CAN'T...STOP...BLEEDING...

Ouchie!

Over at Think Progress, they have an item about the massive wound the Republicans took in the House today:

In a dramatic rebuke of conservative leadership, the House has defeated the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education spending bill for Fiscal Year 2006. This year’s bill, which contains one-third of all domestic spending, calls for deep cuts in critical government programs.

The vote was scheduled for 15 minutes but lasted more than a half hour. This time, the conservative leaders couldn’t twist enough arms.

This was just a brutal defeat. How embarrassing to use procedural chicanery to keep a vote open, and yet still fail to pass the bill. This is the beginning of the end of total dominance by Republicans. And this poisonous bill contained cuts for needy people, and pork for those who want for nothing. Feh, good riddance.

JC