Senators Murray, Cantwell, Wyden vote to end the occupation of Iraq
Kudos to the Pacific Northwest's Democratic senators (Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray, and Ron Wyden) for voting today to end the disastrous occupation of Iraq.
28 senators, all Democrats, voted for the Feingold Amendment (to safely redeploy American forces from Iraq by next summer), while 68 senators voted against. 4 senators did not vote. These were the Democratic senators voting yes:
We were disappointed to see that Senators Tester and Webb voted against this amendment. That's not the courageous leadership we expect from them.
28 senators, all Democrats, voted for the Feingold Amendment (to safely redeploy American forces from Iraq by next summer), while 68 senators voted against. 4 senators did not vote. These were the Democratic senators voting yes:
Akaka - HawaiiObama surprisingly did not vote.
Biden - Delaware
Boxer - California
Brown - Ohio
Byrd - West Virginia
Cantwell - Washington
Cardin - Maryland
Clinton - New York
Dodd - Connecticut
Durbin - Illinois
Feingold - Wisconsin
Feinstein- California
Harkin - Iowa
Kennedy - Massachusetts
Kerry - Massachusetts
Klobuchar - Minnesota
Kohl - Wisconsin
Lautenberg - New Jersey
Leahy - Vermont
Menendez - New Jersey
Murray - Washington
Reid - Nevada
Rockefeller - West Virginia
Sanders - Vermont
Schumer - New York
Stabenow - Michigan
Whitehouse - Rhode Island
Wyden - Oregon
We were disappointed to see that Senators Tester and Webb voted against this amendment. That's not the courageous leadership we expect from them.
# Posted by Andrew : 6:38 PM
Comments:
Perhaps Obama felt it was more useful to continue campaigning in Iowa yesterday than return to DC for a symbolic vote that was going to lose. He had already voted for this in August and doesn't need to prove his anti-war credentials.
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