12 dems vote NO in Dorgan amdt protecting labor laws in trade negotiation

[Mass]

Why would any democrats vote against that? (amazing when many Reps and Landrieu and Pryor voted for it).

I understand it for those who voted for CAFTA, but Clinton, Schumer, and Obama voted AGAINST CAFTA.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00232

Purpose: To prohibit weakening any law that provides safeguards from unfair foreign trade practices.


Baucus (D-MT)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)1
Schumer (D-NY)
Wyden (D-OR)

[Greeby]

1. That earns a...

:wtf:

[patrice]

2. Perhaps they expect the "strengthening" of labor provisions

to come from other quarters? How?

[KoKo]

3. Free Traders....Notice Obama...Schumer... Feinstein...the usual. n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Obama?

[brentspeak]

9. Obama was oversold as some kind of Democratic "savior"

Merely because he's African-American and makes emotional speeches. But in reality, there's absolutely nothing special about him. Just your garden variety politician.

[The Revolution]

17. I notice he seems to show up on these kinds of lists a lot.

At least more than I would expect, given how popular he seems to be around here.

[glitch]

5. Once again, Senators from WA state SUCK.

They also voted for CAFTA. We need serious housecleaning here. And Obama, what a flash in the pan. Tsk tsk.

[electropop]

6. Disgusting.

Absolutely revolting...

We need to put up primary challengers to all these clowns. :silly:

[Touchdown]

7. Well, for once Salazar's not there.

Did he change his name?;)

[Mass]

10. Neither are Landrieu and Pryor.

[OregonBlue]

8. Wyden there again, he also voted for CAFTA. What does he

think Oregon is going to get out of this? What is he gonna get personally out of this. We need some new dems for sure!!

[OzarkDem]

11. Because someone paid them to vote that way? n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

12. Never!

Our guys aren't corrupt!

[Zodiak]

13. Here are our turncoats from this bill (in asterisks)

Harkin (Iowa) 95
Boxer (CA) 90
Lautenberg (NJ) 90
Akaka (Hawaii) 80
Corzine (NJ) 80
Dayton (MN) 80
Durbin (IL) 80
Feingold (WI) 80
Kennedy (MA) 80
Kerry (MA) 80 - DLC
Levin (MI) 80
Dodd (CN) 70 - DLC
Leahy (VT) 70
Mikulski (MD) 70
**Reed (RI) 70
Sarbanes (MD) 70
**Shumer (NY) 70
**Wyden (OR) 70
Clinton (NY) 65 - DLC
**Obama (IL) 65
Bayh (IN) 60 - DLC
Biden (DE) 60
Dorgan (ND) 60 - DLC
Stabenow (MI) 60 - DLC
Byrd (WV) 50
Inouye (Hawaii) 50
**Murray (WA) 50
Reid (NV) 50
Rockefeller (WV) 50
**Baucus (MN) 45 - DLC
Bingaman (NM) 40
**Cantwell (WA) 40 - DLC
Johnson (SD) 40 - DLC
Kohl (WI) 40 - DLC
Conrad (ND) 35 - DLC
**Feinstein (CA) 35
**Carper (DE) 30 - DLC
**Leiberman (CT) 30 - DLC
Landrieu (LA) 20 - DLC
**Lincoln(ARK) 20 - DLC
Nelson (FL) 20 - DLC
Salazar (CO) 20 - DLC
Pryor (ARK) 15 - DLC
**Nelson (NE) 0 - DLC

Looks like 6 DLCers, and 8 centrist Democrats. All are working directly against the interests of the American worker, and on this issue, can hardly call themselves Democrats.

[The Revolution]

16. What does the number next to each name mean?

nt.

[Zodiak]

19. It is what I call a DU score

It represents a percentage of votes each senator cast that agrees with DUers. I only counted passage of bills and senate confirmations (no procedural votes or amendment votes).

The full methodology is here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/10/133312/333

I scored these myself because ADA ratings do not reflect how much of a progressive a Senator is (I argue faulty methodology), read the comments on the page.

I am glad I did this because it cuts through so much BS rhetoric we see here on DU. Without vote records, anyone can be villified/deified.

[The Revolution]

20. Ah. So Harkin has a really good score

Cool. He's my senator, but doesn't seem to get all that much attention on DU.

[Zodiak]

22. No, he does not get enough attention on DU..he should

His score did surprise me, but it made me happy at the same time. He deserves a LOT of credit. His only black mark was not standing up with Boxer to defy the Ohio vote.....that's IT!!

Not a bad record, though. I would vote for him for President any day.

[Zhade]

14. KICK

KICK

[chieftain]

15. It's one thing to be in favor of free trade but to sell out workers

throughout the world is reprehensible. If we refuse to insist on wage standards, environmental protections and prohibitions on child labor and slave shop conditions, we are aiding and abetting the rush to the bottom. I used to think that globalization was a way to lift the living standards of people around the world while moving the US work force into the next generation of technological advancement. The way it is being done is to promote slave factories in Saipan while robbing the American worker of his/her ability to support a family. This is to be expected from Republicans but it is disgusting when done by those who claim to be from the Party of Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy and Johnson.

[Ignacio Upton]

18. Schumer and Obama yes?

What is going on.

[Hippo_Tron]

21. Usual suspects, cept for Murray, Obama, Reed, and Schummer

Surprisingly, some of the usual suspects aren't there.