Iraq war resolution: 77 Senators voted FOR - 23 AGAINST ***29 Democrats FOR - 21 AGAINST**

[agdlp]

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/11/iraq.us/

Resolution sharply divides Democrats
The Senate vote sharply divided Democrats, with 29 voting for the measure and 21 against. All Republicans except Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island voted for passage.

Ahead of the vote, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle announced Thursday morning he would support Bush on Iraq, saying it is important for the country "to speak with one voice at this critical moment."

Daschle, D-South Dakota, said the threat of Iraq's weapons programs "may not be imminent. But it is real. It is growing. And it cannot be ignored." However, he urged Bush to move "in a way that avoids making a dangerous situation even worse."
Daschle had expressed reservations about a possible U.S. attack on Iraq, and he was not part of an agreement between the White House and other congressional leaders framing the resolution last week.

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, attempted Thursday to mount a filibuster against the resolution but was cut off on a 75 to 25 vote.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/11/iraq.us/

[MadBadger]

1. Majority of Democrats voted against the war.

[Hippo_Tron]

2. In the House that is correct. Not for the Senate...

[MadBadger]

3. Majority of Democrats in Congress voted against the War.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. The OP posted about the SENATE though. n/t

[agdlp]

9. House approved an identical resolution, 296-133.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a major victory for the White House, the Senate early Friday voted 77-23 to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein refuses to give up weapons of mass destruction as required by U.N. resolutions.

Hours earlier, the House approved an identical resolution, 296-133


http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/11/iraq.us/

[Hippo_Tron]

17. Right but almost all of that 133 were Democrats

So a majority of the Democrats in the House voted against it.

[aquart]

4. But not both senators from New York.

[agdlp]

8. To say that the vote reflects the person’s character in general is naive

By saying that you also say: 77 US Senators have a bad character.
And thats just not true !!

You should look at the person’s career at large, and judge on the whole "picture", not a single vote...Even a vote of that kind of magnitude.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. Not in the Senate...29 voted Aye and 21 voted Nay

Party Ayes Nays No Vote
Republican 48 1 0
Democratic 29 21 0
Independent 0 1 0
TOTALS 77 23 0

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

A majority in the HOUSE voted against it:


United States House of Representatives
Party Ayes Nays PRES No Vote
Republican 215 6 0 2
Democratic 81 126 0 1
Independent 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 296 133 0 3

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. What's the campaign issue here? Did McCain vote against it?

Was Hillary the deciding vote?

[stillcool]

6. reading that just makes me sick...

bullshit then, bullshit now.

[Zueda]

7. I bet the 29 Democrats FOR

Were the same ones giving the standing ovation to bush's surge success comment at the sotu address.

[stillcool]

10. (D) Senators voted against the war

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237
YEAs-77 NAYs 23
NAYs ---23
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chafee (R-RI)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Graham (D-FL)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wellstone (D-MN)
Wyden (D-OR)

[Tatiana]

15. Wellstone (D-MN)

:cry:

Levin tried to offer an amendment to at least staunch the damage, to no avail.

[stillcool]

16. Yeah..me too...

what a guy...what a loss. Every time I see his name I picture that bus.

[nancyharris]

18. Kind of amazing isn't it

that all the Senators who would later run for President all voted for the measure (Clinton, Edwards, Kerry, Biden, Dodd and McCain)

[jasmine621]

11. Hillary voted for the Byrd filibuster but it lost. nt

[Joe the Revelator]

13. and One of those is running for President as a Democrat.