When it was voted on in the Senate the only NAYS were as follows:
NAYs ---9
Allard (R-CO)
Bond (R-MO)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Stevens (R-AK)
The USA does not torture, period. These morons need to confirm judges, cut the budget and quit this jerking around. If they were my employees I'd fire them!
If they leave this in the bill I hope the President vetos it. (please no veto comments - I've heard them all)
I think President Bush gave up on the veto, because the Senate passed it 90-9 and the House will probably pass it with overwhelming majority and they could easily override the President's veto.
It's maddening to watch.
Apparently 9-11 wasn't sufficient to wake people up. We'll have to have a nuke go off in the US, or a major bioterror attack, before they realize that this is WAR and thousands of innocent lives are on one side of the balance, where terrorists are on the other side of the balance.
The Republican Party bombards me with requests for money. Since Republicans in Congress are so concerned about the welfare of terrorists, all RNC, GOP, and candidates' mail goes directly in the trash, unopened.