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October 24, 2008

Jihad and Congressional Elections - You Decide

On November 4, 2008, the voters of America will have the opportunity to elect all 435 seats of the United States House of Representatives, who will serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.

What will the priority of Congressional representatives' position on Jihad be when they make such decisions?
For those Americans who oppose Jihad and the ideology of Islamic supremacism, this provides a unique opportunity for their voice to be heard and for them to be able to personally impact future legislation on this issue. This is their chance to make a significant difference in how America will act on the war of ideas against Jihad and Islamic supremacism.

On July 16, 2008, an amendment to House Resolution 5959 was presented to the full Congress to vote on whether or not Congress was willing to honestly confront Jihad and its Islamic supremacist ideology in the war of ideas.   There is a documented voting record on H.R. 5959 (see Section 507 "Jihadists") showing which Congressional representatives were willing to stand up and confront Jihad, and which Congressional representatives were afraid to confront Jihad.

The amendment to H.R. 5959 called for Congress to modify the 2009 intelligence funding bill to stop the efforts by some government agencies who have been creating a "terror lexicon" to instruct government employees not to discuss Jihad or ideologies such as Islamic supremacism (aka "Islamism"), when identifying the enemy. This Congressional effort passed by the margin of 249-180.  (See my July 22, 2008 article for more details on H.R. 5959.)

There were 180 Congressional representatives who voted against this amendment to H.R. 5959 to confront Jihad, and there were 10 who "abstained" from taking a vote and a stand against Jihad.  The Congressional representatives who voted against or abstained on this measure claim to be representing Americans in: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, American Samoa, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington state, West Virginia , and Wisconsin.  

Do they truly represent the views of Americans in these states? Do they represent you?

Their voting record is public information.

On November 4, 2008, you decide.

FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Jeffrey Imm, formerly of the FBI, has his own counterterrorism research web site at UnitedStatesAction.com and is a part of the Anti-Jihad League of America.
[Postscript - see also Sources documents for additional reading and background information.]
House of Representatives Members Voting against H.R. 5959, Section 507 "Jihadists"
Voting Record - July 16, 2008  (List by State / Alphabetical List by Last Name)
These U.S. Congressional Representatives voted against H.R. 5959 Section 507 that sought to confront Jihad by stopping efforts at a "terror lexicon" which told government officials that they should not use the words "Jihad," "Islamism," when referencing Islamic supremacist terrorism
California
Rep. C. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D, CA-12]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31]
Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D, CA-37]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
Oklahoma Congressmen Who Abstained
Rep. Frank Lucas [R, OK-3]  - abstained from voting on H.R. 5959 Amendment to confront "Jihadists"

Oregon
Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
Rep. Darlene Hooley [D, OR-5]

Pennsylvania
Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D, PA-11]
Rep. John Murtha [D, PA-12]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]

Puerto Rico Congressmen Who Abstained
Rep. Luis Fortuno [R, PR-0]  - abstained from voting on H.R. 5959 Amendment to confront "Jihadists"

Rhode Island
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]

South Carolina
Rep. John Spratt [D, SC-5]
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]

Tennessee
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
Texas Congressmen Who Abstained
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]  - abstained from voting on H.R. 5959 Amendment to confront "Jihadists"
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]  - abstained from voting on H.R. 5959 Amendment to confront "Jihadists"

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