15 Senators didn't cosponor the Lynching Apology Res, who?

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Eighty senators, however, had signed as co-sponsors, putting themselves on record as supporting the resolution. By the time the Senate recessed Tuesday evening, five other senators had added their names as co-sponsors, leaving 15 Republicans who had not.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0605/15natlynch.html

Below are the Senators (83) that are down for cosponsorship, help me figure out who the 15 (or 17) Republicans are who did not cosponsor it. Frist vetoed the roll call even though Senators asked for it so as to not have the 15 on record. Who is missing?


Sen Akaka, Daniel K. - 2/7/2005 Sen Allard, Wayne - 2/7/2005
Sen Allen, George - 2/7/2005 Sen Baucus, Max - 6/13/2005
Sen Bayh, Evan - 2/7/2005 Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. - 2/7/2005
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 6/14/2005 Sen Bond, Christopher S. - 6/13/2005
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 2/7/2005 Sen Brownback, Sam - 2/7/2005
Sen Bunning, Jim - 6/13/2005 Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 6/13/2005
Sen Burr, Richard - 6/9/2005 Sen Byrd, Robert C. - 6/7/2005
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 6/8/2005 Sen Carper, Thomas R. - 6/9/2005
Sen Chafee, Lincoln - 6/13/2005 Sen Chambliss, Saxby - 6/13/2005
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 6/9/2005 Sen Coburn, Tom - 6/7/2005
Sen Coleman, Norm - 6/7/2005 Sen Collins, Susan M. - 2/7/2005
Sen Conrad, Kent - 6/14/2005 Sen Corzine, Jon S. - 2/7/2005
Sen Craig, Larry E. - 6/7/2005 Sen Dayton, Mark - 2/7/2005
Sen DeMint, Jim - 6/8/2005 Sen DeWine, Mike - 6/13/2005
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 2/7/2005 Sen Dole, Elizabeth - 6/13/2005
Sen Domenici, Pete V. - 6/8/2005 Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 6/9/2005
Sen Durbin, Richard - 2/7/2005 Sen Ensign, John - 2/7/2005
Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 2/7/2005 Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 2/7/2005
Sen Frist, William H. - 2/7/2005 Sen Graham, Lindsey - 6/9/2005
Sen Hagel, Chuck - 2/7/2005 Sen Harkin, Tom - 2/7/2005
Sen Inhofe, James M. - 6/13/2005 Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 6/9/2005
Sen Isakson, Johnny - 6/13/2005 Sen Jeffords, James M. - 2/7/2005
Sen Johnson, Tim - 2/7/2005 Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 2/7/2005
Sen Kerry, John F. - 2/28/2005 Sen Kohl, Herb - 2/7/2005
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. - 2/7/2005 Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 2/7/2005
Sen Levin, Carl - 2/7/2005 Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 2/7/2005
Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. - 2/17/2005 Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 2/7/2005
Sen Martinez, Mel - 6/13/2005 Sen McCain, John - 2/7/2005
Sen McConnell, Mitch - 6/13/2005 Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 6/7/2005
Sen Murkowski, Lisa - 6/14/2005 Sen Murray, Patty - 6/7/2005
Sen Nelson, Bill - 2/7/2005 Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin - 6/9/2005
Sen Obama, Barack - 2/17/2005 Sen Pryor, Mark L. - 2/7/2005
Sen Reed, Jack - 6/14/2005 Sen Reid, Harry - 2/7/2005
Sen Roberts, Pat - 6/13/2005 Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV - 6/13/2005
Sen Salazar, Ken - 2/17/2005 Sen Santorum, Rick - 2/17/2005
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 2/28/2005 Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 2/7/2005
Sen Sessions, Jeff - 6/13/2005 Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 2/7/2005
Sen Specter, Arlen - 2/7/2005 Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 2/17/2005
Sen Stevens, Ted - 2/7/2005 Sen Talent, Jim - 2/7/2005
Sen Thune, John - 6/13/2005 Sen Vitter, David - 2/17/2005
Sen Voinovich, George V. - 6/14/2005 Sen Warner, John - 6/13/2005
Sen Wyden, Ron - 6/13/2005

[Not Me]

1. Texas is missing

Cornyn and Hutchison.

Surprised?

