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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Brown makes the whip team

New Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown was appointed today to the Senate's Democratic Whip Team, a position in leadership that means he'll be on the forefront of mobalizing fellow Democratic senators to vote for things on Majority Leader Harry Reid's agenda.

Said Brown: “It is vitally important that we spend the next two years moving America’s priorities forward. We have passed both ethics and minimum wage bills this Congress, and will continue to pursue legislation that supports working families. I look forward to the busy year ahead.”

Said Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill.: “I am pleased that Sherrod Brown has agreed to do this very important job. With his years of service in the House of Representatives, Sherrod brings a wealth of experience and knowledge on the important issues. He is respected, trusted and liked by Senators both old and new and I look forward to working with him.”

Sen. Barbara Boxer , D-Calif., is the Chief Deputy Whip. Other members of the whip team include Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md; Tom Carper, D-Del.; Russ Feingold, D-Wisc.; Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Clair McCaskill, D-Mo.; Patty Murray, D-Wash.; Bill Nelson, D-Fla.; Mark Pryor, D-Ark.; Ken Salazar, D-Colo.; and Ron Wyden, D-Ore.


1 Comments:

at 12:28 PM, February 08, 2007 Blogger JohnDWoodSr said...

It's too bad that this group of Dems can only "whip" fellow dems, when it's the Republicans as a group who so richly deserve it.
Even now, despite the election results and clear polling numbers, they remain soooo loyal to their party instead of their country that they refuse to search within themselves for a shred of conscience. They won't allow so much as a simple vote to indicate their displeasure with Bush's wars of aggression.
Even now they let thousands die because they don't want to get egg on their faces, but show no concern at all for the blood on their hands.
Instead of working as decent human beings to end this slaughter, they fight to help their war-profiteering buddies continue the trillion dollar raid on the treasury. They are crooked,self-centered, greedy, amoral lying posturers who are doing incalculable damage to both the U.S. and the world. Shame on them!
Yes, they deserved to be whipped, and that's just for starters.
If Harry Reid will change the Senate rules to permit it, I will gladly buy Sherrod Brown a cat-o-nine-tails.

 
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