Analyst's note:  Absolutely must read.  Our thanks to  Let Them Fight or Bring Them Home- by John Bernard, First Sergeant, USMC (Retired) for the heads-up on this item.  

Here is the House amendment to HR @ 1540. Included on the page is the vote. The usual suspects gave it a thumbs down. 

From our vantage point; each and every thumbs down should be followed up with an arrest warrant for the dirt bags that didn't think American Servicemen should be able to defend themselves in a combat zone. 

Yeah; I know, I know. The vote is for the whole thing but... 

Leave it to lefty's to shoot something like this down! 

Please share with all your friends.  The buttons above make it easy.  Yes, and tell the "lefty's" to pack their bags ... their "service" is not longer welcome in our capital.   Semper Fidelis

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H.Amdt. 318: An amendment numbered 38 printed in House... to H.R. 1540: National Defense Authorization Act... (Vote On Amendment) Number: House Vote #354 in 2011 [primary source: house.gov] Date: May 26, 2011 12:51PM Result: Agreed to Amendment: H.Amdt. 318: An amendment numbered 38 printed in House Report 112-88 to require that the rules of engagement allow any military service personnel assigned to duty in a designated hostile fire area to have rules of engagement that fully protects their right to proactively defend themselves from hostile actions. amending H.R. 1540: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Vote Overview   Totals Democrats Republicans Independents All Votes       Needed To Win Aye: 260 (60%) 43 217 0 No: 160 (37%)   142 18 0 Present: 0 (0%)   0 0 0 Not Voting: 11 (3%)   7 4 0 Required: Simple Majority of 420 votes (=211 votes) (Vacancies in Congress will affect vote totals.) More information: Aye versus Yea Explained Vote Details Cartogram Standard Projection Cartograms give an equal area in an image to an equal number of votes by distorting the image. Senate vote cartograms are shown with each state stretched or shrunk so that the states each take up an equal area because each state has two votes. For House votes, it is each congressional district which is stretched or shrunk. Vote [Sort] District [Sort] Representative [Sort by Name] [Sort by Party] Alabama Aye AL-1 Bonner, Jo [R] Aye AL-2 Roby, Martha [R] Aye AL-3 Rogers, Michael [R] Aye AL-4 Aderholt, Robert [R] Aye AL-5 Brooks, Mo [R] Aye AL-6 Bachus, Spencer [R] No AL-7 Sewell, Terri [D] Alaska Aye AK-0 Young, Donald [R] Arizona Aye AZ-1 Gosar, Paul [R] Aye AZ-2 Franks, Trent [R] Aye AZ-3 Quayle, Ben [R] No AZ-4 Pastor, Edward [D] Aye AZ-5 Schweikert, David [R] Not Voting AZ-6 Flake, Jeff [R] No AZ-7 Grijalva, Raul [D] Not Voting AZ-8 Giffords, Gabrielle [D] Arkansas Aye AR-1 Crawford, Rick [R] Aye AR-2 Griffin, Tim [R] Aye AR-3 Womack, Steve [R] Aye AR-4 Ross, Mike [D] California No CA-1 Thompson, C. [D] Aye CA-2 Herger, Walter [R] Aye CA-3 Lungren, Daniel [R] Aye CA-4 McClintock, Tom [R] No CA-5 Matsui, Doris [D] No CA-6 Woolsey, Lynn [D] No CA-7 Miller, George [D] No CA-8 Pelosi, Nancy [D] No CA-9 Lee, Barbara [D] No CA-10 Garamendi, John [D] No CA-11 McNerney, Jerry [D] No CA-12 Speier, Jackie [D] No CA-13 Stark, Fortney [D] No CA-14 Eshoo, Anna [D] No CA-15 Honda, Michael [D] No CA-16 Lofgren, Zoe [D] No CA-17 Farr, Sam [D] No CA-18 Cardoza, Dennis [D] Aye CA-19 Denham, Jeff [R] Aye CA-20 Costa, Jim [D] Aye CA-21 Nunes, Devin [R] Aye CA-22 McCarthy, Kevin [R] No CA-23 Capps, Lois [D] Aye CA-24 Gallegly, Elton [R] No CA-25 McKeon, Howard [R] Aye CA-26 Dreier, David [R] No CA-27 Sherman, Brad [D] No CA-28 Berman, Howard [D] No CA-29 Schiff, Adam [D] No CA-30 Waxman, Henry [D] No CA-31 Becerra, Xavier [D] No CA-32 Chu, Judy [D] No CA-33 Bass, Karen [D] No CA-34 Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D] No CA-35 Waters, Maxine [D] No CA-37 Richardson, Laura [D] No CA-38 Napolitano, Grace [D] No CA-39 Sanchez, Linda [D] Aye CA-40 Royce, Edward [R] Aye CA-41 Lewis, Jerry [R] Aye CA-42 Miller, Gary [R] No CA-43 Baca, Joe [D] Aye CA-44 Calvert, Ken [R] Aye CA-45 Bono Mack, Mary [R] Aye CA-46 Rohrabacher, Dana [R] No CA-47 Sanchez, Loretta [D] Aye CA-48 Campbell, John [R] Aye CA-49 Issa, Darrell [R] Aye CA-50 Bilbray, Brian [R] Not Voting CA-51 Filner, Bob [D] Aye CA-52 Hunter, Duncan [R] No CA-53 Davis, Susan [D] Colorado No CO-1 DeGette, Diana [D] No CO-2 Polis, Jared [D] Aye CO-3 Tipton, Scott [R] Aye CO-4 Gardner, Cory [R] Aye CO-5 Lamborn, Doug [R] Aye CO-6 Coffman, Mike [R] No CO-7 Perlmutter, Ed [D] Connecticut No CT-1 Larson, John [D] No CT-2 Courtney, Joe [D] No CT-3 DeLauro, Rosa [D] No CT-4 Himes, James [D] No CT-5 Murphy, Christopher [D] Delaware No DE-0 Carney, John [D] Florida Aye FL-1 Miller, Jeff [R] Aye FL-2 Southerland, Steve [R] No FL-3 Brown, Corrine [D] No FL-4 Crenshaw, Ander [R] Aye FL-5 Nugent, Richard [R] Aye FL-6 Stearns, Clifford [R] Aye FL-7 Mica, John [R] No FL-8 Webster, Daniel [R] Aye FL-9 Bilirakis, Gus [R] Aye FL-10 Young, C. W. [R] No FL-11 Castor, Kathy [D] Aye FL-12 Ross, Dennis [R] Aye FL-13 Buchanan, Vern [R] Aye FL-14 Mack, Connie [R] Aye FL-15 Posey, Bill [R] Aye FL-16 Rooney, Thomas [R] No FL-17 Wilson, Frederica [D] Aye FL-18 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R] No FL-19 Deutch, Ted [D] No FL-20 Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D] Aye FL-21 Diaz-Balart, Mario [R] Aye FL-22 West, Allen [R] No FL-23 Hastings, Alcee [D] Aye FL-24 Adams, Sandy [R] Aye FL-25 Rivera, David [R] Georgia Aye GA-1 Kingston, Jack [R] Aye GA-2 Bishop, Sanford [D] Aye GA-3 Westmoreland, Lynn [R] No GA-4 Johnson, Henry [D] No GA-5 Lewis, John [D] Aye GA-6 Price, Tom [R] Aye GA-7 Woodall, Rob [R] Aye GA-8 Scott, Austin [R] Aye GA-9 Graves, Tom [R] Aye GA-10 Broun, Paul [R] Aye GA-11 Gingrey, John [R] Aye GA-12 Barrow, John [D] No GA-13 Scott, David [D] Hawaii No HI-1 Hanabusa, Colleen [D] No HI-2 Hirono, Mazie [D] Idaho Aye ID-1 Labrador, Raúl [R] Aye ID-2 Simpson, Michael [R] Illinois No IL-1 Rush, Bobby [D] Not Voting IL-2 Jackson, Jesse [D] Aye IL-3 Lipinski, Daniel [D] No IL-4 Gutierrez, Luis [D] No IL-5 Quigley, Mike [D] Aye IL-6 Roskam, Peter [R] No IL-7 Davis, Danny [D] Aye IL-8 Walsh, Joe [R] No IL-9 Schakowsky, Janice [D] No IL-10 Dold, Bob [R] No IL-11 Kinzinger, Adam [R] Aye IL-12 Costello, Jerry [D] Aye IL-13 Biggert, Judy [R] Aye IL-14 Hultgren, Randy [R] Aye IL-15 Johnson, Timothy [R] Aye IL-16 Manzullo, Donald [R] Aye IL-17 Schilling, Robert [R] Aye IL-18 Schock, Aaron [R] Aye IL-19 Shimkus, John [R] Indiana No IN-1 Visclosky, Peter [D] Aye IN-2 Donnelly, Joe [D] Aye IN-3 Stutzman, Marlin [R] Aye IN-4 Rokita, Todd [R] Aye IN-5 Burton, Dan [R] Aye IN-6 Pence, Mike [R] No IN-7 Carson, André [D] Aye IN-8 Bucshon, Larry [R] Aye IN-9 Young, Todd [R] Iowa No IA-1 Braley, Bruce [D] Aye IA-2 Loebsack, David [D] Aye IA-3 Boswell, Leonard [D] Aye IA-4 Latham, Thomas [R] Aye IA-5 King, Steve [R] Kansas Aye KS-1 Huelskamp, Tim [R] Aye KS-2 Jenkins, Lynn [R] Aye KS-3 Yoder, Kevin [R] Aye KS-4 Pompeo, Mike [R] Kentucky Aye KY-1 Whitfield, Edward [R] Aye KY-2 Guthrie, Brett [R] No KY-3 Yarmuth, John [D] Aye KY-4 Davis, Geoff [R] Aye KY-5 Rogers, Harold [R] Aye KY-6 Chandler, Ben [D] Louisiana Aye LA-1 Scalise, Steve [R] No LA-2 Richmond, Cedric [D] Aye LA-3 Landry, Jeff [R] No LA-4 Fleming, John [R] Aye LA-5 Alexander, Rodney [R] Aye LA-6 Cassidy, Bill [R] Not Voting LA-7 Boustany, Charles [R] Maine No ME-1 Pingree, Chellie [D] Aye ME-2 Michaud, Michael [D] Maryland Aye MD-1 Harris, Andy [R] Aye MD-2 Ruppersberger, C.A. [D] No MD-3 Sarbanes, John [D] No MD-4 Edwards, Donna [D] No MD-5 Hoyer, Steny [D] Aye MD-6 Bartlett, Roscoe [R] No MD-7 Cummings, Elijah [D] No MD-8 Van Hollen, Christopher [D] Massachusetts Not Voting MA-1 Olver, John [D] Aye MA-2 Neal, Richard [D] No MA-3 McGovern, James [D] No MA-4 Frank, Barney [D] No MA-5 Tsongas, Niki [D] Aye MA-6 Tierney, John [D] No MA-7 Markey, Edward [D] No MA-8 Capuano, Michael [D] Aye MA-9 Lynch, Stephen [D] Aye MA-10 Keating, William [D] Michigan Aye MI-1 Benishek, Dan [R] Aye MI-2 Huizenga, Bill [R] Aye MI-3 Amash, Justin [R] Aye MI-4 Camp, David [R] No MI-5 Kildee, Dale [D] Aye MI-6 Upton, Frederick [R] Aye MI-7 Walberg, Timothy [R] Aye MI-8 Rogers, Michael [R] No MI-9 Peters, Gary [D] Aye MI-10 Miller, Candice [R] Aye MI-11 McCotter, Thaddeus [R] No MI-12 Levin, Sander [D] No MI-13 Clarke, Hansen [D] No MI-14 Conyers, John [D] Not Voting MI-15 Dingell, John [D] Minnesota No MN-1 Walz, Timothy [D] Aye MN-2 Kline, John [R] Aye MN-3 Paulsen, Erik [R] No MN-4 McCollum, Betty [D] No MN-5 Ellison, Keith [D] Aye MN-6 Bachmann, Michele [R] Aye MN-7 Peterson, Collin [D] Aye MN-8 Cravaack, Chip [R] Mississippi Aye MS-1 Nunnelee, Alan [R] No MS-2 Thompson, Bennie [D] Aye MS-3 Harper, Gregg [R] Aye MS-4 Palazzo, Steven [R] Missouri No MO-1 Clay, William [D] Aye MO-2 Akin, W. [R] No MO-3 Carnahan, Russ [D] Aye MO-4 Hartzler, Vicky [R] No MO-5 Cleaver, Emanuel [D] Aye MO-6 Graves, Samuel [R] Not Voting MO-7 