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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere do your Senators and Representative stand on Syria intervention? Find out here:
Last edited Thu Sep 5, 2013, 05:05 PM - Edit history (1)
TPM (Talking Points Memo) has detailed information on where legislators stand currently...
Senate:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AoY4UgDGYTBQdFUxRzdTNkI4TEZVR3VmNk4ydXY5SWc&output=html
House:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AoY4UgDGYTBQdFUxRzdTNkI4TEZVR3VmNk4ydXY5SWc&gid=1
ETA: n2doc has posted a link to another running vote count by CNN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023604848
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)but at least he's a no. I didn't vote for either of my Senators, either, and one is a yes and the other is undecided. I guess I need to call the undecided one and neglect to mention I didn't vote for him and wouldn't vote for him if he was the last person on earth.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Boxer, yes
DiFi, yes, but from her statement she may not support a unilateral response
Susan Davis D-CA53, is in wait and see mode.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I'm also in CA, and my Rep also is still in the undecided column--House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy.
I checked to see where House Armed Services Chair Buck McKeon is--and found he's also undecided so far. He was my Rep before the latest redistricting shifted a border a few blocks.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)TPM attributes the update to HuffPo, which now lists him as Lean Yes.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)No surprise there.
Jesus Christ... Rep. David Price (D) is a YES. All others no or undecided.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)Will election day be a surprise for her?
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)we'll be stuck with Tillis (or Berger...I can never remember which is considered the GOP front-runner). It's just voting for degrees of suck.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)Maybe the next Dem that NC votes into the Senate will muster some integrity
That crusty face full of make-up just can't hide the smell of sleaze the simmers beneath
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)My Rep (Michaud) is undecided too.
pampango
(24,692 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)There is an email addy for that at the bottom of its main article:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/09/how-congress-will-vote-on-syria-tracking-votes-on-military-intervention.php
Obviously, a link to a news report or public statement should be included in any update sent to TPM.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)I've got one Senator voting yes, one undecided, and my Rep is undecided. I will be contacting each of them (again).
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)These pols really need to hear from us on this one.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)a long time ago. Have we learned NOTHING since then?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)In like a lamb...
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Lay chilly, LT. Some day I need to make my way west if for no other reason than to shake your hand.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I had no idea you could be so profound.
They had to drop a basket to get me out, as ground fire was too intense to land. Being winched up through that shit was...interesting. You brace for the impact of the bullets, and when they don't hit you know it's a miracle.
They took a friend out on a jungle penetrator...but he didn't make it. Taking machine gun fire in the chest rarely leads to a good prognosis... But I found his family after 20 years and we laid a wreath together at his panel on the Wall.
I'm sure we'll meet one day, brother. Perhaps at a DU meetup or or on a Memorial Day or Veterans' Day at the Wall.
It will be my pleasure to shake your hand. And to say, once again, "I'm glad you made it."
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I also added CNN's running vote count to the OP after n2doc posted it.
TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)McTurtle is an undecided, probably hoping there are enough votes to stick it to Obama and still have a war but will vote for it if need be for the profiteers.
liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)Those are mine.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)during the Senate panel.
Thank you, Senator Murphy.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)Representatives are undecided. It doesn't surprise me that Rep. Reichert is for it.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Thanks for the links!
OhioChick
(23,218 posts)Brown and Portman are "undecided."
Time to write a few emails.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Womack (R, 3rd district)-- No
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)What the hell. Both senators vote yes? And Waxman undecided.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...though his statement in the hearing yesterday sounded like a definite YES vote to me. That was a surprise!
99Forever
(14,524 posts)... the letter I will mail ( and email) tomorrow that simply reads:
314
?
(For those that aren't aware, Sen Franken won his seat by 315 votes in the recount.)
I worked hard to get him in office. I will work equally hard to get him out.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Don Young is opposed.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)My R congresswoman (Brooks) is undecided.
doc03
(35,354 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)5 Nos, 2 Undecided (Representatives Bonamici and Walden)
Erose999
(5,624 posts)his I'll ever agree with.
Meanwhile the party leaders are all "yes" votes. Fucking fuck!!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Kinda funny when we applaud Reopublicans for standing against a Dem President, isn't it?
The dynamics on the Hill on this are fascinating--but I'm happy for every Republican NO vote we can get.
longship
(40,416 posts)My Senators (Levin, Stabenow) are undecided as of last report. Levin prefers arming the rebels with weapons that cannot be used against us later. Stabenow is undecided, but seems to want to support the President.
My Rep, Bill Huizenga, is a right wing Republican (typical for my very rural district). He is against Syrian intervention. Guy's a real loon, but he's right on this, but probably not for the right reasons.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)There seems to be a lot of that going around...
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)"WHY is your Representative taking the stand that he or she has chosen?"
yurbud
(39,405 posts)ChazII
(6,205 posts)However, our reps are split between No and Undecided.