[personalaccts]

17 Republicans sold out America by not adding more border patrol agents. They could have taken the money from Ted Stevens (voted no) pork barrell $ 2 billion bridge we're building in Alaska. Donate to the minute man project instead of the GOP.

[k2blader]

How special--Santorum voted "nay" along with the likes of Clinton, Kennedy and Schumer.

[k2blader]

Thought you folks might be interested..

[M. Espinola]

Excellent thread exposing those on the Hill who not do consider our poorly defended borders a national security threat.

[k2blader]

JMO, but this should be in News/Activism as it is straight from the website showing the Senate roll call vote on this particular issue. Might require better formatting, perhaps..

What say you, AM?

[lunarbicep]

not trying to be picky... but I counted 18 Republicans

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---38
Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID)	DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ)	Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Roberts (R-KS) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Sununu (R-NH) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Warner (R-VA)

 

NAYs ---60
Alexander (R-TN) Bond (R-MO) Chafee (R-RI) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) DeWine (R-OH)	Gregg (R-NH) Inhofe (R-OK) Lugar (R-IN)	Santorum (R-PA) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Talent (R-MO) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH)

 

Not Voting - 2
Lott (R-MS)

 

[hflynn]

17 Republicans sold out America by not adding more border patrol agents. They could have taken the money from Ted Stevens (voted no) pork barrell $ 2 billion bridge we're building in Alaska. Donate to the minute man project instead of the GOP.

Just so everybody understands, H.R. 2360 is the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 not The Department of Homeland Security Hire 1000 Border Guards Act, 2006.

I believe 1 of the key reasons the bill was voted against was the recognition in the bill that a formula given greater funding to areas of the country that would be the most likely targets of terrorists (urban) and less funding to unlikely targets (rural) as proposed in

Title III: Preparedness and Recovery - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, including for grants to State and local governments for terrorism prevention activities (sets forth allocations for formula-based grants, law enforcement terrorism prevention grants, discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high density urban areas and for port security, trucking industry security, and transit security, and buffer zone protection grants), firefighter assistance grants, and emergency management performance grants;