Chickenhawk/Iraq war vote
Seven Republicans (Senator Chafee and six Representatives) voted against the resolution.
One hundred forty seven (126 in the House, 21 in the Senate) Democrats voted against.
Both Independents, one in each house, voted against.
No one is innocent of being a chickenhawk just because of this one vote against, however, we can examine those who voted for it, and see how they have played warrior with their own life on the line. We might also "excuse" some of the "YEA" votes if within a year or two of the onset of hostilities they publicly proclaimed clear regret at their vote. Also, if the person had military service under their belt e.g. John McCain or James Inhofe, then they're not really a chickenhawk, even if they're the most die-hard war supporter imaginable. However, all-too-many of these hawks also happen to be chickenhawks.
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[edit] U.S. Senate
Vote Number: 237
Vote Date: October 11, 2002, 12:50 AM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Measure Number: H.J.Res. 114
Measure Title: A joint resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.
[edit] YEAs - 77
- Allard (R-CO)
- Allen (R-VA)
- Baucus (D-MT)
- Bayh (D-IN)
- Bennett (R-UT)
- Biden (D-DE)
- Bond (R-MO)
- Breaux (D-LA)
- Brownback (R-KS)
- Bunning (R-KY)
- Burns (R-MT)
- Campbell (R-CO)
- Cantwell (D-WA)
- Carnahan (D-MO)
- Carper (D-DE)
- Cleland (D-GA)
- Clinton (D-NY)
- Cochran (R-MS)
- Collins (R-ME)
- Craig (R-ID)
- Crapo (R-ID)
- Daschle (D-SD)
- DeWine (R-OH)
- Dodd (D-CT)
- Domenici (R-NM)
- Dorgan (D-ND)
- Edwards (D-NC)
- Ensign (R-NV)
- Enzi (R-WY)
- Feinstein (D-CA)
- Fitzgerald (R-IL)
- Frist (R-TN)
- Gramm (R-TX)
- Grassley (R-IA)
- Gregg (R-NH)
- Hagel(R-NE)
- Harkin (D-IA)
- Hatch (R-UT)
- Helms (R-NC)
- Hollings (D-SC)
- Hutchinson (R-AR)
- Hutchison (R-TX)
- Inhofe (R-OK)
- Johnson (D-SD)
- Kerry (D-MA)
- Kohl (D-WI)
- Kyl (R-AZ)
- Landrieu (D-LA)
- Lieberman (D-CT)
- Lincoln (D-AR)
- Lott (R-MS)
- Lugar (R-IN)
- McCain (R-AZ)
- McConnell (R-KY)
- Miller (D-GA)
- Murkowski (R-AK)
- Nelson (D-FL)
- Nelson (D-NE)
- Nickles (R-OK)
- Reid (D-NV)
- Roberts (R-KS)
- Rockefeller (D-WV)
- Santorum (R-PA)
- Schumer (D-NY)
- Sessions (R-AL)
- Shelby (R-AL)
- Smith (R-NH)
- Smith (R-OR)
- Snowe (R-ME)
- Specter(R-PA)
- Stevens (R-AK)
- Thomas (R-WY)
- Thompson (R-TN)
- Thurmond (R-SC)
- Torricelli (D-NJ)
- Voinovich (R-OH)
- Warner (R-VA)
[edit] NAYs - 23
- Akaka (D-HI)
- Bingaman (D-NM)
- Boxer (D-CA)
- Byrd (D-WV)
- Chafee (R-RI)
- Conrad (D-ND)
- Corzine (D-NJ)
- Dayton (D-MN)
- Durbin (D-IL)
- Feingold (D-WI)
- Graham (D-FL)
- Inouye (D-HI)
- Jeffords (I-VT)
- Kennedy (D-MA)
- Leahy (D-VT)
- Levin (D-MI)
- Mikulski (D-MD)
- Murray (D-WA)
- Reed (D-RI)
- Sarbanes (D-MD)
- Stabenow (D-MI)
- Wellstone (D-MN)
- Wyden (D-OR)
[edit] U.S. House of Representatives
H J RES 114 YEA-AND-NAY 10-Oct-2002 3:05 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: To Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq
| Party | Yeas | Nays | PRES | NV |
| Republican | 215 | 6 | 2 | |
| Democratic | 81 | 126 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1 | |||
| TOTALS | 296 | 133 | 3 |
[edit] YEAs - 296
- Ackerman (D - NY)
- Aderholt (R - AL)
- Akin (R - MO)
- Andrews (D - NJ)
- Armey (R - TX)
- Bachus (R - AL)
- Baker (R - LA)
- Ballenger (R - NC)
- Barcia (D - MI)
- Barr (R - GA)
- Bartlett (R - MD)
- Barton (R - TX)
- Bass (R - NH)
- Bentsen (D - TX)
- Bereuter (R - NE)
- Berkley (D - NV)
- Berman (D - CA)
- Berry (D - AR)
- Biggert (R - IL)
- Bilirakis (R - FL)
- Bishop (D - GA)
- Blagojevich (D - IL)
- Blunt (R - MO)
- Boehlert (R - NY)
- Boehner (R - OH)
- Bonilla (R - TX)
- Bono (R - CA)
- Boozman (R - AR)
- Borski (D - PA)
- Boswell (D - IA)
- Boucher (D - VA)
- Boyd (D - FL)
- Brady (R - TX)
- Brown (R - SC)
- Bryant (R - TN)
- Burr (R - NC)
- Burton (R - IN)
- Buyer (R - IN)
- Callahan (R - AL)
- Calvert (R - CA)
- Camp (R - MI)
- Cannon (R - UT)
- Cantor (R - VA)
- Capito (R - WV)
- Carson (D - OK)
- Castle (R - DE)
- Chabot (R - OH)
- Chambliss (R - GA)
- Clement (D - TN)
- Coble (R - NC)
- Collins (R - GA)
- Combest (R - TX)
- Cooksey (R - LA)
- Cox (R - CA)
- Cramer (D - AL)
- Crane (R - IL)
- Crenshaw (R - FL)
- Crowley (D - NY)
- Cubin (R - WY)
- Culberson (R - TX)
- Cunningham (R - CA)
- Davis (D - FL)
- Davis, Jo Ann (R - VA)
- Davis, Tom (R - VA)
- Deal (R - GA)
- DeLay (R - TX)
- DeMint (R - SC)
- Deutsch (D - FL)
- Diaz-Balart (R - FL)
- Dicks (D - WA)
- Dooley (D - CA)
- Doolittle (R - CA)
- Dreier (R - CA)
- Dunn (R - WA)
- Edwards (D - TX)
- Ehlers (R - MI)
- Ehrlich (R - MD)
- Emerson (R - MO)
- Engel (D - NY)
- English (R - PA)
- Etheridge (D - NC)
- Everett (R - AL)
- Ferguson (R - NJ)
- Flake (R - AZ)
- Fletcher (R - KY)
- Foley (R - FL)
- Forbes (R - VA)
- Ford (D - TN)
- Fossella (R - NY)
- Frelinghuysen (R - NJ)
- Frost (D - TX)
- Gallegly (R - CA)
- Ganske (R - IA)
- Gekas (R - PA)
- Gephardt (D - MO)
- Gibbons (R - NV)
- Gilchrest (R - MD)
- Gillmor (R - OH)
- Gilman (R - NY)
- Goode (R - VA)
- Goodlatte (R - VA)
- Gordon (D - TN)
- Goss (R - FL)
- Graham (R - SC)
- Granger (R - TX)
- Graves (R - MO)
- Green (D - TX)
- Green (R - WI)
- Greenwood (R - PA)
- Grucci (R - NY)
- Gutknecht (R - MN)
- Hall (D - TX)
- Hansen (R - UT)
- Harman (D - CA)
- Hart (R - PA)
- Hastert (Speaker) (R - IL)
- Hastings (R - WA)
- Hayes (R - NC)
- Hayworth (R - AZ)
- Hefley (R - CO)
- Herger (R - CA)
- Hill (D - IN)
- Hilleary (R - TN)
- Hobson (R - OH)
- Hoeffel (D - PA)
- Hoekstra (R - MI)
- Holden (D - PA)
- Horn (R - CA)
- Hoyer (D - MD)
- Hulshof (R - MO)
