Pro TARP? Hell even George W Bush was for TARP. So was Cheney.
So was McCain and Palin......NONE of them voiced opposition to TARP. It was the politically “correct” thing to do at the time.
I don’t care about Kirk’s social agenda....I am mostly concerned about where does he stand on fiscal conservatism such as reducing/eliminating budget deficits, tax cuts for small businesses etc.
The vote in the Senate to pass TARP was 74-26. Obviously some Republican Senators have a backbone. Of course it Kirk was there it would have been 75-25.
>> I don’t care about Kirk’s social agenda....I am mostly concerned about where does he stand on fiscal conservatism such as reducing/eliminating budget deficits, tax cuts for small businesses etc.
Does this help?
- Kirk votes with Taxpayers for Common Sense 33% of the time
- Kirk votes with The Club for Growth 19% of the time (9 / 48 votes)
- Kirk votes with Citizens for Tax Justice 17% of the time
- Kirk voted NO to HJ Res. 3-Releasing Funds for Economic Stabilization Act (this act was sponsored by Republicans after the first 300 billion dollars went unaccounted for to block the remaining funds from being released without oversight)
- Kirk voted YES on Cap-n-Trade ( the ONLY Republican member of the Illinois congressional delegation that voted yes!) [HR 2454]
-- Kirk voted YES on Democrat Charlie Rangel’s 90 percent bonus tax
-- Kirk voted YES on H.R.2 - the Democrat's SCHIP Program-basically an expansion of welfare (includes $1 tax on cigarettes to "fund" the program)
-- Kirk voted to approve nearly $200 million for the Air Force to purchase three luxury aircraft for ferrying top government office and Members of Congress.
-- Kirk claims in public that he opposes all congressional earmarks, but he earmarked at least $5 million, each, in his limousine liberal district (the wealthiest in Illinois), for HUD, Head Start, local police departments, and commuter trains
-- Kirk is one of only two Republicans in Congress NOT to co-sponsor auditing the Federal reserve.