*Sen Byrd (D-WV) became a cosponsor yesterday.

l’d like to know why only

22

23 d‘s, plus bernie sanders, have signed on to specter’s amendment to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the united states S.185 to the Department of Defense Authorization Bill.

this is the list of those D’s currently signed on as cosponsors:

Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] – 5/24/2007
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] – 6/11/2007
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] – 6/6/2007
Sen Byrd, Robert [WV]
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] – 2/26/2007
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] – 5/7/2007
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] – 6/12/2007
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] – 2/28/2007
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] – 3/7/2007
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] – 5/22/2007
Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] – 2/28/2007
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] – 2/26/2007
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] – 3/14/2007
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] – 6/5/2007
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] – 5/15/2007
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] – 2/28/2007
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] – 1/4/2007
Sen Levin, Carl [MI] – 4/17/2007
Sen Obama, Barack [IL] – 4/20/2007
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] – 3/29/2007
Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] – 2/26/2007
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] – 6/13/2007
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] – 6/22/2007
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] – 5/9/2007

which leaves us guessing where the others are and why they haven’t stepped forward to vigorously support this restoration of one of the corner stones of our constitution and rule of law.
since today is the aclu’s “Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice” perhaps the remainder need a reminder that this is something that needs to be done….and now’s the time….eh, sen reid?

here’s the list:

Akaka (D- HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)

Byrd (D-WV}

Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Inouye (D-HI)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D_MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D- NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Schumer (D-NY)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Johnson (D-SD) status unknown due to medical reasons

and, of course, that bastion of bipartisanship, Lieberman (POO-CT)

and to make it even easier, you can find contact information HERE for all 100 of them….so, if you’ve got a d that’s not on the sponsor list, or an r for that matter, let them know this is important, and that it should be a truly bipartisan undertaking…looks like a win-win situation to me.

lTMF’sA


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