Correction: Wisconsin's Rep. Gwen Moore did not vote for CAFTA. Kansas' Rep. Dennis Moore did.
Just for posterity, here's the
10 Democratic Senators and
15 Democratic Representatives who voted for CAFTA:
Dems voting for CAFTA
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, NM
Sen. Maria Cantwell, WA
Sen. Thomas Carper, DE
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, CA
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, AR
Sen. Patty Murray, WA
Sen. Bill Nelson, FL
Sen. Ben Nelson, NE
Sen. Mark Pryor, AR
Sen. Ron Wyden, OR
Rep. Melissa Bean, IL-08
Rep. Jim Cooper, TN-05
Rep. Henry Cuellar, TX-23
Rep. Norm Dicks, WA-06
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, TX-15
Rep. William Jefferson, LA-02
Rep. Jim Matheson UT-02
Rep. Gregory Meeks, NY-06
Rep. Gwen Dennis Moore, WI-04 KS-03
Rep. Jim Moran, VA-08
Rep. Solomon Ortiz, TX-27
Rep. Ike Skelton, MO-04
Rep. Vic Snyder, AR-02
Rep. John Tanner, TN-08
Rep. Edolphus Towns, NY-10
Let's cross-reference that with the 18 Democratic Senators and 73 Democratic Representatives that voted for the Credit Card Company Protection Act of 2005:
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Dems voting for the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005:
Sen. Max Baucus, MT
Sen. Evan Bayh, IN
Sen. Joe Biden, DE
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, NM
Sen. Robert Byrd, WV
Sen. Thomas Carper, DE
Sen. Kent Conrad, ND
Sen. Daniel Inouye, HI
Sen. Tim Johnson, SD
Sen. Herb Kohl, WI
Sen. Mary Landrieu, LA
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, AR
Sen. Bill Nelson, FL
Sen. Ben Nelson, NE
Sen. Mark Pryor, AR
Sen. Harry Reid, NV
Sen. Ken Salazar, CO
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, MI
Rep. Robert Berry, AR-01
Rep. Sanford Bishop, GA-02
Rep. Dan Boren, OK-02
Rep. Leonard Boswell, IA-03
Rep. Fredrerick Boucher, VA-09
Rep. F. Allen Boyd, FL-02
Rep. Dennis Cardoza, CA-18
Rep. Ed Case, HI-02
Rep. Ben Chandler, KY-06
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, MO-05
Rep. Jim Cooper, TN-05
Rep. Jim Costa, CA-20
Rep. Robert Cramer, AL-05
Rep. Artur Davis, AL-07
Rep. James Davis, FL-11
Rep. Lincoln Davis, TN-04
Rep. Thomas Edwards, TX-17
Rep. Bob Etheridge, NC-02
Rep. Harold Ford, TN-09
Rep. Charles Gonzalez, TX-20
Rep. Barton Gordon, TN-06
Rep. Al Green, TX-09
Rep. Jame Harman, CA-36
Rep. Stephanie Herseth, SD-00
Rep. Brian Higgins, NY-27
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, TX-15
Rep. Tim Holden, PA-17
Rep. Darlene Hooley, OR-05
Rep. Steny Hoyer, MD-05
Rep. Steve Israel, NY-02
Rep. William Jefferson, LA-02
Rep. Ronald Kind, WI-03
Rep. Jim Matheson, UT-02
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, NY-04
Rep. Mike McIntyre, NC-07
Rep. Kendrick Meek, FL-17
Rep. Gregory Meeks, NY-06
Rep. Charles Melancon, LA-03
Rep. Robert Menendez, NJ-13
Rep. Michael Michaud, ME-02
Rep. Alan Mollohan, WV-01
Rep. Dennis Moore, KS-03
Rep. James Moran, VA-08
Rep. John Murtha, PA-12
Rep. Solomon Oritz, TX-27
Rep. Edward Pastor, AZ-04
Rep. Collin Peterson, MN-07
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, ND-00
Rep. David Price, NC-04
Rep. Nick Rahall, WV-03
Rep. Silvestre Reyes, TX-16
Rep. Mike Ross, AR-04
Rep. Steven Rothman, NJ-09
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, MD-02
Rep. John Salazar, CO-03
Rep. Allyson Schwartz, PA-13
Rep. David Scott, GA-13
Rep. Ike Skelton, MO-04
Rep. John Spratt, SC-05
Rep. Ted Strickland, OH-06
Rep. John Tanner, TN-08
Rep. Ellen Tauscher, CA-10
Rep. Gene Taylor, MS-04
Rep. C. Michael Thompson, CA-01
Rep. David Wu, OR-01
Rep. Albert Wynn, MD-04
Democratic Senators voting for both acts included Jeff Bingaman (N.M.), Tom Carper (Del.), the Nelsons, Bill and Ben (Fla. and Neb.), Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor (Ark.).
