[AuntB]

Centrist Coalition

Isn't that special? Conservatives, my butt.

[AuntB]

"Reviewing the voting records of both gentlemen on bills and legislation that they did not sponsor, it is most useful to concentrate on their votes where they did not follow party lines. In Thompson’s case, in 1995, he most often voted against the GOP and with the democrats on amendments to H.R. 956, the Product Liability Reform Act. He was indeed the trial lawyers’ best Republican friend in the Senate. And he famously voted against his party on the Exon amendment which cut off benefits to illegal aliens.

In the 1996 session, Fred does have some money saving votes, for example, attempting to limit sugar subsidies and mental illness services, but he also bucked the GOP on slashing the funds for the Endangered Species Act (H.AMDT 3479) and he got busy with his CFR supporting votes, much to the chagrin of his colleagues, other than John McCain."

http://dhgrassrevolt.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/a-madison-compares-fred-to-duncan/

[Atlas Sneezed]

I’ll bet you can’t summarize in a single brief sentence what the problem is.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Fred attended a meeting?!!!!!

Oh nooooooo!!!!!!

[calcowgirl]

The group of senators, known as the Centrist Coalition ... the 22-member group, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.

So, the Gang of Fourteen was a successor to this group? Interesting.

A housecleaning in the Senate is long overdue!