There is a very good chance that Senate Democrats will cave in the face of faux patriotic pressure to be real Americans.
Contact your Senator and tell them not to desecrate the Constitution.
Here is MSNBC's Flag burning story. Here is CNN's Flag burning story. USA Today says it's a cliffhanger vote. Notice the inflamatory pictures of a roaring bonfire burning a flag? Here's the status of the bill:
By most counts, 65 current senators have voted for or said they intend to support the amendment, two shy of the crucial tally. More than a quarter of current senators were not members of that chamber during the last vote.
The Senate is expected to consider the measure after the July 4 holiday.
This is the wingnut Schiavo issue du jour. The wingnuts are two votes short of sending this amendment to all fifty states so they can continue to ignore the real issues. Sen. Clinton is on record opposing the amendment and Sen. Salazar is undecided.
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This is such a burning issue and of vital importance to the American people because someone has burned the flag
38 times since 2000. USA Today had this rundown of
prospective Senate votes:
But this time may be different. Amendment supporters say last year's election expanding the Senate Republican majority to 55 has buoyed their hopes for passage. Five freshmen senators -- Richard Burr of North Carolina, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, John Thune of South Dakota and David Vitter of Louisiana -- voted for the amendment as House members and plan to do so again.
They will be joined by at least five Democrats who have co-sponsored the resolution, including Dianne Feinstein of California and Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Both are up for re-election next year
Big surprise! Frist wants to redeem his wingnut reputation and Senate Democrats are nervous nellies:
Norm Ornstein, a political analyst at the business-oriented American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, says he expects "a cliffhanger." He says Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., is eager to bring up the issue, and some Democrats may be too nervous to oppose it.
Here's the Senate Joint Resolution and co-sponsors. I hope our five brave Democrats are proud of the sleazy company they are in:
Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TALENT, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. BURNS, Mr. BURR, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COBURN, Mr. COLEMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. FRIST, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. KYL, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WARNER, Mr. BOND, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. DEMINT, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. GREGG, Mr. HAGEL, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, and Mr. STEVENS)
Which side do you want your Senator on?
"Ask the men and women who stood on top of the [World] Trade Center," said Rep. Randy [Duke] Cunningham, R-California. "Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment."
But Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, said, "If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents."
Protect the American flag and the Constitution of the United States from desecraton. Contact your Senator and tell them to join Rep. Nadler and Vote No.
