Fiscal Cliff Vote Shows Dixie's Clout

Fiscal Cliff Vote Shows Dixie's Clout

by | Jan 8, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

When the last key vote was taken in the out-going 112th Congress, a marked sectional divide was made clear. Non-Southern GOPers voted in favor of the compromise by 70 to 67. Among the Republicans from the South, however, the vote was overwhelmingly against the deal,...