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Report as: spam offensive jb on 11/03/06 at 2pm

Yea New Mexico!

Report as: spam offensive jb on 11/04/06 at 4am

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Report as: spam offensive Dan Druk on 6/17/07 at 11am

Looking at this guy's voting record, it's sickening. The guy is a complete party-line voter, not much different than his Republican counterpart. If he has any personal values, they don't show much.

He's a hypocrite:
Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
-- C'mon senator, it's either a person or it isn't!

He is absolutely horrible fiscally:
Voted NO on $40B in reduced federal overall spending. (Dec 2005)
Voted NO on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001)
Voted NO on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion. (Oct 1999)
Voted YES on $17.9 billion to IMF. (Mar 1998)
Voted YES on funding for National Endowment for the Arts. (Aug 1999)
Voted NO on banning more types of Congressional gifts. (Jul 1995)
Voted YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
Voted NO on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)
Voted NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`. (Jun 2006)
Voted NO on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. (Nov 2005)
Voted NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years. (May 2003)
Voted NO on eliminating the 'marriage penalty'. (Jul 2000)
Voted NO on across-the-board spending cut. (Oct 1999)
Voted NO on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998)
Rated 19% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
-- Money, money, money...not surprising, he is a politician after all. Bigger Government = more votes & bigger paycheck.

And, of course, as a party-line Democrat, he's against the 2nd Amendment.
Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. (Jul 2005)
Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence. (Mar 2004)
Voted YES on background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)
Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)
Voted NO on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks. (Jul 1998)
-- The Constitution is just a piece of paper, right?




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