In Remembrance, The Democratic Party Honor Roll.

[bvar22]

This is a list of the Democrats who had the integrity to vote NO
on the Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq of 2002,
or the Iraq War Resolution as it is sometimes called.

The Democratic Party Honor Roll
These Democrats should be remembered for their principled stand against the WAR Machine
in a hostile, hyper-nationalistic environment.
They did so with the full knowledge that this choice would have a Political Price attached.
The chose Principle over Political Expediency.


United States Senate

In the Senate, the 21 Democrats, one Republican and one Independent courageously voted their consciences in 2002 against the War in Iraq :

Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)
Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico)
Barbara Boxer (D-California)
Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota)
Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey)
Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota)
Dick Durbin (D-Illinois)
Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
Bob Graham (D-Florida)
Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont)
Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland)
Patty Murray (D-Washington)
Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island)
Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland)
Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan)
The late Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota)
Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)

Lincoln Chaffee (R-Rhode Island)


United States House of Representatives

Six House Republicans and one independent joined 126 Democratic members of the House of Represenatives:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Tom Allen (D-Maine)
Joe Baca (D-California)
Brian Baird (D-Washington DC)
John Baldacci (D-Maine, now governor of Maine)
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin)
Xavier Becerra (D-California)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon)
David Bonior (D-Michigan, retired from office)
Robert Brady (D-Pennsylvania)
Corinne Brown (D-Florida)
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Lois Capps (D-California)
Michael Capuano (D-Massachusetts)
Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland)
Julia Carson (D-Indiana)
William Clay, Jr. (D-Missouri)
Eva Clayton (D-North Carolina, retired from office)
James Clyburn (D-South Carolina)
Gary Condit (D-California, retired from office)
John Conyers, Jr. (D-Michigan)
Jerry Costello (D-Illinois)
William Coyne (D-Pennsylvania, retired from office)
Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland)
Susan Davis (D-California)
Danny Davis (D-Illinois)
Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon)
Diana DeGette (D-Colorado)
Bill Delahunt (D-Massachusetts)
Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut)
John Dingell (D-Michigan)
Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
Mike Doyle (D-Pennsylvania)
Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Lane Evans (D-Illinois)
Sam Farr (D-California)
Chaka Fattah (D-Pennsylvania)
Bob Filner (D-California)
Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts)
Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas)
Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois)
Alice Hastings (D-Florida)
Earl Hilliard (D-Alabama, retired from office)
Maurice Hinchey (D-New York)
Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas)
Rush Holt (D-New Jersey)
Mike Honda (D-California)
Darlene Hooley (D-Oregon)
Inslee
Jackson (Il.)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson, E.B.
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Maloney (CT)
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller
Mollohan
Moran (Va)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sawyer
Schakowsky
Scott
Serrano
Slaughter
Snyder
Solis
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (NM)
Udall (CO)
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson
Watt
Woolsey
Wu

(Apologies for the loss of data on the last half of the House of Representatives.
I will have to correct that.)


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[jannyk]

1. K&R!

[patrice]

2. K&R

[wellstone dem]

3. Paul Wellstone was the only Senator up for reelection that voted

against the war.

[bvar22]

8. ...AND, the next day he surged ahead in the polls,

...despite what all the "experts" predicted.
Paul Wellstone personified "Principle before Political Expediency".
He was told he would surely lose if he went against Bush/Cheney & the War Machine with a 90% Approval rating at that time.


"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
--- Paul Wellstone

photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed

Solidarity!


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[cali]

24. uh, are you actually suggesting that the others wouldn't have voted against it

if they'd been up for re-election? Absurd. And please not all those in the House that voted against it- despite being up for re-election.

[bvar22]

31. I didn't get that at all.

I can't speak for that poster, but I don't think he was making any suggestions.
I didn't pick that up from his/her post at all,
but perhaps you are better at reading between the lines.

The Bush Administration chose to hold this vote very close to the election
precisely in order to put pressure on the Democrats,
and in many cases, was successful.

Paul Wellstone risked much more than the other Senators who were not UP for Re-election,
and that is worth a mention.
That vote may have cost him his life.


"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
--- Paul Wellstone

photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed

Solidarity!


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[chill_wind]

4. K & R!

[Melissa G]

5. Doggett. Who they are trying to redistrict out again

I hate being in Blue Travis county and having my community of interest sliced five ways to no representation and mostly by republicans. Where is the justice in that?

