Who added the pork to the "Economic Bailout Package"? ?

These are the Senators who voted No:

Allard (R)

Barasso (R)

Brownback (R)

Bunning (R)

Cantwell (D)

Cochran (R)

Crapo (R)

DeMint (R)

Dole (R)

Dorgan (D)

Enzi (R)

Feingold (D)

Inhofe (R)

Johnson (D)

Landrieu (D)

Nelson (FL) (D)

Roberts (R)

Sanders (I)

Sessions (R)

Shelby (R)

Stabenow (D)

Tester (D)

Vitter (R)

Wicker (R)

Wyden (D)

How the Senate voted Wednesday on the financial bailout bill (S. Amdt. 5685 to H.R. 1424):

Akaka (D-HI), Yea

Alexander (R-TN), Yea

Allard (R-CO), Nay

Barrasso (R-WY), Nay

Baucus (D-MT), Yea

Bayh (D-IN), Yea

Bennett (R-UT), Yea

Biden (D-DE), Yea

Bingaman (D-NM), Yea

Bond (R-MO), Yea

Boxer (D-CA), Yea

Brown (D-OH), Yea

Brownback (R-KS), Nay

Bunning (R-KY), Nay

Burr (R-NC), Yea

Byrd (D-WV), Yea

Cantwell (D-WA), Nay

Cardin (D-MD), Yea

Carper (D-DE), Yea

Casey (D-PA), Yea

Chambliss (R-GA), Yea

Clinton (D-NY), Yea

Coburn (R-OK), Yea

Cochran (R-MS), Nay

Coleman (R-MN), Yea

Collins (R-ME), Yea

Conrad (D-ND), Yea

Corker (R-TN), Yea

Cornyn (R-TX), Yea

Craig (R-ID), Yea

Crapo (R-ID), Nay

DeMint (R-SC), Nay

Dodd (D-CT), Yea

Dole (R-NC), Nay

Domenici (R-NM), Yea

Dorgan (D-ND), Nay

Durbin (D-IL), Yea

Ensign (R-NV), Yea

Enzi (R-WY), Nay

Feingold (D-WI), Nay

Feinstein (D-CA), Yea

Graham (R-SC), Yea

Grassley (R-IA), Yea

Gregg (R-NH), Yea

Hagel (R-NE), Yea

Harkin (D-IA), Yea

Hatch (R-UT), Yea

Hutchison (R-TX), Yea

Inhofe (R-OK), Nay

Inouye (D-HI), Yea

Isakson (R-GA), Yea

Johnson (D-SD), Nay

Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting

Kerry (D-MA), Yea

Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea

Kohl (D-WI), Yea

Kyl (R-AZ), Yea

Landrieu (D-LA), Nay

Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea

Leahy (D-VT), Yea

Levin (D-MI), Yea

Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea

Lincoln (D-AR), Yea

Lugar (R-IN), Yea

Martinez (R-FL), Yea

McCain (R-AZ), Yea

McCaskill (D-MO), Yea

McConnell (R-KY), Yea

Menendez (D-NJ), Yea

Mikulski (D-MD), Yea

Murkowski (R-AK), Yea

Murray (D-WA), Yea

Nelson (D-FL), Nay

Nelson (D-NE), Yea

Obama (D-IL), Yea

Pryor (D-AR), Yea

Reed (D-RI), Yea

Reid (D-NV), Yea

Roberts (R-KS), Nay

Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea

Salazar (D-CO), Yea

Sanders (I-VT), Nay

Schumer (D-NY), Yea

Sessions (R-AL), Nay

Shelby (R-AL), Nay

Smith (R-OR), Yea

Snowe (R-ME), Yea

Specter (R-PA), Yea

Stabenow (D-MI), Nay

Stevens (R-AK), Yea

Sununu (R-NH), Yea

Tester (D-MT), Nay

Thune (R-SD), Yea

Vitter (R-LA), Nay

Voinovich (R-OH), Yea

Warner (R-VA), Yea

Webb (D-VA), Yea

Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea

Wicker (R-MS), Nay

Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Not sure which individual added this nonsense to and already horrible bill. But since the revised bill started in the Senate, look at thos who voted yes to begin your research.

to be continued

HR 1424. The original short title was "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008". It was then tacked on to the " Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007" as an ammendment. That created the following monster:

"To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance related disorder benefits under group health plans, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment, and other purposes".

I know that sounds absolutely nothing like what it is. Welcome to congress. Sure enough, though, page down a couple times and the EESA is right there.

I link directly to the bill's voting record as my source, but a good source for voting records in general is

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/

Here's the original 451 page bill (containing the original 110 page document and ammendments to to other acts)

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.142...

The Republicans said they needed to sweeten the deal, so you decide.

The Dems did.

REPUBLICAN AND NOW MCCAIN NEED TO MAKE THEM FAMOUS