[speedy]

Good. The Pubbies are showing some signs of giving it back to the treasonous Dems. It's heating up, and that's good for us. The public will support us if we show some guts.

[Support Free Republic]

SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!

[PhiKapMom]

Roll Call Vote of this Durbin Amendment! BTW, note that LIEberman, Kerry, and Graham did not vote! Running for President and cannot show up for this vote. Were they there for PM Blair's speech this afternoon?

Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---62
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Campbell (R-CO)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Edwards (D-NC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---34
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Breaux (D-LA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dayton (D-MN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 4
Graham (D-FL)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Miller (D-GA)

[VRWC_minion]

Why is this "Republican led senate" when its clearly a bipartisan fillibuster proof majority ?

[skr]

Only idiots would vote for an amendment to cut funding for intelligence when we're fighting terrorism.

[Paleo Conservative]

62-34 to shelve an amendment pushed by Durbin

That's not even close. Eleven DemocRATS had to vote against the amendment to get to that vote total! Obviously there are at least a few DemocRATS who aren't totally brain dead. I would like to see a state by state and senate class breakdown on which DemocRATS voted with the majority. I wonder if there were some red state senators who are up for election in 2004 who voted for it?

[yoe]

Early on in the war on Iraq there were voices openly hoping President Bush and the Coalition would fail to topple Saddam; they came from the Socialist Democrats, the tenured professors and Communist organizations such as A.N.S.W.E.R. – they are still coming from those people just as they did during WWI, WWII, Korea and Viet Nam. These people do little other than undermine those who fight for freedom the world over. They simply want to ROLL OVER and pretend we can all get along. Had those ‘learned’ tenured teachers, elected officials and protesters had their way, America would have simply gone the way of all lesser civilizations of history.

Heed the warnings of history and shut these people up – stand strong and tall for a real America, one who fights for the freedoms of all people. George Bush is an honest and strong leader, it is only those who lack courage to stand for what is right and are not willing to risk the ultimate to maintain freedom and liberty; who live in their ivory towers or luxurious fiefdoms of the government elite a-la Hillary and her expansive, expensive homes and offices. They don’t want you to have freedom; they want to rule your lives with their agendas of grandeur for themselves and a lot less for you. Stay the course with our President and the War Against Terrorism! George Bush did not lie to the American People and he needs your support.

I seem to remember it was the Clinton administration that did away with intelligence, it got in their way.