2005-02-03

For and against torture

The 36 members of the US Senate who voted against the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general are:

Daniel Akaka (Hawaii), Evan Bayh (Indiana), Joseph Biden (Delaware), Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico), Barbara Boxer (California), Robert Byrd (West Virginia), Maria Cantwell (Washington), Thomas Carper (Delaware), Hillary Clinton (New York), Kent Conrad (North Dakota), Jon Corzine (New Jersey), Mark Dayton (Minnesota), Christopher Dodd (Connecticut), Byron Dorgan (North Dakota), Richard Durbin (Illinois), Russell Feingold (Wisconsin), Dianne Feinstein (California), Tom Harkin (Iowa), James Jeffords (Vermont), Tim Johnson (South Dakota), Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts), John Kerry (Massachusetts), Herb Kohl (Wisconsin), Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey), Patrick Leahy (Vermont), Carl Levin (Michigan), Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas), Barbara Mikulski (Maryland), Barack Obama (Illinois), Jack Reed (Rhode Island), Harry Reid (Nevada), John Rockefeller (West Virginia), Paul Sarbanes (Maryland), Charles Schumer (New York), Debbie Stabenow (Michigan), Ron Wyden (Oregon)

Max Baucus (Montana), Kent Conrad (North Dakota), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) and Patty Murray (Washington) abstained.


The rest of the members of the US Senate favor torture. If you are a US citizen, vote against them in the next election. That includes every Republican member, without exception.

It also includes the following pro-torture Democrats: Mary Landrieu (Louisiana), Joseph Lieberman (Connecticut), Ben Nelson (Nebraska), Bill Nelson (Florida), David Pryor (Arkansas), Ken Salazar (Colorado). Vote for their opponents in the primaries.

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