“Hate crimes”—Senate Update
I wrote the following on my July 18th post: “The “hate crimes” bill was attached to a defense appropriation bill Thursday evening. I did not post about it (since I learned of the possibility Thursday morning) until Friday morning. While on the internet Friday morning, I learned that it had been already attached to the defense bill.
So much for public input! Don’t you just love our representative Congress? I briefly tried to find the vote but could not. I’ll try again and identify the Republicans who voted for the attachment—five in all. All Democrats voted for the attachment to the defense bill.
As I said in yesterday’s post: “I wrote about the ‘hate crimes’ bill with posts from May 5th through May 15th, May 19th, May 21st through the 22nd, and then June 6th and June 9th. This IS an important issue and one that deserves to be and SHOULD be voted up or down on ITS OWN MERITS! To NOT do so, is legislative COWARDLINESS! If they are successful, VOTERS should NOT FORGET. HOLD them ACCOUNTABLE!
However, if the voters do not, Democrats should know this—GOD WILL! If I were them, I’d rather answer to the voters than answer to GOD! HOLY destruction is in their future if they do NOT repent.
Terrorists don’t have to attack us to destroy us as a nation. It seems that libertine Democrats are determined to destroy us from within as they plunge us deeper and deeper into the abyss of moral depravity.”
Remember: The online petition dealing with healthcare insurance to have members of Congress who support the bill to also be under the provisions of the bill is available at http://www.fleming.house.gov/. There is a similar petition at the “Center for Health Transformation” website which you can sign here. As of Saturday morning, it said 9,700+ had signed so far. Finally, “Patients First” which is a project of Americans for Prosperity ® has a petition “opposing the Obama/Pelosi Health Care takeover.” If you wish to sign the petition, “please do so now here.” According to the website, 147,851 have signed as of Saturday morning.
Also: Therefore, unlike the ‘Cap and Trade’ bill passed by the House of Representatives which was amended—300 pages—the DAY OF the final vote, it is incumbent upon Congress to actually know what they are voting on! Consequently, the following pledge from every member of Congress—House of Representatives and Senate—should be required by the voters of this nation!
The Pledge is from http://www.letfreedomringusa.com/ and is available in PDF form for you to download and send a copy of to your Representative and Senators. (There are two pages: one for House members and one for Senate members.) The address for each is available at http://www.house.gov/ and http://www.senate.gov/. Please note, as stated on Saturday’s post, the stated desire of the Speaker of the House is to have this bill voted on and passed before the August recess. Time is of the essence.”
Below is the information I promised on the cloture vote to add the “hate crimes” bill to the Department of Defense appropriation bill in the Senate:
S.1390 (bill number in the Senate—my addition)
Title: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (NOTE: This is a Defense Department appropriation bill!—my addition)
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 7/2/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: H.R.2647, S.1391
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2009 Senate floor actions. Status: Considered by Senate.
Senate Reports: 111-35
7/15/2009:
S.AMDT.1511 Amendment SA 1511 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S7509)
To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. (NOTE: Amendment to the Defense Department appropriation bill which NOW includes the House of Representatives’ passed “hate crimes” bill into the Defense Department Appropriation bill! [I don’t know if the amendment is exactly the same as the House passed bill.] The amendment was first proposed on July 15, 2009. How exactly does a “hates crimes” bill relate to a Department of Defense Appropriation bill?—my addition)
7/16/2009:
S.AMDT.1511 Cloture on amendment SA 1511 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 63 - 28. (To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes—my addition.)
Record Vote Number: 233. (consideration: CR S7635; text: CR S7635) [NOTE: The next day—July 16, 2009—the Senate voted for closure to prevent a filibuster over the amendment.]
