Tell Congress to support Smith-Broun amendment to prohibit indefinite detention

[tsai3904]

Adam Smith and Paul Broun have offered an amendment to the 2015 NDAA to prohibit indefinite detention:

Amends section 1021 of the FY 12 NDAA to eliminate indefinite military detention of any person detained under AUMF authority in the United States, or its territories or possessions, by providing for immediate transfer to trial and proceedings by a court established under Article III of the U.S. Constitution or by an appropriate state court. Strikes section 1022 of the same Act, which provides for mandatory military custody of covered parties.

This is the same amendment as the Smith-Amash amendment to the 2013 NDAA (which failed 182-238) and the Smith-Gibson amendment to the 2014 NDAA (which failed 200-226).

House will vote on the amendment Wednesday or Thursday.

Find your Rep's contact info here:
http://house.gov/representatives/find/


edit: House will vote on amendment on Thursday.

 

[nobody's_hero]

Sadly, Broun only got about 10% of the vote yesterday in GA's GOP primary. I'm done with this fuckin state.

 

[tsai3904]

House will debate the amendment later today and vote on it tomorrow.

 

[tsai3904]

debate on now. live stream: http://www.c-span.org/live/?channel=c-span

 

[tsai3904]

Amendment failed 191-230.

Roll call vote: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll234.xml

Congressmen who changed their vote from Aye in 2013 to No today:

Rep Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Rep Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Rep Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Rep McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Rep Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Rep Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Rep Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]

Congressmen who changed their vote from No in 2013 to Aye today:

Rep Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]
Rep Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Rep Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]

This was the same amendment from 2013.

 

[surf]

Amendment failed 191-230.

Roll call vote: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll234.xml

Congressmen who changed their vote from Aye in 2013 to No today:

Rep Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Rep Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Rep Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Rep McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Rep Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Rep Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Rep Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]

Congressmen who changed their vote from No in 2013 to Aye today:

Rep Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]
Rep Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Rep Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]

This was the same amendment from 2013.

ah, how cute. look at all the little brains playing bipartisan games.

thanks for posting tsai

 

[unknown]

Amendment failed 191-230.

Roll call vote: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll234.xml

Congressmen who changed their vote from Aye in 2013 to No today:

Rep Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Rep Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Rep Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Rep McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Rep Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Rep Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Rep Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]

Congressmen who changed their vote from No in 2013 to Aye today:

Rep Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]
Rep Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Rep Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]

This was the same amendment from 2013.

Mind = blown.

How could this fail?

Whats the justification for keeping the indefinite provision?