Posted on 06/25/2005 7:51:32 AM PDT by TShaunK
Kerry bolts D.C. and misses Bolton vote By Noelle Straub Thursday, June 23, 2005 - Updated: 10:38 AM EST
WASHINGTON - Sen. John F. Kerry has been an outspoken critic of John Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, but the senator skipped a roll-call vote on the appointment Monday as he took a two-day leave from his Washington duties.
Kerry missed four roll-call votes altogether on Monday and Tuesday, including one on an energy amendment he co-sponsored.
Kerry spokesman David Wade refused to divulge where the Bay State senator had been, characterizing his absence only as a ``longstanding commitment which could not be rescheduled.'' Monday evening, Kerry skipped the vote that Republican leaders had scheduled to end debate on the Bolton nomination.
``While we hate to miss any vote, the fact remains that (Kerry's) vote would not have been decisive in any outcome,'' Wade said. ``The fight against the Bolton nomination continues, and John Kerry will continue to speak out.''
On Tuesday, the Bay State senator missed a roll-call vote on an amendment he co-sponsored that would have stripped a provision from the energy bill allowing an inventory of all offshore oil and natural gas resources. The Senate rejected the measure, but Kerry's vote would not have changed the outcome.
The senator missed votes on two other energy amendments, on promoting technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reducing emissions on from diesel engines. The senator's aides said he has cast 97 percent of votes this Congress.
Kerry's office on Tuesday also released a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about equipment shortages in Iraq. A note from the press office called it a letter ``Kerry sent to Rumsfeld today,'' although the senator was not in Washington at the time.
Another Botox appt. with his cosmetic surgeon.
"The senator missed votes on two other energy amendments, on promoting technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reducing emissions on from diesel engines. The senator's aides said he has cast 97 percent of votes this Congress"
What about the last two years? Senate rules require him to refund his salary to the treasury for any missed days.
Imagine the outrage if Scott McClellan refused to divulge where President Bush had been for 2 days...
Of course. But remember:
John Kerry IS NOT PRESIDENT!
***hehehehehe***
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Do you have a working link for this? Thanks.
Wind surfing is now in season.
Consider our fortune were he CIC. Always out to lunch.
He was an empty uniform in Vietnam, and now he's an empty suit.
It's good to be king!
You have to wonder about the common sense of Massachusetts voters who put Kerry in the senate. He hardly votes on bills that come up, he doesn't introduce any bills of his own, he takes days off for no good reasons, and he gets paid for doing nothing.
So, how smart can the liberal voters of Massachusetts be to put a guy like Kerry in office to represent them?
The picture in the Boston Herald had him wearing those tight candy ass shorts on a bicycle.
I wonder if the Kennedy's then drowned them to keep them from talking?
John Kerry IS NOT PRESIDENT!
That felt good to read, but I'll bet it felt better to write. ;)
It dosen't show the picture with the link but I cut it out from the hard copy Thurs...I think it might have been a file photo.
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