A refresher course on John Kerry's key Senate votes

[rightcoast]

Senator John Kerry (D-MA) has voted for:

• Authorization for use of force against Iraq (2002, Iraq War - Op. Iraqi Freedom)
• Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Dept. of H.S.)
• Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001
• Motion to dismiss impeachment of Clinton (motion failed, nonbinding vote)
• Authorization for air operations & missile strikes against Yugoslavia (Serbia)
• Welfare reform
• NAFTA
• Resolution supporting Pres. George H.W. Bush's actions against Iraq in Gulf War

Kerry has voted against:

• Supplemental funding for Iraq/Afganistan military & humanitarian efforts (2003)
• Medicare Prescription Drug & Modernization Act of 2003
• Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003
• Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003
• Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002
• Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
• Motion to table (kill) use of force authorization in Kosovo
• Clinton obstruction of justice charge
• Clinton perjury charge
• Defense of Marriage Act
• Authorization for use of force against Iraq (1990, Gulf War - Op. Desert Storm)

[So Cal Rocket]

Voted FOR the PATRIOT Act

[rightcoast]

Thanks, I forgot that one.

[So Cal Rocket]

Voted FOR the No Child Left Behind Act.

[KQQL]

H.R. 3396 (Defense of Marriage Act) Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Signed the Letter Backing Gay Marriage - massequality.org 07/12/02

"Kerry indicated he might eventually back gay marriages if a public consensus developed for them," Brownstein Notes.
http://www.massinsider.com/archives/001261.phtml

"We are not going to solve the problem of terrorism with this kind of retaliation," Kerry.
RE: 04/1986 US Air Strike against Libya - Hannity's Book, "Deliver Us From Evil"
Opposed death penalty until 2002, voted against military action in the 1991 Persian Gulf war.

[VadeRetro]

Kerry has voted against:

The F-14, F-15, F-16, B-1, B-2, MX missile, Tomahawk cruise missile, Apache helicopter, M1 Abrams ...