- Hunter (R - CA)
- Hyde (R - IL)
- Isakson (R - GA)
- Israel (D - NY)
- Issa (R - CA)
- Istook (R - OK)
- Jefferson (D - LA)
- Jenkins (R - TN)
- John (D - LA)
- Johnson (R - CT)
- Johnson (R - IL)
- Johnson, Sam (R - TX)
- Jones (R - NC)
- Kanjorski (D - PA)
- Keller (R - FL)
- Kelly (R - NY)
- Kennedy (R - MN)
- Kennedy (D - RI)
- Kerns (R - IN)
- Kind (D - WI)
- King (R - NY)
- Kingston (R - GA)
- Kirk (R - IL)
- Knollenberg (R - MI)
- Kolbe (R - AZ)
- LaHood (R - IL)
- Lampson (D - TX)
- Lantos (D - CA)
- Latham (R - IA)
- LaTourette (R - OH)
- Lewis (R - CA)
- Lewis (R - KY)
- Linder (R - GA)
- LoBiondo (R - NJ)
- Lowey (D - NY)
- Lucas (D - KY)
- Lucas (R - OK)
- Luther (D - MN)
- Lynch (D - MA)
- Maloney (D - NY)
- Manzullo (R - IL)
- Markey (D - MA)
- Mascara (D - PA)
- Matheson (D - UT)
- McCarthy (D - NY)
- McCrery (R - LA)
- McHugh (R - NY)
- McInnis (R - CO)
- McIntyre (D - NC)
- McKeon (R - CA)
- McNulty (D - NY)
- Meehan (D - MA)
- Mica (R - FL)
- Miller, Dan (R - FL)
- Miller, Gary (R - CA)
- Miller, Jeff (R - FL)
- Moore (D - KS)
- Moran (R - KS)
- Murtha (D - PA)
- Myrick (R - NC)
- Nethercutt (R - WA)
- Ney (R - OH)
- Northup (R - KY)
- Norwood (R - GA)
- Nussle (R - IA)
- Osborne (R - NE)
- Ose (R - CA)
- Otter (R - ID)
- Oxley (R - OH)
- Pascrell (D - NJ)
- Pence (R - IN)
- Peterson (D - MN)
- Peterson (R - PA)
- Petri (R - WI)
- Phelps (D - IL)
- Pickering (R - MS)
- Pitts (R - PA)
- Platts (R - PA)
- Pombo (R - CA)
- Pomeroy (D - ND)
- Portman (R - OH)
- Pryce (R - OH)
- Putnam (R - FL)
- Quinn (R - NY)
- Radanovich (R - CA)
- Ramstad (R - MN)
- Regula (R - OH)
- Rehberg (R - MT)
- Reynolds (R - NY)
- Riley (R - AL)
- Roemer (D - IN)
- Rogers (R - KY)
- Rogers (R - MI)
- Rohrabacher (R - CA)
- Ros-Lehtinen (R - FL)
- Ross (D - AR)
- Rothman (D - NJ)
- Royce (R - CA)
- Ryan (R - WI)
- Ryun (R - KS)
- Sandlin (D - TX)
- Saxton (R - NJ)
- Schaffer (R - CO)
- Schiff (D - CA)
- Schrock (R - VA)
- Sensenbrenner (R - WI)
- Sessions (R - TX)
- Shadegg (R - AZ)
- Shaw (R - FL)
- Shays (R - CT)
- Sherman (D - CA)
- Sherwood (R - PA)
- Shimkus (R - IL)
- Shows (D - MS)
- Shuster (R - PA)
- Simmons (R - CT)
- Simpson (R - ID)
- Skeen (R - NM)
- Skelton (D - MO)
- Smith (R - MI)
- Smith (R - NJ)
- Smith (R - TX)
- Smith (D - WA)
- Souder (R - IN)
- Spratt (D - SC)
- Stearns (R - FL)
- Stenholm (D - TX)
- Sullivan (R - OK)
- Sununu (R - NH)
- Sweeney (R - NY)
- Tancredo (R - CO)
- Tanner (D - TN)
- Tauscher (D - CA)
- Tauzin (R - LA)
- Taylor (D - MS)
- Taylor (R - NC)
- Terry (R - NE)
- Thomas (R - CA)
- Thornberry (R - TX)
- Thune (R - SD)
- Thurman (D - FL)
- Tiahrt (R - KS)
- Tiberi (R - OH)
- Toomey (R - PA)
- Turner (D - TX)
- Upton (R - MI)
- Vitter (R - LA)
- Walden (R - OR)
- Walsh (R - NY)
- Wamp (R - TN)
- Watkins (R - OK)
- Watts (R - OK)
