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How Your Congressman Voted on HR2206

By Karen Backman
Fri May 25, 2007 at 06:57:48 AM PST
Section: Diary Topic: Military

HR2206 to fund a prolongation of the occupation of Iraq and appease Bush.

HR2206 was an Iraqi funding bill designed to appease Bush and prolong our presence in Iraq. In Washington State only my congressman, Adam Smith of the Ninth, Jay Inslee of the First and Jim McDermott of the Seventh Congressional Districts had the balls to cast a vote in support of our troops and against HR2206. It is estimated that at current rates of casualties we could reach the mark of 4,000 dead as early as the end of July of this year, and Bush himself predicts a spike in the occurrence of casualties. And, as noted in another post, both Murray and Cantwell of the Senate voted in favor of appeasing Bush. Let your Congressman/Woman know how you feel about their votes via phone and/or e-mail.

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How Your Congressman Voted on HR2206 | 3 comments (3 topical)

not quite

There were two pieces (amendments, actually) to H.R.2206.

McDermott, Inslee and (big surprise) voted against the without-timelines supplemental military funding amendment. All six Washington Democrats, along with Doc Hastings and Dave Reichert, voted for the minimum wage increase/Katrina funding/etc. amendment.

McMorris Rodgers is still out on maternity leave, so she didn't vote.

For the record, the only Democrat who apparently doesn't want to raise the minimum wage or aid survivors of Katrina is ... Dennis Kucinich.

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by N in Seattle on Fri May 25, 2007 at 09:35:48 AM PST

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oops... by N in Seattle, 05/25/2007 10:33:26 AM PST (none / 0)

Confusion on the vote

Lest anyone here leave with the impression that there were any BUT Kucinich who were voting against Bush's Blank Check:

http://www.theleftshue.com/2007/05/some-salt-for-your-wound.html

and

http://davidsirota.com/index.php/2007/05/25/the-final-insult-dems-brag-to-press-about-deceiving-the- public-on-iraq/

Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue

by The Left Shue on Fri May 25, 2007 at 06:46:47 PM PST

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How Your Congressman Voted on HR2206 | 3 comments (3 topical)

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