All 11 Republicans Who Berated Bush Voted Against Iraq Withdrawal, Accountability Bills

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/11/11-members-vote-bush/

All 11 Republicans Who Berated Bush Voted Against Iraq Withdrawal, Accountability Bills

The 11 Republicans who pleaded with President Bush about the Iraq war in a private meeting this week all voted against two critical bills yesterday that would have forced Bush to change his war policy.

In private, the members issued a “blunt warning” to Bush “that conditions needed to improve markedly.” In public, all 11 members aligned with Bush and opposed one bill that would have redeployed U.S. forces out of Iraq in nine months, and another that would make continued funding of the war in Iraq dependent on a July progress report from the administration. (Roll calls for those votes are HERE and HERE.)

The list of 11 members:

Fred Upton (MI)
Mike Castle (DE)
Charles Dent (PA)
Jo Ann Davis (VA)
Todd Russell Platts (PA)
Jim Ramstad (MN)
Jo Ann Emerson (MO)
Mark Kirk (IL)
Jim Gerlach (PA)
Jim Walsh (NY)
Ray Lahood (IL)

[Virginia Dare]

1. I think they got the wrong Davis-VA?

I think it was Tom, not Jo Ann.

[babylonsister]

2. She went to talk to the dim one; per this, they both voted no:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll330.xml

[Virginia Dare]

3. No, it was definitely Tom..

he's quoted in several articles, and somebody posted a correction on Think Progress too, it was Jo Ann Emerson and Tom Davis.

It's interesting that Jo Ann Davis voted no though, she's from a heavily military district, and she had a very close race last year.

[babylonsister]

4. I defer to you; I was just going by what I was reading. nt

[Virginia Dare]

5. I had to double check because I thought maybe there were..

others there that weren't counted in the 11 for some reason. I know Boehner was there as well. It was an error in TP's part, thanks for all you do here babylonsister!! :yourock:

[valerief]

6. Yeah, they really, really care about wasting lives and money. NOT. nt