't pay their mortgages.

Rick Santelli on CNBC, in a classic rant, accused the White House of promoting bad behavior. Remember this?

It became such a hit on the Internet that the White House had to respond. It seemed reasonable that the White House shouldn't bailout people who were irresponsible with their mortgages.

I was against it too .... that is until the Admiinistration bailed out the banks.

The banks turned around and gave their CEOs 100s of million of dollars in bonuses, tightened loan, increased credit card rates and turned record profits. In other words, they kept all of the money.

I am not for bailouts, but if you were going to bailou anyone it should have been people. They would have paid of the morgages and the banks would end up with the money anyway - BUT - it would have stabilized the housing market and stilu,ated the economy.

I am not economist, but that theory seems pretty sound. If I'm wirte, even more reason we need a big change in 2010.

Tonight I am doing a commentary certain to get a reaction and I am not sure why.

What is it about Sarah Palin that elicits such a response?

I was shooting my comentary in Central Park when a young man stopped after hearing me say the name. "What do you think of her?" he asked.

I said, "I don't have a strong position for or against. But you have to admit that she is fascinating."

And with that he grabbed his girlfriend's hand and whisked away. "Oh My God," he shouted and left as if I insulted him.

It will also be fascinating to read the reaction here.

And with that he proved the point of my commentary. What is it about this woman that makes her followers believe she is a savior and her detractors believe she is evil?

Sarah Palin was a mother of five from Wasilla, Alaska who became the most popular Governor on the country before she was thrown into the national spotlight by John McCain. After a speech that rocketed the ticket into the lead, she was attacked and scrutinized by her opponents and the media.

Of course, she did not help herself by not being ready for prime time in her media interviews.

But since that time, the media has not been able to get enough of Sarah Palin. Ironically the same media she loathes has made her rich and powerful. She made twelev million dollars last year with expensive speeches, a Fox News job and a record setting book.

Her influence in the 2010 elections so far has been astounding. Her endorsement catapulted a little known Indian American woman to become Governor of South Carolina.

And now what?

I believe Sarah Palin will run for President and she can win the Republican nomination because she is so popular with the Republican base, especially the Christian Conservatives who can carry you to victory in the early primiaries of Iowa and South Carolina.

Can she be President?

I don't know, my first reaction is no. The ecomomy is bound to improve and we will be out of Iraq and Afghanistan, so President Obama, although he doesn't look it now, will be strong.

But it is the race the media wants and will probably get.

I make the comparison to Ronald Reagan in my report with the knoweledge that Reagan had more experience when he finally ran and did not have the same bite as the Mamma Grizzly.

But the comparison is fair in that everyone thought Reagan to be a lightweight and too far to the right.

So I guess you never know. In the meantime it is fun to watch the story of Sarah Palin unfold.

The New York Times today dropped the bombshell courtesy of Wikileaks.com. 92,000 previously classified military documents that give a bleak look inside the war in Afghanistan.

Among other things, the documents show that the military has been covering up bad news coming out of Afghanistan. But the most astonishing detail to be uncovered is Pakistan's role in aiding and advising the Taliban.

Although purportedly our ally, Pakistan's spy agency has been helping the Taliban in their efforts fighting the Unites States, according to the leaked documents.

We give Pakistan a billion dollars a year and they are in turn giving some of that money to an orgnization that is killing American troops and tried to blow up Times Square.

When are we going to just get out of Afghanistan? We have allegedly been there to stabalize the region and help Pakistan. It turns out that Pakistan is helping the enemy and, accordding to the documents, the Taliban is as strong as ever.

After spending 300 Billion dollars, the government is corrupt, we pay off the drug lords, Pakistan is backing the Taliban and more Americans are dying than ever before. It is not worth another American alive to attempt to achieve an impossible objective.

We went in to catch Osama Bin Laden and break up al Qaeda. Mission creep has taken over and the new objective is impossible. We could be there 100 years and not "win."

Where are the war protestors? Where are the Congressional hearings? Where is the outrage?

If this doesn't do it. Nothing will.

Sorry friends didn't post this last night before going to bed.

And it is far too important to let go.

The British and US Governments seem to be involved in a cover-up of the release of Abded Basset al Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber.

You know the story. Scottish officials released him for "compassionate reasons" because he only had a few months to live. He went home to Libya to a hero’s welcome and is still alive.

It seems to doctor lied and the Scottish officials may have hidden the real reason for the release. But we'll never find out since Great Britain will not launch an inquiry and neither the doctor nor the Scottish officials will come to the US senate hearings this week.

