March 24, 2007 - Posted at 12:00 a.m.
BY DAVID HEIBEL - VICTORIA ADVOCATE
Republican Ron Paul's "no" vote against a spending measure that passed the House on Friday was based on economics not war, while Democrats Ruben Hinojosa of Mercedes and Lloyd Doggett of Austin said "yes" to force the president to bring the troops out of Iraq by next year.
"Ron Paul has consistently voted against supplemental appropriations legislation," said Tom Lizardo, chief of staff for the Surfside Beach congressman. "The only supplemental appropriations legislation Ron Paul has ever voted for was the original appropriation in response to the 9/11 attacks for the Afghanistan effort against the Taliban. ... Both the war-related and non-war-related spending proposed by the legislation was off budget and fiscally irresponsible.
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Owner Comments: Ron Paul continues to prove he is NOT a republican or a conservative. His refusal to support the War, the troops or the nation is an embarresment to the people of Texas!
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