On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doesn't he have an 80%+ voting record in the Senate?
Neither candidate has done anything to brag about regarding the budget. Data from Project Vote Smart http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270 Since January of 2007, McCain has missed 57 of 66 votes on Budget Issues or 86%. During his entire tenure, he has missed 59 of 141 votes on Budget issues or 42% of the votes. If you include Business and Consumer Issues during his tenure, that increases to 47% of the votes missed. In 2008, he has voted on budget issues 3 of 29 times. 03/13/2008 Earmark Moratorium S Amdt 4347 Yes Motion Rejected - Senate (29 - 71) 02/13/2008 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 HR 2082 No Conference Report Adopted - Senate ((51 - 45) 02/07/2008 Economic Stimulus Plan HR 5140 Yes Bill Passed - Senate (81 - 16) Obama's record is not much better. Since taking office, he has missed 54% of the votes on Budget. Since January of 2007, he has missed 75% of the votes. He has voted 6 of 29 times in 2008 03/13/2008 Earmark Moratorium S Amdt 4347 Yes Motion Rejected - Senate (29--71) 03/14/08 Concurrent Budget Resolution S Con Res 70 Yes Resolution Passed - Senate (51 -44) 03/13/08 Restriction of Federal Assistance Based on Compliance with Federal Immigration Laws S Amdt 4309 to S Con Res 70 Y Amendment Tabled - Senate (58 - 40) 07/09/08 Medicare Bill HR 6331 Yes Cloture Invoked - Senate (69 - 30) 05/22/08 GI Bill and Other Domestic Provisions S Amdt 4803 Yes Amendment Adopted - Senate (75 - 22) 6/26/08 Iraq and Afghanistan War Funding, Unemployment Benefits Extension, and GI Bill HR 2642 Yes Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (92 - 6) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270741 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
