Feingold amendment to withdraw troops from Iraq failed 24-71

[rodeodance]

Source: cspan


failed yet again

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[msongs]

1. so how did obamahillary vote? nt

[rodeodance]

2. i tuned in late so i did not hear

[rodeodance]

4. SEE ROLL CALL BELOW

[awoke_in_2003]

5. Well, here is the list:

Republicans and Liebermen (sorry for being redundant) excluded, as we all know how they voted.

NAYs ---71
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Salazar (D-CO)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)


Not Voting - 5
Biden (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Obama (D-IL)

[BlueStater]

14. Unbelievable

Why the fuck would senators like Jack Reed and Tom Carper vote against this? I don't live in their states but I'm inclined to believe that the majority of people in Rhode Island and Delaware think the war is bullshit. What the fuck is their problem?

I see my worthless senator Bill Nelson let me down again. Asshole.

Sick. I feel utterly sick.

[HuffleClaw]

15. how so very predictable

yup, the 'candidates' didn't take a stand

[Rockerdem]

16. The Surge is working

It's doing so-so in Baghad but fantastic in DC.

This war could have been ended between January and June this year. It was so unpopular when the casualty rate was sky-high, climbing and with no end in sight. There were at least a half dozen Republicans against it and about twice that many getting ready to bail, too.

But, for some strange reason that escapes me totally, the Congress did nothing. Absolutely nothing. As if Bush's approval ratings were in the 80s then. The situation was in collapse mode. Yet... yet ... yet...

I'm so pissed. It was betrayal of this country, nothing less.

[rodeodance]

3. ROLL CALL AND LINK HERE

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00437

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Amendment (Feingold Amdt. No. 3875 )
Vote Number: 437 Vote Date: December 18, 2007, 06:59 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 3875 to S.Amdt. 3874 to H.R. 2764 (Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008)
Statement of Purpose: To provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.
Vote Counts: YEAs 24
NAYs 71
Not Voting 5
Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Allard (R-CO), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Nay
Bayh (D-IN), Nay
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Biden (D-DE), Not Voting
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Casey (D-PA), Nay
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Clinton (D-NY), Not Voting
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Coleman (R-MN), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Nay
Conrad (D-ND), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Not Voting
Dole (R-NC), Nay
Domenici (R-NM), Nay
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Not Voting
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Hagel (R-NE), Nay
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Nay
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Lieberman (ID-CT), Nay
Lincoln (D-AR), Nay
Lott (R-MS), Nay
Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Martinez (R-FL), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Obama (D-IL), Not Voting
Pryor (D-AR), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Salazar (D-CO), Nay
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Smith (R-OR), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Specter (R-PA), Nay
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Nay
Sununu (R-NH), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (R-VA), Nay
Webb (D-VA), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wyden (D-OR),

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Beat me to the punch. nt

[BlueStater]

13. What the fuck is the matter with these people?

The Republicans are, of course, a bunch of mindless followers who will march in lockstep with President Dumbass. But any Democrat who voted against this is a damn disgrace.

Weird how that old geezer McCain was able to show up to add his fucking "Nay" vote yet none of the Democratic presidential candidates could make time for this.

Fuck them all.

[davhill]

7. We must now work hard to defeat the pro-Bush Democrats

as well as the Republics, any way we can.

[fascisthunter]

8. . (nt)

[saigon68]

9. Yes Joementim Limpmann (R) Conn -- Draft Dodger (Viet Nam)

Votes for "Perpetual War"


Thanks Joe you "F*%&#$ F&%(#$ "

May you rot in Hell

[ImpeechBush]

12. Where do we start?

In no particular order cut and paste from the roll call vote kindly posted...

Webb (D-VA), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Salazar (D-CO), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Obama (D-IL), Not Voting
Pryor (D-AR), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Lincoln (D-AR), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Feinstein (D-CA), Not Voting
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Not Voting
Conrad (D-ND), Nay
Clinton (D-NY), Not Voting
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Casey (D-PA), Nay
Biden (D-DE), Not Voting
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Nay
Bayh (D-IN), Nay

Without splitting hairs on the numbers or whether I missed someone, looks to me like 26 voted against an end to the war or didn't bother to vote. That's over half the Democratic Senators.

It's like waking up in a nightmare and finding most of your party is on the other side or doesn't give a damn anymore.

[harmonicon]

10. I'm so pissed with Levin and relieved by Stabenow over this

Stabenow's made a lot of shitty votes (usually just following Levin, since he's the senior senator), but Levin's really dropped the bomb term, and I constantly get emails begging to send him money for his tough reelection bid - does he not understand what a load of crap that is?

As for the senators who are running for president: now will you people believe me that you could care less about what you want and what really matters to you? What shit. I would say that anyone who would vote for one of them deserves what they get, but no one deserves that.

[ImpeechBush]

11. WTF? It didn't even carry the Democrats did it?

Only 24 Yeas.
And I see our illustrious candidates Clinton, Obama, and Biden, and Dodd all missed the vote.

This is just unbelievable. Unfreekinbelievable.