Buck Up, Buckeroos...

by: odum

Wed Apr 25, 2007 at 16:44:36 PM EDT

First and foremost, you did great. Really. Today's skirmish didn't go as hoped, but looking at the roll call, it really looks like (with a few odd exceptions on the edges) the Vermont elected left heard you, and more than just heard you - they agreed. Truth to tell, there were few individual Representatives who were feeling scared or intimidated in their own districts and altered their votes accordingly - the reality is (again with a couple exceptions), those sixty votes were sincere. Through persistence, you broke through the firewall erected to keep you from getting near them, and they stood with you.

And as a matter of reality, none of this was supposed to happen. No House vote, no Senate vote (let alone an overwhelming Senate victory). At the time, some of us were concened that the Senate bill was not a joint resolution, but because of that, the House couldn't shoot it down. The fact is that the Senate Resolution will be sent to Washington. The first and only such resolution like it in the nation. The reverberations are still echoing from that specific victory, and the overall victory you have achieved (an imperfect victory, but a victory nonetheless) will continue to fuel enthusiasm and activism on the issue at the national level with renewed focus and enthusiasm. We all go into the next stage victorious against all predictions, and all of you who worked on it - Dems, non-Dems and anti-Dems alike - should feel great pride and joy. You won. And that's a fact.

That's people power for ya.

Roll call below the fold.

Acinapura of Brandon  No 

Adams of Hartland  No 

Ainsworth of Royalton  No 

Allard of St. Albans Town  No 

Ancel of Calais  Yes 

Anderson of Montpelier  Yes 

Andrews of Rutland City  No* 

Aswad of Burlington  Yes 

Atkins of Winooski  No* 

Audette of S. Burlington  No 

Baker of West Rutland  No 

Barnard of Richmond  Yes 

Bissonnette of Winooski  No 

Bostic of St. Johnsbury  Absent 

Botzow of Pownal  No 

Branagan of Georgia  No 

Bray of New Haven  No 

Brennan of Colchester  No 

Browning of Arlington  No 

Canfield of Fair Haven  No 

Chen of Mendon  No 

Cheney of Norwich  Yes 

Clark of St. Johnsbury  No 

Clark of Vergennes  No 

Clarkson of Woodstock  No* 

Clerkin of Hartford  No 

Condon of Colchester  No 

Consejo of Sheldon  No 

Copeland-Hanzas of Bradford  Yes 

Corcoran of Bennington  No 

Courcelle of Rutland City  No 

Davis of Washington  Yes 

Deen of Westminster  No 

Devereux of Mount Holly  No 

Donaghy of Poultney  No 

Donahue of Northfield  No 

Donovan of Burlington  Yes 

Dostis of Waterbury  Yes 

Edwards of Brattleboro  Yes 

Emmons of Springfield  Yes 

Errecart of Shelburne  No 

Evans of Essex  Yes 

Fallar of Tinmouth  Yes 

Fisher of Lincoln  Yes* 

Fitzgerald of St. Albans City  No 

Flory of Pittsford  No 

Frank of Underhill  No 

French of Randolph  Yes 

Gervais of Enosburg  No 

Gilbert of Fairfax  No 

Godin of Milton  No 

Grad of Moretown  Yes* 

Haas of Rochester  Yes 

Head of S. Burlington  Yes 

Heath of Westford  No 

Helm of Castleton  Absent 

Hosford of Waitsfield  Yes 

Howard of Rutland City  No 

Howrigan of Fairfield  No 

Hube of Londonderry  No 

Hudson of Lyndon  No 

Hunt of Essex  No 

Hutchinson of Randolph  Yes 

Jerman of Essex  No 

Jewett of Ripton  Yes 

Johnson of South Hero  Yes 

Johnson of Canaan  No 

Keenan of St. Albans City  No 

Keogh of Burlington  No 

Kilmartin of Newport City  No* 

Kitzmiller of Montpelier  Yes* 

Klein of East Montpelier  Yes 

Koch of Barre Town  No 

Komline of Dorset  No 

Krawczyk of Bennington  No 

Kupersmith of S. Burlington  No 

Larocque of Barnet  No 

Larrabee of Danville  No 

Larson of Burlington  Yes 

LaVoie of Swanton  No 

Lawrence of Lyndon  No 

Lenes of Shelburne  Yes 

Leriche of Hardwick  Yes 

Lippert of Hinesburg  Yes 

Livingston of Manchester  No 

Lorber of Burlington  Yes 

Maier of Middlebury  Yes 

Malcolm of Pawlet  No 

Manwaring of Wilmington  No* 

Marcotte of Coventry  No 

Marek of Newfane  Yes 

Martin (Cynthia) of Springfield  Yes 

Martin of Wolcott  Yes 

Masland of Thetford  Yes 

McAllister of Highgate  No 

McCormack of Rutland City  No 

McCullough of Williston  Yes* 

McDonald of Berlin  No 

McFaun of Barre Town  No 

Milkey of Brattleboro  Yes* 

Miller of Shaftsbury  Yes 

Minter of Waterbury  Yes 

Mitchell of Barnard  Yes 

Monti of Barre City  No 

Mook of Bennington  No 

Moran of Wardsboro  Yes 

Morley of Barton  No 

Morrissey of Bennington  No 

Mrowicki of Putney  Yes* 

Myers of Essex  No 

Nease of Johnson  Yes 

Nuovo of Middlebury  Yes 

O'Donnell of Vernon  No 

Obuchowski of Rockingham  Yes 

Ojibway of Hartford  Yes 

Orr of Charlotte  Yes 

Otterman of Topsham  No 

Oxholm of Vergennes  No 

Partridge of Windham  Yes 

Pearson of Burlington  Yes 

Peaslee of Guildhall  No 

Pellett of Chester  No* 

Peltz of Woodbury  Yes 

Perry of Richford  No 

Peterson of Williston  No 

Pillsbury of Brattleboro  Yes 

Potter of Clarendon  No 

Pugh of S. Burlington  Yes 

Randall of Troy  Yes 

Rodgers of Glover  Yes 

Scheuermann of Stowe  No 

Shand of Weathersfield  No 

Sharpe of Bristol  Yes 

Shaw of Derby  No 

Smith of Morristown  No 

Spengler of Colchester  Yes* 

Stevens of Shoreham  No 

Sunderland of Rutland Town  No* 

Sweaney of Windsor  Yes 

Symington of Jericho  Presiding 

Trombley of Grand Isle  Yes 

Turner of Milton  No 

Valliere of Barre City  No 

Westman of Cambridge  No 

Weston of Burlington  Yes 

Wheeler of Derby  No 

Winters of Williamstown  No 

Wright of Burlington  No* 

Zenie of Colchester  Yes 

Zuckerman of Burlington  Yes* 

* Member explained vote on floor. See the House Journal for the date