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doeriver Donating Member (677 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 08:28 PM
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Corker, Alexander Vote Against Supporting KBR Rape Victim and Others Like Her
Sen. Al Franken Stands Up to Support KBR Rape Victim and Others Like Her
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/sen-al-franken-stands-support-kbr-rap
By Susie Madrak Thursday Oct 08, 2009 1:00pm

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session
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 (Franken Amdt. No. 2588 )

http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00308

Vote Number: 308 Vote Date: October 6, 2009, 04:37 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2588 to H.R. 3326 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010)
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims.
Vote Counts: YEAs 68
NAYs 30
Not Voting 2

Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Nay

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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 10:57 PM
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1. Yep, I saw that.....
...in an article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/meet-the-senators-who-vot_n_312976.html">HuffPo. And what's worse, the Tennessean didn't carry the story at all. At least not the online version.
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LunaSea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 10:58 PM
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2. Alexander and Corker support taxpayer-subsidized rape.
That's how my poster is going to read.
What an embarrassment these two are.
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