Representatives Cleaver, Clay, Carnahan, Vote Yes on Healthcare…

Normally I attempt to maintain a certain level of civility and decorum.  I shy away from profanity, I try to use logic, reason, and historical evidence to make well thought out arguments.  But for William Lacy Clay, Russ Carnahan, and Emanuel Cleaver II I have a message for you:

   

I run a small blog.  I do not have a lot of money, and I have little chance of affecting any politicians outside this state.  But, Mark My Words You Worthless Sons of Bitches,  you better pray to whatever deity you believe in that you do not so much as FART IMPOLITELY . You better make sure you do not have any skeletons in your closet.  Because if I can find any dirt, any shred of malfeasance, or any impropriety to anything you do I will email every person I know and use my lowly twitter and blogger contacts to make for damn sure that everyone I know, knows what you did.  I hereby dedicate a large portion of my blogging life to ensuring that you never hold office again. Enjoy it while you can, scumbags.

You may live in fear of San Fran Nan right now, but, By Gawd, you WILL learn to fear a pissed off citizen.

So say your prayers, eat your vitamins, and live clean because the eyes of Missouri are upon you.

PS Claire McCaskill:

When it comes to it, this goes for you too, because I know what you will do. Associates like the one pictured here are not helping your cause.

 

 

-KOOK

Have I Mentioned That I Really Like

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R, Tn)? Well, I do. Just watched her on a DVR'd episode (I know, get a Life) of Hannity. She is an intelligent, well spoken, tough, conservative, and attractive woman. What is not to like? She needs to get more media exposure. Palin, Blackburn, Bachmann, there is a trend forming here. More and more the real rising stars of conservativism are bright and attractive women. Something the libs have very few of. They are mostly of the homely, shrill, hateful women variety. I have always thought the louder you are and the more you repeat mantras the less intelligent you are. By that measure most of the uber lib women are pretty un-intelligent.
I find it interesting that so many of the voices I hear speaking true conservatism and really making me have some hope that someone in D.C. Gets it, are Women. Look who is probably the most conservative leader in Europe, Angela Merkel of Germany. I would have zero problem supporting any of these, and several others, for higher office.

Paul Ryan – A small part of the solution, Rate the Weasel.

Paul D. Ryan, Jr. (born January 29, 1970) is an American politician and Congressman from Wisconsin. He is a member of the Republican Party, and represents Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ryan worked as an aide to U.S. Senator Bob Kasten beginning in 1992 and as legislative director for Sam Brownback of Kansas from 1995 to 1997. He worked as a speechwriter to "drug czar" William Bennett and to Jack Kemp during his run for the vice presidency.

He defeated Jeffrey C. Thomas in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. In the general election on November 4, 2008, Ryan defeated Marge Krupp, the Democratic candidate

On May, 21st, 2008 Paul Ryan introduced H.R. 6510, "A Road Map for America's Future". This proposed legislation outlines a plan to deal with entitlement issues. Its objectives are to ensure universal access to health insurance; strengthen Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security; lift the debt from future generations; and promote economic growth and job creation in America.^[1]

Paul Ryan (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record:

Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance

For Prohibiting transporting minors across state lines for abortion:

Grant the pre-born equal protection under 14th Amendment:

YES on banning partial-birth abortions

Rated 36% by NAACP, indicating a mixed record on affirmative-action:

Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance:

YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman:

YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation

Rated 91% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record

Favors Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws

Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes

Favors Absolute right to gun ownership

Rated “A” by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record:

Rated 11% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record

YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits:

YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay:

Rated 10% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record

YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits:

YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable:

supports Parents choose schools via vouchers

Rated 8% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes:

Rated 10% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes:

Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence:

NO on tax incentives for renewable energy

NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol

NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR:

YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries:

YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries:

NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore:

NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies:

Rated -10 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance:

YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC:

Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation:

YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent:

YES on providing tax relief and simplification:

YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends:

Rated 83% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance:

YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules

YES on building a fence along the Mexican Border

Rated 22% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record:

YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses

Paul Ryan, you stand for conservative American Values and the principles that founded and made our nation great, for being true to Founding Principles, strong on Family, Strong on National Security, Being for Sane Immigration policies, for being Strong on Free Markets, Against eroding of morals and standards You get an:

A

I found one of the Mother Ships…a veritable nest of filthy weasels…Vermont, today on: Rate the Weasel.

