Saturday, June 17, 2006

CBC votes on the Iraq Resolution

Yesterday the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 861. The Resolution, hotly debated over two days, backed President Bush's current course of action in Iraq. HR 861 passed with 256 yes votes and 153 no votes. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) voted nearly unanimously against the resolution. The votes of the CBC follows:

Yes - 2

Bishop
Thompson

No - 36

Brown
Butterfield
Carson
Clay
Clyburn
Conyers
Cummings
D. Davis
A. Davis
Fattah
Ford
Green
Hastings
Jackson
Jackson-Lee
Jefferson
Johnson
Jones
Lee
Lewis
McKinney
Meek
Meeks
Millender-McDonald
Moore
Owens
Payne
Rangel
Rush
D. Scott
R. Scott
Towns
Waters
Watson
Watt
Wynn

Not Voting - 2

Cleaver
Kilpatrick

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