YES:
Bart Stupak (D)
Dale Kildee (D)
Candice Miller (R)
Thaddeus McCotter (R)
Sander Levin (D)
John Conyers (D)
Carolyn Kilpatrick (D)
John Dingell (D)
NO:
Pete Hoekstra (R)
Vern Ehlers (R)
Dave Camp (R)
Fred Upton (R)
Tim Walberg (R)
Mike Rogers (R)
Joe Knollenberg (R)
Two Michigan Republicans joined all six Michigan Democrats in supporting the bill. The other seven don't seem to care about the pain being inflicted on American drivers. Yet their fellow Republicans - those in the State Legislature - oppose the idea of raising taxes to fix the state's budget crisis. (While painful, a tax increase would go a long way in avoiding the alternative: cuts to education and higher tuition. More on that later.)
I don't know about you, but I'd rather see my money go to help our schools than help oil industry executives who don't need it. |
