66 to 34! The Flag Burning Amendment Fails!

:bounce: :party: :patriot:

:toast:

I suppose we could look it up.......... :shrug:
Good news by the way!

I heard Carl Levin of Michigan was one of the 34. He's been making us proud lately!

Durbin's or Hatch's?

Durbin's amendment failed 30something to 60something earlier.

I can't believe so many more of them voted for Hatch's attempt to soil the bill of rights by taking away a freedom.

I'm so happy! But I'm annoyed that menendez voted for it.

seriously am wondering whether I will vote for her in November.

Feinstein.

We should be holding them accountable to report on real issues, not phony posturing.

all of them.

Good Luck with that! :rofl:

that are made in China! :sarcasm:

In all seriousness, thank goodness there's some measure of sanity in the Senate. :toast:

Seems to be the only way anything positive gets passed this congress these days.

Which of the Democratic YEAs are up for re-election this year? If the Democrats pulled the plug on the Repug political game playing and arranged for Senators in tough election contests to vote YES, while still making sure the bill didn't pass, I can forgive those YEAs. (But Feinstein does not fall in this category).

I used the "Class" listings at http://senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm to determine if someone is up for re-election in 2006.

YEAs ---66
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Baucus (D-MT) not up for reelection this year
Bayh (D-IN) not up for reelection this year
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
Dayton (D-MN) *
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA) up for reelection but not a tough contest
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD) not up for reelection this year
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA) not up for reelection this year
Lincoln (D-AR) not up for reelection this year
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
Menendez (D-NJ) up for reelection this year
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL) up for reelection this year
Nelson (D-NE) up for reelection this year
Reid (D-NV) not up for reelection this year
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV) not up for reelection this year
Salazar (D-CO) not up for reelection this year
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI) up for reelection this year
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---34
Akaka (D-HI)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Wyden (D-OR)

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So this must the Republican one

have posted after I removed it (probably had opened the page before I removed it). Then, the list was finally put on the Senate web site, and I edited my message to include the correct vote.

He is retiring, so he had no political reason to vote in favor of this amendment. Dayton also voted against Levin's non-binding resolution to begin pulling troops out of Iraq. Dayton has really turned out to be a major disappointment and it's fortunate that he will be out of the Senate soon.

Have they accomplished ANYTHING in the last 2 years?

Go into the Senate and make a lot of noise, act like they were serious, but then let it fail? I guess I question everything they do these days. They wanted to score some political points, but didn't really want to change the Constitution. If the "nay" voting Republicans are from safe seats, I'll be convinced of it.

Maybe if they can think of a few more, they'll get rid of some old ones slowly, but it's my hunch that they'll never ban flag burning, gay marraige, and abortion.

I find no happiness in any of this.

This is sick. Thousands dying, and we're all about "the flag"! pitiful and sad! :(

How the vote was this close I'll never know.

...is "Debbie Stabenow"

he's up for re-election and a known panderer... but I'm surprised Clinton and Lieberman voted "Nay" - WTF, did they stop drinking the koolaid or something?

I agree, don't get me wrong, that having this go down is good, but Jeez-o-pete, can't we get onto something of substance here? People are dying in Darfur, we are fighting a war nobody can explain and no one has an exit strategy for, but man, we got time to worry about people burning flags. When is the last time anyone of us here saw the media cover a flag burning? Only if you are an oldster like me do you really remember the Vietnam era. Are they so worried that anti-war demonstrations are really about to ramp up and this is their best defense? Don't let people speak out?
It is disheartening the way this Congress continues to muck about with these useless issues when there are real problems that need to be addressed.

The worst thing is, every time they hold one of these dumbass votes, the number of brain-dead losers who vote for shredding the Constitution goes up!

Fake Amendment Frenzy.

What our Congress does instead of working.

Granted so did every other "no" vote, but he refused to tow the party line on this one and in so doing he saved us from the first ammendment to the Bill of Rights ever.

:wtf:

I know he's up for election this year, but still...son of a bitch!

Thank goodness for Lautenberg, who continually makes us proud here in NJ.