Ravenwood - 06/16/04 06:00 AM
I'll admit that Republican calls for Kerry to resign his Senate seat are a bit selfish. Filling that seat with a Republican candidate would help them out in the Senate. (until next year, any way) But the citizens of Massachussets do have an honest beef about Kerry's voting record, or lack thereof.
Of the 112 Senate votes this year, Kerry has voted just 14 times...One of Kerry's missed votes was an extension of unemployment benefits. That was a bill supported by Democrats, which missed passage by Kerry's single missed vote. But if Senate Republicans were really all that concerned about Kerry's missed votes, they'd have the courage to dock his pay under Senate rules. But despite Kerry's missing 292 votes (or 64%) last year, the Senate Secretary has refused to enforce the law against Kerry.
The ones who really should be upset at Kerry are the voters of Massachussets. They've been paying his salary now for 2 years, and he hasn't done any work.
Normally, I might raise a fuss over this. But as a rule, any non-vote by Kerry is actually, by default, a vote that does represent my interests on the floor of the senate.
Except for those times where he jumps on the nearest plane to fly back to DC to vote down every gun-rights item to cross his desk.
F. John Kerry.
Posted by: Bruce at June 16, 2004 2:23 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
