Republicans Against Free Speech
With the anti-free-speech 60-day window approaching on Friday, I thought it would be instructive to list the current Republican senators and congressmen who sided with the Democrats and voted YES on the McCain-Feingold bill back in 2002 (Thune and Graham were congressmen at the time of the vote, but are now senators). Behold...
SENATE MEMBERS (Vote Tally)
| Chafee (RI) | McCain (AZ) |
| Cochran (MS) | Snowe (ME) |
| Collins, S. (ME) | Specter (PA) |
| Domenici (NM) | Warner (VA) |
| Lugar (IN) |
HOUSE MEMBERS (Vote Tally)
| Bass (NH-02) | McHugh (NY-24) |
| Boehlert (NY-23) | Osborne (NE-03) |
| Bono (CA-44) | Petri (WI-06) |
| Capito (WV-02) | Platts (PA-19) |
| Castle (DE-AL) | Quinn (NY-30) |
| Ferguson (NJ-07) | Ramstad (MN-03) |
| Foley (FL-16) | Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18) |
| Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) | Shays (CT-04) |
| Gilchrest (MD-01) | Simmons (CT-02) |
| Graham, L. (SC-03) | Thune (SD-AL) |
| Johnson, N. (CT-06) | Upton (MI-06) |
| Johnson, Timothy (IL-15) | Walsh (NY-25) |
| Kirk (IL-10) | Wamp (TN-03) |
| LaTourette (OH-19) | Weldon, C. (PA-07) |
| Leach (IA-01) | Wolf (VA-10) |
| LoBiondo (NJ-02) |
