John Sununu and Charles Bass , both Republicans, voted yes. The bill would expand the list of crimes that trigger federal intervention under civil rights statutes. This vote recommended that the House follow the Senate's lead and include in it the 2001 defense budget. However, Congress has passed over 3,000 criminal statutes addressing harmful behaviors that affect the nation's interests, including organized crime, terrorism and civil rights violations. This is clearly not equal justice under law.
All crimes are crimes of hate.
A yes vote endorsed the hate crimes bill. Bass voted yes. Sununu voted no. Rep. James Greenwood, a Pennsylvania Republican, the only Republican to vote for the bill, later issued a statement that he meant to vote against it. We are not saying that the Boy Scouts are bad.