Tax Pledge Breakers
Last night, the House passed a tax hike for the first time in 13 years. It was a bill that specifically sticks it to oil companies. As noted in the previous post, the final tally was 264-163, with 36 Republicans siding with the Democrats to vote YES, and 4 Democrats siding with the Republicans to vote NO.
Meanwhile, Dan Clifton at Americans for Tax Reform sent me the following list of congressmen who broke their pledge never to raise taxes by voting YES on the bill. Those in italics are Democrats.
| Lawmakers | Lawmakers |
| Aderholt (AL-04) | Johnson (IL-15) |
| Andrews (NJ-01) | Jones (NC-03) |
| Bartlett (MD-06) | Kirk (IL-10) |
| Brown-Waite (FL-05) | Knollenberg (MI-09) |
| Buchanan (FL-13) | Kuhl (NY-29) |
| Capito (WV-02) | LaHood (IL-18) |
| Chandler (KY-06) | LoBiondo (NJ-02) |
| Dent (PA-15) | Miller (MI-10) |
| Ellsworth (IN-08) | Petri (WI-06) |
| Emerson (MO-08) | Ramstad (MN-03) |
| Everett (AL-02) | Reichert (WA-08) |
| Ferguson (NJ-07) | Rogers (AL-03) |
| Fortenberry (NE-01) | Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18) |
| Gerlach (PA-06) | Saxton (NJ-03) |
| Gilchrest (MD-01) | Smith (NJ-04) |
| Hayes (NC-08) | Taylor (MS-04) |
