House Roll Call : Repug Resolution Passes,"World A Safer Place"

[G_j]

:puke:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=512&e=1&u=/ap/20040318/ap_on_go_co/house_rollcall_congress_iraq


The 327-93 roll call Wednesday by which the House passed a resolution commending the Iraqi people and American and coalition troops and stating that the world has become a safer place since the removal of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) a year ago.



A "yes" vote is a vote to approve the resolution.


Voting "yes" were 105 Democrats and 222 Republicans.


Voting "no" were 90 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent.


X denotes those not voting.


Present denotes those who voted they were "present" at the time of the vote but did not vote "yes" or "no" on the issue.


There is one vacancy in the 435-member House
Roll Call:
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17152705.htm

US lawmakers blame Spain, battle on Iraq resolution

By Vicki Allen

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans charged Spain's new government with appeasing terrorists on Wednesday as politicians accused rivals of exploiting the Iraq war for election-year advantage in a bitter House (of Representatives) debate.

As the dust settled from a deadly explosion at a Baghdad hotel, Republicans trained their fire on Spain. The pro-Bush government was replaced in an election on Sunday, days after a series of train bombings and the new government has promised to pull Spanish troops from Iraq.

"Here is a country that stood against terrorism, and had a huge terrorist act within their country, and they chose to change their government and to in a sense appease terrorists," House Speaker Dennis Hastert said.

Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican, said, "If we follow the example of the new Spanish government and we accept failure in Iraq and permit the victory of the terrorists, there there will no counting the number of people around the world who will suffer the consequences."

House Republican leaders were pushing through a resolution to mark the March 19 U.S. anniversary of the war's start, praising U.S. troops and the Iraqi people.

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[neverborn]

1. *giggle* What?

Republicans — Moran, Y;

ROFL :p

[Melsky]

2. Pathetic!

Maybe they can vote on a resolution about how Americans are more prosperous than ever before. Problem solved!

[BigBigBear]

3. Tom hasn't suffered any consequences

"Even though hundreds are dead in our ally's country, we STILL believe the world is a safer plave. We do, we do, we do." Go to Spain and the families that, DeLay. POS.

DeLay is two steps below a bucket of warm spit. Vile, beady-eyed little cur.

[wabeewoman]

4. In this alternate universe

with * 'president' if they make it a resolution and tell us it is the truth then it must be so. What exactly is the point of this? Shouldn't they be doing something important?

[SoCalDem]

5. Resolution:

March 20 shall be forever known as "BeanieBaby Day"..

They might as well.. :eyes:

[Mick Knox]

6. Well that settles it then!

Damn.. I feel much better

Our tax dollars at work....

[ithacan]

24. War is Peace!

this is getting freaky... too close to Orwell for comfort, and this is just one more example...

[G_j]

7. Listening to BBC

Hastert's 'Spain appeasing terrorists' remark getting lots of play.
way to go Dennis you Moran!

:think: :argh:

[Working Class Hero]

8. It figures

"the world has become a safer place since the removal of Saddam Hussein" The warmonger majority have claimed that this would be the case, among others (WMD, etc.), since they set their sites on Iraq many years ago. Now they have decided that its official. The world is a safer place now that Saddam has been removed. I agree that Saddam was an evil man and needed to go away, but how do they explain this resolution to the people of Spain? To the families of American soldiers that are still dying on an almost daily basis in Iraq? They call it a resolution commending the Iraqi people and American and coalition troops, I call it begging the question.
:wtf: :grr: :nuke:

[G_j]

9. over 700 have died from suicide bombings in Iraq

aprox. 500 of those in the last two months.
200 in Spain
Human Rights have taken a turn for the worse all over the world.
safer?

[jus_the_facts]

12. anyone who has half a brain can see the world isn't better off......

.........seems our pResident is lookin' a might bit as dangerous as ol' Saddam to me....WTF is about all I can say anymore....definitely be callin' my *dem rep* who voted with these IMBICILES tomorrow and voicin' my disgust once again!!!! :puke:

WELOCOME TO DU WORKIN' CLASS HERO!! :hi:

[Working Class Hero]

13. Thank you

It's great to be here! :toast:

[jus_the_facts]

15. Yeah...it is...

......isn't it!! ;-)

[G_j]

16. good to have you here

welcome to DU! :hi:

[beanball]

18. Congresswoman Barbara Lee

seem to be one of the few people in congress that has the guts to denounce that bunch of evil men and women in the Bush misadministration.

