Roll call to strip immunity from FISA bill

[ProSense]

YEAs ---32
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---66
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 2
Kennedy (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)

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[Cant trust em]

1. I'll be interested to see more on this.

Thanks for posting.

[Eric J in MN]

2. The people of Delaware should primary Tom Carper (D-DE).

The state could do better.

[woodsprite]

20. Personally, he's a nice guy, but he shouldn't be in a

decision-making position because he continues to 'cross the aisle' to the detriment of us all. Are all these people voting 'Nay' DLC dems?

I've just been asked to schedule a DE dignitary introduce our singing group (30th anniversary and all) and Tom's name came up. I cringed - UGH! I'm scrounging for other DE dignitaries. I'm not sure who else exists.

I don't think Biden would do it - Hopefully it's because he'll be to busy campaigning with Obama ;)

[Captain Hilts]

3. I know NSA is in Mikulski's state, but what up wit her these last few years? nt

[Kaylee]

37. I don't know.....what the Hell happened to our fiesty lady.

[TwilightGardener]

4. Johnny Mac has completely abandoned his day job. Where is the media on this?

[jenmito]

9. The media's busy calling Obama a "flip-flopper" and letting McCain's surrogates say

Obama flip-flopped on IRAQ. :eyes:

[uponit7771]

11. Kissing his ass for access, he's doing the same thing BushCo did; Isolate reporters who ask him hard

...questions

[NattPang]

15. Sitting in the good part of the

McCain Airplane.

[jenmito]

5. So, McCain did NOT vote to strip it out of the bill...another reason one-time Hillary supporters

should NOT vote for McCain.

[DevonRex]

6. What you want to bet that there won't be much outrage over those

who sided with the GOP on this? It'll all be outrage over Obama eventually voting to support the bill itself, even though he voted to strip immunity from it.

[Eric J in MN]

21. This is a list I'll look up again...

...just as I look up the list of who voted for the Iraq War Resolution and who voted for the Military Commissions Act.

[DevonRex]

23. Good. I did the same with the IWR votes. And my Senators both

voted to keep immunity in the bill. One will hear from me again on this - I had called and emailed prior to the vote. The other is a lost cause.

[polmaven]

22. You have put your finger on it.

There will be those who will scream holy hell that he should now vote against the bill entirely because it keeps the CIVIL immunity clause.

It does NOT bar CRIMINAL prosecution, but only civil suits......I think he is doing the right thing, and I'll bet it will pass overwhelmingly.

[DevonRex]

26. Yep. I think he is doing the only thing he can do in the circumstances.

We must win in November. And with a Justice Department that won't be filled with idiots and Bush ass kissers, we might even be able to prosecute successfully.

[johnlal]

44. Obama deserves outrage if he votes for this bill

I'm glad he voted to strip immunity from the bill. He was voting to strip a bad provision from an otherwise bad bill. If he now votes for the bad bill he deserves what he gets.

[Selatius]

7. It sucks that Democrats are sunk by their own party members. Talk about conservative bias. nt

[Demit]

8. McCaskill? Webb? That IS disappointing.

[hisownpetard]

10. McCain didn't vote?!

[jenmito]

14. Why should he? The media's not going to call him on it...and I wonder if any DEM. surrogates

will call him on it.

[polmaven]

24. The only (physically) sound

member of the Senate who doesn't not take this vitally important bill seriously, apparently. When you have made up your mind to Bomb, Bomb, Bomb....anyway, Who needs FISA?

[vaberella]

46. Are we surprised? NOT!!

[JohnnyLib2]

12. I would appreciate some thoughts on the Democrats voting yes.

Not necessarily the individuals, but any themes that run through them. Geographical interests? Senate committee membership? Public records on the subject?

Those Senators will be needed to help with administration proposals next year.....what's up?

[Muttocracy]

19. people on other thread mentioned telecom strength in VA -> Webb

[Zodiak]

30. All but three are DLC

We can start from there.

Rockefeller, Webb, and McCaskill are not DLC, but Webb and McCaskill were brought in by Chuck Schumer's DSCC, which has been a BIG recruiter of corporate Democrats.

Rockefeller has big $$ from telecom companies, from what I understand.

[Joe Fields]

32. I think it's as simple as following the money.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6472008

Check out Feinstein and Rockefeller.

Also, don't forget that AT&T alone, not counting the rest of thew telecom industry spent 1.2 million dollars lobbying democrats last year.

[Windy]

13. MacCaskill, Webb and Conrad? Wow... wtf

I don't get it. The rest, I expected.

[hisownpetard]

16. Me, neither. I'm so disgusted with all of this...

[Zodiak]

31. Conrad is DLC

You expected differently?

