Looks like America's shame is alive and well.
When a Bill, cosponsored by Democrat Mary Landrieu & Republican George Allen, proposed a resolution that the Senate apologize for more than a century of failure to enact anti-lynching legislation -- a century during which nearly five thousand people were hanged or burned by vigilante mobs -- they probably expected most, if not all, of there fellow Senators to sign on.
In the end, one-sixth did not. Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-Cat killer) even went so far as to deny repeated requests for a roll call vote on the non-binding resolution. This gave 15 of Frist's fellow Republican Senators cover, and allowed them to register their disapproval without giving Democrats video footage of them voting "nay" because it might piss off some voters in their "Klan-rich" constituencies
A classic example of what's so strikingly wrong with the Republican party, but kudos to George Allen for not only cosponsering the bill, but to call Frist a damn liar for being one!
STILL HAVEN'T COSPONSORED
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) - (202) 224-4944
Robert Bennett (R-UT) - (202) 224-5444
Thad Cochran (R-MS) - (202) 224-5054
John Cornyn (R-TX) - (202) 224-2934
Michael Crapo (R-ID) - (202) 224-6142
Michael Enzi (R-WY) - (202) 224-3424
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) - (202) 224-3744
Judd Gregg (R-NH) - (202) 224-3324
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) - (202) 224-5251
Kay Hutchison (R-TX) - (202) 224-5922
Jon Kyl (R-AZ) - (202) 224-4521
Trent Lott (R-MS) - (202) 224-6253
Richard Shelby (R-AL) - (202) 224-5744
John Sununu (R-NH) - (202) 224-2841
Craig Thomas (R-WY) - (202) 224-6441
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