Dispatch:
...The Kilroy amendment would offer rebates to homeowners who install insulated vinyl siding as part of a plan to reduce their energy use. The Columbus Democrat said four of the nine vinyl-siding plants in the country are in Ohio.
The $6.6 billion "Cash for Caulkers" measure, which passed the House by a vote of 246-161, would provide as many as 3 million homeowners with rebates to finance better insulation and energy-saving doors and windows.
Here is the strange part of the Dispatch article---
Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Genoa Township, who co-sponsored the Kilroy amendment, then joined most Republicans in opposing the bill, contending that it was not paid for...
TIBERI co-sponsored the amendment and THEN VOTED AGAINST IT!
What kind of idiocy is that? People in his district must keep in mind that Tiberi voted against an amendment that helps homeowners reduce utility costs, gets remodelers back to work, and gets manufacturing plants back to work.
*** Rachel Maddow noted that 97.3% of the people who have served on the U.S. Supreme Court have been men.
We know that the Senate Republicans have already objected to Elena Kagan because she was not former judge.