Thursday, May 10, 2007

Iraq Bill Part II Passes

221-205

10 Democrats voted against. Most of them from the "Out of Iraq" caucus;

Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)
Barbara Lee (D-California)
Mike McNulty (D-New York)
Mike Michaud (D-Maine)
John Lewis (D-Georgia)
Pete Stark (D-California)
Lynn Woosley (D-California)
Maxine Waters (D-California)
Diane Watson (D-California)
John Tanner (D-Tennessee)

I'm curious about Tanner...he voted for the other bill, why did he not vote for his one...and his Tennessee district, although slightly Democratic, is not much so.

The usual two Republicans voted for the bill;

Wayne Gilchrest (R-Maryland)
Walter Jones (R-North Carolina)

The bill won a slew of Democrats who voted against the original bill because of their disagreement with the withdrawal date...like;

Jim Marshall (D-Georgia)
Lincoln Davis (D-Tennessee)
Jim Matheson (D-Utah)
John Barrow (D-Georgia)
Dan Boren (D-Oklahoma)
Gene Taylor (D-Mississippi)

An earlier vote on the Jim McGovern (D-Washington) plan to pull troops out of Iraq beginning in 90 days failed by 171-255 margin.

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