Yesterday I posted the list of House Progressives Caucus members who voted No on Obama’s fiscal cliff deal — the one that many think gave too much away. (Read here about how Obama sabotaged Reid, in my view, and got that Bush tax cut cut-off level moved higher than it needed to be.)
According to former congressional candidate Norman Solomon (more on his thoughts tomorrow), the final bill passed the House by 44 votes. Which means that every Yes vote below is a true Yes — there was plenty of room for at least half of those below to vote a cosmetic No and not undo the outcome.
Why will this matter? Because next time (in only two months) one or more of the social insurance programs is going back on under the knife. Obama — who appointed both Simpson and Bowles, remember — is taking yet another run. He’s promised not to fight hard — he’s preemptively taken the 14th Amendment option off the table — and plans to get as many spending cuts as he can. Trial balloons already include the social programs. (Here’s a list of what counts as a benefit cut to any of these programs.)
The list below are the people Obama will need in order to put a “bipartisan” paint job on the next damage done. Will they acquiesce to their NeoLiberal leaders then, as they appear to have done this time? Let’s watch and see.
| Last Name | First Name | State & District | Party | Phone Number | CPC Member? | Fiscal Deal Vote |
| Grijalva | Raúl | AZ-3 | D | (202) 225-2435 | 1 | -1 |
| Ellison | Keith | MN-5 | D | (202) 225-4755 | 1 | -1 |
| Bass | Karen | CA-37 | D | (202) 225-7084 | 1 | -1 |
| Bonamici | Suzanne | OR-01 | D | (202) 225-0855 | 1 | -1 |
| Brown | Corrine | FL-05 | D | (202) 225-0123 | 1 | -1 |
| Capuano | Michael | MA-7 | D | (202) 225-5111 | 1 | -1 |
| Carson | André | IN-7 | D | (202) 225-4011 | 1 | -1 |
| Chu | Judy | CA-27 | D | (202) 225-5464 | 1 | -1 |
| Cicilline | David | RI-1 | D | (202) 225-4911 | 1 | -1 |
| Clarke | Yvette | NY-09 | D | (202) 225-6231 | 1 | -1 |
| Clay | William (Lacy) | MO-1 | D | (202) 225-2406 | 1 | -1 |
| Cleaver | Emanuel | MO-5 | D | (202) 225-4535 | 1 | -1 |
| Cohen | Steve | TN-9 | D | (202) 225-3265 | 1 | -1 |
| Conyers | John | MI-13 | D | (202) 225-5126 | 1 | -1 |
| Cummings | Elijah | MD-7 | D | (202) 225-4741 | 1 | -1 |
| Davis | Danny | IL-07 | D | (202) 225-5006 | 1 | -1 |
| Edwards | Donna | MD-4 | D | (202) 225-8699 | 1 | -1 |
| Farr | Sam | CA-20 | D | (202) 225-2861 | 1 | -1 |
| Fattah | Chaka | PA-02 | D | (202) 225-4001 | 1 | -1 |
| Fudge | Marcia | OH-11 | D | (202) 225-7032 | 1 | -1 |
| Gutierrez | Luis | IL-04 | D | (202) 225-8203 | 1 | -1 |
| Hahn | Janice | CA-44 | D | (202) 225-8220 | 1 | -1 |
| Holt | Rush | NJ-12 | D | (202) 225-5801 | 1 | -1 |
| Honda | Michael | CA-17 | D | (202) 225-2631 | 1 | -1 |
| Jackson Lee | Sheila | TX-18 | D | (202) 225-3816 | 1 | -1 |
| Johnson | Eddie Bernice | TX-30 | D | (202) 225-8885 | 1 | -1 |
| Kaptur | Marcy | OH-09 | D | (202) 225-4146 | 1 | -1 |
| Lee | Barbara | CA-13 | D | (202) 225-2661 | 1 | -1 |
| Loebsack | Dave | IA-2 | D | (202) 225-6576 | 1 | -1 |
| Luján | Ben Ray | NM-3 | D | (202) 225-6190 | 1 | -1 |
| Maloney | Carolyn | NY-12 | D | (202) 225-7944 | 1 | -1 |
| Markey | Edward | MA-5 | D | (202) 225-2836 | 1 | -1 |
| McGovern | Jim | MA-2 | D | (202) 225-6101 | 1 | -1 |
| Miller | George | CA-11 | D | (202) 225-2095 | 1 | -1 |
| Moore | Gwen | WI-4 | D | (202) 225-4572 | 1 | -1 |
| Nadler | Jerrold | NY-10 | D | (202) 225-5635 | 1 | -1 |
| Pallone | Frank | NJ-06 | D | (202) 225-4671 | 1 | -1 |
| Pastor | Ed | AZ-7 | D | (202) 225-4065 | 1 | -1 |
| Pingree | Chellie | ME-1 | D | (202) 225-6116 | 1 | -1 |
| Polis | Jared | CO-2 | D | (202) 225-2161 | 1 | -1 |
| Rangel | Charles | NY-13 | D | (202) 225-4365 | 1 | -1 |
| Roybal-Allard | Lucille | CA-40 | D | (202) 225-1766 | 1 | -1 |
| Sánchez | Linda | CA-38 | D | (202) 225-6676 | 1 | -1 |
| Schakowsky | Jan | IL-09 | D | (202) 225-2111 | 1 | -1 |
| Serrano | José | NY-15 | D | (202) 225-4361 | 1 | -1 |
| Slaughter | Louise | NY-25 | D | (202) 225-3615 | 1 | -1 |
| Thompson | Bennie | MS-2 | D | (202) 225-5876 | 1 | -1 |
| Tierney | John | MA-6 | D | (202) 225-8020 | 1 | -1 |
| Velázquez | Nydia | NY-07 | D | (202) 225-2361 | 1 | -1 |
| Waters | Maxine | CA-43 | D | (202) 225-2201 | 1 | -1 |
| Watt | Melvin | NC-12 | D | (202) 225-1510 | 1 | -1 |
| Welch | Peter | VT | D | (202) 225-4115 | 1 | -1 |
In the next two months, when Obama strikes a “deal” to cut spending as a result of the debt ceiling debate, these are his candidates for the Dennis Kucinich Memorial Plane Ride. I’ve bolded the names of Grijalva and Ellison since they lead the caucus. And yes, in this as well, they led the caucus.
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As you can see, I’m scoring this vote. “Minus-1″ means a vote for the leadership and against a better deal — or no deal, which in my view would have been better still. (I still have dreams about what could have happened if Obama hadn’t pretended the clock kept ticking on January 1.)
As I said above, I’ll have more about what this means for “progressives” in Congress very shortly — probably tomorrow.
If you see your own congressperson on the list, do feel free to call them; that’s why the phone numbers are there.
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