I do not know how I can grade the whole state on Gradegov but it is just too hard to pick just one weasel when this state seems to be one of the mother ships.

Vermont used to be republican, but was always more liberal than other states. I guess when viewed through the landslide election of Ronaldus Magnus all states pretty much used to be republican. Vermont began the long slide into weaseldom when it began supporting Bill Clinton. Then Vermont gave Barack Obama his third largest winning margin (37 percentage points) winning there 68%-31%. Today, Vermont is one of only two states represented by a member of the United States Congress who does not currently associate with a political party: Senator Bernie Sanders describes his political views as democratic socialism, but is officially registered as an independent and caucuses with the Democrats in the selection of the Senate leadership.

Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is the junior United States Senator from Vermont, elected on November 7, 2006. Before becoming Senator, Sanders represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives for 16 years.

Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist, but because he does not belong to a formal political party, he appears as an independent on the ballot. Sanders caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments

Sanders was also endorsed by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, and Democratic National Committee chairman and former Vermont governor Howard Dean. Dean said in May 2005 that he considered Sanders an ally who voted with House Democrats. Sen. Barack Obama also campaigned for Sanders in Vermont. Sanders entered into an agreement with the Democratic Party to be listed in their primary but to decline the nomination should he win, which he did easily

Sanders and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007 on January 15, 2007. The measure would have provided funding for R&D on geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide, set emissions standards for new vehicles and a renewable fuels requirement for gasoline beginning in 2016, established energy efficiency and renewable portfolio standards beginning in 2008 and low-carbon electric generation standards beginning in 2016 for electric utilities, and required periodic evaluations by the National Academy of Sciences to determine whether emissions targets are adequate

HE DID HOWEVER VOTE AGAINST TIM GEITHNER SO I GIVE HIM CRED FOR THAT

Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party, having the distinction of being the first and only Democratic United States Senator in Vermont's history, and is the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. As of 2009^[update] Leahy is also fourth most senior U.S. Senator.

Leahy has held progressive political positions that are generally in line with those of the state. He has generally supported abortion rights. He has been strongly supported by the NAACP and is outspoken in his support for affirmative action. Leahy has also been one of the most gay rights-friendly members of Congress; He has supported the legalization of gay marriage and reducing discrimination against gays and lesbians. Leahy spoke strongly against a proposed constitutional ban on flag burning and on its implications for freedom of speech and expression. He rejects school prayer initiatives and plans for abstinence-only sex education. Leahy has called for a moratorium on the death penalty and more DNA testing for death row inmates. He supports rehabilitation as the goal of prisons and providing treatment instead of punishment for first time offenders. Leahy has generally supported gun control, including requiring background checks at gun shows and allowing for lawsuits against firearms manufacturers. However, he voted in favor of prohibiting US foreign aid that inhibits gun ownership ^[11]

Leahy has stated the importance of increasing the prevelance of public health care during times of economic downturn. He voted to increase Medicare benefits and to allow this organization to negotiate lower-priced, bulk prescriptions from pharmaceutical manufacturers. Leahy has broken with Democratic leadership in supporting allowing states to make bulk drug purchases on their own, an idea he has characterized as an important short term solution until Congress can agree on a similar proposal. Leahy has consistently voted to uphold Social Security and has opposed school vouchers. ^[12]

Leahy has been a strong supporter of environmental policy. He has supported bills that would increase hydrogen car production, uphold CAFE standards, set a goal of reducing oil consumption by 40 percent in 2025, and increase solar and wind power funding. He has supported the establishment of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances and has spoken out against the use of ethanol as a solution to rising gasoline prices.^[13]

On taxation, Leahy has consistently supported instituting progressive rates. He has rejected proposals to remove the Estate Tax and Alternative Minimum Tax, and he has spoken out strongly against cutting taxes for the wealthy. Leahy has strongly supported the rights of employees, and has voted to increase the minimum wage and allow for more union organization.

