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Military Commissions Act (House)
Sep 27, 2006
House Roll call 491
Congress 109 Session 2
Passed: 253-168
Vote: Roll call 491
Votes For: 253
   
Votes Against: 168
   
Not Voting: 12
   
On September 27, 2006, the House of Representatives voted 253-168 to approve the Military
Commissions Act of 2006. The ACLU opposed the bill because it gutted the enforceability of Common
Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, retroactively stripped federal courts of authority to consider
habeas corpus petitions and other legal actions by foreign detainees, provided retroactive immunity to
civilians who authorized or ordered illegal acts of torture and abuse, and set up military commissions
that can order executions of defendants based on evidence that the defendant cannot see and that
was obtained only as the result of horrific abuse.

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Abercrombie, Neil
Democrat
HI
Voted right way  (Nay)
Ackerman, Gary
Democrat
NY
Voted right way  (Nay)
Aderholt, Robert
Republican
AL
Voted wrong way  (Yea)
Akin, Todd
Republican
MO
Voted wrong way  (Yea)
Alexander, Rodney
Republican
LA
Voted wrong way  (Yea)
Allen, Thomas
Democrat
ME
Voted right way  (Nay)
Andrews, Robert
Democrat
NJ
Voted wrong way  (Yea)
Baca, Joe
Democrat
CA
Voted right way  (Nay)
Bachus, Spencer
Republican
AL
Voted wrong way  (Yea)
Baird, Brian
Democrat
WA
Voted right way  (Nay)

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Minus mark =  Vote not counted
Plus mark =  Ineligible to vote


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