Democrats Who Opposed Closing the School of the Americas Torture Training Center

[babylonsister]

Why should this be acceptable to us? Murtha?? Hell, all of 'em!:grr:


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Democrats Who Opposed Closing the School of the Americas Torture Training Center
Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2007-06-24 22:24. Congress

VOTED NO:
Abercrombie, Neil, Hawaii
Barrow, John, Georgia
Bishop, Sanford D. Georgia
Boren, Dan, Oklahoma
Cardoza, Dennis, California
Carney, Christopher, Pennsylvania
Castor, Kathy, Florida
Clyburn, James, South Carolina
Cooper, James, Tennessee
Costa, James, California
Cuellar, Henry, Texas
Dingell, John, Michigan
Edwards, Chet, Texas
Gonzalez, Charles, Texas
Gordon, Bart, Tennessee
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie, South Dakota
Jefferson, William, Louisiana
Johnson, E.B., Texas
Klein, Ron, Florida
Lampson, Nick, Texas
Mahoney, Tim, Florida
Marshall, James, Georgia
Matheson, James, Utah
McIntyre, Michael, North Carolina
Meek, Kendrick, Florida
Miller., Brad, North Carolina
Murphy, Patrick, Pennsylvania
Murtha, John, Pennsylvania
Perlmutter, Ed, Colorado
Peterson, Colin, Minnesota
Reyes, Silvestre, Teaxs
Rodriguez, Ciro, Texas
Ross, Michael, Arkansas
Ruppersberger, Dutch, Maryland
Sestak, Joseph, Pennsylvania
Skelton, Ike, Missouri
Space, Zachary, Ohio
Spratt, John, South Carolina
Tanner, John, Tennessee
Taylor, Gene, Mississippi

Present:
Christensen, Donna, US Virgin Islands

Not Voting:
Bordallo, Madeline, Guam
Costello, Jerry, Illinois
Cramer, Robert, Alabama
Johnson, Henry, Georgia
Meehan, Marty, Massachusetts
Melancon, Charles, Louisiana
Napolitano, Grace, California
Ortiz, Solomon, Texas
Rangel, Charles, New York
Sanchez, Loretta, California
Scott, David, Georgia
Weiner, Anthony, New York

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

1. And this surprises you because....???????

Not a pair of real ones between the lot of 'em.

[Rosemary2205]

2. Mine wussed out without casting any vote.

the wuss.

[AX10]

3. Mostly from the south.

[EFerrari]

4. How close was the vote?

:(

[Greeby]

8. 6 vote margin nt

[EFerrari]

12. Thank you, Greeby.

:(

[Solly Mack]

5. sigh

:(

K/R

[ulysses]

6. why isn't closing the SOA a no-brainer?

I've never seen a single person come forward and testify as to the good it does. It serves no purpose other than to forward undemocratic principles at the point of a gun.

Close the damned thing.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Pathetic examples of humanity.

And, I'm being generous in my estimation of their character.

[Selatius]

9. They simply call it the "School for Dictators" for short.

I live in Mississippi. Gene Taylor is one of those "middle of the road" Democrats.

[babylonsister]

10. Here's an article that mentions the vote, though I can't find any

confirmation on the actual vote, not surprisingly. Guess they don't want to advertise it:

http://www.counterpunch.org/monteforte06222007.html

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

11. I'm a bit surprised at John Murtha. But, not surprised at the ignorance of our own,...

,...representatives heretofore named.

I don't know why people think THESE individuals are somehow, particularly endowed with knowledge,...when THEY ARE NOT, particularly endowed.

[cosmicdot]

13. link to the House roll call vote

Vote 536

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/index.asp

H R 2764 RECORDED VOTE 21-Jun-2007 11:52 PM
AUTHOR(S): McGovern of Massachussetts
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment

Ayes Noes PRES NV
Democratic 180 42 1 12
Republican 23 172 7
Independent
TOTALS 203 214 1 19

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll536.xml

it's the 28th one listed

28. H.AMDT.378 to H.R.2764 An amendment to prohibit use of funds for programs at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation located at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Sponsor: Rep McGovern, James P. (introduced 6/21/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/21/2007 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the McGovern amendment (A028) Failed by recorded vote: 203 - 214, 1 Present (Roll no. 536).

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