Peter F. Welch (born May 2, 1947) is the United States Representative for the U.S. state of Vermont's at-large congressional seat. Welch’s congressional website depicts his stand on issues and legislation, as follows: Developing a “pro-Vermont family farm 2007 farm bill and advocating for other federal policies that strengthen Vermont agriculture.”;Ending the War in Iraq. Welch opposed the war before it began. ;Caring for veterans by including the support of their recovery from the effects of war in the military budget. ;Combating global warming and increasing energy independence;Providing universal health care and affordable prescription drugs to Americans.

Howard Dean (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He served six terms as Governor of Vermont and ran unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination. He was the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009

As chairman of the party, Dean created and employed the "50 State Strategy" that attempted to make Democrats competitive in normally conservative states often dismissed in the past as "solid red". The success of the strategy became apparent after the 2006 midterm elections, where Democrats took back the House and picked up seats in the Senate from normally Republican states such as Missouri and Montana. In the 2008 election, Barack Obama used "The 50 state strategy" as the backbone of his candidacy, targeting voters across the country rather than primarily focusing on traditional battleground states. This led to the expansion of the battleground states from just Ohio and Florida to also include New Mexico, Indiana, North Carolina, Missouri, Virginia, and Colorado. The "50 state strategy" proved to be effective, as Obama won 53% of the popular vote, and more importantly 365 electoral votes, to become the president of the United States.

In a January 2009 interview with the Associated Press, Dean indicated he would enter the private sector after 30 years in politics. Dean told the AP he would deliver speeches and share ideas about campaigns and technology with center-left political parties around the world. When asked about not being selected for a position in the Obama administration, Dean responded, "Obviously, it would have been great, but it's not happening and the president has the right to name his own Cabinet, so I'm not going to work in the government it looks like." When asked how he felt about not being selected, Dean replied he would "punt on that one."

The AP and Politico both reported that supporters of Dean were angry that he wasn't asked to be a part of the new administration. According to Politico, Dean supporters were especially upset Dean wasn't invited to the press conference at which Tim Kaine was appointed as Democratic National Committee chairman. Joe Trippi, who was Dean’s presidential campaign manager in 2004, told Politico, "[Dean] was never afraid to challenge the way party establishment in Washington did business, and that doesn’t win you friends in either party." Trippi further explained the apparent snub of Dean by stating, "You don’t have to look any further than Rahm Emanuel." Trippi was referring to the tension between Emanuel and Dean over Dean's 50 state strategy. Sources close to Emanuel dismissed these charges, however.

Dean told Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s "Hardball" that "I didn't do this for the spoils. I did this for the country. I'm very happy that Barack Obama is president, and I think he's picked a great Cabinet. And I'm pretty happy. I wouldn't trade my position for any other position right now. I'm going to go into the private sector, make a living making speeches, and do a lot of stuff on health care policy."

After the withdraw of Tom Daschle's nomination for the position, Dean had been touted by many for the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services. After being passed over for the post once again, Dean told the Huffington Post, "I was pretty clear that I would have liked to have been Secretary of HHS but it is the president's choice and he decided to go in a different direction."

On March 23, 2009, it was announced that the financial television network CNBC had hired Dean as an on air contributor.

On March 26, 2009, Dean announced on a Democracy for America conference call with supporters across the country that he would be returning to Democracy for America to lead the fight for healthcare reform in the US.

On May 7, 2009, during an appearance on the Power Lunch, Dean tolder viewers, "I think we had quite enough capitalism in the last eight years and I think we need some regulation now".

What is wrong with the Majority of the Citizenry in Vermont? Did they smuggle themselves here from the USSR circa 1979?