[joshcryer]

6. They deserve credit, but so too do these people:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15,_2003_anti-war_protest



http://www.punchdown.org/rvb/F15/

















Sorry, fingers are tired of copying links. 6 million protesters protested the war.



I was in there (LA protest) somewhere...

[bvar22]

10. Those millions deserve credit too.

I was one of them in Minneapolis,
along with a strong contingent of Minnesota DUers at that time.

...but the Democrats in Congress who Stood Up AGAINST a President with a 90% Approval rating
in a country over run with Nationalistic Blood Lust had much more to lose than I did,
and deserve special recognition for their courage.


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[CrispyQ]

35. Those photos must be photo shopped, cuz, I never saw anything like that on CNN.

But when 321 teabaggers turn out to hear some wacko, the media is all over it, planning camera angles to make the crowd look big.

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. K&R for those who had/have a conscience. n/t

[Bryn]

9. I remember how Senator Bob Graham stood up and criticized President GWBush

When he was my senator in Florida (he also was a governor of FL)He ran for presidency, but had to withdraw due to his heart problem. He would have made a great president. I met him in person when he was a governor. I was his huge fan, still am.


Voted NO on $86.5 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Oct 2003)
Voted NO on authorizing use of military force against Iraq. (Oct 2002)
Yes on $87B for Iraq-but not one dime for Halliburton. (Sep 2003)
Don't trust Bush with a blank check on Iraq reconstruction. (Sep 2003)
The president intentionally misled Americans on Iraq. (Sep 2003)
Yes, $87B to protect troops; Hell no, $87B to protect profit. (Sep 2003)
We must support US troops in Iraq. (Sep 2003)
Iraq is wrong war & wrong enemy: focus on terror instead. (Sep 2003)
Must rebuild alliances to extricate US from Iraq. (Sep 2003)
Iraq distracted from real problems and made them worse. (Jun 2003)
Criticize Bush for covering up terror reports. (Jun 2003)
Iraq was a distraction from the war on terror. (May 2003)

k&r

[raouldukelives]

11. K&R

[jefferson_dem]

12. Thanks...but you forgot current President Barack Obama...

who we know was on record in 2002.

Here - - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhpKmQCCwB8

[bvar22]

13. I didn't forget Obama.

Obama was NOT on the national stage in full view of the country STANDING AGAINST
an administration with a 90% approval rating in a country over run with Nationalistic Fury.

Obama did NOT cast a "NO" vote on the Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq.
Therefore, he does NOT belong on this list.

You know,
not everything is about President Obama.

If you would like to post a list of every State/Local politician who was On the record for not approving of the IWR,
please feel free to do so.
I won't interfere.

Cheers.

You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[jefferson_dem]

16. So he's not included among the "millions" you allude to above?

Just thought I would point out that while he did not cast the vote, he too deserves credit for publicly opposing the war.

It's telling that you are willing to acknowledge that "millions" deserve credit, including yourself, but claim such offense at the mention of the President.

But it's your list. Carry on...

[bvar22]

17. Why did YOU try to exclude him from the milllions I mentioned above.

I didn't.
Obama was one of those millions.
I also distinguished between those millions, and the Democrats who were in the national spotlight in Washington,
and singled THEM out for special Honor in my post above.
Should I mention the name of every State & Local Official who said they opposed the Iraq War?
If you want to do that,
be my guest.

I posted a thread honoring those Democrats who voted "NO" on the
Authorization to Use Force in Iraq.
Obama did NOT vote "NO" on the Authorization to Use Force,
so he does not belong on this list.

I'm sure Obama would have helped the Virgin Mary give birth to the Baby Jesus,
but he didn't. He wasn't there.
So he doesn't belong on the list of those who were there,
no matter how much you would like that.

If Obama did NOT vote "NO" on the Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq,
then I did NOT "forget him."
He wasn't there!
It IS that simple.
Not everything is about President Obama.

Do you know what an Obsession is?


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[Hell Hath No Fury]

23. "This is a list of the Democrats who had the integrity to vote NO..."

What part of that didn't you understanbd?? Obama was not in the Senate to vote on the resolution, so he was rightly not inlcuded on that roll. You have no right to infer the OP was somehow ignoring him.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Lincoln Chafee was the last of the respectable Republicans...and he's

not even Republican anymore.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. I heard Karen McCarthy talk about that vote a couple years later

She said in all the years she was in public office, her vote against the war on Iraq is the one of which she was most proud.

[bvar22]

19. It took GUTS to STAND UP against the Republicans & Bush-the-Lesser in those days.

Especially in that political environment.

