So I haven't received a reply from Stephen in Congressman Roskam's office... but I guess I know the answer to my last question now... I'm really disappointed. Not surprised, but still disappointed.
Here's the vote from yesterday:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1160.xml
He voted against this bill:
WASHINGTON - The House approved an intelligence bill Thursday that would prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using waterboarding, mock executions and other harsh interrogation methods.The 222-199 vote sent the measure to the Senate, which must act before it can go to President Bush. The White House has threatened a veto.
The White House threatened to veto the measure this week in a lengthy statement, highlighting more than 11 areas of disagreement with the bill.The administration particularly opposes restricting the CIA to interrogation methods approved by the military in 2006. That document prohibits forcing detainees to be naked, perform sexual acts or pose in a sexual manner; placing hoods or sacks over detainees' heads or duct tape over their eyes; beating, shocking or burning detainees; threatening them with military dogs; exposing them to extreme heat or cold; conducting mock executions; depriving them of food, water or medical care; and waterboarding.
At this point I see this as a basic conflict between good and pure evil... Even though it passed, its hard to fathom that almost half of the House thinks this is OK!? I need to figure out why? WHY?! Purely in political terms (setting aside an ethical conscience) I would think they would want to distance themselves from Bush as far as possible on this issue. Maybe they don't think they will go down with the ship as it continues to sink?
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