Washington: Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers

Earlier today, by a vote of 244-188, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - the massive economic stimulus package that President Barack Obama has requested from Congress.

All votes in favor were cast by Democrats, with every Republican voting no. The Republicans were joined by eleven conservative Bush Dog Democrats, including Idaho's Walt Minnick.

Republicans have supplied various phony excuses for voting against the rescue legislation, from "there's not enough tax cuts" to "the Democrats drafted this bill and didn't seek our input."

When Republicans were in the majority, they didn't think twice about excluding Democrats when putting legislation together.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Spokane), fresh off of a resounding re-election to a third term in the 5th Congressional District, announced Friday that she would seek the office of Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference.

The HRC is the organizational body for all Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and is integral in selecting House leadership and committee chairs, as well as intra-party communication and floor debate organization.

Washington state's U.S. House delegation once again split down the middle the Economic Stabilization Act, better known as the revised bailout bill.

The state's nine Representatives split their votes 5-4 just as they had done earlier in the week. This time, however, they voted mostly "no", despite the revised bill's passage in the House, 263-171.  All three Republicans voted against the bill, joined by two of the state's six Democats.