House passes resolution saying Iraq war made world safer

[NewJerseyDem]

No link yet. It just happened on C-SPAN.

Final vote was something like 396 yeas, 93 nays, and 8 present with 7 not voting.

2 republicans voted no along with 90 democrats and Bernie Sanders.

[villager]

1. pathetic

like something out of Lewis Carroll...

[wryter2000]

2. Damned Dinos

Don't they know this is an election year?

What do they think...they can vote to make it safe?

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. Maybe they realize they're next.

Afterall, they voted to let the idiot in office do it.

[Salviati]

3. Pretty lame when they feel the need to pass a resolution saying this...

It's not like we needed a resolution that said WWII was a good thing... :eyes:

[NewJerseyDem]

4. Now there is a vote on honoring FDR

And already 4 republicans have voted no and 3 others are voting present.

[WoodrowFan]

30. how did it end?? (NT)

[NewJerseyDem]

34. FDR vote roll call

Voting no: Bartlett (MD), Flake (AZ), Hefley (CO), King (IA), Paul (TX).

Voting present: Crane (IL), Cunninghame (CA), Everett (AL), Sam Johnson (TX), Kingston (GA), Pence (IN)

What a disgrace!

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll065.xml

[WoodrowFan]

70. Pence

I knew Mike Pence in college. We were in the same department (history). He was a self-righteous asshole then too. Our adviser, who was a big FDR fan, would be appalled.

If there are any FIJIs here, he was one of you guys!

[markus]

77. Confused: FDR rollcall? n/t

[Liberal Veteran]

5. What's next? House passes resolution saying everyone is happy?

Or, house passes resolution saying everyone is a millionaire and completely healthy?

[a_random_joel]

8. Shhhh! Everybody IS happy.

Get with the program, already.

[Art_from_Ark]

52. How about "House passes resolution

requiring all flag-fearing Americans to set aside two minutes each day to shake their fists at bearded terra-ist going up and down a mountain"

Oh, the possibilities are endless :crazy:

[TankLV]

54. House repukes pass resolution declaring sky is green.

Still doesn't make it true.

[a_random_joel]

6. I'd like to see the Spanish Parliament's resolution...

[Mrs. Overall]

7. I don't get this--

You can pass a resolution about an opinion?

[Just Me]

14. Perhaps a contrived paper trail to make this history in the making,...

,...look better than it really is.

Hell, I don't know.

This is irrational, dishonest, "fortune-telling", and just plain wrong.

[NewJerseyDem]

17. They do it all the time

For instance the House has passed the following resolutions since the middle of February.

Honoring the life and legacy of Luis A. Ferre

Thanking C-SPAN for its service to the House of Representatives on the 25th anniversary of its first coverage of the proceedings of the House

Expressing the condolences and deepest sympathies of the House of Representatives for the untimely death of Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski

Commending India on its celebration of Republic Day

Expressing the sense of Congress that Kids Love a Mystery is a program that promotes literacy and should be encouraged

Congratulating the San Jose Earthquakes for winning the 2003 Major League Soccer Cup

Congratulating the Detroit Shock for winning the 2003 Womens National Basketball Association championship

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the earthquake that occurred in San Luis Obispo County, California, on December 22, 2003

Supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and Italian American communities in recognizing a National Day of Remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the restriction, exclusion, and internment of individuals and families during World War II

Honoring the Men and Women of the Drug Enforcement Administration on the Occasion of its 30th Anniversary

Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the Peoples Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China, and for other purposes

Expressing the sympathy of the House of Representatives for the victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred on December 26, 2003, in Bam, Iran

Recognizing and honoring the life of the late Raul Julia, his dedication to ending world hunger, and his great contributions to the Latino community and the performing arts

[aquart]

38. They honored Raul? Oh, that's so nice.

A genuinely good man.

[Just Me]

44. Good grief! When do they make time to actually demonstrate leadership?

Sometimes, I feel like I am approaching more than I want to know because,...well,...YAK ATTACK!!! Geez, no wonder our country is such a mess.

