Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.) spoke against the measure early in the day as its Arkansas sponsors were trying to rush it through without a formal roll-call vote. With her opposition, she succeeded in forcing a roll call, but lost overwhelmingly when the House voted in the afternoon.
The former president is a hated figure among many conservatives, and the spat over enshrining his boyhood home provided a small window into their antipathy. The vote was ironic in the sense that Clinton had used his small hometown to great effect in his successful campaigns.
"I still believe in a place called Hope," he said on the campaign trail.
But Brown-Waite cited news reports that Clinton had advised the emir of the United Arab Emirates about how to handle the port deal, then spoke against it after the leader allegedly refused to hire his former press secretary. She said the former president also should have registered as a foreign agent, and wasn't inclined to vote for the bill until he explained why he did not.
I've given up hope on Ginny a long time ago. I still remember her very public Social Security hissy fit.
Also worth checking out is Ginny's speech on the House floor in support of H.R. 4437.
Catch and release does nothing other than allow the Border Patrol to apprehend illegal immigrants then release them with nothing but a flimsy promise that they will return for a deportation hearing. Ha, ha. It does not happen.
"Catch and release"? Ginny, we're talking about illegal aliens. Not bass fishing.
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