Today, the U.S. Senate voted, 60-39, to approve the Kennedy-Smith Amendment 3035 to H.R. 1585, expanding the present hate crime legislation. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed for cloture on Amendment 3035 to the Department of Defense Reauthorization bill that would give the federal government jurisdiction over virtually every purported hate crime. The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act provision adds “sexual orientation” and “perceived gender identity” as protected minorities under federal law to the list of hate crimes already covered by federal law.
HERE IS HOW THE SENATE VOTED:
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress – 1st Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
| Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 3035 ) | |||
| Vote Number: | 350 | Vote Date: | September 27, 2007, 11:17 AM |
| Required For Majority: | 3/5 | Vote Result: | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
| Amendment Number: | S.Amdt. 3035 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) | ||
| 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 | 60 |
| NAYs | 39 | |
| Not Voting | 1 |
Alphabetical by Senator Name
| Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Nay Allard (R-CO), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Nay Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Nay Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burr (R-NC), Nay Byrd (D-WV), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Clinton (D-NY), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Nay Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Craig (R-ID), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay DeMint (R-SC), Nay Dodd (D-CT), Yea Dole (R-NC), Nay |
Domenici (R-NM), Nay Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Ensign (R-NV), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Graham (R-SC), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Nay Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lott (R-MS), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Yea Martinez (R-FL), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting McCaskill (D-MO), Yea |
McConnell (R-KY), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Obama (D-IL), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Salazar (D-CO), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Nay Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Nay Sununu (R-NH), Nay Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
Grouped By Vote Position
| YEAs —60 |
| NAYs —39 |
| Not Voting – 1 |
Grouped by Home State
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Nay | Shelby (R-AL), Nay |
| Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Nay | Stevens (R-AK), Nay |
| Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Nay | McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting |
| Arkansas: | Lincoln (D-AR), Yea | Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA), Yea | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
| Colorado: | Allard (R-CO), Nay | Salazar (D-CO), Yea |
| Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT), Yea | Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea |
| Delaware: | Biden (D-DE), Yea | Carper (D-DE), Yea |
| Florida: | Martinez (R-FL), Nay | Nelson (D-FL), Yea |
| Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA), Nay | Isakson (R-GA), Nay |
| Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Yea | Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
| Idaho: | Craig (R-ID), Nay | Crapo (R-ID), Nay |
| Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Yea | Obama (D-IL), Yea |
| Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN), Yea | Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
| Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Nay | Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
| Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS), Nay | Roberts (R-KS), Nay |
| Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY), Nay | McConnell (R-KY), Nay |
| Louisiana: | Landrieu (D-LA), Yea | Vitter (R-LA), Nay |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Yea | Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
| Maryland: | Cardin (D-MD), Yea | Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
| Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA), Yea | Kerry (D-MA), Yea |
| Michigan: | Levin (D-MI), Yea | Stabenow (D-MI), Yea |
| Minnesota: | Coleman (R-MN), Yea | Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Nay | Lott (R-MS), Nay |
| Missouri: | Bond (R-MO), Nay | McCaskill (D-MO), Yea |
| Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Yea | Tester (D-MT), Yea |
| Nebraska: | Hagel (R-NE), Nay | Nelson (D-NE), Yea |
| Nevada: | Ensign (R-NV), Nay | Reid (D-NV), Yea |
| New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH), Yea | Sununu (R-NH), Nay |
| New Jersey: | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea | Menendez (D-NJ), Yea |
| New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Yea | Domenici (R-NM), Nay |
| New York: | Clinton (D-NY), Yea | Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
| North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC), Nay | Dole (R-NC), Nay |
| North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Yea | Dorgan (D-ND), Yea |
| Ohio: | Brown (D-OH), Yea | Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
| Oklahoma: | Coburn (R-OK), Nay | Inhofe (R-OK), Nay |
| Oregon: | Smith (R-OR), Yea | Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
| Pennsylvania: | Casey (D-PA), Yea | Specter (R-PA), Yea |
| Rhode Island: | Reed (D-RI), Yea | Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea |
| South Carolina: | DeMint (R-SC), Nay | Graham (R-SC), Nay |
| South Dakota: | Johnson (D-SD), Yea | Thune (R-SD), Nay |
| Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Nay | Corker (R-TN), Nay |
| Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Nay | Hutchison (R-TX), Nay |
| Utah: | Bennett (R-UT), Nay | Hatch (R-UT), Nay |
| Vermont: | Leahy (D-VT), Yea | Sanders (I-VT), Yea |
| Virginia: | Warner (R-VA), Yea | Webb (D-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
| West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV), Yea | Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
| Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI), Yea | Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
| Wyoming: | Barrasso (R-WY), Nay | Enzi (R-WY), Nay |
Hmm.
The U.S. Senate attaching a sexual orientation/gender identity hate crime amendment to a defense bill.
Well.
That’s an act that’s definately guaranteed to get this bill vetoed when it comes to Bush’s desk. But, then again, that is possibly the only way to get this part of the hate crime bill sent through and approved. Sad, that a hate crime bill has to have a war-hawk portion added to it to be given validity. Of course, war is more worshipped and sanctioned by this country than the love of human life against hate crimes.
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THE GEOGRAPHY OF HATE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/opinion/25potok.html
MAP OF NOOSE HANGINGS:
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/11/25/opinion/25opchart.html
CONGRESSIONAL MANEUVERING DOOMS HATE CRIME MEASURE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/washington/07hate.html
PELOSI AND CONGRESS CAVING IN ON HATE CRIMES:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/opinion/10mon3.html
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I can’t stand that corrupt asshat David Vitter. I knew he’d never vote yes on this bill. Thanks for providing the breakdown of the votes for each state.
P.S. I’m here via Leftist Loony Lunchbox.
Ann,
Thank you for providing the breakdown of the votes from each senator regarding the expansion of the hate crimes legislation.
It’s too bad that Republican senators are on the side of opposition to the bill. Mind you that’s the same party whose presidential candidates snub jounalists of color, polarized people along racial/ethnic lines with regards to immigration and crime issues, and neglect the pressing needs of their constituents.
Their opposition to the bill didn’t surprise me one bit.
Stephanie B.
Bint.
Thanks for your comment.
Yes, I remember you. I’ve read your blog, and your comments at Leftist and at Kai’s.
Thanks for stopping by.
You are welcome, Stephanie.
Republicans see that their days are numbered, and they are working hard gutting and demolishing as many laws, government programs, civil rights statutes, etc. that they can destroy before many of them leave office.
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