It seems ideologically consistent for a member of the House of Representatives to vote against the $700 billion Wall Street bailout and against the $819 billion economic stimulus package. But to have voted for the bank bailout and against the stimulus package smacks of favoring socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor and middle class. Yet 65 Republicans and 3 Democrats did just that. To be fair, they will probably get to vote again after the Senate passes its version of the stimulus. Any House member who switches to a yes vote the second time around can say that he or she was wise to reject the House version, while still supporting the stimulus package. Still, it is worth keeping an eye on these 68 representatives. So, here are the culprits (with links to their Washington Post-compiled voting records) who voted yes on the bank bailout (H.R. 1424: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008), but no on the stimulus package (H.R. 1: Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year Ending 2009):

 

Rodney Alexander, Spencer Bachus, J. Gresham Barrett, Judith Biggert, Roy Blunt, John Boehner, Jo Bonner, Mary Bono Mack, John Boozman, Charles Boustany, Kevin Brady, Henry Brown, Vern Buchanan, Ken Calvert, Dave Camp, John Campbell, Eric Cantor, Michael Castle, Howard Coble, Tom Cole, Michael Conaway, Ander Crenshaw, Tom Davis, Charles Dent, David Dreier, Vernon Ehlers, Jo Ann Emerson, Mary Fallin, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Jim Gerlach, Kay Granger, Wally Herger, Peter Hoekstra, Bob Inglis, Peter King, Mark Kirk, John Kline, Jerry Lewis, Daniel Lungren, John McHugh, Buck McKeon, Gary Miller, Sue Myrick, John Peterson, Deborah Pryce, Adam Putnam, George Radanovich, , Mike Rogers, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Paul Ryan, Jean Schmidt, John Shadegg, Bill Shuster, Michael Simpson, Lamar Smith, Mark Souder, John Sullivan, Lee Terry, Mac Thornberry, Pat Tiberi, Fred Upton, Greg Walden, Zachary Wamp, Joe Wilson, Frank Wolf

 

Jim Cooper, Brad Ellsworth, Paul Kanjorski