Long, Billy [R] Aye MO-8 Emerson, Jo Ann [R] Aye MO-9 Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R] Montana Aye MT-0 Rehberg, Dennis [R] Nebraska Aye NE-1 Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R] Aye NE-2 Terry, Lee [R] Aye NE-3 Smith, Adrian [R] Nevada Aye NV-1 Berkley, Shelley [D] No NV-3 Heck, Joe [R] New Hampshire Aye NH-1 Guinta, Frank [R] Aye NH-2 Bass, Charles [R] New Jersey No NJ-1 Andrews, Robert [D] Aye NJ-2 LoBiondo, Frank [R] Aye NJ-3 Runyan, Jon [R] Aye NJ-4 Smith, Christopher [R] Aye NJ-5 Garrett, Scott [R] No NJ-6 Pallone, Frank [D] Aye NJ-7 Lance, Leonard [R] No NJ-8 Pascrell, William [D] No NJ-9 Rothman, Steven [D] Not Voting NJ-10 Payne, Donald [D] No NJ-11 Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R] No NJ-12 Holt, Rush [D] No NJ-13 Sires, Albio [D] New Mexico Aye NM-1 Heinrich, Martin [D] Aye NM-2 Pearce, Steven [R] No NM-3 Lujan, Ben [D] New York No NY-1 Bishop, Timothy [D] No NY-2 Israel, Steve [D] Aye NY-3 King, Peter [R] Not Voting NY-4 McCarthy, Carolyn [D] No NY-5 Ackerman, Gary [D] No NY-6 Meeks, Gregory [D] Aye NY-7 Crowley, Joseph [D] No NY-8 Nadler, Jerrold [D] No NY-9 Weiner, Anthony [D] No NY-10 Towns, Edolphus [D] No NY-11 Clarke, Yvette [D] No NY-12 Velazquez, Nydia [D] Aye NY-13 Grimm, Michael [R] No NY-14 Maloney, Carolyn [D] No NY-15 Rangel, Charles [D] No NY-16 Serrano, José [D] Aye NY-17 Engel, Eliot [D] No NY-18 Lowey, Nita [D] Aye NY-19 Hayworth, Nan [R] Aye NY-20 Gibson, Chris [R] No NY-21 Tonko, Paul [D] No NY-22 Hinchey, Maurice [D] No NY-23 Owens, William [D] Aye NY-24 Hanna, Richard [R] Aye NY-25 Buerkle, Ann Marie [R] No NY-27 Higgins, Brian [D] No NY-28 Slaughter, Louise [D] Aye NY-29 Reed, Tom [R] North Carolina No NC-1 Butterfield, George [D] Aye NC-2 Ellmers, Renee [R] Aye NC-3 Jones, Walter [R] No NC-4 Price, David [D] Aye NC-5 Foxx, Virginia [R] Aye NC-6 Coble, Howard [R] Aye NC-7 McIntyre, Mike [D] Aye NC-8 Kissell, Larry [D] Aye NC-9 Myrick, Sue [R] Aye NC-10 McHenry, Patrick [R] Aye NC-11 Shuler, Heath [D] No NC-12 Watt, Melvin [D] No NC-13 Miller, R. [D] North Dakota No ND-0 Berg, Rick [R] Ohio Aye OH-1 Chabot, Steven [R] Aye OH-2 Schmidt, Jean [R] No OH-3 Turner, Michael [R] Aye OH-4 Jordan, Jim [R] Aye OH-5 Latta, Robert [R] Aye OH-6 Johnson, Bill [R] Aye OH-7 Austria, Steve [R] Aye OH-9 Kaptur, Marcy [D] No OH-10 Kucinich, Dennis [D] No OH-11 Fudge, Marcia [D] Aye OH-12 Tiberi, Patrick [R] No OH-13 Sutton, Betty [D] Aye OH-14 LaTourette, Steven [R] Aye OH-15 Stivers, Steve [R] Aye OH-16 Renacci, Jim [R] Aye OH-17 Ryan, Timothy [D] Aye OH-18 Gibbs, Bob [R] Oklahoma Aye OK-1 Sullivan, John [R] Aye OK-2 Boren, Dan [D] Aye OK-3 Lucas, Frank [R] Aye OK-4 Cole, Tom [R] Aye OK-5 Lankford, James [R] Oregon Aye OR-1 Wu, David [D] Aye OR-2 Walden, Greg [R] No OR-3 Blumenauer, Earl [D] Aye OR-4 DeFazio, Peter [D] Aye OR-5 Schrader, Kurt [D] Pennsylvania No PA-1 Brady, Robert [D] No PA-2 Fattah, Chaka [D] Aye PA-3 Kelly, Mike [R] Aye PA-4 Altmire, Jason [D] Aye PA-5 