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A Mother of a Vote

By Jay Allbritton
May 9th 2008 5:23PM

Filed Under:eHouse, Republicans, Gaffes

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank reports that on Wednesday a majority of House Republicans voted "against motherhood." Actually, they voted against a resolution "celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day." After the resolution passed unanimously, Republican Representative Todd Tiahrt of Kansas stood up and said, "Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote." The House re-voted and this time 178 Republicans voted against the resolution.

Milbank lampooned the move, writing, "Republicans are now confronted with a John Kerry-esque predicament: They actually voted for motherhood before they voted against it." The reason Republicans voted against the resolution is because they are trying to delay everything brought before the House as part of their obstructionist strategy.

When asked about the vote House Minority Leader John Boehner explained, "Oh, we just wanted to make sure that everyone was on record in support of Mother's Day." Baffling. "If Boehner's explanation doesn't make much sense," Milbank wrote, "he's been under a great deal of stress lately." Milbank was referring to Repupublican Representative Vito Fossella's love child scandal. Fossella did not vote on the pro-Mother's Day resolution.

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