Senate passes Intel Bill 89-2

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

link: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6655348/

The only 2 Senators to vote against it were Robert Byrd and Inhofe from Oklahoma.

God in Heaven, what is happening in our country?

[punpirate]

1. And Inhofe probably voted against it...

... because it wasn't draconian enough....

[imenja]

5. Which parts of the bill do you especially dislike?

I assume you know the House and Senate Democrats supported it overwhelmingly.
What are your own objections to the bill?

[sakabatou]

2. Well Byrd was right on somethings,

but he should have voted for it anyway.

“No legislation alone can forestall a terrorist attack on our nation,” Byrd said.

[trotsky]

3. OK, 89+2 = 91, so who are the 9 that abstained?

Hmmm?

[imenja]

4. abstentions

I was curious too, so I looked it up.

Not Voting - 9
Bond (R-MO)
Campbell (R-CO)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hollings (D-SC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Lott (R-MS)
Nickles (R-OK)
Smith (R-OR

Entire roll call vote available here: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=2&vote=00216#position

[happyslug]

6. I beleive it is house bill 60931 and Senate Bill 2845:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r108:FLD001:H60931

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:1:./temp/~c108LDU67p::

[Moderator]

7. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1055294