Senate Amendment 1511
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Leahy Amdt. No. 1511)
Vote Number: 233; Vote Date: July 16, 2009, 10:51 PM (NOTE: proposed on July 15, 2009 and voted on July 16, 2009! When exactly did the VOTING CITIZENS have a realistic opportunity to voice their OPINION on the proposed amendment! The Democrats’ attitude toward representative government and hearing the voice of the people!—my addition)
Required For Majority: 3/5th Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1511 to S. 1390 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010)
Statement of Purpose: To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 63
NAYs 28
Not Voting 9
Grouped By Vote Position: YEAs—63 (includes Republicans only—my addition)
Susan M. Collins (R—Maine)
Listed as Catholic
http://www.collins.senate.gov/ (Website)
Richard G. Lugar (R—Indiana)
Listed as Methodist
http://www.lugar.senate.gov/ (Website)
senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov (E-mail)
Lisa Murkowski (R—Alaska)
Listed as Catholic
http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/ (Website)
Olympia J. Snowe (R—Maine)
Listed as Greek Orthodox
http://www.snowe.senate.gov/ (Website)
George V. Voinovich (R—Ohio)
Listed as Catholic
http://www.voinovich.senate.gov/ (Website)
Why did each of these Republican Senators vote for cloture instead of voting for the “hate crimes” bill on its own merits?
Grouped By Vote Position: Not Voting—9 (includes Republicans only. To be fair, there may have been a legitimate reason(s) why these seven Republicans did not vote i.e. it was obvious that the amendment cloture vote would pass. If I recall correctly, only New Hampshire of the States of the nonvoting Republicans allows homosexual “civil partnership”/“marriage.” Plus, a nay vote is not needed to prevent cloture. Cloture needs 60 votes in all circumstances. All Democrats, who voted, voted yea. [So did the two “Independents”.] Only two Democrats did not vote and those were Kennedy and Byrd and both have not been participating because of their physical condition although they possibly would have voted if needed—my addition.)
Alexander (R—Tennessee)
Bond (R—Missouri)
Bunning (R—Kentucky)
Corker (R—Tennessee)
Graham (R—South Carolina)
Gregg (R—New Hampshire)
Martinez (R—Florida)
Terrorists don’t have to attack us to destroy us as a nation. It seems that libertine Democrats are determined to destroy us from within as they plunge us deeper and deeper into the abyss of moral depravity.
I wrote the following on my July 18th post: “The “hate crimes” bill was attached to a defense appropriation bill Thursday evening. I did not post about it (since I learned of the possibility Thursday morning) until Friday morning. While on the internet Friday morning, I learned that it had been already attached to the defense bill.
So much for public input! Don’t you just love our representative Congress? I briefly tried to find the vote but could not. I’ll try again and identify the Republicans who voted for the attachment—five in all. All Democrats voted for the attachment to the defense bill.
As I said in yesterday’s post: “I wrote about the ‘hate crimes’ bill with posts from May 5th through May 15th, May 19th, May 21st through the 22nd, and then June 6th and June 9th. This IS an important issue and one that deserves to be and SHOULD be voted up or down on ITS OWN MERITS! To NOT do so, is legislative COWARDLINESS! If they are successful, VOTERS should NOT FORGET. HOLD them ACCOUNTABLE!
However, if the voters do not, Democrats should know this—GOD WILL! If I were them, I’d rather answer to the voters than answer to GOD! HOLY destruction is in their future if they do NOT repent.
Terrorists don’t have to attack us to destroy us as a nation. It seems that libertine Democrats are determined to destroy us from within as they plunge us deeper and deeper into the abyss of moral depravity.”
Remember: The online petition dealing with healthcare insurance to have members of Congress who support the bill to also be under the provisions of the bill is available at http://www.fleming.house.gov/. There is a similar petition at the “Center for Health Transformation” website which you can sign here. As of Saturday morning, it said 9,700+ had signed so far. Finally, “Patients First” which is a project of Americans for Prosperity ® has a petition “opposing the Obama/Pelosi Health Care takeover.” If you wish to sign the petition, “please do so now here.” According to the website, 147,851 have signed as of Saturday morning.
Also: Therefore, unlike the ‘Cap and Trade’ bill passed by the House of Representatives which was amended—300 pages—the DAY OF the final vote, it is incumbent upon Congress to actually know what they are voting on! Consequently, the following pledge from every member of Congress—House of Representatives and Senate—should be required by the voters of this nation!
