March Madness on Hill Pits Vols Vs. Wolverines

March 15, 2011 RSS Feed Print

On the eve of the first round of this year's NCAA national tournament, basketball banter can't be avoided in the halls of Congress.

At a House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting this week, for example, Chairman Fred Upton from Michigan took a jab at his fellow Republican on the committee, Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn when introducing her. "The chair will yield to the gentle lady from Tennessee whose Volunteers are in trouble come Friday at 12:40 to the Wolverines," kidded Upton. "But we might be talking on the side about that later on."

Blackburn took the bait. "I think you're going to see the Vols rise to the occasion," she said, adding, "Bless those little Wolverines' hearts, Mr. Chairman."

"We ain't so little," Upton joked back. "We'll see."

Blackburn then opened her statement saying, "Just as I will be happy to cheer for our UT Vols, I am pleased that we're here."

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Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:

Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, FY2004 Foreign Operations Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Flood Insurance Reauthorization , Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Debt Limit Increase, Fiscal 2005 Omnibus Appropriations, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening, Patriot Act extention.

Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:

Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations, Withdrawing U.S. Soldiers from Afghanistan.

Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.

See her “blatantly unconstitutional” votes at :

http://mickeywhite.blogspot.com/2009/09/tn-congressman-marsha-blackburn-votes.html

Mickey

mickey of TN 8:38PM March 15, 2011

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