An insight into how horrible Senate Republicans actually are...

[mdhunter]

This evening I was going through the bills and votes from this Senate session and came across this little nugget of goodness.

An amendment (SA 3292) to S.2400, a defense and energy appropriations bill, failed 46-52, with not a single Republican voting in favor.

The objectionable amendment? "To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction."

The complete text...

"SEC. __X. WAR PROFITEERING PREVENTION.
(a) PROHIBITION OF PROFITEERING.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``§1038. War profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts
``(a) PROHIBITION.--
``(1) IN GENERAL.--Whoever, in any matter involving a contract or the provision of goods or services, directly or indirectly, in connection with the war, military action, or relief or reconstruction activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, or any other country in which members of the United States Armed Forces are engaged in any military or combat activities, knowingly and willfully--
``(A) executes or attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud the United States or Iraq, Afghanistan, or such other country;
``(B) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
``(C) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any materially false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; or
``(D) materially overvalues any good or service with the specific intent to excessively profit from the war, military action, or relief or reconstruction activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, or such other country,
shall be fined under paragraph (2), imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
``(2) FINE.--A person convicted of an offense under paragraph (1) may be fined the greater of--
``(A) $1,000,000; or
``(B) if such person derives profits or other proceeds from the offense, not more than twice the gross profits or other proceeds.
``(b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.--There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section.
``(c) VENUE.--A prosecution for an offense under this section may be brought--
``(1) in accordance with chapter 211;
``(2) in any district where any act in furtherance of the offense took place; or
``(3) in any district where any party to the contract or provider of goods or services is located.''.
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.--The table of sections for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``1038..War profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts.''
(c) CIVIL FORFEITURE.--Section 981(a)(1)(C) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``1038,'' after ``1032,''.
(d) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.--Section 982(a)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``or 1030'' and inserting ``1030, or 1038''.
(e) MONEY LAUNDERING.--Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``section 1038 (relating to war profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts),'' after ``liquidating agent of financial institution),''."

Did you find anything objectionable in there? I didn't either. Proof positive, as if more were needed, that Republican politicians are, by and large, bastards.

[tk2kewl]

1. but it might prevent Haliburton from looting the treasury

[buff2]

2. Instead of an "R" after their names.....

It should be required ALL repuke politicians to place an F instead.....for FRAUD. They are the masters of it.

[zbdent]

4. How about

DeLay ($)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Not an ethical cell...

In their bodies.