Thompson, Glenn [R] Aye PA-6 Gerlach, Jim [R] Aye PA-7 Meehan, Patrick [R] Aye PA-8 Fitzpatrick, Michael [R] Aye PA-9 Shuster, William [R] Aye PA-10 Marino, Thomas [R] Aye PA-11 Barletta, Lou [R] Aye PA-12 Critz, Mark [D] No PA-13 Schwartz, Allyson [D] No PA-14 Doyle, Michael [D] Aye PA-15 Dent, Charles [R] Aye PA-16 Pitts, Joseph [R] Aye PA-17 Holden, Tim [D] Aye PA-18 Murphy, Tim [R] Aye PA-19 Platts, Todd [R] Rhode Island No RI-1 Cicilline, David [D] Aye RI-2 Langevin, James [D] South Carolina Aye SC-1 Scott, Tim [R] Aye SC-2 Wilson, Addison [R] Aye SC-3 Duncan, Jeff [R] Aye SC-4 Gowdy, Trey [R] Aye SC-5 Mulvaney, Mick [R] No SC-6 Clyburn, James [D] South Dakota Aye SD-0 Noem, Kristi [R] Tennessee Aye TN-1 Roe, Phil [R] Aye TN-2 Duncan, John [R] Aye TN-3 Fleischmann, Chuck [R] Aye TN-4 DesJarlais, Scott [R] Aye TN-5 Cooper, Jim [D] Aye TN-6 Black, Diane [R] Aye TN-7 Blackburn, Marsha [R] Aye TN-8 Fincher, Stephen [R] No TN-9 Cohen, Steve [D] Texas Aye TX-1 Gohmert, Louis [R] Aye TX-2 Poe, Ted [R] Aye TX-3 Johnson, Samuel [R] Aye TX-4 Hall, Ralph [R] Aye TX-5 Hensarling, Jeb [R] Aye TX-6 Barton, Joe [R] No TX-7 Culberson, John [R] Aye TX-8 Brady, Kevin [R] No TX-9 Green, Al [D] Aye TX-10 McCaul, Michael [R] No TX-11 Conaway, K. [R] Aye TX-12 Granger, Kay [R] No TX-13 Thornberry, William [R] No TX-14 Paul, Ronald [R] No TX-15 Hinojosa, Rubén [D] No TX-16 Reyes, Silvestre [D] Aye TX-17 Flores, Bill [R] No TX-18 Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D] Aye TX-19 Neugebauer, Randy [R] No TX-20 Gonzalez, Charles [D] Aye TX-21 Smith, Lamar [R] Aye TX-22 Olson, Pete [R] Aye TX-23 Canseco, Francisco [R] Aye TX-24 Marchant, Kenny [R] No TX-25 Doggett, Lloyd [D] Aye TX-26 Burgess, Michael [R] Aye TX-27 Farenthold, Blake [R] Aye TX-28 Cuellar, Henry [D] Aye TX-29 Green, Raymond [D] No TX-30 Johnson, Eddie [D] Aye TX-31 Carter, John [R] Aye TX-32 Sessions, Peter [R] Utah Aye UT-1 Bishop, Rob [R] Aye UT-2 Matheson, Jim [D] Aye UT-3 Chaffetz, Jason [R] Vermont No VT-0 Welch, Peter [D] Virginia Aye VA-1 Wittman, Rob [R] Aye VA-2 Rigell, E. [R] No VA-3 Scott, Robert [D] Aye VA-4 Forbes, J. [R] Aye VA-5 Hurt, Robert [R] Aye VA-6 Goodlatte, Robert [R] Aye VA-7 Cantor, Eric [R] No VA-8 Moran, James [D] Aye VA-9 Griffith, H. [R] Aye VA-10 Wolf, Frank [R] Aye VA-11 Connolly, Gerald [D] Washington Aye WA-1 Inslee, Jay [D] No WA-2 Larsen, Rick [D] Aye WA-3 Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R] Not Voting WA-4 Hastings, Doc [R] Aye WA-5 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R] Aye WA-6 Dicks, Norman [D] No WA-7 McDermott, James [D] Aye WA-8 Reichert, Dave [R] No WA-9 Smith, Adam [D] West Virginia Aye WV-1 McKinley, David [R] Aye WV-2 Capito, Shelley [R] Aye WV-3 Rahall, Nick [D] Wisconsin No WI-1 Ryan, Paul [R] No WI-2 Baldwin, Tammy [D] Aye WI-3 Kind, Ronald [D] No WI-4 Moore, Gwen [D] No WI-5 Sensenbrenner, F. [R] No WI-6 Petri, Thomas [R] No WI-7 Duffy, Sean [R] Aye WI-8 Ribble, Reid [R] Wyoming Aye WY-0 Lummis, Cynthia [R]