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Saturday, December 03, 2005

Senators who voted against the resolution for the Iraq war in 2002

As the Iraq mess is still ongoing, I think it is important to remember history. When the resolution for the Iraq war was brought by the Bush administration to the senate in 2002, there were only 23 senators who voted against it. These included 21 democrats, 1 independent (Jeffords), and 1 republican (Chaffe). These senators demonstrated courage and had the guts to vote for what they really believed despite the political climate of the time. Now that it has become crystal-clear that they had made the right call, I think it is important to remember them and acknoweledge them for that. Here they are:

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) (died in airplane accident afterwards)
Wyden (D-OR)