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Chicago Congressional Delegation Backs War

While Democrats in the Chicago area congressional delegation score cheap political points off of the Iraq war, it's a war most of them have supported over and over again.
The only one with a consistent record of voting against war appropriations, Jan Schakowski, is militantly anti-Palestinian, leading the Chicago delegation in its unaminous vote for the notorious "blank check for Israel" resolution at the height of Israel's bombing campaign and invasion of Lebanon this past summer.

Below are the votes of the Chicago area delegation on "defense" appropriations since the start of the Iraq war. The handful of "NAY" votes are in all-caps so as to distinguish them from the sea of yes-man votes.

H.R. 4613[108]: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Aye--IL-1Rush, Bobby [D]
NAY--IL-2JACKSON, JESSE [D]
Aye--IL-3Lipinski, William [D]
Aye--IL-4Gutierrez, Luis [D]
Aye--IL-5Emanuel, Rahm [D]
Aye--IL-6Hyde, Henry [R]
Aye--IL-7Davis, Danny [D]
Aye--IL-8Crane, Philip [R]
NAY--IL-9SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE [D]
Aye--IL-10Kirk, Mark [R]

Senate version:
Aye--ILDurbin, Richard [D]
Aye--ILFitzgerald, Peter [R]

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H.R. 1268[109]: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005
An act making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Aye--IL-1Rush, Bobby [D]
Aye--IL-2Jackson, Jesse [D]
Aye--IL-3Lipinski, Daniel [D]
Aye--IL-4Gutierrez, Luis [D]
Aye--IL-5Emanuel, Rahm [D]
Aye--IL-6Hyde, Henry [R]
NAY--IL-7DAVIS, DANNY [D]
Aye--IL-8Bean, Melissa [D]
NAY--IL-9SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE [D]
Aye--IL-10Kirk, Mark [R]

Senate version:
Aye--ILDurbin, Richard [D]
Aye--ILObama, Barack [D]

**************************************************

H.R. 2863[109]: Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

Initial House Version
Aye--IL-1Rush, Bobby [D]
Aye--IL-2Jackson, Jesse [D]
Aye--IL-3Lipinski, Daniel [D]
Aye--IL-4Gutierrez, Luis [D]
Aye--IL-5Emanuel, Rahm [D]
Aye--IL-6Hyde, Henry [R]
Aye--IL-7Davis, Danny [D]
Aye--IL-8Bean, Melissa [D]
NAY--IL-9SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE [D]
Aye--IL-10Kirk, Mark [R]

Initial Senate version:
Aye--ILDurbin, Richard [D]
Aye--ILObama, Barack [D]

FINAL HOUSE VERSION:
NAY--IL-1RUSH, BOBBY [D]
NAY--IL-2JACKSON, JESSE [D]
Aye--IL-3Lipinski, Daniel [D]
No Vote--IL-4Gutierrez, Luis [D]
No Vote--IL-5Emanuel, Rahm [D]
No Vote--IL-6Hyde, Henry [R]
NAY--IL-7DAVIS, DANNY [D]
Aye--IL-8Bean, Melissa [D]
NAY--IL-9SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE [D]
NAY--IL-10KIRK, MARK [R]

FINAL SENATE VERSION:
Aye--ILDurbin, Richard [D]
Aye--ILObama, Barack [D]

**************************************************

H.R. 4939[109]: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


Initial House Version
Aye--IL-1Rush, Bobby [D]
Aye--IL-2Jackson, Jesse [D]
Aye--IL-3Lipinski, Daniel [D]
NAY--IL-4GUTIERREZ, LUIS [D]
Aye--IL-5Emanuel, Rahm [D]
Aye--IL-6Hyde, Henry [R]
No Vote--IL-7Davis, Danny [D]
Aye--IL-8Bean, Melissa [D]
NAY--IL-9SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE [D]
Aye--IL-10Kirk, Mark [R]

Initial Senate Version
Aye--ILDurbin, Richard [D]
Aye--ILObama, Barack [D]

FINAL HOUSE VERSION
No Vote--IL-1Rush, Bobby [D]
Aye--IL-2Jackson, Jesse [D]
Aye--IL-3Lipinski, Daniel [D]
NAY--IL-4GUTIERREZ, LUIS [D]
Aye--IL-5Emanuel, Rahm [D]
Aye--IL-6Hyde, Henry [R]
Aye--IL-7Davis, Danny [D]
Aye--IL-8Bean, Melissa [D]
NAY--IL-9SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE [D]
Aye--IL-10Kirk, Mark [R]

FINAL SENATE VERSION
Aye--ILDurbin, Richard [D]
Aye--ILObama, Barack [D]

**************************************************

H.R. 5631[109]: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

Initial House Version
Aye--IL-1Rush, Bobby [D]
Aye--IL-2Jackson, Jesse [D]
Aye--IL-3Lipinski, Daniel [D]
Aye--IL-4Gutierrez, Luis [D]
Aye--IL-5Emanuel, Rahm [D]
Aye--IL-6Hyde, Henry [R]
Aye--IL-7Davis, Danny [D]
Aye--IL-8Bean, Melissa [D]
NAY--IL-9SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE [D]
Aye--IL-10Kirk, Mark [R]

Initial Senate Version
Aye--ILDurbin, Richard [D]
Aye--ILObama, Barack [D]

FINAL HOUSE VERSION
Aye--IL-1Rush, Bobby [D]
Aye--IL-2Jackson, Jesse [D]
Aye--IL-3Lipinski, Daniel [D]
Aye--IL-4Gutierrez, Luis [D]
Aye--IL-5Emanuel, Rahm [D]
Aye--IL-6Hyde, Henry [R]
Aye--IL-7Davis, Danny [D]
Aye--IL-8Bean, Melissa [D]
NAY--IL-9SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE [D]
Aye--IL-10Kirk, Mark [R]

FINAL SENATE VERSION
Aye--ILDurbin, Richard [D]
Aye--ILObama, Barack [D]
 
 

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