House Votes to Admonish Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) for "You Lie" Outburst During President Obama's Address to Congress Last Week

The House has voted to admonish Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) over his "You lie" outburst to President Obama during his health care speech to Congress last week. The 240-179 vote, mainly along party lines with seven Republicans voting with the majority, marked the first time in the 220-year history of the House that a member had ever been admonished for such an outburst while the president was giving an address. Sorry, but this amounts to a slap on the wrist. He should have been censured.

Democrats insisted that Wilson take responsibility for what they said was a serious breach of decorum. Republicans characterized the vote as a political stunt. Right. As long as it's coming from the other side of political aisle, the Rethuglicans will see it as a political stunt, much like the tone they are setting in the town hall meetings and at the protests held last weekend. 

Here is the vote tally:
Demcrat: 233Y, 12N, 5Pres, 6Abs
Republican: 7Y, 167N, 0Pres, 4Abs
Total: 240Y, 179N, 5Pres, 10Abs

DEMOCRATS NO
Arcuri
Delahunt
Giffords
Hinchey
Hodes
Kucinich
Maffei
Massa
McDermott
Moore (WI)
Taylor
Teague

REPUBLICANS YEA
Cao
Emerson
Flake
Inglis
Jones
Petri
Rohrabacher

DEMOCRATS PRESENT
Engel
Foster
Frank (MA)
Shea-Porter
Skelton