{"id":4449,"date":"2005-06-14T13:22:25","date_gmt":"2005-06-14T17:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/4449.html"},"modified":"2005-06-14T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2005-06-14T17:22:25","slug":"the-pro-lynching-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/the-pro-lynching-caucus\/","title":{"rendered":"The pro-lynching caucus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I noted<\/a> earlier that the Senate vote last night formally apologized<\/a> for the body’s failures to stand against the lynching of thousands of African Americans, but the measure (S.RES.39) passed with 80 co-sponsors, instead of 100. This prompted questions about who, exactly, the other 20 are. According to Kos<\/a> and C&L<\/a>, these are the senators:<\/p>\n

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
\nRobert Bennett (R-UT)
\nChristopher Bond (R-MO)<\/strike>
\nJim Bunning (R-KY)<\/strike>
\nConrad Burns (R-MT)<\/strike>
\nSaxby Chambliss (R-GA)<\/strike>
\nThad Cochran (R-MS)
\nKent Conrad (D-ND)
\nJohn Cornyn (R-TX)
\nMichael Crapo (R-ID)
\nMichael Enzi (R-WY)
\nChuck Grassley (R-IA)
\nJudd Gregg (R-NH)
\nOrrin Hatch (R-UT)
\nTrent Lott (R-MS)
\nLisa Murkowski (R-AK)
\nRichard Shelby (R-AL)
\nJohn Sununu (R-NH)
\nCraig Thomas (R-WY)
\nGeorge Voinovich (R-OH)<\/p>\n

Granted, none of the 20 actually voted against<\/i> the resolution, but they failed to show their full support for the apology by deciding, for some reason, not to sign on to the measure as a co-sponsor.<\/p>\n

It’s tempting to jump to conclusions about these lawmakers’ motivations, but here’s what I’d suggest for all 20: offer an explanation. Maybe there’s some reasonable justification for why some senators put their name on this apology and some didn’t. I don’t what that might be, but I’d like to hear it.<\/p>\n

Senators, we’re waiting.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: OK, so there seems to be some problems with this list. Using Thomas<\/a>, we see some of these senators were, in fact, co-sponsors. AmericaBlog has another list<\/a>, but it’s incomplete because it includes 16 senators and there are supposed to be 20. Nevertheless, the point, about the need for some kind of explanation, remains the same. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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