Who were the 3 Dems who voted with the Rs on that Privileged Resolution?

[Skidmore]

Does anyone know? Which Dems voted for corruption? AND why were there any No votes at all?

[NVMojo]

1. I am praying Senator Reid supported Pelosi ....

[Mass]

2. It was in the House. The Senate is not in session before next Monday.\nt

[NVMojo]

5. thanks!

I haven't seen it, just rumors about it here.

[electropop]

3. It was only ONE in the end: Abercrombie

& bitch.

[Skidmore]

6. Not a familiar name.

That was sweet though. The Rs want to remain corrupt and they don't care who knows it either.

[electropop]

7. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!

Pelosi deserves major kudos and flowers for this. She got the whole thing read out loud on the floor, and she got every Repuke to vote to endorse corruption.

I am so amazed and delighted with the improving performance of our leaders.

[Idioteque]

8. Neil Abercrombie is a progressive, partisan Democrat

I think he thought he was voting on the resolution itself, not on the motion to table. He probably ran out before somebody could tell him.

Watch for him to ask unanimous consent to change his vote. I seriously doubt he did it on purpose.

[electropop]

12. Thanks for that. I don't know him, so will take your opinion

as the most likely. That's really great if correct!

[Freddie Stubbs]

13. He is actually one of the most liberal members of the House

He looks like an old hippie.

[goodhue]

14. Abercrombie is progressive from Hawaii

Abercrombie and Kucinich is more like it . . .

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-05-16-oppose_x.htm

Posted 5/16/2005 8:42 PM

Time for U.S. to withdraw

By Neil Abercrombie and Dennis J. Kucinich

Forty-one months after the United States entered World War II, we had achieved victory in Europe. We've been in Iraq for over half that period. What reasonable person would say we have reached the halfway point in Iraq?
Today's troops are just as brave, patriotic and capable as their WWII predecessors. They have already accomplished much. They deposed and imprisoned a tyrant. They have given ordinary Iraqis the chance to shape their country's destiny.

Nevertheless, the military occupation of Iraq will not turn Iraq into a democratic nation. Longstanding rivalries will do more to shape that country's future than anything American troops can do. Those forces will not be controlled by American boots on Iraqi ground, no matter how many we put there or how long they remain.

In Iraq there are no front lines, no easy way to tell friend from foe, and no clear way to measure success. Iraq is a quagmire. Meantime, it has become a recruiting poster for Osama bin Laden. Are we to keep fighting indefinitely, losing more troops every week, spending billions of dollars, and increasing the strain on our armed forces, especially the reserve and National Guard?

We feel this course, with its echoes of Vietnam, is unsustainable. It has already added $200 billion to our national debt and costs U.S. taxpayers more than $1 billion per month. It jeopardizes the strategic interests of the United States, particularly in Asia and the Pacific. It alienates allies in the Muslim world and elsewhere, hindering efforts to create a united global front against al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.

Unlike World War II, where the enemy surrendered and the troops came home, there is no such prospect in Iraq. We must define an endpoint. We will soon introduce legislation to achieve that goal by bringing the occupation of Iraq to a close. The troops have done their job. It's up to Congress and the president to forge a policy worthy of their sacrifices.

Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii,is a member of the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio,is ranking member of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations.




Congressman Neil Abercrombie flashes the shaka sign as he takes an experimental hydrogen car for a spin around the U.S. Capitol grounds on November 3, 2005.

[LSK]

4. this might have been the vote

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll622.xml

[Pam-Moby]

9. It looks like the only dem that voted yes is

Neil Abercrombie

[Pam-Moby]

10. He is from Hawaii

[tx_dem41]

11. He is also very progressive and a strong partisan.

As someone stated upthread. I have a feeling it was a mistaken vote that will be changed later.

[Pam-Moby]

16. Ok, thanks

[goodhue]

15. Abercrombie's Iraq Watch . . .

http://www.house.gov/abercrombie/iraqwatch.shtml