[devinsgram]

26. There's the problem

all of them put together do not have half a brain. All their worried about is keeping their jobs, so they just go along with what the majority say.

[guitar man]

10. 105 Democrats vote yes

WTF is wrong with them?

[Vernunft II]

11. Yeah, that was my first thought as well...

[G_j]

14. it was a trap

being sold as "supporting the troops" in an election year. Setting up Dems to be called unpatriotic. No changes allowed in the wording. Typical Republican crap.

[SeattleDem]

31. agree, what a BS waste of time

this was a total setup to try to paint Dems as unpatriotic.

I can see how this would be a tough vote. Vote "no" and be smeared by the GOP and risk alienating part of your electorate. Vote "yes" knowing it's a sham, set-up, pointless measure, and be filled with self-loathing for falling into the trap. It's a lose-lose situation for us.

[truthspeaker]

29. 105 sniveling cowards who need to be slapped

I'm serious, I'm sick of members of my party caving into this bullshit.

[beanball]

17. This planet is a safe place

you ask,how do I know that? well Dick the Gopher has reappeared.

[ComerPerro]

19. Well, gee, then it must be true

If a bunch of partisan, right wing hacks and some Democrats who don't have the balls to vote against the President say so, then it must be true.

WTF is their next resolution going to be?

Bush is great?

Tax cuts are awesome?

Ann Coulter is super hot?


DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!!!!!

[rman]

20. the seem to think opinion = fact ?

what an odd bunch it is.

Is the earth round or flat?
let's take a vote...

[NV1962]

21. why not pass a bill declaring all terrorists dead and/or non-existent?

They're missing out on a huge opportunity to hail Bush as the Conqueror of Terra...

[LeahMira]

22. Saying so doesn't make it so.

The 327-93 roll call Wednesday by which the House passed a resolution commending the Iraqi people and American and coalition troops and stating that the world has become a safer place since the removal of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) a year ago.

With bombs going off in Baghdad and bombs going off in Madrid, I do wonder how the world has become safer? The Representatives can say whatever they like, but they are spitting in the wind if the world doesn't believe what they are saying and facts don't support what they are saying.

The Iraqi people and the troops do deserve commendation for their strength and courage, but I doubt they appreciate the commendation for the reasons it was offered... and I doubt they feel safer.

[Eurobabe]

23. can't they find anything better to do

than waste taxpayer money debating shit like this?? :mad:

[gulliver]

25. A small truth selling a big lie.

The world is net less safe. Enron accounting again by the Repubs... They highlight assets and hide liabilities. If the Iraq war were a business, Republicans would be looking at jail time.

Take Saddam out of the world without having an unnecessary war to do it. Then the world would have been net safer and America net richer. But that is not what happened. We made a poor trade with the Iraq war, and we lost bad on the bottom line.

[soup]

27. ok

dismantle all WMDs, programs and WMD related activities
remove all barriers, metal detectors, and guards from government facilities
eliminate the DHS
toss Patriot act I and II
fire the secret service
mandates:
*jr will now travel, solo- in a GEO Metro convertible
Cheney will remain out of hiding
Ashcroft will fly on regular airlines
get rid of those annoying middle of the night emergency broadcast system tests

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In the event someone with bad intentions did not receive the memo that the world is now a safer place, and said person threatens, or performs, any act of terror, responsibility for said act shall lie solely upon the shoulders of those declaring the world a safer place.

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I'm sure there's more that can be added to the list, but I don't have time right now. I'm in the middle of removing the doors from our house. (I'm sure my rep is doing the same.)

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Cue the music:

Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note..............
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[ulysses]

28. I'll be damned.

Majette was a "no". Kudos where deserved.

[smirkymonkey]

30. Gephardt voted Yes!!

What is up with that?? Thank god he didn't even come close to getting the dem nomination!

[Bandit]

32. All terrorist activity since Jan 2001 has happened under Bush*'s watch

Make a resolution that for the world to be a safer place get rid of the Bush* Cabal. I would go for that kind of resolution that reflects reality instead of fantasy.