Post by Swamp Gas on Jan 21, 2004 10:12:32 GMT -5
Kerry Votes Like Lieberman,
Santorum And Even Ashcroft
Portland Indy Media Center
1-21-4
Here is some of Kerry's ANTI ACLU voting record
...Seems he likes to stick with LIEberman, Santorum and even Ashcroft...
Senate Vote on Welfare Reform
H.R. 3734
Welfare reform - With bipartisan support and the endorsement of President Clinton, the House and Senate approved legislation that preyed on the limited rights of vulnerable groups including children, immigrants, the poor and the elderly in the name of welfare reform. The bill also eroded free speech for not-for-profit organizations, violated the separation of church and state, and damaged privacy rights by establishing a de facto national identification system. The legislation passed the House on a vote of 256 to 170; the Senate approved the measure with a vote of 74 to 25.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against the Legislation
Sen John Kerry voted for this and so did LIEberman, Santorum & Ashcroft...
Senate Vote on Government Funding of Religious Institutions
S. 1956
Government Funding of Religious Institutions - Included in the welfare overhaul was a provision that could force state governments, under threat of lawsuits, to contract with religious institutions, including houses of worship, to provide taxpayer-funded social services, even if they are delivered in a proselytizing environment. This, too, was a recurring theme in the 104th Congress where opponents of religious liberty repeatedly sought to pass provisions to lower the wall of separation between church and state. In the Senate, the provisions were inserted into the welfare bill by a vote of 67 to 32. There was no separate vote on the provisions in the House.
The ACLU Urged a Vote For the Separation of Church and State
Kerry voted against ACLU and so did LIEberman, Santorum & Ashcroft...
How the Senate voted on Internet Censorship
S.652
Internet Censorship - As part of a major overhaul of the nation's telecommunications industries, both the House and Senate approved major new censorship schemes for the Internet. The Senate adopted its version, the so-called Communications Decency Act, by a vote of 84 to 16. A similar censorship scheme was adopted in the House on a vote of 256 to 149 as part of its version of telecommunications reform. The final bill incorporated much of both provisions and passed overwhelmingly with only five senators and 16 representatives registering opposition. Minutes after President Clinton signed the legislation, the ACLU challenged its constitutionality in Reno v. ACLU.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against Censorship
Kerry voted for this Even LIEberman voting only 28% w/ ACLU voted against this...
Senate Vote on Campaign Finance Reform
S. 1219
Campaign Finance Reform - In a sign of widespread disillusion with the political process, both the House and Senate considered versions of campaign finance reform that the ACLU believed to be unconstitutional infringements of free speech provisions of the First Amendment. In the Senate, a motion to end a filibuster against the bill failed by a vote of 54 to 36, six votes short of the 60 needed to end debate. In the House, campaign finance was rejected by a vote of 259 to 162.
The ACLU Urged a Vote For the First Amendment
Kerry and LIEberman voted against the First amendment... Even Ashcroft and Santorum voted for the 1st...
Senate Vote on Medical Privacy
H.R 3103
Medical privacy - Hidden within the massive health care reform bill approved by Congress in the stampede for an August recess was a deceptively labeled provision that further eroded the privacy rights of all Americans. The provision, known as "administrative simplification," gives government and businesses access to confidential medical information about individuals without their consent and establishes a unique health identification number for every patient, health provider, health plan and employer. The medical privacy provisions of the bill never came up for a separate vote, but the Senate approved the health care measure on a vote of 98 to 0. Earlier, the House had rejected by a vote of 198 to 226 an alternative version of the bill that would have deleted the anti-privacy provisions.
The ACLU Urged a Vote For Medical Privacy
Kerry, LIEberman, Ashcroft, Santorum and many others voted against Medical Privacy...
Senate Vote on Immigration Legislation
H.R. 2202
Immigration - Seeking to capitalize on a wave of anti-immigration initiatives, both the House and Senate passed bills that represented the most draconian and divisive immigration proposals in decades. Included were provisions that would strip the courts of jurisdiction over illegal and abusive INS actions and erect enormous and virtually insurmountable barriers for most people seeking political asylum. The House even approved a bill that would have effectively denied public education to American citizen children of undocumented immigrants. The Senate voted 97 to 3 to accept one version of the legislation; the House approved a harsher version by a vote of 333 to 87. The President signed the immigration legislation in September.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against the Legislation
Kerry, LIEberman, Ashcroft, Santorum and many others voted for this...
