In the U.S. House of Representatives...a Member's vote supercedes wishful thinking on the part of a Member's supporters.
I trolled around and this is what I found.
Even though she is a Democrat and even though she is supported by a slew of other Democrats, including Senator Barack Obama [D-IL]; Congresswoman Melissa Bean's [D-IL Eighth District] "yes" votes possess the same amount of "yes" as any other Member's votes.
For example:
USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act - Vote Passed (251-174, 9 Not Voting)
The House approved the conference report that would make permanent 14 of the 16 provisions of the PATRIOT Act.
Rep. Melissa Bean voted YES......
Sun Nov 27, 2011 at 12:58 PM PT: Taking a look at this over five years later. If anything, it shows how naive the people who ripped me were, and I presume still are. http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/...