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NBC — The United States House has passed a resolution against representative Joe Wilson, who heckled President Obama during a speech last week.

Representative Wilson shouted, “you lie!” during President Obama’s speech to congress last week on health care.

Today, democratic leaders introduced a “resolution of disapproval” against Wilson on the house floor. The resolution passed with 240 members voting for it, and 179 voting against.

Democrats had called the action necessary, because Wilson’s behavior was disrespectful. Republicans fired back, calling the resolution a partisan act and saying it diverts attention from the real issues.

Wilson apologized to the president shortly after the speech, which Mr. Obama accepted.

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by Sean (Fired Up! Missouri)

Cynthia Davis laments the loss of “freedom, property and economic security” in her most recent “Capitol Report,” citing three specific examples of freedom-destroying developments in American history: the creation of the Federal Reserve; the passage of the 16th Amendment to allow a federal income tax; and the passage of the 17th Amendment to allow direct elections of U.S. Senators.

That’s right: Cynthia Davis has a problem with allowing citizens to vote for their Senators, instead of allowing state legislatures to select them for the voters.

The U.S. Constitution’s 17th Amendment prohibited state legislatures from selecting their national senators. This reduced accountability and loyalty to the states from the U.S. Senators to the states.

Davis leaves unexplained how Sens. Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill are less loyal and accountable to Missouri, now that they’re elected and held accountable by actual voters.  Read the rest of this entry »