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Supplemental Appropriations Act: Anti-War Democrats Voted No List
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by Tina Kells | June 17, 2009 at 01:46 pm
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When it came to passing the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, the vote on June 16 was not even close among Democrats. The final vote was 226 for, and 202 against, passing the act.
The anti-war Democrats, who once touted Iraq and Afghanistan as "Bush's War," overwhelmingly approved another $106 billion toward a growing war effort which has expanded to include Pakistan. The Democrats voted 221 for, and 32 against Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009.
Of the 256 Democrats in the House, only 32 voted against the additional funding for continuing military activities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The 32 anti-war Democrats who stayed true to their previous stands and voted no to the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 are:
- Tammy Baldwin,
- Michael Capuano,
- John Conyers,
- Lloyd Doggett,
- Donna Edwards,
- Keith Ellison,
- Sam Farr,
- Bob Filner,
- Alan Grayson,
- Raul Grijalva,
- Michael Honda,
- Marcy Kaptur,
- Dennis Kucinich,
- Barbara Lee,
- Zoe Lofgren,
- Eric Massa,
- Jim McGovern,
- Michael Michaud,
- Donald Payne,
- Chellie Pingree,
- Jared Polis,
- Jose Serrano,
- Carol Shea-Porter,
- Jackie Speier,
- John Tierney,
- Nikki Tsongas,
- Maxine Waters,
- Diane Watson,
- Peter Welch,
- Lynn Woolsey,
- Brad Sherman,
- Pete Stark
Ironically, 170 Republicans voted against the extra war funding outlined in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, although this was likely the result of partisan politics and not an opposition to the US war efforts. The final Republican vote on the was 5 for, and 170 against the Supplemental Appropriations Act.
Contact your elected official to let them know how you feel about the way they voted on your behalf.
What once Democrats could argue was "Bush's war," they now officially own. In fact, only five Republicans voted for the supplemental (though overwhelmingly not on the issue of the war funding). Ron Paul, who made clear he was voting against the war, was a notable exception.
This vote has revealed a sobering statistic for the anti-war movement in this country and brought to the surface a broader issue that should give die-hard partisan Democrats who purport to be anti-war reason for serious pause about the actual state of their party. Only 30 Democrats voted against the war funding when it mattered. And these 30 did so in the face of significant threats to their political future from the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That means that only 30 out of 256 Democrats are willing to stand up to the war and the current president presiding over it. Their names are listed below; I would encourage people to call them and thank them for standing up and voting no when it counted.
Two other Democrats, not expected to vote against the war funding, joined the anti-war Democrats. Brad Sherman and Pete Stark brought the total number of Democratic votes against the supplemental to 32.
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at 17:38 on June 17th, 2009
Politics are getting to be more and more pathetic, no wonder people do no longer bother to vote.
We need some major reforms and this not only in the US.