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جمعرات 6 اکتوبر 2005Thursday, October 06, 2005
Pro-Torture Senators or the Nazgul?
Here is the roll of shame of the Senators who voted against the McCain amendment S.AMDT.1977 to forbid torture.
- Wayne Allard, Colorado
- Kit Bond, Missouri
- Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
- Thad Cochran, Mississippi
- John Cornyn, Texas
- James Inhofe, Oklahoma
- Pat Roberts, Kansas
- Jeff Sessions, Alabama
- Ted Stevens, Alaska
Of course, all are Republicans.
Let’s see now how the House and the conference committee act.
POSTSCRIPT: Anyone know why my former Senator (former because I no longer live in New Jersey) Jon Corzine, Democrat of New Jersey, abstained?
Posted by Zack at October 6, 2005 2:25 PM in Politics
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Posted by: mb (1 comments) at October 8, 2005 12:37 PM
mb: Yeah, that’s the most likely reason.
Posted by: Zack (1792 comments) at October 8, 2005 2:22 PM | PGP Sig
My husband and I are now New Jersey residents. He wrote Corzine to ask why Corzine missed the vote and what his position is, but hasn’t gotten a reply yet.
Posted by: Ginger Stampley (1 comments) at October 8, 2005 3:52 PM
Ginger: If you do hear something from Corzine, I hope you’ll blog about it.
Posted by: Zack (1792 comments) at October 13, 2005 10:37 PM
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Corzine most likely didn’t vote because he’s busy campaigning for governor in NJ. He might come back for a close vote, but at 90-9 he wasn’t really needed.