Recently there was a vote in Congress on the following resolution:
H.Res.562 – Congratulating Syracuse University for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Lacrosse Tournament.
H.Res.562 was proposed by New York Representative, Daniel
Maffei. Congress took a vote, and the results were 359-1 in favor of the resolution to congratulate the Syracuse Lacrosse team on their achievements.
So who is the ONE representative out of the 359 that voted “No”? It was anti-lacrosse Arkansas Representative, Marion Berry (not to be confused with the other Marion Barry – who is the DC politician that got busted for smoking crack).
source: opencongress.org
We checked out Rep. Berry’s stats, and 95% of the time he votes with his party (Democrats), which makes this even more troubling, because his fellow Democrat sponsored this bill. 3% of the time he doesn’t vote on matters at all, which means he dedicates the other 2% of his votes to shoot down lacrosse-related matters.
Apparently Rep. Berry has some sort of weird anti-lax agenda. We haven’t been to Arkansas lately, but if you happen to pass through, we suggest leaving your sticks at home. There is no telling what they might do if they catch you playing lax down there.
Great find!