SENATE ROLL CALL: Iraq War Funding Bill passes (80 - 14)

[jefferson_dem]

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Counts:
YEAs 80
NAYs 14
Not Voting 6

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---80
Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bond (R-MO)
Brown (D-OH)
Bunning (R-KY)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Ensign (R-NV)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)

NAYs ---14
Boxer (D-CA)
Burr (R-NC)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coburn (R-OK)
Dodd (D-CT)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feingold (D-WI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Obama (D-IL)
Sanders (I-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 6
Brownback (R-KS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Hatch (R-UT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Thomas (R-WY)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00181

[Berry Cool]

1. Man, I'm pissed.

Sherrod Brown voted for it. That is NOT what I elected him for!!!! :grr:

[NEOhiodemocrat]

16. Me either,

I called Brown's office today and read them the riot act. Like it makes a difference. I am getting down about this whole thing. Must be break time.

[Tesla]

25. This is the answer I got from him

Dear Mrs. :

Thank you for contacting me with your views on our U.S. military involvement in Iraq.

Against the advice of his military experts and the Iraq Study Group, the President sent troops into battle without the necessary body armor, without a plan for reconstruction, and without an exit strategy. President Bush's surge has pushed the sectarian violence and killing from Baghdad and the Anbar province outward, increasing violence throughout the country. Now he is asking Congress to sit idly by as the situation on the ground continues to spiral out of control. Congress has a constitutionally sanctioned role in American foreign policy and must exercise it.

I fully support the military serving in Iraq and I will continue to support them in every way. A bipartisan congress sent the President a supplemental defense bill that fully funds our troops and our veterans, while setting a deadline for bringing our troops home. The President responded by vetoing this bill after instituting a 3 month troop tour extension that strains our troops, their families and our recruitment efforts.

I voted against the Iraq invasion and am deeply disturbed by the crisis it has precipitated. The Iraqi civil war endangers our troops and requires a political solution. I support the will of the American people and efforts to bring our troops home as soon as possible.

Thank you again for sharing your views with me.


Sincerely,
Sherrod Brown

[William769]

2. Thanks for posting this.

[Sukie1941]

3. Oregon's Wyden (D) voted against

and I am so proud of him! Our Smith (R) voted for.

[Arugula Latte]

13. Did you see that Smith is now under 50 percent approval?

We need to kick his ass the hell out of the U.S. Senate. However, without Kitz or Earl B. or Peter D., it's not so easy ...

[thatsrightimirish]

4. Coleman doesn't vote

what a whimp. And Enzi and vote nay but not Feinstein? Come On!

[Danascot]

24. Neither did Schumer

We can't do much but I think it's important that as many of us as possible let our congress critters know how we feel about their votes.

While Hillary has been on my shit list for a long time I wrote her and expressed appreciation for doing the right thing.

I wrote to Gillibrand and said how disappointed I was,

and to Schumer to say, Where the hell were you?!

with each email I quoted Kerry and Olberman.

Kerry:

I'm voting no on this bill. I'm tired of the false choices of Republicans and all the recycled spin of old battles and the political calculations that do nothing for our troops who bear the real costs of this war. Bottom line: we support the troops by getting the policy right, and this bill doesn't do that. I've said it again and again and I'm not about to stop: we need a deadline to force Iraqis to stand up for Iraq and bring our heroes home, not watered down benchmarks and blank check waivers for this President.

Olberman:

The Democratic leadership has, in sum, claimed a compromise with the Administration, in which the only things truly compromised are the trust of the voters, the ethics of the Democrats, and the lives of our brave, and doomed, friends, and family, in Iraq.

You, the men and women elected with the simplest of directions - Stop The War - have traded your strength, your bargaining position, and the uniform support of those who elected you… for a handful of magic beans.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. I am shits pissedless.

Boxer (D-CA)
Burr (R-NC)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coburn (R-OK)
Dodd (D-CT)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feingold (D-WI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Obama (D-IL)
Sanders (I-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

That is all we have on our side. What a fucking joke. I am in no mood for the fucknutz on this board who are going to defend this crap.

[Egnever]

20. God that list is short

And none of my senators are on it :(

Whelp time to work for new leadership I guess. It will take a herculean effort for the clowns that voted yes on this to get back in my good graces.

[hashibabba]

27. Jim Webb of VA voted YES! Unreal.

[Blue Belle]

6. Thanks for posting...

I'm surprised to see three Republican "no" votes.

[jefferson_dem]

8. No doubt, they voted NO based on the "add ons" (like minimum wage, etc)

rather than their opposition to the war per se.

[Purveyor]

7. Oh well "Happy Day". Both of my Senators, Levin and Stabenow voted for the funding.

:puke:

[rucky]

9. Off to give Sen. Brown a spanking... n/t

[snappyturtle]

10. Thank you for the lists! I'm printing them out and keeping

them for future use.....and I will use them. Already wrote my representative and once again I'll write both of my senators....been writing these people and calling them all week....one of these days they'll know my name as well as I know theirs.

[Carolina]

11. thanks for the info

I am pissed to the point of inertia, so I'm going to have a drink and go to bed.

Good night, all

[k8conant]

12. Byrd voted YEA? I'll have to contact him about that. Rockefeller's YEA is not

a surprise, just a disappointment.

Unrepresented today in West Virginia in the House and the Senate.

[monktonman]

14. Once again all of my guys voted NO!!!!!

I'm so happy to live in Vermont.
YOU SENATORS SUCK!

[Contrary1]

15. Good to see Weathervane McCain back working hard for his constituents...

after missing 1/3 of the roll calls so far this session. But then, how could
he pass up yet another chance to stick his head further up Bush's ass?

[Rydz777]

17. Thanks for the post. I'm trying to figure out why three

Republicans - Burr, Coburn, Enzi - voted No. Anyone have any ideas?

[jefferson_dem]

18. Pork in the bill and minimum wage.

n/t

[AlCzervik]

19. Feinstein--yes. Not surprised at all there.

[yojon]

28. She is such a total loss

Kinda a junior lieberman. Maybe her husband said he'd cut her off if she voted no.

[RiverStone]

21. Holy shit - Cantwell and Murray both voted YEA

And my home state Washington is one of the bluest states...

Man, am I ever gonna making some calls tomorrow! :mad:

[SethInUpstateNY]

22. Oh, I'm pissed.

How can Byrd, who I thought was against this god damn war, vote for this? Nice job of lack of leadership by worthless Harry Reid by voting yes and a real shock that my Senator Schumer was too gutless to vote at all. How the hell can these Democrats, who voted yes, look themselves in the mirror? :grr:

[Egnever]

23. Kick

apparently people cant find this when its half way down the page

[tmlanders]

26. Both of my senators voted "no"...

No surprise, considering they are Kennedy and Kerry. Must be why I feel sometimes like Massachusetts is another country. Too bad we have the same emperor as everyone else.

[Forkboy]

29. It's nice living in Mass where our reps don't flee from the Liberal tag.

[CTD]

30. Just called both of my MD senators to express my extreme disgust with their votes

And I called my Congressman to thank him for his.

[wryter2000]

31. 2 out of my 3 did the right thing

Yay Boxer and Barbara Lee.

I'll be contacting Feinstein, not that it'll do me any good.

I faxed everyone yesterday. Maybe Boxer listened.