The Pledge is from http://www.letfreedomringusa.com/ and is available in PDF form for you to download and send a copy of to your Representative and Senators. (There are two pages: one for House members and one for Senate members.) The address for each is available at http://www.house.gov/ and http://www.senate.gov/. Please note, as stated on Saturday’s post, the stated desire of the Speaker of the House is to have this bill voted on and passed before the August recess. Time is of the essence.”
Below is the information I promised on the cloture vote to add the “hate crimes” bill to the Department of Defense appropriation bill in the Senate:
S.1390 (bill number in the Senate—my addition)
Title: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (NOTE: This is a Defense Department appropriation bill!—my addition)
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 7/2/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: H.R.2647, S.1391
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2009 Senate floor actions. Status: Considered by Senate.
Senate Reports: 111-35
7/15/2009:
S.AMDT.1511 Amendment SA 1511 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S7509)
To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. (NOTE: Amendment to the Defense Department appropriation bill which NOW includes the House of Representatives’ passed “hate crimes” bill into the Defense Department Appropriation bill! [I don’t know if the amendment is exactly the same as the House passed bill.] The amendment was first proposed on July 15, 2009. How exactly does a “hates crimes” bill relate to a Department of Defense Appropriation bill?—my addition)
7/16/2009:
S.AMDT.1511 Cloture on amendment SA 1511 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 63 - 28. (To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes—my addition.)
Record Vote Number: 233. (consideration: CR S7635; text: CR S7635) [NOTE: The next day—July 16, 2009—the Senate voted for closure to prevent a filibuster over the amendment.]
Senate Amendment 1511
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Leahy Amdt. No. 1511)
Vote Number: 233; Vote Date: July 16, 2009, 10:51 PM (NOTE: proposed on July 15, 2009 and voted on July 16, 2009! When exactly did the VOTING CITIZENS have a realistic opportunity to voice their OPINION on the proposed amendment! The Democrats’ attitude toward representative government and hearing the voice of the people!—my addition)
Required For Majority: 3/5th Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1511 to S. 1390 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010)
Statement of Purpose: To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 63
NAYs 28
Not Voting 9
Grouped By Vote Position: YEAs—63 (includes Republicans only—my addition)
Susan M. Collins (R—Maine)
Listed as Catholic
http://www.collins.senate.gov/ (Website)
Richard G. Lugar (R—Indiana)
Listed as Methodist
http://www.lugar.senate.gov/ (Website)
senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov (E-mail)
Lisa Murkowski (R—Alaska)
Listed as Catholic
http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/ (Website)
Olympia J. Snowe (R—Maine)
Listed as Greek Orthodox
http://www.snowe.senate.gov/ (Website)
George V. Voinovich (R—Ohio)
Listed as Catholic
http://www.voinovich.senate.gov/ (Website)
Why did each of these Republican Senators vote for cloture instead of voting for the “hate crimes” bill on its own merits?
Grouped By Vote Position: Not Voting—9 (includes Republicans only. To be fair, there may have been a legitimate reason(s) why these seven Republicans did not vote i.e. it was obvious that the amendment cloture vote would pass. If I recall correctly, only New Hampshire of the States of the nonvoting Republicans allows homosexual “civil partnership”/“marriage.” Plus, a nay vote is not needed to prevent cloture. Cloture needs 60 votes in all circumstances. All Democrats, who voted, voted yea. [So did the two “Independents”.] Only two Democrats did not vote and those were Kennedy and Byrd and both have not been participating because of their physical condition although they possibly would have voted if needed—my addition.)
Alexander (R—Tennessee)
Bond (R—Missouri)
Bunning (R—Kentucky)
Corker (R—Tennessee)
Graham (R—South Carolina)
Gregg (R—New Hampshire)
Martinez (R—Florida)
Terrorists don’t have to attack us to destroy us as a nation. It seems that libertine Democrats are determined to destroy us from within as they plunge us deeper and deeper into the abyss of moral depravity.
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