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Only 60 Democrats Vote To End War In Afghanistan: Roll Call Vote Included
posted 11th March 2010 in Democrats, Legislation, War and Peace by jclifford

Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted on a resolution introduced by Dennis Kucinich, that would require the withdrawal of American soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of this year.

The active clause of the resolution read simply:

Pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(c)), Congress directs the President to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan–

(1) by no later than the end of the period of 30 days beginning on the day on which this concurrent resolution is adopted; or

(2) if the President determines that it is not safe to remove the United States Armed Forces before the end of that period, by no later than December 31, 2010, or such earlier date as the President determines that the Armed Forces can safely be removed.

Only 65 members of the House of Representatives voted in favor of the legislation – 5 Republicans and 60 Democrats. 189 Democrats voted against a withdrawal from Afghanistan – more than three times the number voting in favor. How did your Representative vote? Check the roll call vote below to see.

Those voting YES on Roll Call 98:

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) / Rep. John Campbell (R-CA) / Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) / Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) / Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) / Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-MO) / Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) / Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) / Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) / Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR) / Rep. Michael F. Doyle (D-PA) / Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) / Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) / Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) / Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) / Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) / Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) / Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) / Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) / Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) / Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) / Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) / Rep. Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL) / Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) / Rep. Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R-NC) / Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI) / Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) / Rep. John Larson (D-CT) / Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) / Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY) / Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) / Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) / Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA) / Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) / Rep. George Miller (D-CA) / Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) / Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA) / Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA) / Rep. David R. Obey (D-WI) / Rep. John W. Olver (D-MA) / Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) / Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) / Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) / Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) / Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) / Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) / Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) / Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (D-CA) / Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) / Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) / Rep. Jose E. Serrano (D-NY) / Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) / Rep. Fortney (Pete) Stark (D-CA) / Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) / Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) / Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) / Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA) / Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) / Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) / Rep. Diane E. Watson (D-CA) / Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) / Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (D-CA)


Those voting NO on Roll Call 98:

Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY) / Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL) / Rep. John Adler (D-NJ) / Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) / Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA) / Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) / Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) / Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY) / Rep. Steve Austria (R-OH) / Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) / Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) / Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) / Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) / Rep. John Barrow (D-GA) / Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-MD) / Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) / Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) / Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) / Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) / Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA) / Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR) / Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) / Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) / Rep. Gus Michael Bilirakis (R-FL) / Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) / Rep. Timothy H. Bishop (D-NY) / Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) / Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) / Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) / Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) / Rep. John Boccieri (D-OH) / Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH) / Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL) / Rep. John Boozman (R-AR) / Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK) / Rep. Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA) / Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) / Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) / Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL) / Rep. Robert A. Brady (D-PA) / Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) / Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) / Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL) / Rep. Paul C. Broun (R-GA) / Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) / Rep. Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R-SC) / Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) / Rep. Vernon Gale Buchanan (R-FL) / Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) / Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) / Rep. G. K. Butterfield, Jr. (D-NC) / Rep. Stephen E. Buyer (R-IN) / Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) / Rep. Eric I. Cantor (R-VA) / Rep. Joseph Quang Cao (R-LA) / Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) / Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) / Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) / Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO) / Rep. Christopher Carney (D-PA) / Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) / Rep. John Carter (R-TX) / Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) / Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE) / Rep. Kathy Anne Castor (D-FL) / Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) / Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) / Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS) / Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) / Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) / Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) / Rep. Steve Ira Cohen (D-TN) / Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) / Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) / Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) / Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) / Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) / Rep. Jerry F. Costello (D-IL) / Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) / Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) / Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) / Rep. John A. Culberson (R-TX) / Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) / Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA) / Rep. Susan A. Davis (D-CA) / Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) / Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN) / Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) / Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) / Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) / Rep. Charles W. Dent (R-PA) / Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) / Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA) / Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI) / Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) / Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) / Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) / Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH) / Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) / Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI) / Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) / Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) / Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) / Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) / Rep. Bobby Etheridge (D-NC) / Rep. Mary Fallin (R-OK) / Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) / Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) / Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) / Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA) / Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) / Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) / Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) / Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) / Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) / Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) / Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) / Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) / Rep. E. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) / Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) / Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) / Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) / Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) / Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez (D-TX) / Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) / Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) / Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) / Rep. Samuel B. Graves (R-MO) / Rep. Al Green (D-TX) / Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) / Rep. Parker Griffith (R-AL) / Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) / Rep. John Hall (D-NY) / Rep. Ralph M. Hall (R-TX) / Rep. Deborah DeFrancesco Halvorson (D-IL) / Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) / Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) / Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) / Rep. Richard (Doc) Hastings (R-WA) / Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) / Rep. Dean Heller (R-NV) / Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) / Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA) / Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) / Rep. Brian M. Higgins (D-NY) / Rep. Baron P. Hill (D-IN) / Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) / Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY) / Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) / Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) / Rep. Paul Hodes II (D-NH) / Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA) / Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) / Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) / Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) / Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA) / Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) / Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) / Rep. Steve J. Israel (D-NY) / Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) / Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) / Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) / Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) / Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) / Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA) / Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) / Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) / Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI) / Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI) / Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH) / Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) / Rep. Steve King (R-IA) / Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) / Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) / Rep. Mark S. Kirk (R-IL) / Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) / Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC) / Rep. Ron J. Klein (D-FL) / Rep. John Kline (R-MN) / Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL) / Rep. Frank Kratovil, Jr. (D-MD) / Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) / Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) / Rep. James R. Langevin (D-RI) / Rep. Rick R. Larsen (D-WA) / Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) / Rep. Steve C. LaTourette (R-OH) / Rep. Robert E. Latta (R-OH) / Rep. Christopher J. Lee (R-NY) / Rep. Sander M. Levin (D-MI) / Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) / Rep. John Linder (R-GA) / Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) / Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ) / Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) / Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) / Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) / Rep. Frank D. Lucas (R-OK) / Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) / Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, Jr. (D-NM) / Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) / Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) / Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) / Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) / Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL) / Rep. Donald A. Manzullo (R-IL) / Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX) / Rep. Betsy Markey (D-CO) / Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) / Rep. James D. Matheson (D-UT) / Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) / Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) / Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) / Rep. Michael T. McCaul (R-TX) / Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) / Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) / Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) / Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) / Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC) / Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon (R-CA) / Rep. Michael McMahon (D-NY) / Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) / Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) / Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) / Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) / Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL) / Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA) / Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) / Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) / Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) / Rep. Walter (Walt) Minnick (D-ID) / Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) / Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV) / Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS) / Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) / Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS) / Rep. James P. Moran (D-VA) / Rep. Christopher Murphy (D-CT) / Rep. Scott Murphy (D-NY) / Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) / Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) / Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) / Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) / Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) / Rep. Glenn Nye III (D-VA) / Rep. James L. Oberstar (D-MN) / Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) / Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX) / Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY) / Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) / Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) / Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ) / Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) / Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) / Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) / Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) / Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI) / Rep. Collin C. Peterson (D-MN) / Rep. Thomas E. Petri (R-WI) / Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) / Rep. Todd R. Platts (R-PA) / Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) / Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) / Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) / Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) / Rep. David E. Price (D-NC) / Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL) / Rep. George P. Radanovich (R-CA) / Rep. Nick Joe Rahall, II (D-WV) / Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT) / Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) / Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) / Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) / Rep. David (Phil) Roe (R-TN) / Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) / Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) / Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) / Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) / Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) / Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) / Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) / Rep. Michael A. Ross (D-AR) / Rep. Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ) / Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) / Rep. Edward R. Royce (R-CA) / Rep. C. A. (Dutch) Ruppersberger (D-MD) / Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) / Rep. Timothy Ryan (D-OH) / Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) / Rep. John Salazar (D-CO) / Rep. John P. Sarbanes (D-MD) / Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) / Rep. Mark Schauer (D-MI) / Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) / Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) / Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) / Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) / Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) / Rep. David Scott (D-GA) / Rep. Robert C. Scott (D-VA) / Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) / Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) / Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) / Rep. John B. Shadegg (R-AZ) / Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) / Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) / Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) / Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) / Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) / Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) / Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ) / Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) / Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY) / Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) / Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) / Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) / Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) / Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR) / Rep. Mark Edward Souder (R-IN) / Rep. Zack T. Space (D-OH) / Rep. John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-SC) / Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) / Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) / Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) / Rep. John S. Tanner (D-TN) / Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) / Rep. Harry Teague (D-NM) / Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) / Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) / Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) / Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) / Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) / Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) / Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH) / Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) / Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) / Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) / Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) / Rep. Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. (D-MD) / Rep. Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN) / Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) / Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) / Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) / Rep. Melvin L. Watt (D-NC) / Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) / Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) / Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) / Rep. Edward Whitfield (R-KY) / Rep. Charles Wilson (D-OH) / Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) / Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R-VA) / Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) / Rep. David Wu (D-OR) / Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) / Rep. Don Young (R-AK)


Those NOT VOTING on Roll Call 98:

Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (R-SC) / Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) / Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) / Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) / Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) / Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) / Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) / Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) / Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)

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3 Comments to “Only 60 Democrats Vote To End War In Afghanistan: Roll Call Vote Included”

  1. J. Clifford says:

    Note – another Ron Paul / Dennis Kucinich convergence. I’m just saying (cough – 2012).

  2. Hendrix says:

    Glad to see the debate actually happened and that there was a bill that could have actually changed something underneath it all. I had expressed some confusion and skepticism on these points.

    “They hide in their mansions while the young people’s blood flows out of their bodies and is buried in the mud.” — Bob Dylan
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8GHBk_HSXg

  3. ramone says:

    i just heard about a muslim cleric denouncing suicide bombers and terror. would it not be great if young muslims had a new approach for dealing with the western culture threat. if you could get 60 muslim leaders to vote against the war you would really have something to crow about.

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