[lbo-talk] White House declines to totally rule out torture

Peter J. Schledorn pjs at groucho-res.bas.ncsu.edu
Mon Nov 14 05:44:43 PST 2005


On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Wendy Lyon wrote:


> > The US Senate voted 90-9 early last month to attach an amendment
> > authored by Republican Senator John McCain to a defense spending bill
> > that would prohibit "cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment of
> > detainees in US custody.
>
> Anyone know off the top of their head who were the 9?

Allard, Bond, Coburn, Cochran, Cornyn, Inhofe, Roberts, Sessions, Stevens (all R).

Corzine (D) didn't vote (absent, presumably out campaigning).

Best, Peter



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