LWolf
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Tue Jul-22-03 01:41 PM
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"Candidates Skip Votes on Iraq, Other Issues While Attacking Iraq Policy" |
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http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/newswire/nw03/talonnews/0703/072203-tn-candidates-skip-votes.htm<snip> The job of an elected official is, in part, to vote on legislation put before them. The job of a political candidate is, in part, to campaign so as to meet as many people as possible. Therein lies the conflict. Several Democrat presidential candidates have missed a significant number of votes on Capitol Hill, including important votes dealing with Iraq, while campaigning for the White House and attacking President George W. Bush for his handling of the Iraq conflict.<snip> There have been 397 votes cast in the 108th session in the House and 290 votes cast in the Senate. So far, Gephardt has missed 356 (90%) House votes.<snip> Kerry and his fellow White House hopefuls have been pressing hard against the Bush administration on Iraq and the war on terror. Kerry, however, missed votes this year that dealt with Iraq's reconstruction and the Iraqi Intelligence Commission. In total, Kerry has missed 52 percent of the votes cast in the Senate this year.<snip> Most of the others among the Democrat field have also missed votes this year. Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) has missed 115 votes as of Monday. Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), who announced his candidacy in May, has missed 72 votes. Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) has missed 20 percent of the votes cast this year.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), though not as dominant as the others in recent national polls, has not missed a single vote this year. Kucinich has been an outspoken critic of the administration and was one of the few legislators who voted against supporting the military action against Iraq.
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Tue Jul-22-03 01:50 PM
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1. To continue to say "one of the few" is bs... |
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...there was actually a sizable minority involved. It wasn't like the PATRIOT ACT vote, with 90% of the House and Senate voting yeah, more like 70%...
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Tue Jul-22-03 01:59 PM
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2. I'm impressed with DK! |
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I am surprised that Congressmen are allowed to miss that many votes. If I missed that many days of work, I'd be fired.
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Tue Jul-22-03 02:06 PM
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Can you imagine calling in a substitute for that many days?
Somebody who shows up to do the job they've been hired/elected to do. What a concept.
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Tue Jul-22-03 02:03 PM
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3. Dean skipped out on his last year as gov to campaign |
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This is part of where Kucinich has shown the most integrity. He hasn't missed a vote. He's has even turned down multi-million dollar fundraisers because they interferred with his job. If a person is willing to sacrifice his duty to his constituents to benefit himself, what he will do when he is offered money or power to make certain exec orders of sign or veto certain legislation.
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Tue Jul-22-03 02:22 PM
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5. And how many vote did they miss where it would have made... |
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Tue Jul-22-03 02:32 PM
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6. Gephardt should resign |
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So that some can be elected who will actually reprsent the people of Missouri. I like the guy, but it is obvious that he has no interest in performing the duties of his current job.
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