F F F F, For the Love of God!, F

Henry Waxman (Nostrilis Nostriladamus)- You sir, are a Stinky Weasel.

Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is an American politician. He has represented California's 30th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1975. Waxman, a Democrat, is considered to be one of the most influential liberal members of Congress. His district includes much of the western part of the city of Los Angeles, as well as West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. Before his election to Congress, he served six years in the California State Assembly.

With the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections, Waxman became chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the principal investigative committee of the House. He was the committee's ranking Democrat from 1997 to 2007. In 2009, he will begin serving as the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as a result of defeating former chairman John Dingell in a 137-122 secret vote of House Democrats on November 20, 2008.

Henry Waxman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
• Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
• Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
• Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
• Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
• Voted NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
• Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
• Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)
• Rated 87% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
• Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 34% by the US COC, indicating a mixed business voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Screen imports & ban lead in children's products. (Feb 2008)
• Voted YES on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
• Rated 67% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
• Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
• More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
• Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
• Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
• Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
• Rated A by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Establish drug testing standards for major league sports. (May 2005)
• Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
• Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)
• Voted NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
• Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
• Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
• Rated 91% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
• Voted YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)
• Regulate wholesale electricity & gas prices. (Mar 2001)
• Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it. (Feb 2001)
• Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)
• Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 80% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)
• Voted NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001)
• Rated 15% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Seeds of Peace: promote coexistence in regions of conflict. (Apr 2008)
• Rated 56% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)
• Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
• Voted NO on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
• Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted NO on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
• Voted NO on restricting frivolous lawsuits. (Sep 2004)
• Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
• Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
• Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 89% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)
• Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
• Voted NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
• Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
• Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration. (Dec 2003)
• Cover child resident aliens under Medicaid and SCHIP. (May 2005)
• Rated 8% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
• Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation. (Dec 2006)
• Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Nov 2007)
• Rated 90% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 24% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
• Facilitate nationwide 2-1-1 phone line for human services. (Jan 2007)

Henry Waxman on the Issues

Henry Waxman you are a pro abortionist, a gun grabber, a union lover, you support failing educational policies, you are a self identified progressive which puts you squarely on the wrong side of virtually every issue, you are a big spender of other people’s money, you are for a welfare state, you are an American apologist and weaken our national security and sovereignty, you are anti- family values, you are soft on crime, and you are a leading if not THE leading Environazi.

If anyone ever deserved it, you sir have earned it. And only because there is no Z, You get an

F

Forget weasel…Rate the RAT, José Serrano

José Enrique Serrano (born October 24, 1943) is a New York politician, currently representing the state's 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. His son, José M. Serrano, is a member of the New York State Senate.

Serrano's district is one of the smallest in the country geographically, consisting of a few miles of the heavily urbanized and populated South Bronx in New York City. His district is also one of the most densely populated and one of the few majority Hispanic districts in the country. Yankee Stadium is in his district. In addition to José Marco, Serrano has four other children.

A member of the Progressive Caucus, he is widely regarded as one of the most liberal members of Congress. He has been questioned about his pork barrel spending by some fiscal conservative members of Congress. Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake once said of Serrano's $150,000 earmark to repair the roof at the city-owned Arthur Avenue Market (a historic indoor produce and prepared food market in the Bronx's "Little Italy"), "I would argue this is one cannoli the taxpayer doesn’t want to take a bite of." Serrano replied to Flake: ".... I make no excuses about the fact that I earmark dollars to go in the poorest congressional district in the nation, which is situated in the richest city on earth."

On November 18, 2005, he was one of three votes in favor of immediate withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. The other two votes were from Cynthia McKinney of Georgia and Robert Wexler of Florida.

In each of 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009, Serrano introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd Amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as president. Each resolution, with the exception of the current one, died without ever getting past the committee.

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Congressman Serrano has been a critic of the Bush administration's approach to handling President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. In 2005, while the Venezuelan President was in New York City speaking before the United Nations, the congressman invited him to his district to speak to his constituency.