[Cat Atomic]

9. Oh goody. Maybe they can vote for candy to fall out of the sky next.

I love candy.

[smirkymonkey]

15. LOL!

this is great! Can just anyone pass a resolution?? Think of how we could make all our wildest dreams come true!

[mmm]

10. wasting time as the world burns

these fuckers all need to be in prison

[saigon68]

35. Like voting for the sun to come up tommorrow

Idiots and thieves. To think how much they steal from us.

What idiots could possibly enjoy this?

[AlienGirl]

11. They can pass a resolution calling themself a bus stop...

Doesn't mean the bus will stop.

Tucker

[Jacobin]

37. Oh, but I think we would be surprised at how many congresscritters

would be outraged that the bus wouldn't then stop.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Wait - you need a resolution to

express a f**ed up, erroneous opinion on Iraq? What does this prove?

I thought I had seen it all.

[icymist]

23. They're not in touch with reality.

Passing such stupid and arrogant referendums will surely make the rest of the world consider Americans to be completely insane!

[WoodrowFan]

13. glad that's settled (eye roll) (NT)

[childslibrarian]

16. pathetic pathetic pathetic

I can't believe this....
They doesn't know the meaning of the word "fear" - but then again they doesn't know the meaning of most words

[Hotler]

18. what a bunch of twits.

No balls, no back bone. This is getting old folks. Theys guys need a swift kick in the ass.

[NewJerseyDem]

19. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) meant to vote no

She announced on the floor that she intended to vote no on the resolution. I don't think she can change her name on the official roll call but if you see her name when the roll call is published as a yea vote, you can know it was an accident.

[lightbulb]

24. D'OH

sorry

[Liberal Veteran]

20. House moves on to important business by passing resolution that Lite beer.

....tastes great and that it is more important than the fact that is less filling."

[Liberal Veteran]

21. I move that we vote on my resolution....

....to declare Congressional resolutions like this a complete waste of time.

Is there anyone who will second my motion?

[Just Me]

47. Absolutely,...I second!!! *eom*

[RainDog]

22. double plus good!

will the next resolution say that the economy is the best its ever been?

or maybe the next resolution will say that they renounce the fact that Bush has the worst job creation record for any president since Hoover, so don't bother them with facts?

I think we should stop calling America a democracy, and instead call it Animal Farm. The United States of Animal Farm.

double plus good!

[lastknowngood]

26. Yes and the billionaire tax cuts have spawned this booming

economy <sarcasimoff>

[everythingsxen]

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Sorry this is so mind-numbingly stupid my brain is eating itself.

[AlienGirl]

31. You must've caught Mad Politician Disease

[AlienGirl]

28. Why are they wasting our money on this crap?!

They are using our tax money, in the form of their salaries, to sit around with their thumbs up their asses going, "Woo, we're all safe now!"

:grr:

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

29. Arrrgh!

Brain.. hurt...

More... beer. :beer:

Why didn't they vote that we are all rich instead?

[Sugarbleus]

32. Maybe I'm wrong but the vote I saw was more like

200+ to 100+ I woke up early to find it on my TV. I leapt outta bed thinking what in Gawds name are they doing????????

In anycase, yes, our Dems have got to pull their heads outta you know where. We don't have as many to vote on our side, so it could have passed anyway but can't our reps. see that this is a setup?

Then, a bomb blast goes off in Baghdad to just ice the cake.

*shaking head*

[pansypoo53219]

33. so

all we have to do is pass a resolution and poof, it makes it so?

what bloody retards they is.

[Jacobin]

36. Bwaaaahahahahahahahaha!!!!!1

What's next?

Congress passes bill declaring earth flat?

Fucking self congratulating meglamaniacle dingbats

[Lisa]

39. Hey! I thought it was the U-N, not the U-S ...

... that was supposed to be obsessed with useless resolutions!

