Who among our legislators stands firmly against the current defense budget, the mic, and the wars..

[xiamiam]

Who drags the elephant in the room forefront and center at every opportunity? Kucinich comes to mind..and Alan Grayson against war profiteering but I think even he was supportive of these wars. Serious question..any response welcome

[bottomofthehill]

1. Jim McGovern

[xiamiam]

2. is this question just too lame or are there too few names?

[Doc_Technical]

3. Sam Farr

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farr

[xiamiam]

4. he is my rep..appreciative of him..any others?

[Matariki]

5. what's the mic?

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. mic checka?

:rofl:

I believe the poor OP was referring to something called the "military industrial complex."

I do, however, like to think that he or she was also referring to the mic-rophone...as in the microphone fiend...

[xiamiam]

9. poor as driven into poverty?

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Poor as in

pitiable?

:hi:

[xiamiam]

11. is that an assessment of the individual or the situation of all of us?

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. The individual

:-)

[xiamiam]

17. need to find a better use of your time..nt

[xiamiam]

7. military industrial complex

[Matariki]

13. thanks.

I was just thinking about how we (that is, the folks in the lower 95% income brackets) are being drained dry to feed that hell beast.

[LiberalAndProud]

8. I will defer to DUers who have Democratic representatives,

since I don't expect such a stand from any Republican, including mine. (And I include the oft-revered Hagel in that assessment, even though he is long gone from Washington and Nebraska.)

[Octafish]

12. That's a great question!

I, too, would like to know the names of those willing to stand up to the War Party.

The evident answer is, not enough.

Let us build a database, starting with this thread, xiamiam.

[xiamiam]

14. i cant seem to get any answers..and THIS is the problem we are all facing

count me in ..out of control over the top war weapons and more war and i just think it should be the primary focus of some legislators agenda..who?

[xiamiam]

23. the list has a small start..thank god..better than nothing

[xiamiam]

16. please..i know there has to be a few..nt

[LiberalAndProud]

18. I found this, xiamiam.

http://www.alternet.org/world/140715/shame:_the_'anti-war'_democrats_who_sold_out_/

I must say there is little to be encouraged by.

[xiamiam]

19. thanks..dated 2009 but i copied the 30 names of dems who stood ground below

Below are the Democrats who stood against Obama's expanding war the day their votes mattered (See where your Representative stood here):

Tammy Baldwin, Michael Capuano, John Conyers, Lloyd Doggett, Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison, Sam Farr, Bob Filner, Alan Grayson, Raul Grijalva, Michael Honda, Marcy Kaptur, Dennis Kucinich, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Eric Massa, Jim McGovern, Michael Michaud, Donald Payne, Chellie Pingree, Jared Polis, Jose Serrano, Carol Shea-Porter, Jackie Speier, John Tierney, Nikki Tsongas, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson, Peter Welch, and Lynn Woolsey.

[LiberalAndProud]

25. Is Tammy Baldwin runnning for a senate seat?

Wisconsin is quite the conundrum, isn't it?

[Kaleva]

21. The wall of shame (from your link)

Names of the Dems who voted against funding the wars when it didn't count and then voted for it when it mattered.

"Yvette Clarke, Steve Cohen, Jim Cooper, Jerry Costello, Barney Frank, Luis Gutierrez, Jay Inslee, Steve Kagen, Edward Markey, Doris Matsui, Jim McDermott, George Miller, Grace Napolitano, Richard Neal (MA), James Oberstar, Jan Schakowsky, Mike Thompson, Edolphus Towns, Nydia Velázquez, and Anthony Weiner."

[xiamiam]

22. we only have power in numbers..the anti war reps are our best bet

to stop this insanity...unfortunately there are not that many to support but we could make a point of that..well those of us who are anti war and anti war machine..as octafish said..a data base of our reps who always vote against the monster

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[xiamiam]

24. should i have put palin or bachman in the title?

[lonestarnot]

26. Bernie Sanders. Weiner resigned.