Voter Information
Key Civil Liberties Votes in Congress
S. 3930 - Military Commissions Act of 2006
Passed: September 29, 2006
Senate
| Yay | 65 |
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| Nay | 34 |
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| Not Voting | 1 |
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Summary: Sidesteps the Supreme Court's 2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld opinion that found the Administration's plans to hold military tribunals were unconstitutional. Gives Congress's OK to deny U.S. noncitizen detainees the writ of habeas corpus and to use coerced testimony and hearsay evidence against the defendant. Gives the President the power to name U.S. citizens and legal U.S. residents "unlawful enemy combatants."
A yes vote… Enacted the changes
Alaska
Murkowski (R-JR): Yea
Stevens (R-SR): Yea
Alabama
Sessions (R-JR): Yea
Shelby (R-SR): Yea
Arkansas
Lincoln (D-SR): Nay
Pryor (D-JR): Yea
Arizona
Kyl (R-JR): Yea
McCain (R-SR): Yea
California
Boxer (D-JR): Nay
Feinstein (D-SR): Nay
Colorado
Allard (R-SR): Yea
Salazar (D-JR): Yea
Connecticut
Dodd (D-SR): Nay
Lieberman (D-JR): Yea
Delaware
Biden (D-SR): Nay
Carper (D-JR): Yea
Florida
Martinez (R-JR): Yea
Nelson (D-SR): Yea
Georgia
Chambliss (R-SR): Yea
Isakson (R-JR): Yea
Hawaii
Akaka (D-JR): Nay
Inouye (D-SR): Nay
Iowa
Grassley (R-SR): Yea
Harkin (D-JR): Nay
Idaho
Craig (R-SR): Yea
Crapo (R-JR): Yea
Illinois
Durbin (D-SR): Nay
Obama (D-JR): Nay
Indiana
Bayh (D-JR): Nay
Lugar (R-SR): Yea
Kansas
Brownback (R-SR): Yea
Roberts (R-JR): Yea
Kentucky
Bunning (R-JR): Yea
McConnell (R-SR): Yea
Louisiana
Landrieu (D-SR): Yea
Vitter (R-JR): Yea
Massachusetts
Kennedy (D-SR): Nay
Kerry (D-JR): Nay
Maryland
Mikulski (D-JR): Nay
Sarbanes (D-SR): Nay
Maine
Collins (R-JR): Yea
Snowe (R-SR): NV
Michigan
Levin (D-SR): Nay
Stabenow (D-JR): Yea
Minnesota
Coleman (R-JR): Yea
Dayton (D-SR): Nay
Missouri
Bond (R-SR): Yea
Talent (R-JR): Yea
Mississippi
Cochran (R-SR): Yea
Lott (R-JR): Yea
Montana
Baucus (D-SR): Nay
Burns (R-JR): Yea
North Carolina
Burr (R-JR): Yea
Dole (R-SR): Yea
North Dakota
Conrad (D-SR): Nay
Dorgan (D-JR): Nay
Nebraska
Hagel (R-SR): Yea
Nelson (D-JR): Yea
New Hampshire
Gregg (R-SR): Yea
Sununu (R-JR): Yea
New Jersey
Lautenberg (D-SR): Yea
Menendez (D-JR): Yea
New Mexico
Bingaman (D-JR): Nay
Domenici (R-SR): Yea
Nevada
Ensign (R-JR): Yea
Reid (D-SR): Nay
New York
Clinton (D-JR): Nay
Schumer (D-SR): Nay
Ohio
DeWine (R-SR): Yea
Voinovich (R-JR): Yea
Oklahoma
Coburn (R-JR): Yea
Inhofe (R-SR): Yea
Oregon
Smith (R-JR): Yea
Wyden (D-SR): Nay
Pennsylvania
Santorum (R-JR): Yea
Specter (R-SR): Yea
Rhode Island
Chafee (R-JR): Nay
Reed (D-SR): Nay
South Carolina
DeMint (R-JR): Yea
Graham (R-SR): Yea
South Dakota
Johnson (D-SR): Yea
Thune (R-JR): Yea
Tennessee
Alexander (R-JR): Yea
Frist (R-SR): Yea
Texas
Cornyn (R-JR): Yea
Hutchison (R-SR): Yea
Utah
Bennett (R-JR): Yea
Hatch (R-SR): Yea
Virginia
Allen (R-JR): Yea
Warner (R-SR): Yea
Vermont
Jeffords (I-JR): Nay
Leahy (D-SR): Nay
Washington
Cantwell (D-JR): Nay
Murray (D-SR): Nay
Wisconsin
Feingold (D-JR): Nay
Kohl (D-SR): Nay
West Virginia
Byrd (D-SR): Nay
Rockefeller (D-JR): Yea
Wyoming
Enzi (R-JR): Yea
Thomas (R-SR): Yea