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18. 147 Democrats voted AGAINST the Iraq war resolution
Sat Nov 14, 2015, 04:11 PM
Nov 2015

That's a lot of Democrats that did not buy the lies Bush and Cheney were selling.

Hillary was in the minority of Democrats in Congress that chose to believe the lies Bush, Cheney & Rumsfeld were pushing

Here's the 147 Democrats that voted NO:

Iraq War Vote in 2002: 156 Congress Members Who Voted NO
Names of the 23 Senators and 133 House Members

By Deborah White
Liberal Politics Expert


In the Senate, the 21 Democrats, one Republican and one Independent who courageously voted their consciences in 2002 against the War in Iraq were:

* Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)
* Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico)
* Barbara Boxer (D-California)
* Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
* Lincoln Chaffee (R-Rhode Island)
* Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota)
* Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey)
* Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota)
* Dick Durbin (D-Illinois)
* Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
* Bob Graham (D-Florida)
* Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
* Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont)
* Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
* Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
* Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
* Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland)
* Patty Murray (D-Washington)
* Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island)
* Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland)
* Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan)
* The late Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota)
* Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)

~Snip~

Six House Republicans and one independent joined 126 Democratic members of the House of Representatives in voting NAY, on October 11, 2002, to the unprovoked use of force against Iraq:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) Tom Allen (D-Maine) Joe Baca (D-California) Brian Baird (D-Washington) John Baldacci (D-Maine, now governor of Maine) Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) Gresham Barrett (R-South Carolina) Xavier Becerra (D-California) Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) David Bonior (D-Michigan, retired from office) Robert Brady (D-Pennsylvania) Corinne Brown (D-Florida) Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

Lois Capps (D-California) Michael Capuano (D-Massachusetts) Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland) Julia Carson (D-Indiana) William Clay, Jr. (D-Missouri) Eva Clayton (D-North Carolina, retired from office) James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) Gary Condit (D-California, retired from office) John Conyers, Jr. (D-Michigan) Jerry Costello (D-Illinois) William Coyne (D-Pennsylvania, retired from office) Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland)

Susan Davis (D-California) Danny Davis (D-Illinois) Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) Bill Delahunt (D-Massachusetts) Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut) John Dingell (D-Michigan) Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) Mike Doyle (D-Pennsylvania) John Duncan, Jr. (R-Tennessee)

Anna Eshoo (D-California) Lane Evans (D-Illinois) Sam Farr (D-California) Chaka Fattah (D-Pennsylvania) Bob Filner (D-California) Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas) Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois)

Alice Hastings (D-Florida) Earl Hilliard (D-Alabama, retired from office) Maurice Hinchey (D-New York) Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) Rush Holt (D-New Jersey) Mike Honda (D-California) Darlene Hooley (D-Oregon) John Hostettler (R-Indiana) Amo Houghton (R-New York, retired from office) Jay Inslee (D-Washington)

Continued list of 133 members of the US House of Representatives who voted, on October 11, 2002, against the unprovoked use of force against Iraq
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Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Illinois) Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) Dale Kildee (D-Michigan) Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Michigan) Jerry Kleczka (D-Wisconsin, retired from office) Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)

John LaFalce (D-New York) James Langevin (D-Rhode Island) Rick Larsen (D-Washington) John Larson (D-Connecticut) Jim Leach (R-Iowa) Barbara Lee (D-California) Sandy Levin (D-Michigan) John Lewis (D-Georgia) Bill Lipinski (D-Illinois,retired from office) Zoe Lofgren (D-California)

James Maloney (D-Connecticut, retired from office) The late Robert Matsui (D-California) Karen McCarthy (D-Missouri, retired from office) Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) Jim McDermott-D-Washington) Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts) Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia) Carrie Meek (D-Florida, retired from office) Gregory Meeks (D-New York) Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-California) George Miller (D-California) Alan Mollohan (D-West Virginia) Jim Moran (D-Virginia) Connie Morella (D-Maryland)

Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) Grace Napolitano (D-California) Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts) Jim Oberstar (D-Minnesota) David Obey (D-Wisconsin) John Olver (D-Massachusetts) Major Owens (D-New York)

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-New Jersey) Ed Pastor (D-Arizona) Ron Paul (R-Texas) Donald Payne (D-New Jersey) Nancy Pelosi (D-California) David Price (D-North Carolina) Nick Rahall (D-West Virginia) Charles Rangel (D-New York) Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) Lynn Rivers (D-Michigan, retired from office) Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas, retired from office) Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-California) Bobby Rush (D-Illinois)

Martin Olav Sabo (D-Minnesota) Loretta Sanchez (D-California) Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) Thomas Sawyer (D-Ohio) Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) Bobby Scott (D-Virginia) Jose Serrano (D-New York) Louise Slaughter (D-New York) Vic Snyder (D-Arkansas) Hilda Solis (D-California) Pete Stark (D-California) Ted Strickland (D-Ohio) Burt Stupak (Michigan)

Mike Thompson (D-California) Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) John Tierney (D-Massachusetts) Edolphus Towns (D-New York) Mark Udall (D-Colorado) Tom Udall (D-New Mexico)

Nydia Velaquez (D-New York) Pete Visclosky (D-Indiana) Maxine Waters (D-California) Diane Watson (D-California) Melvin Watt (D-North Carolina) Lynn Woolsey (D-California) David Wu (D-Oregon)

http://usliberals.about.com/od/liberalleadership/a/IraqNayVote_3.htm

I would argue that ISIS is the result of a poorly executed Iraq War ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #1
The Bush/Cheney decision to invade Iraq was a reasonable one? AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #5
Do you ever read what is written? ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #10
147 Democrats voted AGAINST the Iraq war resolution think Nov 2015 #18
LePage is angryvet Nov 2015 #27
Seems you'll never get past the preconceived notion Dem2 Nov 2015 #22
I know ... a character flaw. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #23
No not even! We did not need benefit of hindsight to know the Iraq invasion was the wrong thing to upaloopa Nov 2015 #6
NO we did not have Richard Clark and many more telling us so ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #11
Well I will have to disagree with you upaloopa Nov 2015 #31
This is a truly incredible line of bullshit you're trying to sell here melman Nov 2015 #32
You think so? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #36
A very valid point. Invasion based on lies, but why was it also executed so poorly? Justice Nov 2015 #14
It was flawed from the start ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #17
The majority of Democrats in the House voted No, so that's incorrect Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #33
You are correct regarding the vote totals. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #37
10/7/2002 CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin informed Congress femmedem Nov 2015 #16
... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #20
Yes, I read that. But "unless attacked first" is important as well femmedem Nov 2015 #29
I agree--it not only was a wrong war ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #19
I see... so although it was a bogus war, if we'd just have done a better job whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #26
yes ... That's exactly what I meant ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #28
very well said restorefreedom Nov 2015 #2
And please remember the original name for the Iraq war was benld74 Nov 2015 #3
This One Looks Forward To The Debate When HRC Withdraws Referencing Her Role In Neocon Hegemony cantbeserious Nov 2015 #4
If we all learn from our mistakes and improve our actions we are better served. upaloopa Nov 2015 #8
Clearly One Has Not Listened - HRC Is Still A Neocon cantbeserious Nov 2015 #9
Knock knock ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #30
the U.S. military invasion, overthrow, and occupation bigtree Nov 2015 #7
+1000 ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #21
the US effort in the middle east has been under new management the past 7 yrs. Bush is no longer the msongs Nov 2015 #12
I'm looking for the candidate that will go after the funding sources riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #13
Ihave heard this so many times but I actually dont see the connection jamzrockz Nov 2015 #15
It was not an inevitable result of the Iraq War BainsBane Nov 2015 #24
ISIS had its genesis in 1989. randome Nov 2015 #25
Going forward, we need someone who doesn't think that the top jfern Nov 2015 #34
I agree with this: LWolf Nov 2015 #35
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