Why is Washington broken? Stuff like this... Kay votes for a bill before she votes against it...

Rick must really be in Kay's head... because some of her votes just really baffle the mind...

Kay voted against a a deficit reduction commission this week after being one of the cosponsors on it...

POLITICO has the explanation (link). Excerpt follows...

Who would co-sponsor a bill, and then vote against it?

Six Republican senators would -- almost the exact margin of defeat Tuesday for a plan endorsed by President Barack Obama that would have formed a task force on the deficit to try to force tough choices on Congress.

The idea, long championed by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), needed 60 votes to advance but got only 53.

Among those voting against it: Republicans Sam Brownback of Kansas, Mike Crapo of Idaho, John Ensign of Nevada, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, James Inhofe of Oklahoma and John McCain of Arizona.

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A Hutchison spokesperson said: “She is no longer a co-sponsor, due to concerns that it would allow for tax increases, not focused on spending cuts.”

This is really confusing... she was one of the sponsors on this bill... but she suddenly worried that it would lead to a tax hike? Why did Big John Cornyn vote for it then? Is Kay saying that Cornyn is endorsing a tax hike? What about Jim DeMint, the Wyoming senators, and Tom Coburn? I can't imagine them all voting for higher taxes. I think Kay is so paranoid about voting the wrong way that it might actually be making her vote the wrong way.

From all indications she voted the wrong way on this deficit reduction commission...