Fred's been a life long conservative and when you consider his lifetime ACU rating, his Senate voting record and his three endorsements by the National Right to Life Committee, his political conservatism stands out. As I did last time, here's just a few of Fred's Senate votes for you to chew on. I've got more.
WELFARE - WORK REQUIREMENT: Helms amendment to require most able-bodied, non-elderly food stamp recipients to work 40 hours during each 4-week period. Rejected 32-66, September 11, 1995. Fred supported the amendment.
AMERICORPS. Mikulski amendment to provide $427 million for the Americorps program, which pays so-called "volunteers" to engage in community service programs. Rejected 47-52, September 26, 1995. Fred opposed the amendment.
FLAG DESECRATION. Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to grant Congress the power to prevent the physical desecration of the U.S. flag. Rejected 63-36, December 12, 1995. (A two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required to pass a constitutional amendment.) Fred supported the resolution.
MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS: S 1028 (CQ Senate Vote 72), Health Insurance Revisions. Kassebaum (R-KS) amendment to strike the provisions in the Dole (R-KS) amendment that establish medical savings accounts, which allow individuals to make tax deductible contributions to special accounts set up to pay medical expenses. Adopted 52-46, April 18, 1996. Fred opposed the Kassebaum amendment.
SOCIAL SECURITY TAX DEDUCTION: SConRes 57 (CQ Senate Vote 140), FY 1997 Budget Resolution. Ashcroft (R-MO) amendment to allow a tax deduction for the Social Security payroll tax and to offset the costs by decreasing discretionary and mandatory spending. Rejected 43-57, May 22, 1996. Fred supported the Ashcroft amendment.
WELFARE REFORM. HR 3734 (CQ Senate Vote 232), Budget Reconciliation. Passage of the bill to save about $56 billion through fiscal 2002 by ending the federal entitlement to welfare programs and sending the administration of these various programs back to the states, which would have broad discretion over their own programs through block grants. The legislation requires welfare recipients to work within two years of receiving benefits and generally limits recipients to five years of lifetime welfare benefits. Passed 74-24, July 23, 1996. Fred supported the legislation.
TEAMSTERS ELECTION. S1061, FY 1998 Labor-HHS Appropriations (roll call vote 233). Nickles (R-OK) amendment that would limit the use of taxpayer funds for any future International Brotherhood of Teamsters leadership election. Adopted 58-42: R 55-0, Sept. 11, 1997. Fred supported the amendment.
NEA FUNDING. HR2107, FY 1998 Interior Appropriations (roll call vote 241). Ashcroft (R-MO) amendment to eliminate funding for programs and activities carried out by the National Endowment for the Arts. Rejected 23-77, Sept. 17, 1997. Fred supported the amendment.
GUN LOCK MANDATE. S2260 (roll call vote 216). Craig (R-ID) motion to table (kill) the Boxer (D-CA) amendment that would require all gun dealers to sell so-called trigger locks with each handgun sold. The amendment would establish civil penalties for dealers that do not comply. Motion agreed to 61-39, July 21, 1998. Fred supported the motion to table.
NEA FUNDING. S2237 (roll call vote 269). Gorton (R-WA) motion to table (kill) the Ashcroft (R-MO) amendment that would eliminate funding for programs and activities carried out by the National Endowment for the Arts and transfer the $100 million taken from the NEA to the National Park Service. Motion agreed to 76-22, September 15, 1998. Fred opposed the motion to table.
Payments to the United Nations, HR 2670 (Roll Call Vote No. 380). Hall, D-Ohio, amendment to strike language from the bill that would make the release of $244 million in back payments to the United Nations contingent on the enactment of an authorization bill that ties the payment to U.N. reforms. Amendment rejected 206-221, 5 Aug. 1999. Fred opposed the amendment.
World Heritage Sites, HR 2670 (Roll Call Vote No. 383). Hayworth (R-AZ) amendment to prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to add any natural site or cultural monument currently recognized as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations' World Heritage Committee to the committee's list of endangered world heritage sites. Amendment adopted 217-209, 5 Aug. 1999. Fred supported the amendment.
Physician-Assisted Suicide - Passage, HR 2260 (Roll Call Vote No. 544). Passage of the bill to allow doctors to use controlled substances aggressively to alleviate pain, while barring them from using such drugs for the purpose of assisted suicide. The measure would supercede state law, effectively overturning an Oregon law that allows lethal prescriptions to be issued to the terminally ill, and preventing such laws from going into effect in other states. Bill passed 271-156, 27 Oct. 1999. Fred supported the bill.
Property Rights, S. 625 (Roll Call Vote No. 3) The Senate voted to kill an amendment overriding local owner-tenant laws and permitting delinquent tenants to remain in occupancy during bankruptcy proceedings. The amendment was killed 54-43, 2 Feb. 2000. Fred opposed the amendment.
Gas Tax Suspension – Cloture, S. 2285 (Roll Call Vote No. 80) The Senate failed to limit debate on a bill that would suspend the 4.3 ¢/gallon federal gas tax surcharge from April 15 through Jan. 1, 2001. If the national average gas price reached $2/gallon, the remaining 14.1 ¢/gallon federal tax would also be suspended. The vote was 43-56, with 60 votes needed, 11 Apr. 2000. Fred supports efforts to lower the gas tax.
Marriage Penalty Tax – Cloture, HR 6 (Roll Call Vote No. 82) The Senate failed to limit debate on an amendment that would essentially eliminate the federal tax penalty on married couples. The vote was 53-45, with 60 votes needed, 13 Apr. 2000. Fred supported this effort to lessen the marriage penalty.
Clearly, a solid cosnervative record.
And you!!!! You were freaking orgasmic over Mitt Romney. Well where the heck do you think Mitt is now? He’s out there working to make John McCain our next president.
It’s time for everyone to get off the stick and realize we are going to have a lot more of the conservative agenda moved forward with John McCain than with either Clinton or Obama.