[NewJerseyDem]

40. Roll Call link

--------------Ayes-Noes-PRES-NV
Republican----222--2----------4
Democratic----105--90----7----3
Independent--------1
TOTALS--------327--93----7----7

Republicans voting no: Jim Leach (IA), Ron Paul (TX)
Democrats voting present: Carson (IN), Davis (AL), Davis (CA), Johnson, E. B. (TX), Lantos (CA), Meehan (MA), Waxman (CA)

Republicans not present: Simmons(CT), Sherwood (PA), Tauzin (LA), Weldon (PA)
Democrats not present: Hoeffel (PA), Kucinich (OH), Smith (WA)

[54anickel]

53. 105 Dems voted for this? WTF When will they get some balls!?!!!

[IndianaGreen]

55. They just congratulated Bush for his invasion of Iraq

and gave the Bush/Cheney campaign more ammo to use against the Democratic nominee.

Idiots!

[NewJerseyDem]

56. I was surprised by a few of the names

Rosa DeLauro (CT), Rush Holt (NJ), Tom Allen (ME), Sherrod Brown (OH), Michael Capuano (MA), Pete DeFazio (OR), Lloyd Doggett (TX), Jay Inslee (WA), Bob Menendez (NJ), Louise Slaughter (NY), and Mark Udall (CO) all voted yes even though they opposed the war and voted no on the $87 billion. I was surprised to see these names as yes votes.

[The Stranger]

72. List all 105 of them. Time to clean house.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

41. So, when will they vote the value of "pi" to be 3?

After all, it's in the Bible, and this is a Christian Nation!

[number6]

42. yea I feel safer...NOT

:crazy: :eyes:

[ima_sinnic]

43. um, wasn't there just a major terrorist attack less than 1 wk ago?

. . . and the world is "safer"???
what in hell are they smoking, anyway?

[monobrau]

49. how about today?

I actually watched them debate this while live footage of the carnage was bieng shown on the other networks. Crooked, lying bastards, all.

[Rex]

45. Ah yes, the FREEDOM FRIES crowd.

"Those lowdown, good fer nothing, backstabbing, double-dealing, larcenist, perverted worms! Hangins to good fer em! Burnins to good fer em! They should be torn into little bitty pieces and buried alive!"

[Matilda]

46. They don't have anything better to do with their time?

Like - no problems that need solving - jobs, education, environment,
terrorists .... ah, I guess the war solved the last one.

[NJCher]

48. pitiful

These people are pathetically, mind-numbingly out of touch. Why don't they go vote on a blue dress or something. Or another decency proposal based on Janet Jackson's boob.

Pretty soon they'll be confirming their vote by clicking their heels three times.

Well, if nothing else, they are amusement for the rest of the world.


Cher

[beanball]

50. The A-holes in the house

"we love war as long as we don't have to go" and by the way"our kid should not have to go and fight for Iraqi freedom,only poor kids and the blacks." That A-hole Dana Rohrbacker(R=Ratfucker) really is a scumbag repuke SOB.

[keithyboy]

51. So now they have to memorialize their lies in official government business

How sad. How much lower can we sink as a nation? Why not ask the world if they think they are safer after the Iraqi invasion?

[Ilsa]

57. Typical. Tomorrow they'll pass a resolution saying the world is flat.

And that a thought is a baby from the point of lust.
And humans were on the planet with dinosaurs, and the world is only 6,000+ years old.
Nooooo Problem. If you try to argue with them, they'll just say, "Well, that's your opinion. Mine is just as valid."

[JetCityLiberal]

58. Link to the vote breakdown w/names

and how they voted. Read 'em and weep.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll064.xml

JetCityLiberal

[FlaGranny]

78. I was afraid to read it for a minute, but

I shouldn't have been. Robert Wexler was on the sensible side of this issue, as usual. Love ya, Bob.

