Thursday, September 20, 2007

Roll Call On Cornyn Amendment

Senator Cornyn (R-TX) proposed an amendment to the 2008 Defense Appropriation Bill. The amendment states:

To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces.

It passed 72-25 with three not voting.

The no votes:

Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)

Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)

Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not voting:

Biden (D-DE)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)

2 comments:

Supercd72 said...

Wow,there are a lot of D's voting no. That is a real surprise...Not!!

Chris McClure aka Panhandle Poet said...

I appreciate my Senator from Texas sponsoring that bill.