Senators Back Base Closings 53-47

http://news.lycos.com/news/ ^ | By CAROLYN SKORNECK Associated Press Writer

[freedomnews]

Sen. John Warner, R-Va., the Senate Armed Services Committee's IS A trader to America

[dbbeebs]

Traitor

[DCBryan1]

Sen. John Warner, R-Va., the Senate Armed Services Committee's IS A trader to America

Of course you mean traitor don't you?

That's okay, I went to publik skool two.

[AZPubbie]

Why? Because he supports the base closing provisions?

[cactmh]

Uhm, perhaps he is a little more informed on what our military needs and what it doesn't need.

[sinkspur]

Sen. John Warner, R-Va., the Senate Armed Services Committee's IS A trader to America

If the Air Force says it doesn't need the bases, let's close 'em.

The biggest screams come from the retired military around the bases, pissed because they won't be able to get cheap stuff from the PX.

[rb22982]

IS A trader to America

He does business trades with america to other countries?

[freedomnews]

Senate Roll Call for Base Closing - - - - - By The Associated Press

The 53-47 roll call by which the Senate on Tuesday refused to remove a base-closing provision from the $343 billion defense authorization bill.

On this vote, a ``yes'' was to kill the amendment and a ``no'' was to keep the amendment alive.

Voting ``yes'' were 31 Democrats, 21 Republicans and one independent.

Voting ``no'' were 19 Democrats and 28 Republicans.

Alabama Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) No. Alaska Murkowski (R) No; Stevens (R) No. Arizona Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Yes. Arkansas Hutchinson (R) No; Lincoln (D) Yes. California Boxer (D) No; Feinstein (D) No. Colorado Allard (R) Yes;

Campbell (R) No. Connecticut Dodd (D) Yes; Lieberman (D) Yes. Delaware Biden (D) Yes; Carper (D) Yes. Florida Graham (D) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes. Georgia Cleland (D) No; Miller (D) Yes. Hawaii Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) No. Idaho Craig (R) No; Crapo (R) No. Illinois Durbin (D) No; Fitzgerald (R) No. Indiana Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) Yes.

Iowa Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Yes. Kansas Brownback (R) No; Roberts (R) No. Kentucky Bunning (R) No; McConnell (R) No. Louisiana Breaux (D) No; Landrieu (D) Yes. Maine Collins (R) No; Snowe (R) No. Maryland Mikulski (D) No; Sarbanes (D) No. Massachusetts Kennedy (D) Yes; Kerry (D) Yes. Michigan Levin (D)

Yes; Stabenow (D) Yes. Minnesota Dayton (D) Yes; Wellstone (D) Yes. Mississippi Cochran (R) No; Lott (R) No. Missouri Bond (R) No; Carnahan (D) No. Montana Baucus (D) No; Burns (R) No. Nebraska Hagel (R) Yes; Nelson (D) No. Nevada Ensign (R) Yes; Reid (D) Yes. New Hampshire Gregg (R) No; Smith (R) No.

New Jersey Corzine (D) Yes; Torricelli (D) No. New Mexico Bingaman (D) No; Domenici (R) No. New York Clinton (D) No; Schumer (D) No. North Carolina Edwards (D) No; Helms (R) No. North Dakota Conrad (D) No; Dorgan (D) No. Ohio DeWine (R) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes. Oklahoma Inhofe (R) No; Nickles (R) Yes. Oregon Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes. Pennsylvania Santorum (R) Yes; Specter (R) No. Rhode Island Chafee (R) Yes; Reed (D) Yes. South Carolina Hollings (D) Yes; Thurmond (R) Yes. South Dakota Daschle (D) Yes; Johnson (D) Yes. Tennessee Frist (R) Yes; Thompson (R) Yes. Texas Gramm (R) Yes;

Hutchison (R) No. Utah Bennett (R) No; Hatch (R) No. Vermont Jeffords (I) Yes; Leahy (D) Yes. Virginia Allen (R) Yes; Warner (R) Yes. Washington Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) No. West Virginia Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.

Wisconsin Feingold (D) Yes; Kohl (D) Yes. Wyoming Enzi (R) Yes; Thomas (R) No.

[freedomnews]

thanks

[freedomnews]

look at his pass voted and you will see

[freedomnews]

that the U.N line sinkspur

[freedomnews]

Panama

[freedomnews]

can you see that they are seting up a one world Military!!

[sinkspur]

that the U.N line sinkspur

THE U.N. LINE???

The U.N. doesn't get to vote on closing U.S. bases.

What the hell's the matter with you?

[DugwayDuke]

Of course, the workers at these bases scream loudly too. I was at a base targeted in the last BRAC. The PR campaign was sickening. A committee was formed. Consultants were hired (using non-military funds). We had post-wide meetings (it was a small post) to outline how to handle the big day when the BRAC commission would visit. We were told how to act, what to wear, reminded to cut our grass, etc. We were given time off to line the streets to chear and show our enthusiastic support for the base.

I still think the base should have been closed. I work elsewhere now.

[rockfish59]

'help is on the way'!

[sinkspur]

Of course, the workers at these bases scream loudly too.

Carswell was closed outside of Ft. Worth and made an Air National Guard location.

Bergstrom in Austin was closed and turned into an absolutely gorgeous international airport.

If the military wants to close 'em, close 'em.

[NELSON111]

Let's face it...the only reason we have as many military installations as we do is the Cold War. We needed a lot of bases so the soviets would have to use up a lot of their nukes on them and might miss a few...and putting all the hardware in a few spots was strategically stupid. Now...we probably do have too many bases. There are many facilities that could be combined...especially facilities in the same town..ie Randolf and Brooks in San Antonio.

Before the flames come...I'm 14 1/2 years AF and I know a little about the subject and am not putting down the military.

[cynicom]

I find it interesting that in one state, two people, representing the same constituents vote opposite, and they are from the same party. One more reason for term limits.