[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/

[SierraWasp]

Thanks you two! I’ve stored so many things in the back of my mind that make me leery of certain celebrity candidates that is sure helps when you pull up stuff like this and stick it back out there where everybody can see it again!!!

[calcowgirl]

I went to his website to see if he had published a position on the Environment (in general). He hadn’t.

However, under the energy section, it said this:

“And while we don’t know for certain how or why climate change is occurring,
it makes sense to take reasonable steps to reduce CO2 emissions without harming our economy. “