Post #109

Subject: Takin’ names: The Biden-Brownback-Boxer Iraq vote

Here’s a list of those Senators who voted to recognize the reality on the ground in Iraq –that is, partitioning is already happening. Kurds already have a largely autonomous entity in northern Iraq with a separate president and parliament. And the emphasis on "bottom-up" efforts – such as Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar province – is a de facto endorsement of partitioning. Maybe we can leave by nurturing that reality. The non-binding measure sponsored by Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) won unusually broad bipartisan support, passing 75-23. It attracted 26 Republicans, 47 Democrats and both independents. "Slowly but surely, we're building a consensus in the Congress around a way forward in Iraq," said Biden.

Also listed are the Senators who agree with George W. Bush and think that your loved one should die in a never-ending war. They think we should be a cork in the bottle. We‘ll sacrifices for enhancing the security of the United States of America, but Iraq ain’t it!

Alphabetical by Senator Name:
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Allard (R-CO), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea. Joe Biden: “The only way American forces can leave Iraq without leaving chaos behind and having a civil war [grow] into the region is to separate these parties, give them breathing room within their own federal areas and have a loosely knit central government that distributes revenues.”
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Clinton (D-NY), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Coleman (R-MN), Yea. Norm Coleman told Petraeus, “We need something a little more than, say, Give us more time to come back again in the fall.”
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Nay. When did the Senate allow voting from the restroom??? :p
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea. Chris Dodd said, during Petraeus’ testimony, “Sixty-eight percent of Iraqis believe that the surge has hampered conditions for political reconciliation. Seventy percent believe that security has deteriorated as a result of this. Ninety-three percent of all Iraqi Sunnis think it‘s justifiable to kill Americans.” Dodd also said, “We have been begging that leadership for the last four-and-a-half years to get their act together, begging them to do it, but no real indication that we‘re getting any closer to that.”
Dole (R-NC), Nay
Domenici (R-NM), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Nay. Russ??? I look forward to your explanation.
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Nay. Chuck???
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea. "We can't walk away from Iraq. That would make all the sacrifices that have been made irrelevant. But we do have a potential solution that can save American lives in the future."
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea. Amazing, really!
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting. John, did the “Straight Talk Express” have a flat tire??? :p
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Obama (D-IL), Not Voting. Barack, I saw on your website where someone asked for an explanation. Well?
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Smith (R-OR), Yea. Good job, G – I haven’t forgotten my Post #45.
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Sununu (R-NH), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (R-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea