Obama Often Absent For Senate Votes

[ccpup]

CHICAGO (WBBM) - Senator Barack Obama is giving it his all in a run for the White House, but is he ignoring his “day job”?

An examination of Senator Obama’s voting record in the Senate finds he has the worst voting record in the past two months of the four Democratic senators seeking their party’s nomination for president.

During September and October, Senator Obama missed 71--or nearly 80 percent--of the 89 votes that have taken place in the Senate.

In contrast, the perceived front-runner in the contest for the Democratic nomination for president, Senator Hillary Clinton has missed 57—64 percent--of the 89 votes taken.

Clinton has missed only 17 percent of the 401 votes taken in 2007 while Obama has missed nearly 33 percent, a similar percentage as two other senators running for president, Joseph Biden and Christopher Dodd.

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Among votes Obama did miss were the Sense of the Senate resolution on Iran, a resolution condemning those who would publicly criticize General David Petraeus, who is in charge of the Iraq War, and yesterday, a vote to end debate on a measure to provide 26 weeks of leave for family members who need to care for an injured serviceman or woman.

Obama was the only one of the four to miss the Iran resolution vote, a vote on an amendment to redeploy American troops out of Iraq and a vote on a resolution to improve security at United States’ borders.

He also missed a vote on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) bill while Senators Clinton and Dodd did vote on it. Biden also missed the vote.

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Oh, and McCain has the absolute worst voting record.

[1corona4u]

1. That's what I've been saying for a while now....

thanks for posting it again.

[Colobo]

2. He will win the primaries and that's what matters.

[ccpup]

3. I think he'll win Iowa

but New Hampshire? I don't know. They tend to not follow what Iowa does, so it's anybody's guess how that'll go.

A lot of missed votes, though.

[maddiejoan]

5. If he's elected will he do his job?

Or be another "vacation" President?

[liberalnurse]

4. From my observation....

he votes when it serves his political goals...not the needs of his constituents. For only a first term Senator, he didn't show leadership or advocacy.

[ccpup]

6. the votes he missed

on the measure to provide 26 weeks of leave for family members who need to care for an injured serviceman or woman, the Iran resolution, the amendment to redeploy American troops out of Iraq, the resolution to improve security at United States’ borders and on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) bill will come back to bite him in the a** should he survive the primaries and be the Nominee.

Not even Oprah could defend him adequately for missing the S-CHIP vote! I mean, really, ignoring sick kids to campaign and raise more money? :shrug:

[Lord Helmet]

7. thank you for your concern