Reps voting for both include Jim Cooper (TN-05), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), William Jefferson (LA-02), Jim Matheson (UT-02), Gregory Meeks (NY-06), James Moran (VA-08), Solomon Ortiz (TX-27), Ike Skelton (MO-04) and John Tanner (TN-08).
It's worth noting that several of these repeat offenders come from states in which organized labor is strong and the free trade cause is widely loathed - perhaps most notably Sen. Carper of Delaware, Sen. Nelson of Florida, Rep. Cooper of Tennessee, Rep. Skelton of Missouri and Rep. Meeks of New York (Queens, no less). We have a lot of cleaning up to do in some of our most stolid strongholds, but we also have some prime candidates for replacement within reach of large numbers of Democratic activists. Representatives Meeks and Towns are in my own backyard. Rep. Moore, previously viewed as something of a radical, will be hearing from my Cheeseheads.
Meeks, already a notorious "Junket Junkie", features prominently and odiously in this old Prospect article on the DLC linked by Jerome. They've lost a lot of steam since, as this post suggests, but these recent defectors are a classic example of the DLC's M.O. and how it undermines the party. Seven of the 10 Democratic senators who voted for CAFTA are card-carrying DLC members: Cantwell, Carper, Feinstein, Lincoln, Pryor and the Nelsons (the notable exceptions are Bingaman, Murray and Wyden). Surprisingly, however, only four of the 15 Democratic representatives who voted for CAFTA are on the record as DLC flunkies: Bean, Meeks, Moran and Snyder.
Pelosi oughta spank these traitors straight to K Street. We should keep the heat on the DLC and do whatever we can - leafleting, letter-writing, door-to-door - to encourage their stooges to follow their hearts into lobbying careers. We should remember these names in 2008, 2010 and 2012, and we should see that they remember there's an angry grassroots out there watching their votes and keeping score.
Sirota has done a far better job of this, including the `tort reform' vote in his calculations. He writes:
Moving to the bill that limits citizens' legal rights and protects corporations that abuse ordinary Americans, the list gets whittled down to 9: Bean, Cooper, Cuellar, Hinojosa, Matheson, Meeks, Moore, Moran and Tanner.
These are the 9 Democrats who are the difference between House Democrats being in the majority and the minority - they are the people who undermine the vast majority of honest/courageous Democrats who fight for ordinary people in Congress everyday. They are the ones who make it consistenly impossible for Democrats to deliver a message that they are the party that stands up for ordinary working people in this country. The fact is, if Democrats are going to be in the minority for the forseeable future, it would be better if these folks were defeated, because they do more harm than good to a party that desperately needs unity to let America knows what it stands for.
Again, while I have described why it is ridiculous to give a pass to any of these 9 because they represent marginal districts, even if you sort out for that the number barely changes. Winning with 55% or more of the vote is considered crushing an opponent - and only Melissa Bean falls under that threshold. The 8 others win by 55% or better, meaning they don't even have the pathetic/dishonest "I'm a marginal Member so I have to sell out American workers" excuse: Cooper (69%) , Cuellar (59%), Hinojosa (58%), Matheson (55%), Meeks (100% - unopposed), Moore (55%), Moran (60%), and Tanner (74%).
In an earlier post today, I mentioned that Rep. Greg Meeks (D-NY) ought to be frightened of the Working Families Party and the progressive community in New York City.
Here, here. We're working on it.