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A Sad Day in the House
Sep/27/2006 08:04 PM Filed in:
Civil rights
by selise
H.R. 6166 - the Military Commissions Act passed today in the House by a roll call vote of 253 to 168 with 12 not voting. Massachusetts Representatives voting NO: Michael Capuano, William Delahunt, Barney Frank, Stephen Lynch, Edward Markey, James McGovern, Richard Neal, John Olver, John Tierney; not voting: Martin Meehan.
Remember these names for the hall of shame -
Democrats Voting YES for torture and indefinite detention were: Robert Andrews, John Barrow, Melissa Bean, Sanford Bishop, Dan Boren, Leonard Boswell, Allen Boyd, Sherrod Brown, Ben Chandler, Bud Cramer, Henry Cuellar, Lincoln Davis, Artur Davis, Chet Edwards, Bob Etheridge, Harold Ford, Bart Gordon, Stephanie Herseth, Brian Higgins, Tim Holden, Jim Marshall, Jim Matheson, Mike McIntyre, Charles Melancon, Michael Michaud, Dennis Moore, Collin Peterson, Earl Pomeroy, Mike Ross, John Salazar, David Scott, John Spratt, John Tanner, Gene Taylor.
Democrats not voting: Emanuel Cleaver, Jim Davis, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Lewis, Martin Meehan, Juanita Millender-McDonald, Ted Strickland.
Republicans with a Conscience? -
NO votes from across the aisle: Roscoe Bartlett, Wayne Gilchrest, Walter Jones, Steven LaTourette, James Leach, Jerry Moran, Ron Paul. Republicans not voting: Michael Castle, Tom Davis, Ric Keller, Robert Ney, George Radanovich.
H.R. 6166 - the Military Commissions Act passed today in the House by a roll call vote of 253 to 168 with 12 not voting. Massachusetts Representatives voting NO: Michael Capuano, William Delahunt, Barney Frank, Stephen Lynch, Edward Markey, James McGovern, Richard Neal, John Olver, John Tierney; not voting: Martin Meehan.
Remember these names for the hall of shame -
Democrats Voting YES for torture and indefinite detention were: Robert Andrews, John Barrow, Melissa Bean, Sanford Bishop, Dan Boren, Leonard Boswell, Allen Boyd, Sherrod Brown, Ben Chandler, Bud Cramer, Henry Cuellar, Lincoln Davis, Artur Davis, Chet Edwards, Bob Etheridge, Harold Ford, Bart Gordon, Stephanie Herseth, Brian Higgins, Tim Holden, Jim Marshall, Jim Matheson, Mike McIntyre, Charles Melancon, Michael Michaud, Dennis Moore, Collin Peterson, Earl Pomeroy, Mike Ross, John Salazar, David Scott, John Spratt, John Tanner, Gene Taylor.
Democrats not voting: Emanuel Cleaver, Jim Davis, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Lewis, Martin Meehan, Juanita Millender-McDonald, Ted Strickland.
Republicans with a Conscience? -
NO votes from across the aisle: Roscoe Bartlett, Wayne Gilchrest, Walter Jones, Steven LaTourette, James Leach, Jerry Moran, Ron Paul. Republicans not voting: Michael Castle, Tom Davis, Ric Keller, Robert Ney, George Radanovich.
