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House votes 280-142, Senate 80-14, for blank check for bipartisan war

Thu May 24, 2007 at 05:12:41 PM PDT

The House just voted 280-142 on the amendment to give Bush a blank check for the now bipartisan war.

Democrats were 86-140 against it
Republicans were 194-2 in favor of it.
Roll call

The original 2002 Iraq war resolution passed by a 296-133 margin.
However, there were fewer Democrats, and
Democrats were 81-126 against it
Republicans were 215-6 for it
Sanders voted against it
Roll call

In other words, Democrats aren't any more against the war than in 2002. Pathetic, just pathetic.

The Senate voted 80-14 in favor
Democrats voted 37-10 in favor
Republicans voted 42-3 in favor
Sanders voted against
Lieberman voted in favor
Roll Call

Here are the 14 Senators to vote no:
Boxer (D-CA)
Burr (R-NC)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coburn (R-OK)
Dodd (D-CT)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feingold (D-WI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Obama (D-IL)
Sanders (I-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

In 2002, the Senate voted 77-23 for the Iraq war
Democrats voted 29-20 in favor
Republicans voted 48-1 against
Jeffords voted against
Roll call

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