Senate Vote on National ID Cards
S. 1664
National ID Card - One of the most pervasive themes of the 104th Congress has been proposals to establish a national identification system as a means of tracking undocumented workers, so-called deadbeat dads and to monitor health insurance information. Various database schemes have been included in bills as diverse as immigration, welfare reform and health insurance. Since these proposals have been buried in much larger legislation, it was often difficult to determine the position of members of Congress. In the House, however, an attempt to eliminate a national ID system from the immigration bill failed by a vote of 159 to 260. A similar attempt in the Senate failed by a vote of 46 to 54.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against National ID Cards
Kerry voted FOR this... Even LIEberman, Ashcroft, Lott and Santorum were against this...
Senate Vote on Wiretapping
Wiretapping - Although the interception of innocent conversations in federal law enforcement wiretaps is already at record levels, Congress has been repeatedly asked to give the FBI even greater authority to wiretap. Proposals have ranged from providing $500 million to the nation's phone companies to finance a retrofit of their systems to make it easier for the FBI to wiretap to permitting law enforcement agencies to use more "roving" wiretaps (without specifying which phone is to be tapped), and more "emergency" wiretaps (without obtaining a prior court order).
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against Wiretapping
Kerry voted FOR Wiretapping with LIEberman and his other buddy Santorum...
How the Senate Voted on Counter-Terrorism
S. 735
Counter-terrorism - The bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building lifted from obscurity a Clinton Administration proposal to increase the powers of law enforcement in the name of fighting terrorism. The measure gave the government the power to use secret evidence to deport immigrants it accuses of being "terrorists" and to exclude aliens merely because they are members of a disfavored foreign group. The bill won approval in the Senate by a vote of 91 to 8 and a vote of 293 to 133 in the House.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against the Legislation Kerry voted FOR this with LIEberman, Ashcroft and Santorum...
Most of all, Sen John Kerry voted for the INVASION of IRAQ... Kerry voting record on these issues is almost as bad as Santorum... Least Santorum voted against national ID cards w/ the likes of Lott and even Ashcroft...
Kerry PRO War/Anti Peace/Pro Censorship/Pro Corporation/Bought & Sold/Skull & Bones Bush Blood Brother...
Santorum And Even Ashcroft
Portland Indy Media Center
1-21-4
Here is some of Kerry's ANTI ACLU voting record
...Seems he likes to stick with LIEberman, Santorum and even Ashcroft...
Senate Vote on Welfare Reform
H.R. 3734
Welfare reform - With bipartisan support and the endorsement of President Clinton, the House and Senate approved legislation that preyed on the limited rights of vulnerable groups including children, immigrants, the poor and the elderly in the name of welfare reform. The bill also eroded free speech for not-for-profit organizations, violated the separation of church and state, and damaged privacy rights by establishing a de facto national identification system. The legislation passed the House on a vote of 256 to 170; the Senate approved the measure with a vote of 74 to 25.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against the Legislation
Sen John Kerry voted for this and so did LIEberman, Santorum & Ashcroft...
Senate Vote on Government Funding of Religious Institutions
S. 1956
Government Funding of Religious Institutions - Included in the welfare overhaul was a provision that could force state governments, under threat of lawsuits, to contract with religious institutions, including houses of worship, to provide taxpayer-funded social services, even if they are delivered in a proselytizing environment. This, too, was a recurring theme in the 104th Congress where opponents of religious liberty repeatedly sought to pass provisions to lower the wall of separation between church and state. In the Senate, the provisions were inserted into the welfare bill by a vote of 67 to 32. There was no separate vote on the provisions in the House.
The ACLU Urged a Vote For the Separation of Church and State
Kerry voted against ACLU and so did LIEberman, Santorum & Ashcroft...
How the Senate voted on Internet Censorship
S.652
Internet Censorship - As part of a major overhaul of the nation's telecommunications industries, both the House and Senate approved major new censorship schemes for the Internet. The Senate adopted its version, the so-called Communications Decency Act, by a vote of 84 to 16. A similar censorship scheme was adopted in the House on a vote of 256 to 149 as part of its version of telecommunications reform. The final bill incorporated much of both provisions and passed overwhelmingly with only five senators and 16 representatives registering opposition. Minutes after President Clinton signed the legislation, the ACLU challenged its constitutionality in Reno v. ACLU.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against Censorship
Kerry voted for this Even LIEberman voting only 28% w/ ACLU voted against this...
