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In reply to the discussion: Members of Congress Denied Access to Basic Information About NSA [View all]Lugal Zaggesi
(366 posts)43. Republicans are mainly ignorant nutjobs. But here's the 29 Democratic Senators dumb enough to vote
for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (which was only going to be used to pressure Iraq to accept the UN resolutions, wink, wink, we won't really go to War ):
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237
Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
California: Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Connecticut: Dodd (D-CT), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Delaware: Biden (D-DE), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea
Florida: Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Georgia: Cleland (D-GA), Yea Miller (D-GA), Yea
Indiana: Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Iowa: Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Louisiana: Breaux (D-LA), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Massachusetts: Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Missouri: Carnahan (D-MO), Yea
Montana: Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska: Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada: Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Jersey: Torricelli (D-NJ), Yea
New York: Clinton (D-NY), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina: Edwards (D-NC), Yea
North Dakota: Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
South Carolina: Hollings (D-SC), Yea
South Dakota: Daschle (D-SD), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia: Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin: Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Recognize any names there, Democratic Senators wanting to appear "strong" to American voters, just in case they run for President some day ?
Lieberman, Biden, Bayh, Kerry, Clinton, Edwards
And a lot in ignorant Red states - don't look to Senators and House Representatives to get out ahead of their ignorant constituents.
Only 21 Democratic Senators were smart enough to see past the rush-job cheerleading marketing brochure known as the "National Intelligence Estimate" that came out a few days before this vote:
21 (42%) of Democratic Senators voted against: Sens. Akaka (D-HI), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Byrd (D-WV), Conrad (D-ND), Corzine (D-NJ), Dayton (D-MN), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Graham (D-FL), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Sarbanes (D-MD), Stabenow (D-MI), Wellstone (D-MN), and Wyden (D-OR).
1 (2%) of 49 Republican senators voted against the resolution: Sen. Chafee (R-RI).
The only Independent senator voted against the resolution: Sen. Jeffords (I-VT)
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Deception, Misdirection And Obfuscation All Around - A House Of Political Mirrors
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#2
Info denied to Grayson by a committee 'voice vote' that the ranking member didn't know about
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#7
The same thing happened when Congress "approved" the so-called "Bill to go to War with Iraq" in 2002
Lugal Zaggesi
Aug 2013
#11
No member can be sent to prison for what they say on the floor of the House or Senate.
24601
Aug 2013
#45
Republicans are mainly ignorant nutjobs. But here's the 29 Democratic Senators dumb enough to vote
Lugal Zaggesi
Aug 2013
#43
Do we really need any more proof that the shadow government runs this country?
olddad56
Aug 2013
#35