Who Were the 85 Republicans Who Voted For the Fiscal Cliff Deal?

For those of you who may be new to the blog, FED UP and I are poker players.  Not necessarily "Rounders" per se but we've each won a few tournaments in our day.  One of the most interesting aspects of poker to me is that you really get to see a person's true colors.  When you force somebody to make a decision at the poker table, you witness their true thought process as they either put up or shut up.  From where I sit, this whole Fiscal Cliff debacle was one big poker game.  The President was dealt a pair of Aces and, after he won re-election, the flop came along and gave him a 3rd Ace for a game winning three-of-a-kind.  The Republicans, on the other hand, had a 7-2 off suit and, as luck would have it, they were never able to pair the 7 or the 2.  Before the normal round of bluffing even had a chance to take place, the President telegraphed the fact that he had the winning hand.  There was no mistaking it.  He knew it.  They knew it.  It was all over but the crying.  The only thing left at that point was to see how the Republicans would actually play their losing hand.  As Kenny Rogers once said "you gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em," and the proper move here for the Republicans, the respectable move, was to fold.  When the Fiscal Cliff Deal was voted on, there were 242 Republicans in the House of Representatives.  85 of them "folded" (i.e., voted for the deal).  The rest of them, for reasons unknown, decided to go "all in" with their 7-2 off suit and lose.

This got me to thinking: these 85 Republicans just might be the only hope we have left at both sides actually working together.  Just out of curiousity, who are these cats?  And more importantly, how many of them will be around in this new 113th Congress?  Answer after the jump.


A list of the 85 House Republicans who voted in favor of the "Fiscal Cliff" deal and their current status in the new 113th Congress:

		NAME	STATE	113th?				NAME	STATE	113th?
1		Rodney Alexander	LA	Still Here		46		Blaine Luetkemeyer	MO	Still Here
2		Lou Barletta	PA	Still Here		47		Daniel Lungren	CA	Gone
3		Charles Bass	NH	Gone		48		Don Manzullo	IL	Gone
4		Dan Benishek	MI	Still Here		49		Tom Marino	PA	Still Here
5		Judy Biggert	IL	Gone		50		Howard McKeon	CA	Still Here
6		Brian Bilbray	CA	Gone		51		Cathy McMorris Rodgers	WA	Still Here
7		John Boehner	OH	Still Here		52		Pat Meehan	PA	Still Here
8		Mary Bono Mack	CA	Gone		53		Candice Miller	MI	Still Here
9		Kevin Brady	TX	Still Here		54		Gary Miller	CA	Still Here
10		Vern Buchanan	FL	Still Here		55		Timothy Murphy	PA	Still Here
11		Ken Calvert	CA	Still Here		56		Kristi Noem	SD	Still Here
12		Dave Camp	MI	Still Here		57		Joseph Pitts	PA	Still Here
13		Howard Coble	NC	Still Here		58		Todd Platts	PA	Gone
14		Tom Cole	OK	Still Here		59		Tom Reed	NY	Still Here
15		Ander Crenshaw	FL	Still Here		60		Dave Reichert	WA	Still Here
16		Jeff Denham	CA	Still Here		61		Reid Ribble	WI	Still Here
17		Charlie Dent	PA	Still Here		62		Hal Rogers	KY	Still Here
18		Mario Diaz-Balart	FL	Still Here		63		Mike Rogers	MI	Still Here
19		Robert Dold	IL	Gone		64		Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	FL	Still Here
20		David Dreier	CA	Gone		65		Ed Royce	CA	Still Here
21		Jo Ann Emerson	MO	Still Here		66		Jon Runyan	NJ	Still Here
22		Mike Fitzpatrick	PA	Still Here		67		Paul Ryan	WI	Still Here
23		Jeff Fortenberry	NE	Still Here		68		Aaron Schock	IL	Still Here
24		Rodney Frelinghuysen	NJ	Still Here		69		Pete Sessions	TX	Still Here
25		Elton Gallegly	CA	Gone		70		John Shimkus	IL	Still Here
26		Jim Gerlach	PA	Still Here		71		Bill Shuster	PA	Still Here
27		Chris Gibson	NY	Still Here		72		Mike Simpson	ID	Still Here
28		Michael Grimm	NY	Still Here		73		Chris Smith	NJ	Still Here
29		Richard Hanna	NY	Still Here		74		Lamar Smith	TX	Still Here
30		Doc Hastings	WA	Still Here		75		Steve Stivers	OH	Still Here
31		Nan Hayworth	NY	Gone		76		John Sullivan	OK	Gone
32		Joe Heck	NV	Still Here		77		Glenn Thompson	PA	Still Here
33		Wally Herger	CA	Gone		78		Mac Thornberry	TX	Still Here
34		Jaime Herrera Beutler	WA	Still Here		79		Pat Tiberi	OH	Still Here
35		Tim Johnson	IL	Gone		80		Bob Turner	NY	Gone
36		Bill Johnson	OH	Still Here		81		Fred Upton	MI	Still Here
37		Mike Kelly	PA	Still Here		82		Greg Walden	OR	Still Here
38		Peter King	NY	Still Here		83		Steve Womack	AR	Still Here
39		Adam Kinzinger	IL	Still Here		84		Don Young	AK	Still Here
40		John Kline	MN	Still Here		85		Bill Young	FL	Still Here
41		Leonard Lance	NJ	Still Here
42		Steve LaTourette	OH	Gone
43		Bob Latta	OH	Still Here
44		Frank LoBiondo	NJ	Still Here
45		Frank Lucas	OK	Still Here

All told, only 16 of the 85 Republicans are gone.  The other 69 are all here to stay for the next 2 years.  With the debt ceiling debate coming around the corner, at least we know that there are 69 souls among the House Republicans who are at least capable of putting politics aside.  If only for a moment.