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Grouped By Vote Position
| YEAs ---72 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Baucus (D-MT) Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) | Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (D-SD) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) | Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) |
| NAYs ---25 | ||
| Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Boxer (D-CA) Clinton (D-NY) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) | Jeffords (I-VT) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) | Obama (D-IL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR) |
| Not Voting - 3 | ||
| Ensign (R-NV) | Hagel (R-NE) | Harkin (D-IA) |
7 Democrats:
Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut
Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia
E. Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Ken Salazar, Colorado
7 Republicans:
John S. McCain III, Arizona
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Warner, Virginia
Olympia Snowe, Maine
Susan M. Collins, Maine
R. Michael DeWine, Ohio
Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island
Although I think senators Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin have been kicking ass, I still believe "we the people" should have more part in the process of asking the questions to the Judge. So in the spirit of cooperation and the good old democratic process, help us come up with the top 3 questions our good senators should be asking Judge Samuel Alito.
I am keeping it to 3 questions because, at this point, 10 questions, although a fantastic popular culture meme, would actually detract from the real objective of passing them on to the Democratic senators in the Judiciary Committee.
We want to move on this fast, to hopefully have the final three by the end of the morning session and ready to be faxed and email during lunch tomorrow.
Do y'all think we can do this?
Yes?
Then let's get cracking.
We ought to get 10 good questions we can narrow down to 3.
Ready?
Set.
Go!
Organizations Opposed
Alliance for Justice
Americans for Democratic Action
Congressional Black Caucus
Feminist Majority
Human Rights Campaign
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Lambda Legal
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
MoveOn
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Abortion Federation
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Women’s Organizations
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Lawyers Guild
National Organization for Women
National Women’s Law Center
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
People For the American Way
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
The Shalom Center
Union for Reform Judaism
Unitarian Universalist Association
USAction
Violence Policy Center
The Woodhull Freedom Federation
Organizations Expressing Concern
American Association for Affirmative Action
American Civil Liberties Union
AFL-CIO
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Center for American Progress
Center for Reproductive Rights
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Community Rights Counsel
Earthjustice
Hispanic National Bar Association
Interfaith Alliance
League of United Latin American Citizens
Legal Momentum
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Senior Citizens Law Center
YWCA USA