Meanwhile, documents have surfaced that the US knew about the release before hand and did nothing AND BP put pressure on the British Government for the release so that they could get off shore drilling rights from Libya.

That drilling has just started. It will be deep water well. 600 feet deeper than the one that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

This whole thing stinks.

Well, after I inished my commentary today on Facebook, the immigtration ruling was handed down.

I am going to take time to read the ruling before I comment. From the news reports, it seems the judge strayed far from the issues before her to make her decision. I thought she might rule that Arizona did not have Constitutional jurisdiction, that this was a federal matter.

But part of her ruling reportedly is that the Arizona law would tax Federal resources and that was a bizarre reason. What are federeal resources for if not to enforce the law?

Anyway, I still have to read it.

Enjoy the light hearted commentary on Facebook. And come "friend me" - just please don't "poke" me.

Twenty- somethings have been getting a bad rap the past month.

For years the media has been stalking the bad behavior of a 24 year old Lindsay Lohan until she finally free fell into jail. Her tearful plea to the judge was carried live on cable; even her tweets on twitter passed for news.

And then there was 25 year old LeBron James, who went from being one of the most loved players in all of sports to one of the most reviled. LeBron broke the heart of Cleveland and manipulated us all to record ratings.

And finally there is the cast of The Jersey Shore. There new season is being covered as if they get Super Bowl ratings. They don’t. The show gets ratings more in line of a New Jersey Nets game. And yet the media is a fascinated with this over-sexed, over-tanned, over-jelled, vacuous group of kids who trigger a gag reflex in most of us.

You might think from watching TV news that America’s future is in trouble; that our youth is out of control, selfish and self-obsessed.

That couldn’t be further than the truth.

Let me introduce you to six 20-somethings that will change your mind, young men that TV news ignored.

20 Year old Fredrick Vasquez from Melrose Park, Illinois
24 year old Conrad Mora from San Diego, Calfornia
23 year old Daniel Lim of Cypress California
27 year old Joseph Bauer from Cincinnati, Ohio
25 year old Andrew Hand of Enterprise Alabama
20 year old James Oquin from El Paso, Texas

These young men, heroes all, epitomize selflessness and self-discipline.
They died in Afghanistan this past week.

As TV news, in its obsession with celebrity and scandal, clumsily defines our nation’s youth by its worst examples of ego, addiction and greed, remember that it is because 20-somethings are willing to take up arms and fight for this country that we are free.

So when you think of our future and our youth, don’t think of Lindsay, LeBron and Snooki. Think of Fredrick, Daniel Conrad, Joseph, Andre, James and the tens of thousands of young
men and women who have died and are willing to die for America.

They deserve our attention, even if the media ignores them.

As promised below are the names of the 159 Congressmen and women who voted against House Resolution 847 to put $7.4 Billion dollars into the compensation fund for 9/11 first responders.

There are thousand of men and women who suffered injury whil trying to save lives.

We need to send a message to them and to first responders across the country that when you respondm to the aftermath of a terrorist attack this nation will be there for you and your family.

This is no time to play politics - below is the liost of names of the 159 who voted NAY and also those who abstained from the vote, which is worse, in my opnion.

Contact them and tell them that you want another viote and you want them to voye YAY.

