Senate rejects effort to strip detainee provision

[ProSense]

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/senate-rejects-effort-strip-detainee-provision-201511882.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected an effort to strip provisions dealing with the capture and handling of suspected terrorists from a sweeping defense bill.

The vote was 61-37 against the measure on Tuesday. Democratic Sen. Mark Udall had offered the amendment to take out the provisions and instead allow the Intelligence, Judiciary and Armed Services committees to hold hearings with Pentagon and administration officials on the issue.

Udall had argued that the provisions could be a threat to civil liberties. He cited opposition of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and FBI Director Robert Mueller. The White House has threatened a veto over the provisions.


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Senate roll call

[Angry Dragon]

1. The terrorists have won

[guyton]

2. it's veto time

Obama -- it's time to follow through with your veto threat. Else you might as well just go on vacation and not come back.

[DocMac]

3. You got that right. nt

[a simple pattern]

4. .

Casey (D-PA), Nay
Conrad (D-ND), Nay
Hagan (D-NC), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Kohl (D-WI), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Manchin (D-WV), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Pryor (D-AR), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay

[BlueToTheBone]

6. Whitehouse and Mendendez both surprise me.

I htought they were both real people.

[hootinholler]

5. W.T.F.??? Lots of (D) nay votes n/t

:grr:

[dbt]

7. I don't think those are real (D)s

Pryor of Arkansas is as RepubLite as Blank Lincoln was.

:grr: indeed!

[hootinholler]

11. Some on the nay list are very surprising to me.

Reid, Whitehouse, McCaskill, Levin...

One lone brave R yea.

[No Elephants]

15. Not Reid of Nevada, but Reed of Rhode Island.

I don't know anything about Reed.

McCaskill is no surprise, IMO, though.

[99th_Monkey]

8. Chilling to the bones this is. Now at least it's official - USA is a POLICE STATE. (see Occupy) nt

[The Doctor.]

12. Not yet.

There's still a veto.

[99th_Monkey]

13. So I hope u r right, but I'm not holding my breath. nt

[The Doctor.]

14. Me too.

[pmorlan1]

9. Tell me it isn't so Sheldon..

Whitehouse is a BIG disappointment.

[bobthedrummer]

10. K&R

RECALL WALKER/KLEEFISCH!!!