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Senate Passed Amendment Supporting General Petraeus and U.S. Troops
ACU Legislative Action Center ^ | September 20, 2007 | Staff

Posted on 09/20/2007 1:40:54 PM PDT by yoe

25 Democrats Voted against it and 3 Democrats didn't vote!

We are pleased to announce that the Senate voted and passed the Cornyn Amendment condemning detestable attacks on General Petraeus and U.S. Armed Forces!

By a vote of 72-25 (3 not-voting), the Senate passed the Cornyn Amendment that strongly condemns any effort to attack the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the U.S. Armed Forces. This Amendment also sends a clear message to the U.S. Armed Forces, letting them know that MoveOn.org and their liberal cohorts in the Senate do not speak for the majority of Americans.

However, 25 Democrats voted AGAINST this amendment that supports the U.S. Armed Forces and 3 Democrats didn't even take the time to vote!

Look at this list and if your Senator voted against the amendment, please use the below form to tell them that you are disappointed in their vote on the Cornyn Amendment on H.R. 3074. If they are not listed below, send them an email using the below form to thank them for supporting the amendment.

SENATORS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE AMENDMENT:
Akaka (D-HI), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Byrd (D-WV), Clinton (D-NY), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Levin (D-MI), Menendez (D-NJ), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Sanders (I-VT), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Whitehouse (D-RI), and Wyden (D-OR)

NOT VOTING: Biden (D-DE), Cantwell (D-WA), and Obama (D-IL)

You may also be interested in reading ACU Chairman David A. Keene's recent column, Click here to read it.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 110th; hillary; moveon; patraeus
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1 posted on 09/20/2007 1:40:57 PM PDT by yoe
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Ashamed to say it but my senators are durbin and osama. Illinois has 2 lying bastard traitors in the U.S.Senate.


2 posted on 09/20/2007 1:43:06 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Graybeard58
Ashamed to say it but my senators are durbin and osama. Illinois has 2 lying bastard traitors in the U.S.Senate.

New York does, too.

3 posted on 09/20/2007 1:46:30 PM PDT by syriacus (The Democrats have all bases covered....but no one's pitching the ball.)
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To: yoe

Please post the wording of the amendment. We can then see why these critters were offended.


4 posted on 09/20/2007 1:47:00 PM PDT by hophead ( "Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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To: yoe

It is the fact that people like Feinstein and Boxer and Clinton and Reid and Feingold and the rest can stay in the Senate, year after year, with no fear of being defeated in an election, that my faith in a divine God is shaken to its roots.


5 posted on 09/20/2007 1:47:15 PM PDT by webheart
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To: yoe

Cornyn Amendment...that’s my senator. ;o)


6 posted on 09/20/2007 1:49:48 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: yoe

This is great and all, but I wish they wouldn’t have to (and they do) spend their time on stuff like this (IOW - get behind the program Dems and do something about your supporters!).

I’d much rather them spend their time on getting the wall built.


7 posted on 09/20/2007 1:50:37 PM PDT by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi)
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To: yoe

Well...now we know who has been getting money from the Move On coffers! (as if we didn’t already)

SENATORS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE AMENDMENT:
Akaka (D-HI), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Byrd (D-WV), Clinton (D-NY), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Levin (D-MI), Menendez (D-NJ), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Sanders (I-VT), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Whitehouse (D-RI), and Wyden (D-OR)

NOT VOTING: Biden (D-DE), Cantwell (D-WA), and Obama (D-IL)


8 posted on 09/20/2007 1:51:48 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: webheart

...Lol.


9 posted on 09/20/2007 1:52:20 PM PDT by Tears of a Clown
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To: yoe

Whatever happened to the War Czar? Now what’s his name?


10 posted on 09/20/2007 1:54:46 PM PDT by ex-snook ("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: yoe
SENATORS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE AMENDMENT: Akaka (D-HI), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Byrd (D-WV), Clinton (D-NY), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Levin (D-MI), Menendez (D-NJ), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Sanders (I-VT), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Whitehouse (D-RI), and Wyden (D-OR)

NOT VOTING: Biden (D-DE), Cantwell (D-WA), and Obama (D-IL)

Axis of weasels.

