Howdy!
     Here is a list, by state, of how our U.S. senators voted on the
Republican move to write The Ban into law.  (It is interesting that so many
anti-gay senators who complained that Clinton failed to consult them and his
military chiefs voted to retain the ban, without regard to the six months of
hearings and consultation that now are going to take place!)
     The vote was roughly along party lines.  Seven Republicans supported us,
while two (both from Alabama) voted against us.
     This is not to say the battle is won.  Those who voted with us include
current supporters of the ban, among them Sam Nunn and John Glenn, who simply
want the six-month period before any final decision is made.
     *YOU MAY CALL THESE FOLKS* at 202-224-3121 and tell them what you think,
if you haven't already done so.  (You'll get the Capitol switchboard; ask for
the office of the particular senator you're trying to reach.)
     A "Yes" vote is AGAINST us; a "No" vote is FOR us.  (D) means Democrat,
(R) means Republican.

ALABAMA:       Howell Heflin (D): YES        Richard Shelby (D): YES
ALASKA:        Ted Stevens (R): YES          Frank Murkowski (R): YES
ARIZONA:       Dennis DeConcini (D): NO      John McCain (R): YES
ARKANSAS:      Dale Bumpers (D): NO          David Pryor (D): NO
CALFORNIA:     Dianne Feinstein (D): NO      Barbara Boxer (D): NO
COLORADO:      Hank Brown (R): YES           Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D): NO
CONNECTICUT:   Christopher Dodd (D): NO      Joseph Lieberman (D): NO
DELAWARE:      William Roth (D): YES         Joseph Biden (D): NO
FLORIDA:       Bob Graham (D): NO            Connie Mack (R): YES
GEORGIA:       Sam Nunn (D): NO              Paul Coverdell (R): YES
HAWAII:        Daniel Inouye (D): NO         Daniel Akaka (D): NO
IDAHO:         Larry Craig (R): YES          Dirk Kempthorne (R): YES
ILLINOIS:      Paul Simon (D): NO            Carol Moseley-Braun (D): NO
INDIANA:       Richard Lugar (R): YES        Dan Coats (R): YES
IOWA:          Charles Grassley (R): YES     Tom Harkin (D): NO
KANSAS:        Robert Dole (R): YES          Nancy Kassebaum (R): YES
KENTUCKY:      Wendell Ford (D): NO          Mitch McConnell (R): YES
LOUISIANA:     Bennett Johnston (D): NO      John Breaux (D): NO
MAINE:         William Cohen (R): YES        George Mitchell (D): NO
MARYLAND:      Paul Sarbanes (D): NO         Barbara Mikulski (D): NO
MASSACHUSETTS: Edward Kennedy (D): NO        John Kerry (D): NO
MICHIGAN:      Donald Riegle (D): NO         Carl Levin (D): NO
MINNESOTA:     David Durenburger (R): NO     Paul Wellstone (D): NO
MISSISSIPPI:   Thad Cochran (R): YES         Trent Lott (R): YES
MISSOURI:      John Danforth (R): YES        Kit Bond (R): YES
MONTANA:       Max Baucus (D): NO            Conrad Burns (R): YES
NEBRASKA:      James Exon (D): NO            Robert Kerrey (D): NO
NEVADA:        Harry Reid (D): NO            Richard Bryan (D): NO
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Robert Smith (R): YES         Judd Gregg (R): YES
NEW JERSEY:    Bill Bradley (D): NO          Frank Lautenberg (D): NO
NEW MEXICO:    Pete Domenici (R): YES        Jeff Bingaman (D): NO
NEW YORK:      Daniel Moynihan (D): NO       Alphonse D'Amato (R): NO
N. CAROLINA:   Jesse Helms (R): YES          Lauch Faircloth (R): YES
N. DAKOTA:     Kent Conrad (D): NO           Byron Dorgan (D): NO
OHIO:          John Glenn (D): NO            Howard Metzenbaum (D): NO
OKLAHOMA:      David Boren (D): NO           Don Nickles (R): YES
OREGON:        Mark Hatfield (R): NO         Bob Packwood (R): NO
PENNSYLVANIA:  Arlen Specter (R): NO         Harris Wofford (D): NO
RHODE ISLAND:  Claiborne Pell (D): NO        John Chafee (R): NO
S. CAROLINA:   Strom Thurmond (R): YES       Ernest Hollings (D): NO
S. DAKOTA:     Larry Pressler (D): YES       Thomas Daschle (D): NO
TENNESSEE:     James Sasser (D): NO          Harlan Mathews (D): NO
TEXAS:         Phil Gramm (R): YES           Bob Kreuger (D): NO
UTAH:          Orrin Hatch (R): YES          Robert Bennett (R): YES
VERMONT:       Patrick Leahy (D): NO         James Jeffords (R): NO
VIRGINIA:      John Warner (R): YES          Charles Robb (D): NO
WASHINGTON:    Slade Gorton (R): YES         Patty Murray (D): NO
WEST VIRGINIA: Robert Byrd (D): NO           Jay Rockefeller (D): NO
WISCONSIN:     Herbert Kohl (D): NO          Russell Feingold (D): NO
WYOMING:       Malcolm Wallop (R): YES       Alan Simpson (R): YES

Mark in Virginia
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Mark Hertzog, Ph.D. wanna-be, University of Virginia
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