{"id":35359,"date":"2011-05-14T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/not-all-congress-members-are-happy-that-bin-laden-was-killed\/"},"modified":"2011-05-14T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T15:03:00","slug":"not-all-congress-members-are-happy-that-bin-laden-was-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/not-all-congress-members-are-happy-that-bin-laden-was-killed.php","title":{"rendered":"Not all Congress members are happy that Bin Laden was killed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>UNBELIEVABLE!!<\/strong><\/p>

4 AntiWar Democrats vote against Resolution honoring those involved in the Misson<\/strong><\/p>

Houston-area Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime champion of Veterans and active duty Military, joined with libertarian-leaning Michigan Republican Cong. Thaddeus McCotter to initiate a legislative process honoring those associated with the killing of Bin Laden. The Senate side already unanimously \"passed a resolution congratulating the military and President Obama for the mission.\"<\/p>

What resulted on the House side was an amendment sponsored by Reps. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) and Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) It passed near-unanimously with virtually all Democrats joining in with Republicans for the amendment. However, there were four Democrats who voted only \"Present.\"<\/p>

From The Hill<\/a> \"Four Dems vote 'present' on honoring Bin Laden mission\":<\/p>

<\/a>After more than a week of deliberation, the House overwhelmingly approved a measure honoring the intelligence community for the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.<\/p>

The vote wasn’t unanimous, however. Four liberal Democrats – Reps. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Pete Stark (Calif.) and Lynn Woolsey (Calif.) – voted “present” on the measure, which was offered as an amendment to an intelligence authorization bill.<\/p>

<\/a>Lee, who opposes the ongoing U.S. military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, took issue with language in the amendment that reaffirmed congressional support for anti-terrorism missions in Afghanistan and Pakistan...<\/p>

The other three Democrats did not explain their vote and did not return multiple requests for comment Friday afternoon.<\/p><\/blockquote>

The Hill goes on to note that \"All four have long opposed most U.S. military operations and intelligence-gathering methods in the war on terrorism...\" <\/p>

Interestingly, 3 of the 4 are from California.<\/p>

The broader Lee-McCotter resolution may be voted on this week.<\/p>

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