Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 4681, the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006. As you may know, AJCongress issued and Advocacy Alert for the Bill that drew thousands of supporters to send individual emails to their member of Congress. The Bill gained 295 co-sponsors and passed with 361 votes...
Thought you might like to see who voted against this resolution. As Don Vito said, "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer". Never hurts to know who is on the other side. Thanks to Anna at Boker Tov Boulder. Borrowed the list from her site
The roll-call vote was recorded, and the following Congressmen voted NO. (Members of the Hamas Lobby?)
Abercrombie
Becerra
Blumenauer
Capps
Capuano
Conyers
DeFazio
Dingell
Doggett
Eshoo
Farr
Gilchrest
Grijalva
Hinchey
Jones (NC)
Kaptur
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kolbe
Kucinich
LaHood
Lee
Marshall
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Obey
Paul
Price (NC)
Rahall
Stark
Thornberry
VelÃszquez
Watt
The following Congressmen abstained (no guts, I guess):
Carson
Clay
Davis (IL)
Gutierrez
Jackson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Payne
Rush
Watson
The following Congressmen did NOT vote (hiding under their desks so they wouldn't have to make a decision)
Brown, Corrine
Camp (MI)
Davis (FL)
Doolittle
Evans
Ford
Gibbons
Higgins
Hunter
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Kennedy (RI)
Larson (CT)
Lewis (GA)
McCrery
Napolitano
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Poe
Pombo
Rehberg
Ruppersberger
Snyder
Wicker
You stole my thunder, Tom! I was just going to comment on that. The people voting against the resolution, or abstained or did not vote, were the usual cast of anti-Israel, anti-Semitic characters.
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Thought you might like to see who voted against this resolution. As Don Vito said, "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer". Never hurts to know who is on the other side. Thanks to Anna at Boker Tov Boulder. Borrowed the list from her site
The roll-call vote was recorded, and the following Congressmen voted NO. (Members of the Hamas Lobby?)
Abercrombie
Becerra
Blumenauer
Capps
Capuano
Conyers
DeFazio
Dingell
Doggett
Eshoo
Farr
Gilchrest
Grijalva
Hinchey
Jones (NC)
Kaptur
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kolbe
Kucinich
LaHood
Lee
Marshall
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Obey
Paul
Price (NC)
Rahall
Stark
Thornberry
VelÃszquez
Watt
The following Congressmen abstained (no guts, I guess):
Carson
Clay
Davis (IL)
Gutierrez
Jackson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Payne
Rush
Watson
The following Congressmen did NOT vote (hiding under their desks so they wouldn't have to make a decision)
Brown, Corrine
Camp (MI)
Davis (FL)
Doolittle
Evans
Ford
Gibbons
Higgins
Hunter
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Kennedy (RI)
Larson (CT)
Lewis (GA)
McCrery
Napolitano
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Poe
Pombo
Rehberg
Ruppersberger
Snyder
Wicker
You stole my thunder, Tom! I was just going to comment on that. The people voting against the resolution, or abstained or did not vote, were the usual cast of anti-Israel, anti-Semitic characters.