GOP Rep: House Leaders Made False Promise to Get My Crucial Vote

[apples]

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/394531/gop-rep-house-leaders-made-false-promise-get-my-crucial-vote-joel-gehrke

Representative Marlin Stutzman (R., Ind.) accused House Republican leadership of reneging on a deal made with him to get his support on a crucial procedural vote that almost killed the $1.1 trillion cromnibus.

?I was very surprised and even more disappointed to see the cromnibus back on the floor,? Stutzman said in a Thursday evening statement. ?The American people deserve better.?

Stutzman was one of the last Republicans to cast his ballot in favor of a rule allowing the House to vote on the cromnibus. National Review Online reported that Stutzman backed the rule at the last minute after leadership told him that they would pull the cromnibus, once the rule was passed, and replace it with a short-term continuing resolution favored by rank-and-file conservatives. With the last-minute help of Stutzman and outgoing Representative Kerry Bentivolio (R., Mich.), leadership won the vote 214-212.

[Stan In FL]

bullsh*t.  this guy is just a dumbass, and didn't understand what he was being told.

[jafo2010]

He probably was misled.  That's politics.  He needs to be smarter than that.

And if the Speaker thinks he can burn his own folks, he will quickly lose future support, and create a very difficult road to navigate upon.

[Stan In FL]

he's either gullible or stupid.  neither is an attractive quality in a congressman.

[apples]

bullsh*t.  this guy is just a dumbass, and didn't understand what he was being told.

I agree......total BS from this guy to cover his vote.

[jafo2010]

Some people with integrity get into politics not knowing how totally dirty it is.  He could have been a relatively innocent person.  However, it does not take long or many affronts before people get to be distrusting of the likes of Boner.