Feinstein Amendment rejected 45-55
Senator Feinstein’s amendment, which would have limited applicability of the NDAA’s detention provisions to terrorism suspects captured abroad, was rejected in a 45-55 vote this afternoon. There was a very lengthy debate on the adoption of this amendment yesterday afternoon (read the transcript here) and today.
The full roll call vote is available here.
Seven senators who had rejected the Udall Amendment ended up voting in favor of Senator Feinstein’s amendment. Senator Udall had indicated support for the amendment as a viable replacement for his. The converts from the Udall Amendment (which was rejected 38-60) to the Feinstein Amendment were:
| Conrad (D-ND) |
| Hagan (D-NC) |
| Kohl (D-WI) |
| Lee (R-UT) |
| Reed (D-RI) |
| Shaheen (D-NH) |
| Whitehouse (D-RI) |
Both of the non-voting senators in the Udall amendment (fellow Alaskans Begich and Murkowski) voted against Feinstein’s amendment.
