As I predicted here this afternoon, it came down to less than 10 votes… 219 to 212, Eight Republicans backed the bill, and 44 Democrats voted against it.
Every one of the people who voted for this bill should be
Welcome one and all, to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble.
(Editor’s note: Due to a screwup on my part, this post went up before it was suppsoed to.)
We started off a little
Bit says: This was sent to me via mail this monring, and I’ve echoed out in total:
The Democrats:
- Democrats fought to expand slavery while Republicans fought to end it.
- Democrats passed those discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.