A special note of congratulations to the 18 Republicans that voted for the Matthew Shepard Act

[jsamuel]

Unlike some in the Republican Party, 18 House Republicans broke with their side and decided to stand up for what was right. Congratulations.

"The House approved the hate-crimes measure, 249-175. Seventeen Democrats opposed it, while 18 Republicans voted for it. "

Roll call: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll223.xml

[niyad]

1. do you have a list of the dems who opposed it?

[truebrit71]

2. Lemme guess they were all Southerners and Blue dogs...

...did I 'win'....:sarcasm:

[jsamuel]

3. here

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll223.xml

However, I wanted to make a post that recognizes the positives of this. There is already one complaining about the Democrats that voted against it.

[Ilsa]

4. Amen. "Thank you" to the Republicans who did the right thing. They

were able to see that this didn't have to be a partisan issue.

[niyad]

5. I am guessing virginia foxx is NOT one of those 18.