at last, bipartisanship

house passes resolution that states obama was born in hawaii, 378-0. this evening, the house passed a resolution sponsored by rep. neil abercrombie (d-hi) that commemorates hawaii’s 50th anniversary as a u.s. state by a vote of 378-0. the resolution also contains this provision: "whereas the 44th president of the united states, barack obama, was born in hawaii," a measure that some GOP members may have had trouble supporting. however, many of the republican representatives who at expressed at least subtle doubt that obama was not born in the u.s. voted for the resolution. rep. michele bachmann (r-mn), who had earlier in the day prevented the resolution from coming to a voice vote on the house floor, and rep. bill posey (r-fl), who sponsored a bill requiring presidential candidates to prove natural-born citizenship, both voted for the resolution. rep. john campbell (r-ca), a co-sponsor of posey’s bill who expressed doubt about obama’s citizenship last week on msnbc, did not vote.

birthers voting "aye" bill posey (fl) marsha blackburn (tn) john culberson (tx) dan burton (in) robert goodlatte (va) randy neugebauer (tx) ted poe (tx)