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Torture Bill Passes

Posted on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 12:38am by Seth Flaxman

These people ought to resign for pissing all over our Constitution:

Democrats: Thomas Carper, Tim Johnson, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Joseph Lieberman, Robert Menéndez, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Jay Rockefeller, Kenneth Salazar, Debbie Stabenow

Republicans: Lamar Alexander, Wayne Allard, George Allen, Robert Bennett, Kit Bond, Sam Brownback, Jim Bunning, Conrad Burns, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Tom Coburn, Thad Cochran, Norm Coleman, Susan Collins, John Cornyn, Larry Craig, Michael Crapo, Jim DeMint, Mike DeWine, Elizabeth Dole, Pete Domenici, John Ensign, Michael Enzi, Bill Frist, Lindsey Graham, Charles Grassley, Judd Gregg, Chuck Hagel, Orrin Hatch, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, Jon Kyl, Trent Lott, Richard Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Roberts, Rick Santorum, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Gordon Smith, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens, John Sununu, Jim Talent, Craig Thomas, John Thune, David Vitter, George Voinovich, John Warner

And why the hell wasn't this filibustered? Even if the final vote was 65-34, weren't there 40 Democrats willing to use a filibuster in its original sense--to extend debate?

...oh, and Chafee was the only Republican to vote against it. Kind of makes me feel bad that we're campaigning against him (although I recognize the necessity of wresting control of Congress from pro-torture extremists.)

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Dont forget that although

Posted on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 12:41am by Hayley (not verified)

Dont forget that although Chafee seems liberal, he supposedly votes with Bush 82% of the time!!!

Don't feel bad. The only

Posted on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 12:43am by Markus Kolic

Don't feel bad. The only reason Chafee voted against it is because we're all campaigning against him.

...This will be overturned by the Supreme Court anyway. I hope to God. Or else repealed by Speaker Pelosi and her Congress.

You're both up late...and

Posted on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 12:46am by Seth Flaxman
You're both up late...and obsessively reading the blog.

So are you.

Posted on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 12:48am by Markus Kolic
So are you.