[Beaverhausen]

39. I'm guessing they get a lot of $$$ from the telecoms

This really disappoints me.

[Mass]

48. Why? Ever looked at their voting record on such issues?

It is beyond me why people do not get where people stand on such issues, which does not mean they are not on the right side on others.

Most democratic senators have strong points and weak points. Knowing what their strong and weak points are avoids disappointments.

[Divine Discontent]

52. they got something (or something on them) - and these and Bayh, can kiss VP dreams goodbye! eom

[nilram]

17. Seventeen dems.

And its not like their average constituent would really care one way or the other, or is even aware that this vote is going on, but they're voting for keeping us all in the dark -- about the illegalities of the Bush administration. Pathetic.

[nomaco-10]

18. The usual suspects except for Inouye and McCaskill surprise me a little. n/t

[rox63]

25. I hope the folks who have been all over Obama about FISA will note

that he voted to strip telecom immunity from the bill, just like he said he would.

[DevonRex]

27. A few are pretending (and spreading) that he changed his mind

on this and voted the way we wanted him to. As if he hadn't said he would work to strip immunity from the bill all along.

[Windy]

29. You really have got to be kidding me! Are people on our side NOT PAYING ATTENTION?`

The man did EXACTLY as he said that he would. My God...

[Zodiak]

33. He did promise to work to remove that provision

Now I'm hoping he goes back on his other word and votes against the bill.

[DevonRex]

34. Check out the other thread about Obama voting to strip immunity.

Reply #26.

I think they know it but prefer to spread "disinformation."

[RNdaSilva]

56. Precisely...

And, if one listened to Feingold on Countdown today, there's still hope for "refinement" ... when elected.

It is over...for now.

Next topic?

[nomaco-10]

36. It won't be enough for some here....

no matter what he does. In fact, no matter what he does and what he doesn't do will always fall short of the expectations of a few.

So sad really. We've got one of the best candidates we've had in years who is hands down head and shoulders above the warmongering, hawkish, senile alternative any day of the week.

[johnlal]

47. Double standard

When there is a provision in a bill that is unacceptable to Republicans, they call it a "poison pill".

When there is a provision in a bill that is (or should be) unacceptable to Democrats, we call it a "compromise".

[PVnRT]

28. Senator Bayh, per usual, just votes the safe way...

Kudos to Clinton and Obama for at least casting a symbolic vote to strip the immunity from the bill.

[Zodiak]

35. Senator Bayh is DLC

You sure he's voting "safe" or voting with the corporations?

[NYC_SKP]

38. I never did like Diane Feinstein very much.

Not when she became mayor, served as mayor, nor much beyond that.
I wonder what reasons she would provide to defend her vote.
Boxer, on the other hand, I like.

[DevonRex]

40. We need more recs here folks. This is important information. nt

[NYC_SKP]

41. For you? K....K&R

Yes, it is very important.

:patriot:

[DevonRex]

42. Thank you! :) nt

[LiberalEsto]

43. For shame, Barbara Mikulski!

I think she needs to retire.

[EnviroBat]

45. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with my state of Ohio?

Brown votes to support the amendment, Voinovich votes against it. I just don't get it. Well congratulations everyone, fascism has officially arrived, and big brother will soon be all over our collective asses like stink on shit.

FUCK YOU CONGRESS!!!

[vaberella]

49. And this is the reason WEBB would not be a good VEEP!!!

[slipslidingaway]

50. Nothing new here, almost the exact same list as the February

vote, only ONE additional vote to strip immunity who voted against the amendment back in February.

Senator Stabenow changed her vote.

[Divine Discontent]

51. well, not that there's many on this NAY list who'd be considered - but write them off for VP!

These folks clearly have something to hide, as anyone could see these SOB's deserve NOTHING in the form of protection. Qwest was the lone major company that said, NO, the rest caved into Der Fuhrer! So, those on the no list will not be selected by Obama, not that it was a surprise, but Bayh can kiss any dreams of being VP goodbye!

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[SidneyCarton]

53. K&R for sanity and truth

[CountAllVotes]

54. we must be certain not to vote to re-elect these treasonous shills!

and that includes you Feinstein (D-CA)

:dem: :kick:

[guruoo]

55. ...

[musicblind]

57. Kicking this thread

This information's important.

[FlyingSquirrel]

58. I'd like to clone my two senators

and fill the senate with them. They usually do the right thing, thumbs up to Cantwell/Murray.

[WinkyDink]

59. Mikulski, Rockefeller, and Webb---very disappointing. Buh-BYE, VP Webb.