OUTRAGED. HOW THE SENATORS VOTED ON MUKASEY

11-8 VOTE OF SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RUBBERSTAMPS TORTURE AS OK



BETRAYED BY SCHUMER & FEINSTEIN…

THAT is the nice way of putting their votes to pass Mukasey onto us, as U.S. Attorney General. They are stooges of the lame President who is a criminal in any just arena.

BIG SHAME ON YOU SCHUMER & FEINSTEIN…while Bush undermines the US Constitution. You just helped him out in that regard.

Mukasey nomination goes forward A US Senate committee has approved Michael Mukasey as attorney general despite his refusal to denounce simulated drowning as unlawful torture.

The Judiciary Committee voted to advance Mr Mukasey's nomination by 11 votes against 8. All of the Republicans on the Committee voted in favour of Mr Mukasey, while all but two of the Democrats on the panel opposed the nomination.

The support of the two Democrats - Senators Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein - was crucial in allowing Mr Mukasey's nomination to go forward…” From the BBC link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7081443.stm

Judiciary Panel OK's Waterboarding, Er, Mukasey
The Nation http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20071106/cm_thenation/15249153 The

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be Attorney General of the United States with PDF links to each member’s follow-up questions and the full C-Span video footage. http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=3001#AGQuestions

I called my U.S. Senator who sits on the Judiciary Committee that voted today at 11:45 a.m. to send the vote to the full senate next week on Mukasey being confirmed to be OUR United States Attorney General, following Alberto Gonzales. I asked for the Mukasey voting record of each Senate Judiciary Committee member and they couldn’t provide it.

But I have listed it here after compiling the list and coordinating it with the BBC’s article information.

THE VOTE of the Senate Judiciary Committee for Mukasey as United States Attorney General November 6, 2007:

8 Vote AGAINST MUKASEY for Attorney General

Patrick J. Leahy CHAIRMAN, D-VERMONT

Edward M. Kennedy D-MASSACHUSETTS

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. D-DELAWARE

Herb Kohl D-WISCONSIN

Russell D. Feingold D-WISCONSIN

Richard J. Durbin D-ILLINOIS

Sheldon Whitehouse D-RHODE ISLAND, My Senator

Benjamin L. Cardin D-MARYLAND

11 Vote FOR MUKASEY for Attorney General

Arlen Specter RANKING MEMBER, R-PENNSYLVANIA

Charles E. Grassley R-IOWA

Dianne Feinstein D-CALIFORNIA

Jon Kyl R-ARIZONA

Jeff Sessions R-ALABAMA

Charles E. Schumer D-NEW YORK

Lindsey Graham R-SOUTH CAROLINA

John Cornyn R-TEXAS

Sam Brownback R-KANSAS

Tom Coburn R-OKLAHOMA

Orrin G. Hatch R-UTAH
http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm

US: Will the Next Attorney General Allow Torture?
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/10/25/usint17174.htm