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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 9 current members of congress who voted against MLK day:
Senate:
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
John McCain (R-AZ)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA
House:
Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Hal Rogers (R-KY)
John Culberson (R-TX)
Steve Scalise (R-LA)
https://www.rawstory.com/2015/01/9-sitting-members-of-congress-who-voted-against-martin-luther-king-jr-day/
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The 9 current members of congress who voted against MLK day: (Original Post)
KelleyKramer
Jan 2018
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JI7
(89,247 posts)1. McCain did say he was wrong to oppose it. not sure if the others ever changed
their position on the issue.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)4. Isakson recently told The Hill hed reverse his nay vote if he could.
underpants
(182,778 posts)2. I'm noticing a similarity here
malaise
(268,949 posts)3. Have you sen this?
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/369063-meghan-mccain-says-her-father-regrets-initial-opposition-to-mlk-holiday
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Meghan McCain on Monday defended her father, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), after a Twitter user criticized him for his previous position on making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday anniversary a federal holiday.
"Hey Meghan, remember when your dad voted against making #MLKDay a holiday?" the Twitter user wrote.
"We all live with regrets and my father points to this and his stance on the confederate flag in 2000 as 2 of them," McCain, a cohost of "The View," tweeted back in response, adding that she is "still intensely proud of him."
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That won't change the fact that he voted against MLK day.
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Meghan McCain on Monday defended her father, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), after a Twitter user criticized him for his previous position on making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday anniversary a federal holiday.
"Hey Meghan, remember when your dad voted against making #MLKDay a holiday?" the Twitter user wrote.
"We all live with regrets and my father points to this and his stance on the confederate flag in 2000 as 2 of them," McCain, a cohost of "The View," tweeted back in response, adding that she is "still intensely proud of him."
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That won't change the fact that he voted against MLK day.
Orrex
(63,203 posts)5. All of them Republicans? Amazing!