Friday, May 07, 2004
A Curious Breakdown
The House of Representatives approved a non-binding resolution yesterday condemning the abuses at Abu Ghraib, and expressing support for the troops. The vote was 365-50, with 19 not showing.
Who votes 'nay' to something like that? Well, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is one. Along with "Baghdad Jim" McDermott, who criticized President Bush from Baghdad in September of 2002. All but one of the 50 are Democrats. The lone Republican was Representative Ron Paul of Texas.*
Abercrombie
Blumenauer
Brown (OH)
Clyburn
Conyers
Cummings
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hoyer
Inslee
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kilpatrick
Kucinich
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Markey
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meek (FL)
Millender-McDonald
Miller, George
Mollohan
Oberstar
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Rangel
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Schakowsky
Serrano
Stark
Strickland
Towns
Velázquez
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Woolsey
Splash, out
Jason
*Silly Ron Paul Anecdote: One of my favorite moments as a journalist came during the summer of 2001 while I was interviewing a spokesman for Representative Paul's office for a story on mutual fund or pension reforms--I forget what story it was. But during the conversation, the spokesperson got a bit ahead of himself and said "Well, the SEC ought to be abolished tomorrow. er, obviously, that's off the record."
I said, "You mean, you wish it were off the record!"
Splash, out
Jason
Who votes 'nay' to something like that? Well, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is one. Along with "Baghdad Jim" McDermott, who criticized President Bush from Baghdad in September of 2002. All but one of the 50 are Democrats. The lone Republican was Representative Ron Paul of Texas.*
Abercrombie
Blumenauer
Brown (OH)
Clyburn
Conyers
Cummings
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hoyer
Inslee
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kilpatrick
Kucinich
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Markey
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meek (FL)
Millender-McDonald
Miller, George
Mollohan
Oberstar
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Rangel
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Schakowsky
Serrano
Stark
Strickland
Towns
Velázquez
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Woolsey
Splash, out
Jason
*Silly Ron Paul Anecdote: One of my favorite moments as a journalist came during the summer of 2001 while I was interviewing a spokesman for Representative Paul's office for a story on mutual fund or pension reforms--I forget what story it was. But during the conversation, the spokesperson got a bit ahead of himself and said "Well, the SEC ought to be abolished tomorrow.
I said, "You mean, you wish it were off the record!"
Splash, out
Jason
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