House Condemns Times, Supports Swift TFTP

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Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

(1) supports efforts to identify, track, and pursue suspected foreign terrorists and their financial supporters by tracking terrorist money flows and uncovering terrorist networks here and abroad, including through the use of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program;

(2) finds that the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program has been conducted in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Executive Orders, that appropriate safeguards and reviews have been instituted to protect individual civil liberties, and that Congress has been appropriately informed and consulted for the duration of the Program and will continue its oversight of the Program;

(3) condemns the unauthorized disclosure of classified information by those persons responsible and expresses concern that the disclosure may endanger the lives of American citizens, including members of the Armed Forces, as well as individuals and organizations that support United States efforts; and

(4) expects the cooperation of all news media organizations in protecting the lives of Americans and the capability of the government to identify, disrupt, and capture terrorists by not disclosing classified intelligence programs such as the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program.
  FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 357 (Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
      H RES 895      YEA-AND-NAY      29-Jun-2006      7:27 PM
      QUESTION:  On Agreeing to the Resolution
      BILL TITLE: Supporting intelligence and law enforcement programs to track terrorists and terrorist finances conducted consistent with Federal law and with appropriate Congressional consultation and specifically condemning the disclosure and publication of classified information that impairs the international fight against, etc.



	Yeas	Nays	PRES	NV
Republican	210	8		12
Democratic	17	174		10
Independent		1
TOTALS	227	183		22

 

Republican Nay Votes (Sanders is the independent):

Bartlett (MD) Garrett (NJ) Jones (NC)

Manzullo Otter Paul

Sanders Shays Walsh

 

 

Democrat Yea Votes:

Barrow Bean Boren Boswell Cuellar DeFazio Edwards

Gordon Higgins Marshall Matheson Melancon

Peterson (MN) Ross Salazar Skelton Taylor (MS)

 

 

People who did not vote (Democrats in italics):

Bishop (UT) Blumenauer Bonner Boyd Cannon Davis (TN) Dicks Evans

Everett Fitzpatrick (PA) Ford Gerlach Green, Gene Johnson, Sam Jones (OH) Kanjorski

McHenry Moran (KS) Osborne Rogers (AL) Rush Sherwood

 

FYI.