Key Votes
S Amdt 5087 - Habeas Review Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Rick Santorum voted Nay (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- S 3930 - Military Commissions Act of 2006
- S Amdt 5087 - Habeas Review Amendment
- S Amdt 5095 - Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention Amendment
- S Amdt 5104 - Military Commissions Amendment
- HB 2541 - Amends Inheritance Taxes
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (48-51) - Sept. 28, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Habeas Review Amendment
Vote to adopt an amendment that strikes language in the bill that prevents any court, justice, or judge from hearing or considering a writ of habeas corpus and certain other actions against the U.S. by an individual detained by the U.S. military.
Sponsors
- Arlen Specter (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Jeff Bingaman (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Dayton (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Byron L. Dorgan (ND - D) (Out Of Office)
- Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Barack Hussein Obama II (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