11 posted on 09/20/2007 1:55:33 PM PDT by StarCMC (http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/school-of-the-counterpropagandist/)
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To: webheart

Well at least Fineswine didn’t vote against the amendment


12 posted on 09/20/2007 1:56:42 PM PDT by clamper1797 ("Democrat" 'one who panders to the crude, idiotic, and mindless whims of the masses.')
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To: yoe

The usual suspects.


13 posted on 09/20/2007 1:56:54 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: yoe

POS


14 posted on 09/20/2007 1:57:11 PM PDT by wastedyears (George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
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To: yoe
Akaka (D-HI), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Byrd (D-WV), Clinton (D-NY), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Levin (D-MI), Menendez (D-NJ), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Sanders (I-VT), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Whitehouse (D-RI), and Wyden (D-OR) Biden (D-DE), Cantwell (D-WA), and Obama (D-IL)

Here is the true list of traitors in this CONgress.Not one of these pukes is deserving of being in the position to represent America. We can not survive as a nation with these enemies from within.

15 posted on 09/20/2007 1:57:17 PM PDT by Digger (If RINO is your selection, then failure is your election)
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To: penelopesire
NOT VOTING: Biden (D-DE), Cantwell (D-WA), and Obama (D-IL)

What a coward Obama is ....

16 posted on 09/20/2007 1:58:04 PM PDT by clamper1797 ("Democrat" 'one who panders to the crude, idiotic, and mindless whims of the masses.')
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To: hophead

It directly named and condemned MOveONBAT.org.

See the “betray us” threads today, they have the wording.


17 posted on 09/20/2007 1:58:46 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: hophead

Statement of purpose:

To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces.

Roll call can be found here.

[Update] -Text of the Cornyn resolution:

To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force—Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemns personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces.

Whereas the Senate unanimously confirmed General David H. Petraeus as Commanding General, Multi-National Force—Iraq, by a vote of 81-0 on January 26, 2007;

Whereas General Petraeus graduated first in his class at the United States Army Command and General Staff College;

Whereas General Petraeus earned Masters of Public Administration and Doctoral degrees in international relations from Princeton University;

Whereas General Petraeus has served multiple combat tours in Iraq, including command of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during combat operations throughout the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which tours included both major combat operations and subsequent stability and support operations;

Whereas General Petraeus supervised the development and crafting of the United States Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency manual based in large measure on his combat experience in Iraq, scholarly study, and other professional experiences;

Whereas General Petraeus has taken a solemn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;

Whereas during his 35-year career, General Petraeus has amassed a distinguished and unvarnished record of military service to the United States as recognized by his receipt of a Defense Distinguished Service Medal, two Distinguished Service Medals, two Defense Superior Service Medals, four Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal for valor, the State Department Superior Honor Award, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, and other awards and medals; and

Whereas a recent attack through a full-page advertisement in the New York Times by the liberal activist group, Moveon.org, impugns the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate—

(1) to reaffirm its support for all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, including General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force—Iraq;

(2) to strongly condemn any effort to attack the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces; and

(3) to specifically repudiate the unwarranted personal attack on General Petraeus by the liberal activist group Moveon.org.

Here are the politicians that voted NAY:

NAYs -—25
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Politicians that voted Yea:

Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
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)
Dorgan (D-ND)
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)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)

http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2007/09/cornyn-amendment-updated-passed-roll.html


18 posted on 09/20/2007 2:03:41 PM PDT by StarCMC (http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/school-of-the-counterpropagandist/)
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To: yoe

This is going to come back to bite Hillary on the butt.


19 posted on 09/20/2007 2:14:50 PM PDT by jmc813 (I want candy.)
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To: yoe
25 Democrats Voted against it and 3 Democrats didn't vote!

ah skuuuze me, that would be 25 traitors from the MoveOn.org party

20 posted on 09/20/2007 2:15:10 PM PDT by evad
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