US House of Representatives Passes Bill Backed by Bush to Interrogate

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WAT006307.htm

27 Sep 2006 20:29:47 GMT
Source: Reuters


US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES BILL BACKED BY BUSH TO INTERROGATE,TRY FOREIGN TERRORISM SUSPECTS

[Tellurian]

1. Translate that to Interrogate US Citizens..

It's happening as we type.

[SDDEM06]

2. The link to the roll call vote

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll491.xml

It is not active yet, but once the clerk updates the site, this should be the link to the roll call vote.

[cosmicdot]

10. it's active now

Sherrod Brown and Harold Ford voted 'aye'???

7 GOP voted No
7 Democrats didn't vote

Link to general bill info
http://tinyurl.com/rxunv
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H.R.6166

Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 491


H R 6166 RECORDED VOTE 27-Sep-2006 4:45 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Military Commissions Act

Ayes Noes PRES NV
Republican 219 7 5
Democratic 34 160 7
Independent 1
TOTALS 253 168 12


---- AYES 253 ---

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Andrews - Democrat
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barrow - Democrat
Barton (TX)
Bass
Bean - Democrat
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA) - Democrat
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren - Democrat
Boswell - Democrat
Boustany
Boyd - Democrat
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (OH) - Democrat
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Chandler - Democrat
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cramer - Democrat
Crenshaw
Cubin
Cuellar - Democrat
Culberson
Davis (AL) - Democrat
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN) - Democrat
Davis, Jo Ann
Deal (GA)
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards - Democrat
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Etheridge - Democrat
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Ford - Democrat
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon - Democrat
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth - Democrat
Higgins - Democrat
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden - Democrat
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Latham
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall - Democrat
Matheson - Democrat
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre - Democrat
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Melancon - Democrat
Mica
Michaud - Democrat
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moore (KS) - Democrat
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN) - Democrat
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pombo
Pomeroy - Democrat
Porter
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross - Democrat
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Salazar - Democrat
Saxton
Schmidt
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA) - Democrat
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Spratt - Democrat
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner - Democrat
Taylor (MS) - Democrat
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

---- NOES 168 ---

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Bartlett (MD)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boucher
Brady (PA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Clay
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Gilchrest
Gonzalez
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jefferson
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
McNulty
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (WI)
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Stark
Stupak
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn

---- NOT VOTING 12 ---

Castle
Cleaver - Democrat
Davis (FL) - Democrat
Davis, Tom
Jackson-Lee (TX) - Democrat
Keller
Lewis (GA) - Democrat
Meehan - Democrat
Millender-McDonald - Democrat
Ney
Radanovich
Strickland - Democrat

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll491.xml

[rodeodance]

3. umm. fianl vote not up yet but losts of Dems voting YEA so it will pass.

[rodeodance]

4. 'last few votes" says the moderator

[rodeodance]

5. 168 to ?? i missed it.

[cosmicdot]

11. 253 'aye' (including 34 Dems);168 'no'; 12 not voting (7 Dems)

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll491.xml

[Robbien]

6. There are two Senators who can stop this torture bill

The MyDD site is saying it is not to late

The Senate is where this bill can be stopped. The key Senators to move are the Maine Republican Senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. If we can shift them, we can stop this bill from being passed.

Susan Collins
461 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Olympia Snowe
154 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Toll Free: [phone] (in Maine)
Fax: [phone]

The Senators' offices take callers from all states. It only took about three minutes to ask them to vote NO to torture.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Amnesty International to Senate Regarding Detainee Treatment: 'Do The Righ

Amnesty International to Senate Regarding Detainee Treatment: 'Do The Right Thing'

9/27/2006 4:43:00 PM

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA's Executive Director, issued the following statement in response to House passage of the "Military Commissions Act" today and the Act's upcoming vote in the Senate:

"There are rare moments at which our leaders can stand up and affirm what America believes in. The House could have seized such an opportunity if lawmakers had defeated the flawed military commissions legislation that threatens to undermine some of the nation's most cherished and basic values. But they blew it. Instead the Representatives brought into question this nation's commitment to core principles of fairness and justice.

"However, the Senate can still do the right thing. The Senate should vote against the 'Military Commissions Act' as passed by the House or amend it to protect longstanding principles of justice for all. The Senate must ensure the United States does not create a structure to detain, interrogate and prosecute alleged terrorists that is out of step with American justice and with universal standards of human rights and humane treatment.

"The House legislation is open to broad interpretation. It could provide the administration authority to continue secret prisons, interrogation techniques that have long been considered torture, immunity for those responsible for torture, and cruel and ill-treatment of prisoners. These acts do not reflect policies or principles of which the nation can be proud. Amnesty International urges the Senate to uphold U.S. and international standards of human rights and justice by voting against the House-passed legislation."

Amnesty International has launched the "America I Believe In" campaign because the United States is facing a defining moment: the nation can seek to be one of the world's leaders on human rights or lose its moral authority on fairness and justice. The initial campaign activities have included advertisements in major print and online publications and personal calls and visits to congressional members. Over the past two weeks, Amnesty International members and other citizens sent more than 50,000 messages to Congress urging lawmakers not to cede the nation's values.
(snip/)

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73339

[humbled_opinion]

8. We must end this now interrogation of U.S. Citizens is

against the Constitution. Democrats need to be out front on this. If we cannot fix it now then it must be part of immediate reversal when we win the house. If our leaders roll over it may get too late. Never Forget Hitler used the Fear-mongering campaign as the main tool used to change the law, and to undermine civil liberties. So, where the constitution was changed, the code of criminal procedure was also changed, extraordinary powers were vested in the Executive, including extensive police powers; and the powers of an independent judiciary were destroyed. At that point my friends it will be too late just like many good Germans in the 30's were left powerless and eventually fled the country. Be ever vigilant.

[jsamuel]

9. no, "FOREIGN" AND DOMESTIC

[Megahurtz]

12. Seig Heil!

:patriot::sarcasm:

[mike_c]

13. this is treason, plain and simple....

I am so angry and disgusted today.

[struggle4progress]

14. Wow. 253 war criminals in Congress.

[bamacrat]

15. I have a feeling there is going to be a lot of activity before ....

they lose control. Theyll probably go ahead and make Bitch king, abortions illegal, and reinstitute the draft.

[The Stranger]

16. First they came for the "terrorists,"

And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a "terrorist."

Then they came for the Muslims,
And I did not speak out,
Because I was not a Muslim.

Then they came for the . . .