House Approves 45 Billion More For War Against Iraq: 398 - 19

[Itsthetruth]

17 Democrats and 2 Republicans voted against more funds for the occupation and war against Iraq.

The House approved a $409 billion spending bill to fund the Pentagon budget and provide an additional $45 billion for the war in Iraq.

So what members of Congress refused to approve any more funding for the Iraq war or at least didn't vote?

Here they are:

NAYS 19

Baldwin
Conyers
Duncan
Filner
Hinchey
Kucinich
Lee
Lewis (GA)
McDermott
McKinney
Owens
Paul
Payne
Rangel
Schakowsky
Stark
Waters
Watt
Woolsey



NOT VOTING 16

Baker
Boyd
Brown, Corrine
Crenshaw
Flake
Granger
Harris
Herseth
Istook
Lewis (KY)
Moore (WI)
Schwarz (MI)
Souder
Towns
Waxman
Wexler

I was surprised and disappointed to learn that Independent Rep. Bernie Sanders is not on this list!

And here's who voted for the Iraq war funds:

YEAS 398 ---

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Bean
Beauprez
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Bradley (NH)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (OH)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chandler
Chocola
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crowley
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doolittle
Doyle
Drake
Dreier
Edwards
Ehlers
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Everett
Farr
Fattah
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall
Harman
Hart
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Higgins
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hostettler
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul (TX)
McCollum (MN)
McCotter
McCrery
McGovern
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Menendez
Mica
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sabo
Salazar
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Saxton
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Sodrel
Solis
Spratt
Stearns
Strickland
Stupak
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Tierney
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Watson
Weiner
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Wu
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

[mac56]

1. Aw, damn it.

That's the only thing I can think to say.

[friesianrider]

2. So very, very sad.

Keep throwing money at the asshole without even mentioning the need for an exit plan.

I am totally, completely, and utterly ashamed of (most of) my government.

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Time to email Olver!

Goddamnit! :wtf:

[brokensymmetry]

4. When in a hole -

dig faster! Faster I say! :sarcasm:

[UTUSN]

5. Da House Is ALWAYS Passing Shit n/t

[Itsthetruth]

6. The Progressive Iraqi Resistance Was Just Stabbed In The Back!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3905116&mesg_id=3905116

[manic expression]

12. Thanks for posting those articles

Not many people respond, which is a travesty, but they are extremely informative and interesting on a topic that is scarcely covered.

I suspect many people read the articles, but it may be a bit hard to reply to them. Keep it up!

[Itsthetruth]

16. I Just Don't Get It

Very, very few DU'ers respond to any articles dealing with Iraqi workers and their labor unions. The oil workers in Iraq are going to be a real key element determining the future of Iraq.

I don't know if people just don't get it or if there is a class bias against workers or labor unions among progressive folks who are intellectuals, well educated or perhaps very well off financially.

I have to admit that I just don't get it. What's your take on this mystery?

[manic expression]

20. I really don't either.

Why is it that people don't care about unions and progressives in Iraq trying to make changes for the better? I have no idea. People of Iraq trying to unite for progress: boring; talking about what O'Rielly said last night; interesting....:banghead:

These groups have a real potential to do some great things from a horrible situation, and it is unbelievable that not too many people seem to care.

This kind of stuff should receive much more responses. It is in the best interest of Iraq, as well as liberals and progressives everywhere that we support this movement (which is up against pretty tough odds).

By the way, where do you get this info?

[Itsthetruth]

22. Just Good Old Fashioned Research

I spend a lot of time trying to dig up information on what is really happening in Iraq among other things.

I post it here because most DU'ers just don't have the time to do these searches.

[manic expression]

24. Well, thank you

I'll try to dig up some stuff as well.

[xray s]

7. Pelosi should have insisted on deducting 8.8 billion from the request

She should have told Bush to get off his ass and find the 8.8 billion that's missing first.

[libodem]

8. I can't believe it

these are same people who would see any welfare mother and her children on the street before they would train her for a job or help with daycare for the kids, twisted depraved cretins

[Zomby Woof]

9. My man DK!

The only one with the plan to get the hell out NOW.

[serryjw]

14. We know why we love him

...and a few others that always vote the right way

[hedda_foil]

10. My congressperson voted no!

I love Jan Schakowsky! She always votes the right way, including against the Patriot Act and now she's one of 19!

[Itsthetruth]

11. Good For Her!

eom

[serryjw]

13. Educate me,,,,,,please..What state?

I know nothing about her

[Itsthetruth]

17. Here's A Link To Representative Schakowsky's Website

http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/

[serryjw]

21. WOW! I checked her voting record

She could be my Rep any time!

[hedda_foil]

29. Illinois!!!

And I live in Evanston, the bluest part of the bluest state!

[AllyCat]

27. Mine too! Tammy Baldwin is a true patriot!

Getting a call to her office right now. I heard about the vote, but didn't realize it passed by such a huge margin.

I agree with the poster who said that people will continue to die if we keep funding it. From what I heard, Shrub hadn't even ASKED for this money...they just gave it to him!!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. Baksheesh!

Gesundheit!

[LynnTheDem]

18. As long as Congress will fund it, the dying will continue.

All the previous "funding for Iraq", funny how only $2 billion has been spent, over $8 billion is missing, and our troops STILL don't have enough body armor and up-armored vehicles.

[Itsthetruth]

19. A Lesson From History: Vietnam

When Congress cut off funds for the Vietnam war the war ended and our troops were brought home.

[LynnTheDem]

23. Yep. And there are 1000s & 1000s of examples throughout history.

American Big Biz is making a KILLING out of Iraq. Why would they want it to stop?

They don't care about US troops dying in Iraq. Rightwingnut freepers not making a penny off bush's invasion don't care, why would Big Biz making fortunes care.

[Itsthetruth]

25. kick eom

[ailsagirl]

26. Where can I find out which of the 398 are Dems? n/t

[Itsthetruth]

31. Go To This Roll Call Link

Republicans are in roman; Democrats in italic (names are slanted to the right); Independents underlined.

Go to this link to view them in roman or italic:


http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll287.xml#Y

[ailsagirl]

32. Thank you much n/t

[SnoopDog]

28. More money for an illegal war and our soldiers are ill-equipped.

Why?

[FlemingsGhost]

30. This is a Democrat war, too. Don't ever forget that. (n/t)

Flem.