wasting time?

[hopalong]

according to Obama YES

Obama mocks the House for passing a symbolic resolution instead of a jobs bill — even though the motto debate lasted just 35 minutes
In a 396-9 vote, the House of Representatives reaffirmed "In God We Trust" as the nation's motto on Wednesday. The resolution's Republican sponsor said it would clear up any confusion President Obama created by once referring mistakenly to "E Pluribus Unum" — a Latin phrase meaning "out of many, one" — as our motto. ("In God We Trust" replaced "E Pluribus Unum" in 1956.) Obama mocked Congress for frittering away its day on such a symbolic gesture instead of focusing on creating jobs. Wednesday's debate only took 35 minutes — was it really a waste of time?

Of course. Congress has bigger fish to fry: At a time when Americans are desperate for jobs, says Steve Benen at Washington Monthly, the House shouldn't be "investing time" in a resolution that changes nothing. Even rank-and-file GOP voters think it's time to pass "Democratic jobs proposals and modest tax increases on millionaires and billionaires." Boy, are House Republicans "out of touch."
"Obama mocks Congress on motto vote"

Obama is the one who is wasting time: It's worth reminding everybody what the national motto is from time to time, says John Hayward at Human Events. And if anyone's wasting time here, it's Obama. He's the one running around trying "to push his moribund 'American Jobs Act' — the half-billion-dollar spending spree that died in the Democrat-controlled Senate" — instead of considering a GOP alternative that "actually would create jobs." What a hypocrite.
"Obama: In jobs bill we trust"
Changing the motto might have been worthwhile: In one sense, this was "just a silly misfire in the culture war," says Eric Zorn at the Chicago Tribune. The real question isn't why the House brought up the motto, but why it approved it. Why would lawmakers in a secular nation "formally decree on behalf of all citizens that they trust in God when, plainly, some of them emphatically do not?" We're supposed to be a "secular nation."
"In symbolic gestures they trust"
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[hypocritexposer]

the House has passed over 20 "bi-partisan" "jobs bills" now, the Senate has done nothing with them......

 

[BRG]

Thos 9 that voted against it need to be voted out!

 

[Martin Jr.]

We need to be reminded more often that is God we trust in, and not government.

 

[Steve]

Lawmakers voting against "In God We Trust" include
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY),
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY),
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich),
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA),
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO),
Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA),
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA),
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA),
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA).

Voting present were Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC).

I think Ellison is muslim. so a present vote could have been expected considering Obama's record..

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Justin Amash trusts in God. But he does not believe it needs to be declared on all federal state and local government buildings.

Amash, R-Cascade Township, was one of nine U.S. House members – and the only Republican – to vote against a non-binding resolution that affirmed "In God We Trust" as the national motto. The resolution passed on a 396-9 vote with two abstentions.

"Displaying "In God We Trust" on public property is appropriate in some circumstances," Amash explained on his Facebook Page. "There is no need to push for the phrase to be on all federal, state, and local buildings."

"The fear that unless "In God... We Trust" is displayed throughout the government, Americans will somehow lose their faith in God, is a dim view of the profound religious convictions many citizens have," said Amash, a first-term freshman.

"The faith that inspired many of the Founders of this country—the faith I practice—is stronger than that," Amash wrote. "Trying to score political points with unnecessary resolutions should not be Congress's priority."

if the vote was largely symbolic as he implies, then why even vote, let alone vote NO?

 

[Mike]

Thos 9 that voted against it need to be voted out!

Just what I was thinking...........

Wonder who they were???