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This article appeared in the October 30, 2006 edition of The Nation.

October 11, 2006

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY

Portland, Ore.

The Nation has published lists of courageous and cowardly elected officials many times. It is time now to applaud the seven House Republicans (Ron Paul, Roscoe Bartlett, Wayne Gilchrest, Walter Jones, Steven LaTourette, James Leach, Jerry Moran) who voted against the "enemy combatant" bill (HR 6166), and condemn the thirty-four (!) Democrats who voted for it (Robert Andrews, John Barrow, Melissa Bean, Sanford Bishop, Dan Boren, Leonard Boswell, Allen Boyd, Sherrod Brown, Ben Chandler, Bud Cramer, Henry Cuellar, Lincoln Davis, Artur Davis, Chet Edwards, Bob Etheridge, Harold Ford, Bart Gordon, Stephanie Herseth, Brian Higgins, Tim Holden, Jim Marshall, Jim Matheson, Mike McIntyre, Charles Melancon, Michael Michaud, Dennis Moore, Collin Peterson, Earl Pomeroy, Mike Ross, John Salazar, David Scott, John Spratt, John Tanner, Gene Taylor).

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About Trudy Lieberman

Trudy Lieberman, a regular Nation contributor, directs the health and medicine reporting program at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism. She also covers health reform for the Columbia Journalism Review's cjr.org. more...

About Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal is a Puffin Foundation writing fellow at the Nation Institute based in New York City. His work has appeared in The Nation, Salon, The American Prospect and the Washington Monthly. He is a research fellow for Media Matters for America. Click here to read his blog. more...
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