As much as I do not care for the Arizona legislation for entirely unrelated reasons, I can't really fault them here.
OP, you did a good thing by posting the data source, that being the Senate home site, which has a direct link to the bill itself.
Unfortunately, out legislation does not make passing simple items easy. This bill contains everything from Department of Defense spending limits to giving away Air Force surplus. As unfortunate as it is, the rape issue is only one of near a hundred separate items on the bill.
That being said, the thread is a bit one sided. Just because those particular senators voted no probably doesn't mean they like raping at every opportunity. For all I know, one of the spending provisions could have let the DoD keep our soldiers there indefinitely, or something equally as ludicrous. I only skimmed it.
Point being, it's rather silly to point fingers at anyone voting because of one item on the bill. The whole thing has to be taken into consideration if one wants anything resembling a worthwhile opinion on the topic.
OP, you did a good thing by posting the data source, that being the Senate home site, which has a direct link to the bill itself.
Unfortunately, out legislation does not make passing simple items easy. This bill contains everything from Department of Defense spending limits to giving away Air Force surplus. As unfortunate as it is, the rape issue is only one of near a hundred separate items on the bill.
That being said, the thread is a bit one sided. Just because those particular senators voted no probably doesn't mean they like raping at every opportunity. For all I know, one of the spending provisions could have let the DoD keep our soldiers there indefinitely, or something equally as ludicrous. I only skimmed it.
Point being, it's rather silly to point fingers at anyone voting because of one item on the bill. The whole thing has to be taken into consideration if one wants anything resembling a worthwhile opinion on the topic.