- Waxman (D - CA)
- Weiner (D - NY)
- Weldon (R - FL)
- Weldon (R - PA)
- Weller (R - IL)
- Wexler (D - FL)
- Whitfield (R - KY)
- Wicker (R - MS)
- Wilson (R - NM)
- Wilson (R - SC)
- Wolf (R - VA)
- Wynn (D - MD)
- Young (R - AK)
- Young (R - FL)
[edit] Not Voting - 3
- Ortiz (D - TX)
- Roukema (R - NJ)
- Stump (R - AZ)
[edit] NAYs - 133
- Abercrombie (D - HI)
- Allen (D - ME)
- Baca (D - CA)
- Baird (D - WA)
- Baldacci (D - ME)
- Baldwin (D - WI)
- Barrett (D - WI)
- Becerra (D - CA)
- Blumenauer (D - OR)
- Bonior (D - MI)
- Brady (D - PA)
- Brown (D - FL)
- Brown (D - OH)
- Capps (D - CA)
- Capuano (D - MA)
- Cardin (D - MD)
- Carson (D - IN)
- Clay (D - MO)
- Clayton (D - NC)
- Clyburn (D - SC)
- Condit (D - CA)
- Conyers (D - MI)
- Costello (D - IL)
- Coyne (D - PA)
- Cummings (D - MD)
- Davis (D - CA)
- Davis (D - IL)
- DeFazio (D - OR)
- DeGette (D - CO)
- Delahunt (D - MA)
- DeLauro (D - CT)
- Dingell (D - MI)
- Doggett (D - TX)
- Doyle (D - PA)
- Duncan (R - TN)
- Eshoo (D - CA)
- Evans (D - IL)
- Farr (D - CA)
- Fattah (D - PA)
- Filner (D - CA)
- Frank (D - MA)
- Gonzalez (D - TX)
- Gutierrez (D - IL)
- Hastings (D - FL)
- Hilliard (D - AL)
- Hinchey (D - NY)
- Hinojosa (D - TX)
- Holt (D - NJ)
- Honda (D - CA)
- Hooley (D - OR)
- Hostettler (R - IN)
- Houghton (R - NY)
- Inslee (D - WA)
- Jackson (D - IL)
- Jackson-Lee (D - TX)
- Johnson, E.B. (D - TX)
- Jones (D - OH)
- Kaptur (D - OH)
- Kildee (D - MI)
- Kilpatrick (D - MI)
- Kleczka (D - WI)
- Kucinich (D - OH)
- LaFalce (D - NY)
- Langevin (D - RI)
- Larsen (D - WA)
- Larson (D - CT)
- Leach (R - IA)
- Lee (D - CA)
- Levin (D - MI)
- Lewis (D - GA)
- Lipinski (D - IL)
- Lofgren (D - CA)
- Maloney (D - CT)
- Matsui (D - CA)
- McCarthy (D - MO)
- McCollum (D - MN)
- McDermott (D - WA)
- McGovern (D - MA)
- McKinney (D - GA)
- Meek (D - FL)
- Meeks (D - NY)
- Menendez (D - NJ)
- Millender-McDonald (D - CA)
- Miller, George (D - CA)
- Mollohan (D - WV)
- Moran (D - VA)
- Morella (R - MD)
- Nadler (D - NY)
- Napolitano (D - CA)
- Neal (D - MA)
- Oberstar (D - MN)
- Obey (D - WI)
- Olver (D - MA)
- Owens (D - NY)
- Pallone (D - NJ)
- Pastor (D - AZ)
- Paul (R - TX)
- Payne (D - NJ)
- Pelosi (D - CA)
- Price (D - NC)
- Rahall (D - WV)
- Rangel (D - NY)
- Reyes (D - TX)
- Rivers (D - MI)
- Rodriguez (D - TX)
- Roybal-Allard (D - CA)
- Rush (D - IL)
- Sabo (D - MN)
- Sanchez (D - CA)
- Sanders (I - VT)
- Sawyer (D - OH)
- Schakowsky (D - IL)
- Scott (D - VA)
- Serrano (D - NY)
- Slaughter (D - NY)
- Snyder (D - AR)
- Solis (D - CA)
- Stark (D - CA)
- Strickland (D - OH)
- Stupak (D - MI)
- Thompson (D - CA)
- Thompson (D - MS)
- Tierney (D - MA)
- Towns (D - NY)
- Udall (D - CO)
- Udall (D - NM)
- Velazquez (D - NY)
- Visclosky (D - IN)
- Waters (D - CA)
- Watson (D - CA)
- Watt (D - NC)
- Woolsey (D - CA)
- Wu (D - OR)