Sali Votes Against Timber Payments!?

Item: Minnick condemns Sali for voting against bill crucial to rural Idaho

More Info: The House on Thursday rejected a bill that would have continued for four years payments to rural counties hurt by federal cutbacks in logging. A majority of lawmakers voted for the bill, but under special House rules, the bill was defeated. Supporters brought up the measure under rules that did not allow any amendments. The 218-193 vote in favor — largely along party lines — was well short of the two-thirds needed. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., denounced Republicans who voted against the bill, saying the vote dealt a huge blow to rural counties in Oregon and other Western states/ Associated Press . More here .

DFO: Congressman Bill Sali’d better have a good explanation for this terrible vote.