Twenty-Two Democratic Senators Support Restoring Habeas Corpus -- Where's the Rest?

[IChing]

Twenty-Two Democratic Senators Support Restoring Habeas Corpus -- Where's the Rest?
by Bob Geiger.

When the Senate returns from recess on July 9, all attention will turn to the Department of Defense authorization bill and, among what I'm sure will be a flurry of amendments, will be S. 185, a bill to "…restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States."

For some reason, standing up for our country's creed can be tough for some politicians, and it will be instructive to see who in the Senate will move to reverse the Bush administration's trampling of our Constitution and who will stand idly by as we lose more of our national identity and witness further erosion of our global reputation.

Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) signed on last week to cosponsor S.185, the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007, which made me go do a quick review of where we stand with demonstrable support for this vital measure.

The bill passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 11-8 earlier this month and has the following 22 Democratic Senators committed to cosponsoring the bill to restore the Constitutional protection of habeas corpus:
Joe Biden (D-DE)
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
John Kerry (D-MA)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Carl Levin (D-MI)
Barack Obama (D-IL)
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
These Democrats were joined by Independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont in supporting S. 185.>>>>snip

http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. WHERE THE HELL IS REID?

this is what he calls leadership?
Time for a revolution and a new leader. Durbin would be great.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Sherrod Brown is not a Dem Senator from California. nt

[redqueen]

3. link to bob's post

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Bob%20Geiger/449

[blondeatlast]

4. Write and call these Dems:

Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Max Baucus (D-MT)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Robert Casey (D-PA)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Jon Tester (D-MT)
James Webb (D-VA)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)

My Senators are McCain and Kyl--I will give McCain a shout but not bother with vile Kyl.

[blondeatlast]

5. FWIW, they can choose to sponsor up until the vote. It's not a panic

situation. Bob (whom I greatly admire) is just urging us to take an important action.

[IChing]

7. Yes, so everyone DU their duty

thanks for pointing that out.

[Tesha]

6. Off in the powder-drying shed keeping the powder dry. (NT)

[endarkenment]

8. And what was the vote total against the Iraq Occupation Escalation Bill?

I seem to recall approximately the same numbers.

[ellenfl]

9. kick eom