Senate Vote on Campaign Finance Reform
S. 1219
Campaign Finance Reform - In a sign of widespread disillusion with the political process, both the House and Senate considered versions of campaign finance reform that the ACLU believed to be unconstitutional infringements of free speech provisions of the First Amendment. In the Senate, a motion to end a filibuster against the bill failed by a vote of 54 to 36, six votes short of the 60 needed to end debate. In the House, campaign finance was rejected by a vote of 259 to 162.
The ACLU Urged a Vote For the First Amendment
Kerry and LIEberman voted against the First amendment... Even Ashcroft and Santorum voted for the 1st...
Senate Vote on Medical Privacy
H.R 3103
Medical privacy - Hidden within the massive health care reform bill approved by Congress in the stampede for an August recess was a deceptively labeled provision that further eroded the privacy rights of all Americans. The provision, known as "administrative simplification," gives government and businesses access to confidential medical information about individuals without their consent and establishes a unique health identification number for every patient, health provider, health plan and employer. The medical privacy provisions of the bill never came up for a separate vote, but the Senate approved the health care measure on a vote of 98 to 0. Earlier, the House had rejected by a vote of 198 to 226 an alternative version of the bill that would have deleted the anti-privacy provisions.
The ACLU Urged a Vote For Medical Privacy
Kerry, LIEberman, Ashcroft, Santorum and many others voted against Medical Privacy...
Senate Vote on Immigration Legislation
H.R. 2202
Immigration - Seeking to capitalize on a wave of anti-immigration initiatives, both the House and Senate passed bills that represented the most draconian and divisive immigration proposals in decades. Included were provisions that would strip the courts of jurisdiction over illegal and abusive INS actions and erect enormous and virtually insurmountable barriers for most people seeking political asylum. The House even approved a bill that would have effectively denied public education to American citizen children of undocumented immigrants. The Senate voted 97 to 3 to accept one version of the legislation; the House approved a harsher version by a vote of 333 to 87. The President signed the immigration legislation in September.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against the Legislation
Kerry, LIEberman, Ashcroft, Santorum and many others voted for this...
Senate Vote on National ID Cards
S. 1664
National ID Card - One of the most pervasive themes of the 104th Congress has been proposals to establish a national identification system as a means of tracking undocumented workers, so-called deadbeat dads and to monitor health insurance information. Various database schemes have been included in bills as diverse as immigration, welfare reform and health insurance. Since these proposals have been buried in much larger legislation, it was often difficult to determine the position of members of Congress. In the House, however, an attempt to eliminate a national ID system from the immigration bill failed by a vote of 159 to 260. A similar attempt in the Senate failed by a vote of 46 to 54.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against National ID Cards
Kerry voted FOR this... Even LIEberman, Ashcroft, Lott and Santorum were against this...
Senate Vote on Wiretapping
Wiretapping - Although the interception of innocent conversations in federal law enforcement wiretaps is already at record levels, Congress has been repeatedly asked to give the FBI even greater authority to wiretap. Proposals have ranged from providing $500 million to the nation's phone companies to finance a retrofit of their systems to make it easier for the FBI to wiretap to permitting law enforcement agencies to use more "roving" wiretaps (without specifying which phone is to be tapped), and more "emergency" wiretaps (without obtaining a prior court order).
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against Wiretapping
Kerry voted FOR Wiretapping with LIEberman and his other buddy Santorum...
How the Senate Voted on Counter-Terrorism
S. 735
Counter-terrorism - The bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building lifted from obscurity a Clinton Administration proposal to increase the powers of law enforcement in the name of fighting terrorism. The measure gave the government the power to use secret evidence to deport immigrants it accuses of being "terrorists" and to exclude aliens merely because they are members of a disfavored foreign group. The bill won approval in the Senate by a vote of 91 to 8 and a vote of 293 to 133 in the House.
The ACLU Urged a Vote Against the Legislation Kerry voted FOR this with LIEberman, Ashcroft and Santorum...
Most of all, Sen John Kerry voted for the INVASION of IRAQ... Kerry voting record on these issues is almost as bad as Santorum... Least Santorum voted against national ID cards w/ the likes of Lott and even Ashcroft...
Kerry PRO War/Anti Peace/Pro Censorship/Pro Corporation/Bought & Sold/Skull & Bones Bush Blood Brother...
