[Peace-discuss] house (& senate) passes $1trillion defense bill

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Bill s.3001 passed senate and house.

senate Nays/not voting:
(Durbin voted yea.)

*NAYs ---**8*
Allard (R-CO)
Byrd (D-WV)
Coburn (R-OK)
	DeMint (R-SC)
Feingold (D-WI)
Graham (R-SC)
	Sanders (I-VT)
Vitter (R-LA)

*Not Voting - 4*
Biden (D-DE)
Kennedy (D-MA)
	McCain (R-AZ)
Obama (D-IL)


House - noes and Not voting...
(Tim Johnson voted yea.)
*---- NOES    23 ---*


Baldwin
/Campbell (CA)/
Clarke
Davis (IL)
/Duncan/
Ellison
Filner
/Flake/
	Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Kucinich
Lee
Lewis (GA)
Michaud
Moore (WI)
Olver
	Rangel
Schakowsky
Serrano
Velázquez
Waters
Welch (VT)
Woolsey


*---- NOT VOTING    27 ---*


Andrews
/Cannon/
/Carter/
Castor
/Crenshaw/
Doyle
/Ehlers/
/Feeney/
Gillibrand
	Hinojosa
/Hobson/
/Marchant/
Meeks (NY)
/Musgrave/
Nadler
/Paul/
/Platts/
/Pryce (OH)/
	Rush
Stark
Udall (CO)
/Walden (OR)/
/Walsh (NY)/
Waxman
/Weller/
Wexler
/Young (AK)/




Defense spending chart:
http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/topstories_defensegraph.gif


    With All Eyes on the Bailout, House Passes Trillion-Dollar Defense Bill


          By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
          Posted on September 26, 2008, Printed on September 27, 2008
          http://www.alternet.org/story/100524/ for the whole story...
          <http://www.alternet.org/story/100524/>

On Wednesday, the House passed a mammoth defense bill by a 392-39 vote. 
It's expected to clear the Senate with little difficulty next week.

It was part of a trillion-dollar stop-gap measure to keep programs 
running through next March, allowing lawmakers to skip town without 
passing a final budget. The Associated Press reports 
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5injFfO8MlwJfFFF_n29IR630N94AD93DBGBO0>, 
"The legislation came together in a remarkably secret process that 
concentrated decision-making power in the hands of a few lawmakers."

...

Of course, very little of this is "defense." This is /empire/ spending, 
pure and simple ...

Empire

What's that? You want health care, education, affordable housing, 
21st-century infrastructure?

Sorry, we've got other priorities.



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