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12. Hutchison, Kay- (R - TX), missing, confirmed

[babylonsister]

20. I've read about KBH numerous times, but

she's not on the list (below). Just wondering...:shrug:

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21. Cornyn, John- (R - TX), missing, confirmed

Pictures here next to Frist, who vetoed the roll call:

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2. Thomas, Craig- (R - WY) is one of them

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3. Sununu, John- (R - NH) missing

[Roxy66]

4. Randi read them off on her Radio show yesterday....

Not sure if she posted the names

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5. Smith, Gordon- (R - OR) missing

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6. Shelby, Richard- (R - AL) missing, yes that is Alabama

http://media.graytvinc.com/images/richard+shelby.jpg

[yankeeinlouisiana]

7. Where's Mary Landrieu?

I thought she voted for this, but I don't see her name? Weasle face vitter is there but where's Mary??

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10. She was one of the sponsors

[DemocracyInaction]

8. Isn't it pathetic that we are crying about that dirty old Sadaam and

all he did to his people, but here in the year 2005 some are unable to admit what we did here?? It's the same group who scream about how liberals "always blame America first"----maybe it's about time we took the damn blinders off in this country.

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9. Lott, Trent- (R - MS) missing

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11. Kyl, Jon- (R - AZ), missing

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13. Hatch, Orrin- (R - UT), missing

[Imalittleteapot]

14. From KOS - A real wall of shame

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Christopher Bond (R-MO)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Trent Lott (R-MS)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
John Sununu (R-NH)
Craig Thomas (R-WY)
George Voinovich (R-OH)

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15. Gregg, Judd- (R - NH), missing

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16. Grassley, Chuck- (R - IA), missing

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17. Frist, Bill- (R - TN), the guy who vetoed the roll call

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18. Enzi, Michael- (R - WY), Missing

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19. Crapo, Michael- (R - ID), missing

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22. Cochran, Thad- (R - MS) missing

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23. Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN), missing

[WePurrsevere]

24. Only two actually surprised me a bit...

the two from NH, one of the few states that has never had a lynching and has never struck me as horrendously prejudiced when we used to visit a friend there quite often. Most residents I've met from there truly embrace the "Live Free or Die" motto of their state.

I wonder if they felt that since their state had never lynched anyone that they didn't need to apologize? IMO they still should have just to show a united front against this type of hate and crime. Of course some of the attitude I ran into on AOL's message board about this whole thing was, and I truly hope that's not their reason, is "that was then this is now.. why should we apologize at all?" Hmmm... maybe because it's the right thing to do and it might help just a tiny bit to heal the family's wounds that still bleed... some because of the lack of action by their representatives on this for so long... too long.

[Igel]

26. A lot of people seem to be rejecting the apology, making

it less important who did or didn't sponsor it or vote for it.

I think that when I was in my 20s or early 30s I wouldn't have sponsored it. I wasn't responsible, and apologizing on behalf of some other people, even in a continuation of the same organization or body, seems rather a rather pointless PR stunt.

I might also have viewed it as somehow admitting continuing responsibility, something that could be cited in a law suit, and at the very least gotten some civil rights legal beagles to look at the resolution, to see if it admits culpability.

Now, in my mid-40s, I'd regard it as a meaningless gesture to make others feel good.

One rumor I've heard, but don't feel like bothering to check out, is that there were a number of anti-lynching bills introduced in Congress in the late 1800s and early 1900s, but they were all squashed by one means or another. That would make an interesting discussion thread, regardless of what the historical record actually showed.

[WePurrsevere]

27. I agree

that it could be a PR stunt... and it probably is "meaningless" since I have my doubts whether it is truly heartfelt. OTOH I'm not sure something is totally "meaningless" if it actually would make someone feel even a little bit better. I guess, even though I'm now in my mid-40s, I still remain a bit of a "bleeding heart" that way even though that's become tainted a bit now by adverse life experiences and cynicism.

[Mich Otter]

33. I think the filibuster was used repeatedly to maintain slavery,...

the Jim Crow laws and racism. Does anyone know more about this bit of our history?

[realFedUp]

25. Lynching is a Republican value

and torture option.

[DemGirl7]

28. Those Senators missing should be ashamed of themselves...

it's just very sad...and sickning

[Blue Belle]

29. Sen Smith, Gordon - missing

Oregon will not be pleased...

[tritsofme]

30. How could Frist veto a roll call vote???

Can't any senator object to unanimous consent and force a roll call vote?

[ncteechur]

31. Why did Kent Conrad not cosponsor? Anyone Know?

[Mich Otter]

32. How many of the missing have supported racist organizations?

I remember seeing a program about Trent Lott speaking at a racist organization. How many others?