Posted on 12/07/2001 4:50:14 PM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to block U.S. participation in a new international criminal court that opponents fear could stage politically motivated trials of American troops and government officials.
The 78-21 vote added the language, introduced by Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., to this year's defense spending bill.
The Helms provision's ultimate fate is unclear. The House version of the defense spending bill contains no such provision, but in May, the House voted 282-137 to include similar language in a separate bill authorizing State Department programs.
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And I would like to know who the 21 were.
The 78-21 roll call by which the Senate voted Friday to bar U.S. participation in a new international criminal court. On this vote, a "yes" vote was to bar American participation in the court and a "no" vote was to kill the proposal. Voting "yes" were 32 Democrats and 46 Republicans. Voting "no" were 18 Democrats and 3 Republicans. Democrats Yes Baucus, Mont.; Bayh, Ind.; Breaux, La.; Carnahan, Mo.; Carper, Del.; Cleland, Ga.; Clinton, N.Y.; Conrad, N.D.; Corzine, N.J.; Dorgan, N.D.; Durbin, Ill.; Edwards, N.C.; Feinstein, Calif.; Graham, Fla.; Harkin, Iowa; Hollings, S.C.; Johnson, S.D.; Kerry, Mass.; Kohl, Wis.; Landrieu, La.; Lieberman, Conn.; Lincoln, Ark.; Mikulski, Md.; Miller, Ga.; Nelson, Fla.; Nelson, Neb.; Reid, Nev.; Rockefeller, W.Va.; Schumer, N.Y.; Stabenow, Mich.; Torricelli, N.J.; Wyden, Ore. Democrats No Akaka, Hawaii; Biden, Del.; Bingaman, N.M.; Boxer, Calif.; Byrd, W.Va.; Cantwell, Wash.; Daschle, S.D.; Dayton, Minn.; Dodd, Conn.; Feingold, Wis.; Inouye, Hawaii; Kennedy, Mass.; Leahy, Vt.; Levin, Mich.; Murray, Wash.; Reed, R.I.; Sarbanes, Md.; Wellstone, Minn. Republicans Yes Allard, Colo.; Allen, Va.; Bennett, Utah; Bond, Mo.; Brownback, Kan.; Bunning, Ky.; Burns, Mont.; Campbell, Colo.; Cochran, Miss.; Collins, Maine; Craig, Idaho; Crapo, Idaho; DeWine, Ohio; Domenici, N.M.; Ensign, Nev.; Enzi, Wyo.; Fitzgerald, Ill.; Frist, Tenn.; Gramm, Texas; Grassley, Iowa; Gregg, N.H.; Hagel, Neb.; Hatch, Utah; Helms, N.C.; Hutchinson, Ark.; Hutchison, Texas; Inhofe, Okla.; Kyl, Ariz.; Lott, Miss.; Lugar, Ind.; McCain, Ariz.; McConnell, Ky.; Murkowski, Alaska; Nickles, Okla.; Roberts, Kan.; Santorum, Pa.; Sessions, Ala.; Shelby, Ala.; Smith, N.H.; Smith, Ore.; Snowe, Maine; Stevens, Alaska; Thomas, Wyo.; Thompson, Tenn.; Thurmond, S.C.; Warner, Va. Republicans No Chafee, R.I.; Specter, Pa.; Voinovich, Ohio. Others Not Voting
Jeffords, Vt.
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TODAY'S FLOOR VOTES The following roll call votes took place on the Senate floor today. ******************************************************************* (Rollcall Vote No. 359 Leg. ) December 7, 2001 6:02PM BILL NO.: H.R.3338 AMENDMENT NO.: S.Amdt. 2336 TITLE: Helms Amdt. No. 2336 REQUIRED FOR MAJORITY: 1/2 RESULT: Amendment Agreed to YEAS --- 78 Allard Ensign McCain Allen Enzi McConnell Baucus Feinstein Mikulski Bayh Fitzgerald Miller Bennett Frist Murkowski Bond Graham Nelson (FL) Breaux Gramm Nelson (NE) Brownback Grassley Nickles Bunning Gregg Reid Burns Hagel Roberts Campbell Harkin Rockefeller Carnahan Hatch Santorum Carper Helms Schumer Cleland Hollings Sessions Clinton Hutchinson Shelby Cochran Hutchison Smith (NH) Collins Inhofe Smith (OR) Conrad Johnson Snowe Corzine Kerry Stabenow Craig Kohl Stevens Crapo Kyl Thomas DeWine Landrieu Thompson Domenici Lieberman Thurmond Dorgan Lincoln Torricelli Durbin Lott Warner Edwards Lugar Wyden NAYS --- 21 Akaka Daschle Levin Biden Dayton Murray Bingaman Dodd Reed Boxer Feingold Sarbanes Byrd Inouye Specter Cantwell Kennedy Voinovich Chafee Leahy Wellstone NOT VOTING --- 1 Jeffords *******************************************************************
Can anybody tell me anything Daschle has voted FOR since Bush took office?
A strange side note: Even Hitlery Clinton voted with Helms. Weird.
Maybe Hillary is worried about being extradited to a foreign land, either for crimes she has commited or or crimes she is planning to commit.
I guess Specter is still looking for the Scottish law precedent .....
Are you serious? Did Helms actually do this?
What else should we expect from the degenerate scum-son of the corrupt Tom Dodd (D-CT) who was thrown out of the senate by his own party (no mean trick, considering they all are whores and scoundrels) for being a criminal psychopath?
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