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July 26, 2005
Two Faced Tom
Kudos to Tom Price (R - Georgia) for voting against the Patriot Act reauthorization. But hold on a second. He voted No on House Vote 414, which was the final passage vote. Minutes earlier, however, on House Vote 413, he voted with the majority Republicans not to table the bill and send it back to committee in order to modify it so as not to extend some of the provisions in the act to infinity.
If Price was really against the Patriot Act (as he claims in order to try and score points from the libertarian wing of the Republican primary electorate) he would have assisted Democrats in amending it and sending it back to committee. But he voted with Republican leadership on those votes, the ones that counted.
Before the age of the internet, it was easier for politicians like Tom Price to have it both ways -- be team players in committee and behind the scenes but then make a different vote in front of the cameras. Thanks to the internet there is a little more scrutiny for flip floppers like the Congressman from the 6th.
Posted by Chris at July 26, 2005 06:02 PM
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Flip-flop-a-diddly-doodly.
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at July 27, 2005 11:37 AM
Price is my Rep. What a pip.
Posted by: rusty at July 29, 2005 04:07 PM
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