Just for background info, I did a quick search on Gene Taylor
ACU Rating: 56 in 2009, lifetime rating of 65.63
On the issues: Full list is here (http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Gene_Taylor.htm ). I grabbed a dozen or so excerpts I thought might be interesting to FReepers:
Ratings:
-Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record.
-Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance.
-Rated 76% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record.
-Rated 87% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record
-Rated 28% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record.
-Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record
Some specific votes:
-Voted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package.
-Voted NO on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy
-Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending
-Voted YES on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler
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-Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation.
-Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman.
-Voted YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions
-Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution.
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-Voted NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China.
-Voted YES on expanding the Children’s Health Insurance Program
-Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border.
That’s a better voting record than most Republicans. Perhaps he should change parties rather than trying to distance himself from Pelosi/Reid/Osama by talking.
His last 100 votes were 82% with pelosi... he admitted that he is for a high death tax and wealth redistribution. Print that!
LLS
Taylor was one of only five Democrats who voted to impeach Bill Clinton.
Taylor was one of only five Democrats who voted to impeach Bill Clinton.