Feingold votes against the Durbin Amendment which

[partylessinOhio]

prohibits demonstration at funerals of deceased members of the Armed Forces, makes it a crime to desecrate the American flag, but does not change the Bill of Rights.

[Massacure]

1. What is the point of making a law you cannot enforce?

What a bunch of dumbasses.

[redqueen]

4. Election-year pandering, of course. n/t

[Redstone]

2. So. does that mean he understands how fucking stupid this

"flag-burning amendment" is, or not?

Please elucidate.

Redstone

[redqueen]

3. Not a she. n/t

[BayCityProgressive]

5. hm

I do support freedom of speech...but this is a blurry line between free speech and harassment.

[redqueen]

8. Huh?

What are you talking about?

[Redstone]

6. Sorry, I had Feinstein on the brain from another thread. Fixed now.

Thanks for the correction.

Redstone

[redqueen]

9. Aha.

I would think she voted for it.

[partylessinOhio]

7. So far:

Voting No:

Landrieu
Lott
Warner
Craig
Alexander
Allen
Keile (sp)
Rockefeller
Dominiche (sp)
Burn
Cochran
Demint
Lugar
Crepo
Dewine
Roberts
Inze
Johnson
Nelson Neb.
McCain
Smith
Baucus
Hagel

Edit to add:

Talent
Collins
Chambliss
Voinovich
Nelson Fla.
Hutchison
Enhoff
Feinstein
Mercowski (Sp)
Coleman
Thune


Edit to add:

Bye
Spector
Stabinow (sp)
Lincoln

[partylessinOhio]

10. Durbin Amendment defeated:

36 - Yes
64 - No

On now to the Constitutional Amendment


Authorizing Congress to Probibit physical desecration of the US flag.

Orrin Hatch is the sponsor.

[OzarkDem]

11. Durbin needs to have his head examined

Dems should walk out of Congress and shut it down until the GOP starts getting serious about governing.

[Redstone]

12. Nah, that would take GUTS. And they don't have any.

Nice thought, though.

Redstone