Obama Senate Voting Record

[bigredbirdfan]

7/26/07 Vote 284: H R 1: This amendment to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 was made in order to implement the recommendations made by the 9/11 commission. Different versions of the bill were passed in the House on Jan. 9 and in the Senate on July 9. A modified version of the bill, with conference report changes, was revisited on July 27 and passed by a vote of 85-8. The bill requires the inspection of all cargo traveling on passenger aircrafts and establishes the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. This panel, suggested by the 9/11 commission, is responsible for advising the president and senior White House officials maintaining respect for privacy laws and civil liberties. Other provisions of the bill include grants to states, urban areas, regions, or directly eligible tribes to be used to improve the ability for first responders to react to and prevent terrorist attacks, according to the Congressional Research Service. The bill also outlined details regarding the detention and treatment of captured terrorists. The bill was signed into law by President Bush on August 3.

Obama voted No

5/24/07 Vote 181: On the Motion: This $120 billion dollar package was passed in the Senate by an 80-14 vote on May 24. The bill primarily focuses on funding for the Iraq war but also addresses other unrelated topics.

A previous war funding bill was vetoed by the president because it included troop withdrawal deadlines, which were largely supported by anti-war Democrats.

Ten Democrats opposed this new bill with no withdrawal deadlines, while 37 supported its passage. Congress had to act to replace war funding that would have ended May 28.

According to the Washington Post, this bill includes 18 “benchmarks that the Iraqi government must meet to continue receiving reconstruction aid.” One hundred billion dollars in funding is slated to support continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill says that the President and Congress must not take any action that will endanger the troops and that they provide any funds necessary for training, equipment and other types of support to ensure their safety and the effectiveness of their missions. The president is required to give a first report on the Iraqis' progress in meeting the benchmarks to Congress on July 15.

Seventeen billion dollars in the package is for domestic spending. Out of this funding, $6.4 billion is for Gulf Coast hurricane relief efforts, $3 billion in emergency aid for farmers, $1 billion to upgrade port and mass transit security, $3 billion towards converting closing U.S. military bases to other uses, and $650 million to increase funding for children’s health care. A Congressional Research Service summary states that the “other domestic beneficiaries include state HIV grant programs, mine safety research, youth violence prevention activities, and pandemic flu protection.”

Obama Voted No

Barack Obama has missed 291 votes (45.5%) during the current Congress.

Barack Obama has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.0% of the time during the current Congress

Source Washington Post

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just nine percent (9%) of Likely Voters approve of Congress

[Don]

Man.. Twosets has the best reply so far.....Obama supports shuffling!

I would have never thunk it.

[Trav]

I am still gripping on my guns and lack of religion.

[Chief Grey Bear]

If you will look through this long list of "Not Voting", for McCain, you will see that he did not even bother to cast a vote for 284: H R 1. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000303/

John McCain has missed 408 votes (63.8%) during the current Congress. I think you forgot to mention that. But I got it for you.

[jdmidwest]

How can anyone vote when they have been on the campaign trail. I would hate to have one of my local congress persons out campaigning and not doing what I pay them for, taking care of my interests. Do Senators have a proxy during the campaign? I know Governors have an Attorney General and Presidents have a Vice President. Who fills in for the Senator?

Of course, I was surprised that there have been 291 votes during Obama's short career in the Senate. That averages out to 143 days/291 votes, 2.034 votes per day. I never thought they worked that hard in Congress. They must count the Present votes when they take roll call at the start and the adjournment vote so they can go home a few hours later.........

[bigredbirdfan]

If you will look through this long list of "Not Voting", for McCain, you will see that he did not even bother to cast a vote for 284: H R 1.

John McCain has missed 408 votes (63.8%) during the current Congress. I think you forgot to mention that. But I got it for you.

John McCain has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 88.3% of the time during the current Congress

Barack Obama has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.0% of the time during the current Congress

The democrats who have done nothing note worthy (including lowering gas prices that they promised while campaigning) control congress and a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just nine percent (9%) of Likely Voters approve of Congress.

Who has a track record of change? A guy who votes with is 9% approval rating congress 96% of the time???

[Danoinark]

A guy who votes with is 9% approval rating congress 96% of the time???

Or a guy who votes with 9% approval rating congress 88% of the time with his own party???

[bigredbirdfan]

Or a guy who votes with 9% approval rating congress 88% of the time with his own party???

I guess McCain is part of the same crappy Congress. He does however vote against his own party. Barrack Hussein Obama votes almost exclusively with his party and the country is tried of that direction as evident by their approval rating.

Dano why don't you play devil's advocate with the few liberal Obama supporters. Are you truely independent as you claim?

[Danoinark]

I guess McCain is part of the same crappy Congress. He does however vote against his own party. Barrack Hussein Obama votes almost exclusively with his party and the country is tried of that direction as evident by their approval rating.

Dano why don't you play devil's advocate with the few liberal Obama supporters. Are you truely independent as you claim

Bird what I am trying to say is that by your statement if he votes 88 percent with his party and 12 percent with the Democrats then obviously he feels the democrats are correct in that 12 percent. Obama feels he is voting along party lines, (whether good or bad) which in my opinion is not very partisan. I think congressmen should vote their convictions, should have input from their electors and represent those electors with their votes. Most congressmen / Senators vote party lines obviously because they don't want to be called on the carpet for upsetting the balance of the congressional votes. I certainly praise McCain for voting his convictions and not being tied to partisanship.

I am an independent, have been for years despite the fact that my late Dad was a "die hard" Republican when being a member of the GOP was not cool. But Bird, this is not my father's Republican party, the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Eisenhower. If it was all said an done I probably would lean toward the Libertarian Party.

As for me not playing advocate to the other side, I suggest that you all are doing a good job of that, and I just want to promote research into both sides of the issue. You are your best advocate. Don't rely on the spin doctors from TV, blogs, newspapers or what your friends and neighbors are saying. Rely on what you HEAR directly from the candidates to make your choice. Political campaigns are run like Fortune 500 companies, they have lots of money, lots of employees, and both sides are working toward the goal of getting the candidates elected...at whatever cost, remember that.

Dano

[bigredbirdfan]

Dano:

Could it also be that Obama votes with what American voters see as a direction (if any can be determined) that is disapproved??? Any if he is just going to follow Pelosi and Reid on every issue than what CHANGE is he really bringing to the table?

BRBF