Senate Rejects U.S. Troop Pullout in Iraq

[Meeker Morgan]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060615/D8I8TC8O0.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress plunged into divisive election-year debate on the Iraq war Thursday as the U.S. military death toll reached 2,500. The Senate soundly rejected a call to withdraw combat troops by year's end, and House Republicans laid the groundwork for their own vote.

In a move Democrats criticized as gamesmanship, Senate Republicans brought up the withdrawal measure and quickly dispatched it - for now - on a 93-6 vote.

The proposal would have allowed "only forces that are critical to completing the mission of standing up Iraqi security forces" to remain in Iraq in 2007.

-- snip --

OK. Who has a list of the six who voted against?

[NJ Democrats]

1. Prob Russ, Kerry...

I would like to know as well.

[cali]

2. The six are

Boxer, Harkin, Feingold, Kennedy, Kerry and Durbin. Actually, I'm not sure about Durbin. You do realize that this was not Kerry's measure, but one that McConnell introduced to pressure dems?

[Meeker Morgan]

3. Sorry, I missed this ---

Kerry called the vote "fictitious" and promised further debate next week on the issue. He and five other Democrats were in the minority on the vote - Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Barbara Boxer of California, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tom Harkin of Iowa and Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

Definitely a 'pub sneak attack.

You see where this is leading -- "Not all Democrats are traitors, but ..." blah blah blah.

:puke:

[bluem]

4. thank you

I was wondering whose it was. I know that Feingold introduced an amendment on this with Boxer as a co-sponsor and it got tabled, then there was Kerry's amendement...

[cliss]

5. Now if we can throw out all the "yea's"

I'll be happy.

[shain from kane]

6. Chickenshits. n/t

[Moderator]

7. DUplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2340273