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R, AL-4] Nay
Rep. Todd Akin [R, MO-2] Abstain
Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5] Nay
Rep. Steve Austria [R, OH-7] Nay
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] Nay
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6] Nay
Rep. James Barrett [R, SC-3] Nay
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6] Nay
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6] Nay
Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8] Nay
Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1] Nay
Rep. Judy Biggert [R, IL-13] Nay
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50] Nay
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R, FL-9] Nay
Rep. Rob Bishop [R, UT-1] Nay
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7] Nay
Rep. Roy Blunt [R, MO-7] Nay
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8] Nay
Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1] Nay
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45] Nay
Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3] Nay
Rep. Charles Boustany [R, LA-7] Nay
Rep. Kevin Brady [R, TX-8] Nay
Rep. Bobby Bright [D, AL-2] Nay
Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10] Nay
Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1] Nay
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5] Nay
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R, FL-13] Nay
Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26] Nay
Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5] Nay
Rep. Stephen Buyer [R, IN-4] Nay
Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44] Nay
Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4] Nay
Rep. John Campbell [R, CA-48] Nay
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] Nay
Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2] Nay
Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10] Abstain
Rep. John Carter [R, TX-31] Nay
Rep. Bill Cassidy [R, LA-6] Nay
Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0] Nay
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R, UT-3] Nay
Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1] Abstain
Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6] Nay
Rep. Mike Coffman [R, CO-6] Nay
Rep. Tom Cole [R, OK-4] Nay
Rep. Michael Conaway [R, TX-11] Nay
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14] Abstain
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5] Nay
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R, FL-4] Nay
Rep. John Culberson [R, TX-7] Nay
Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4] Nay
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R, FL-25] Nay
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R, FL-21] Nay
Rep. Charles Djou [R, HI-1] Nay
Rep. David Dreier [R, CA-26] Nay
Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2] Nay
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3] Nay
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8] Nay
Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5] Nay
Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6] Nay
Rep. John Fleming [R, LA-4] Nay
Rep. Randy Forbes [R, VA-4] Nay
Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1] Nay
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R, NC-5] Nay
Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2] Nay
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24] Nay
Rep. Scott Garrett [R, NJ-5] Nay
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6] Nay
Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11] Nay
Rep. Louis Gohmert [R, TX-1] Nay
Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R, VA-6] Nay
Rep. Kay Granger [R, TX-12] Nay
Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6] Nay
Rep. Tom Graves [R, GA-9] Nay
Rep. Parker Griffith [R, AL-5] Abstain
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7] Abstain
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R, KY-2] Abstain
Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4] Nay
Rep. Gregg Harper [R, MS-3] Nay
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4] Nay
Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2] Nay
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R, TX-5] Nay
Rep. Walter Herger [R, CA-2] Nay
Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2] Abstain
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R, CA-52] Nay
Rep. Bob Inglis [R, SC-4] Nay
Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49] Nay
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R, KS-2] Nay
Rep. Samuel Johnson [R, TX-3] Nay
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R, IL-15] Nay
Rep. Jim Jordan [R, OH-4] Nay
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13] Abstain
Rep. Steve King [R, IA-5] Nay
Rep. Jack Kingston [R, GA-1] Nay
Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2] Nay
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R, CO-5] Nay
Rep. Thomas Latham [R, IA-4] Nay
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14] Nay
Rep. Robert Latta [R, OH-5] Nay
Rep. Christopher Lee [R, NY-26] Nay
Rep. Jerry Lewis [R, CA-41] Nay
Rep. John Linder [R, GA-7] Nay
Rep. Frank Lucas [R, OK-3] Nay
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R, MO-9] Nay
Rep. Cynthia Lummis [R, WY-0] Nay
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R, CA-3] Nay
Rep. Connie Mack [R, FL-14] Nay
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R, IL-16] Nay
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24] Nay
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22] Abstain
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10] Nay
Rep. Tom McClintock [R, CA-4] Nay
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11] Nay
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R, NC-10] Nay
Rep. Howard McKeon [R, CA-25] Nay
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R, WA-5] Nay
Rep. John Mica [R, FL-7] Nay
Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1] Nay
Rep. Gary Miller [R, CA-42] Nay
Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1] Abstain
Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9] Nay
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R, TX-19] Nay
Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-21] Nay
Rep. Pete Olson [R, TX-22] Nay
Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1] Aye
Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14] Nay
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R, MN-3] Nay
Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6] Nay
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7] Aye
Rep. Thomas Petri [R, WI-6] Nay
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16] Nay
Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19] Nay
Rep. Ted Poe [R, TX-2] Nay
Rep. Bill Posey [R, FL-15] Nay
Rep. Tom Price [R, GA-6] Nay
Rep. George Radanovich [R, CA-19] Abstain
Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0] Nay
Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8] Nay
Rep. Phil Roe [R, TN-1] Nay
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8] Nay
Rep. Harold Rogers [R, KY-5] Nay
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3] Nay
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46] Nay
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R, FL-16] Nay
Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6] Nay
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18] Nay
Rep. Paul Ryan [R, WI-1] Nay
Rep. Steve Scalise [R, LA-1] Nay
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R, OH-2] Nay
Rep. Aaron Schock [R, IL-18] Nay
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R, WI-5] Nay
Rep. Peter Sessions [R, TX-32] Nay
Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3] Abstain
Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19] Nay
Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9] Nay
Rep. Michael Simpson [R, ID-2] Nay
Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21] Nay
Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3] Nay
Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6] Nay
Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1] Nay
Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2] Nay
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R, PA-5] Nay
Rep. William Thornberry [R, TX-13] Nay
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R, KS-4] Abstain
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12] Nay
Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3] Nay
Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6] Nay
Rep. Greg Walden [R, OR-2] Nay
Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3] Abstain
Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33] Abstain
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12] Abstain
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3] Nay
Rep. Edward Whitfield [R, KY-1] Nay
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2] Nay
Rep. Rob Wittman [R, VA-1] Nay
Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10] Nay
Rep. Bill Young [R, FL-10] Abstain