[Mel]

59. for the record this resolution

was wrote by Republicans and they of course did not include a single Democrat in the process (this is the standard MO from the Republican Reps. in the House) when they wrote it nor would they allow any changes from the minority side.
Yes, this resolution is just a cover to try to make republicans look as if their boy king made the world safer....which we all know is BS! Keep it up Republicans no matter how hard you try we won't let you get away with trying to rewrite our history!

[Kimber Scott]

60. Well thank God,

I feel so much better now.

(Insert Twilight Zone theme here.)

[leesa]

61. What a bunch of friggin' idiots these people are!!

Proof positive that you can be dumber than a rock and thrive in politics.

[0007]

64. You got it!

[regnaD kciN]

62. BREAKING NEWS: New House resolution...

...declaring that the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

:crazy:

[metisnation]

63. GOT IT I GOT IT

the Bush junta company is trying to save face in their decision to FAMILY TO IRAQ. Anyone have a post to a link of votes time to put these jerks on notice.

[bain_sidhe]

65. So 105 Dems agreed that:

Relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces.

Whereas Saddam Hussein and his regime committed crimes against humanity, systematically violating the human rights of Iraqis and citizens of other countries;

Whereas Saddam Hussein's terror regime subjected the Iraqi people to murder, torture, rape, and amputation;

Whereas on March 16, 1988, Saddam Hussein's regime had and unleashed weapons of mass destruction against Kurdish citizens, killing nearly 5,000 of them;

Whereas as many as 270 mass grave sites, containing the remains of as many as 400,000 victims of Saddam Hussein's regime, have been found in Iraq;

Whereas rape was used to intimidate the Iraqi population, with victims often raped in front of their families;

Whereas the regime punished the Marsh Arabs by draining the marshlands, which created hundreds of thousands of refugees and caused an ecological catastrophe;

Whereas the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-338), passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 360 to 38, made it United States policy to support efforts to remove from power the regime headed by Saddam Hussein;

Whereas with the Iraqi regime failing to comply with 16 previously adopted United Nations Security Council resolutions, the Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 1441 on November 8, 2002, declaring that Iraq `has been and remains in material breach of its obligations under relevant resolutions, including resolution 687 (1991), in particular through Iraq's failure to cooperate with United Nations inspectors'; and

Whereas on October 10, 2002, the House of Representatives passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243) and on March 19, 2003, the United States initiated military operations in Iraq: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

(1) affirms that the United States and the world have been made safer with the removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime from power in Iraq;

(2) commends the Iraqi people for their courage in the face of unspeakable oppression and brutality inflicted on them by Saddam Hussein's regime;

(3) commends the Iraqi people on the adoption of Iraq's interim constitution; and

(4) commends the members of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces for liberating Iraq and expresses its gratitude for their valiant service.

Thanks guys. Those of us fighting the BushCo-NeoCon Imperial Empire don't mind being cut off at the knees at all.

Well, hardly at all...

[Lugnut]

66. I just passed my own resolution.

The US House of Representatives as a whole is pathetic. My resolution is just as significant as theirs.

[daleo]

67. Pass a resolution to bring the dead back to life

They should pass a resolution that 650 or so coalition soldiers aren't actually dead, nor are countless thousands of Iraqis.

[NJCher]

68. oh that's a good one

That's going in my letter to my representative, Pascrell, who voted "aye" to this pathetic resolution.


Cher

[mvd]

69. Argh

More rah rah-ism to coincide with Bush campaigning. What we really did was turn Iraq INTO a terrorist state.

[WoodrowFan]

71. maybe it did

If we can kick Shurb out of office because of this fiasco, the world WILL be safer. :eyes:

[74dodgedart]

73. I'm sure there are a couple hundred Spanish families that disagree

[cedahlia]

74. How embarrassing!

I guess if you repeat something often enough and pass a resolution about it it *MUST* be true!! :eyes:

[ramapo]

75. History by legislation

What a pathetic waste of time.

Expect the admin to create "news" reports to spread the word.

[librechik]

76. maniacs have taken over the asylum n/t

[Kadie]

79. Get bushie out of the white house

and really make the world safer.