Vice President Cheney even threatened Senator Wellstone & his family if he did not vote FOR the IWR.
According to attendees at a meeting of Vets in St Paul,
Senator Wellstone told the group that Cheney had told him,
"We will do whatever it takes to get you. This will have severe ramifications for you and Minnesota."

Shortly after Senator Wellstone voted AGAINST the IWR, he was killed in a plane crash.
Things that make you go "Hmmmmm".


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[bemildred]

18. Never Forget! nt

[EFerrari]

20. K&R

[Hell Hath No Fury]

21. Byrd's speech on the Senate floor --

Was one of the most impassioned, truthfull speeches I have ever heard.

Thank you to the Dems who had the courage.

Note who is missing from that list: soon-to-be Presidential candidates John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. They said plenty of the right things in their floor speeches, but they both had the WH in their sites and were too cowardly to do the right thing for fear of appearing weak. My respect for Kerry went down the tube after that vote.

His speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9BmwTdpHa8

[bvar22]

46. I remember Byrd's speech.

For a man who has had many Great Moments,
that day was one of his BEST!


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[Rex]

22. Glad to see some had enough intelligence to not start a war based on

obvious lies by the GWB administration. One day they will pay in court for their crimes. Just not today.

[harun]

26. +10,000

[RandiFan1290]

25. Robert Wexler isn't on that list

I never forgave him for that and refused to vote for him ever again.

[ProSense]

27. Some annotations

Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) - Guess the IWR vote wasn't about money!

Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey) - Lost the NJ gubernatorial elections to Chris Christie. Why: people linked him to Goldman Sachs and bought Christie's bull about property taxes

Patty Murray (D-Washington) - Currently, a member of the Super Committee


Xavier Becerra (D-California) - Currently, a member of the Super Committee

Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) - Now Senator

Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland)- Now Senator

James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) - Currently, a member of the Super Committee

Menendez - Now Senator. I was really mad at him because he voted for the torture amendment

Pelosi - Became Speaker of the House; now House Demcoratic leader.

Silvestre Reyes (TX) - Voted to defund Planned Parenthood

Sanders - Now Senator

Stupak - ugh!

[bvar22]

30. Some may have gone on to Greater or Lesser things,

...but on THAT day, they STOOD UP in OPPOSITION to the Republicans & a "WAR President" with a 90% Approval rating.
They said "NO" despite the real potential for Political Consequences.
For THAT, they each have my respect and gratitude.
Your "annotations" don't diminish in the slightest what THOSE Democrats did on THAT day.



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses or cheap shots.

Solidarity!
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[joshcryer]

41. What do you think about their being on the Super Committee?

Do you think they'll say no despite the potential for political consequences?

[bvar22]

42. Post a thread asking that question,

...and I'll answer you.

This about honoring These Democrats for the STAND they took on THAT day.
I salute them!
:patriot:



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[ProSense]

43. Well,

"Your "annotations" don't diminish in the slightest what THOSE Democrats did on THAT day."

....it wasn't intended to. These were points of fact

Also, Democrats have good days and bad. It's good that you can acknowledge that.

Voting against the IWR may be considered noble, but voting to defund Planned Parenthood is not.

[bvar22]

45. Good!

Then start a thread, and let them have it!


Some of the soldiers that landed on Omaha Beach in 1944
later went on to become Alcoholics and Wife Beaters.
That does NOT diminish their Heroism and Courage on August 6, 1944.

Are you incapable of acknowledging the courage and integrity displayed by these Democrats
STANDING in OPPOSITION to a "War President" with a 90% approval rating
in October of 2002, less than a month before the election?

So far, that seems to be the case.


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[FLAprogressive]

28. Earl Hilliard was forced out by AIPAC, he didn't retire.

[defendandprotect]

29. KR --

[davidwparker]

32. K&R

... and a Salute to all of them.

[William769]

33. K&R.

[democrank]

34. K & R

Tell it, bvar!

[WillyT]

36. K & R !!!

:kick:

[mother earth]

37. Solidarity & K & R nt.

[hulka38]

38. Well done.

[jwirr]

39. Congressman James Oberstar (D) Minnesota. Unfortunately a

bunch of idiots in MN gave us craavack to replace him. What a mistake.

[swilton]

40. K&R

Thanks for putting this together!

[alp227]

44. Ron Paul also voted against the war

on 9/10/02 he made this floor speech "35 questions that won't be asked about Iraq" (sorry for the lew rockwell link, I'll find the congressional record of this later). Thanks for posting.