José Serrano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Say No More; Jose Serrano, You are a Statist. You are Pro-Chavez, which means you are pro-Communism; therefore you are anti-american. Not only are you against limiting terms (you certainly have not limited yours), but you are apparently in favor of setting up an american dictatorship. You deserve a R for Rat, but you earn a big freaking capital:

F

Rate the Weasel – She’s a good Weasel.

Michele Marie Bachmann (born on April 6, 1956) is a Republican politician and the Representative of Minnesota's 6^th congressional district. She is the third woman and first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress. She defeated her Democratic challenger, Elwyn Tinklenberg, in the 2008 election in a race that had gained national attention following her controversial televised call for the media to investigate members of Congress for perceived anti-American bias, including Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The 6th congressional district includes the northern far suburbs of the Twin Cities along with St. Cloud. She won 50 percent of the votes in the 2006 election, defeating Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Patty Wetterling and the Independence Party's John Binkowski. Bachmann served in the Minnesota State Senate from 2001 to 2007.

Bachmann introduced the Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act, to repeal the nationwide phase-out of conventional light bulbs. She argued that the government has no business telling consumers what kind of light bulbs they can buy: "By 2012, incandescent light bulbs will be no more," Bachmann said. "Fluorescent bulbs are more polluting because of their mercury content. We are working on a light bulb bill. If the Democrats can hose up a light bulb, don't trust them with the country."

During the summer of 2008 as national gas prices rose to over $4 a gallon, Bachmann became a leading Congressional advocate for increased domestic oil and natural gas exploration in ANWR and the Outer Continental Shelf.

Bachmann opposed both versions of the Wall Street bailout bill for America’s struggling financial sector.

She voted against the first proposed $700 billion dollar bailout of financial institutions, which failed to pass 205–228, and instead advocated a plan that would suspend mark-to-market accounting rules. She also advocated for breaking up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, suspending the capital gains tax, and barring executives from excessive compensation or golden parachutes.

Bachmann also opposed the Big Three bailout for the American auto industry. The “Big Three” refers to Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors, who approached Congress to ask for roughly $15-billion to keep them operational into 2009. Bachmann criticized the bill over fear that the initial sum of money would be followed by subsequent ones without the companies making changes to revive their business. According to Bachmann, her alternative would set hard benchmarks for reducing their debt and renegotiating deals labor and would set up the financial assistance as interim insurance instead of a taxpayer-financed bailout.

Michele Bachmann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Authored constitutional amendment defining marriage. (Nov 2006)
• Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Voted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)
• Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
• Voted NO on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007) Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)
• Fight to uphold our 2nd Amendment rights. (Nov 2006)
• Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC. (Mar 2007)
• Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
• Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
• Remain vigilant and ready, including military action. (Nov 2006)
• Secure our borders and enforce current laws. (Nov 2006)
• Declare English as the official language of the US. (Feb 2007)
• Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
• Recognize Christianity's importance to western civilization. (Dec 2007)
• Put hard earned money back in taxpayers’ pockets. (Nov 2006)
• Permanent ban on state & local taxation of Internet access. (Oct 2007)
• Voted NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)

Michele Bachmann, For being pro-second amendment, pro national security, pro family values, pro fiscal responsibility, in short, for being the antithesis of John Conyers and his ilk, you earned an:

A

*sigh* More Weasels to Watch. They are everywhere I tell you!

Everyone needs to keep their eye’s on their State Weasels as well. They get just as messy. This is the nasty episode I heard about this morning on my drive to work. In a nutshell the new Democrat Governor of MO wants a big increase in Medicaid and healthcare spending in Missouri, the republicans somewhat balked at the most ridiculous of the spending and now the Reps are accusing the Dems and the Governor of a “pay to play” sort of “back scratching” deal.

I am not in favor of ever increasing entitlements.

House Republicans reject health care bill, accuse Nixon of bribery - Columbia Missourian

Thursday, May 7, 2009 12:01 a.m. CDT

BY Chris Dunn

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri House Republicans accused the governor's office Wednesday of attempted bribery to win votes for a health care bill that they later rejected.

Gov. Jay Nixon's office said the claims were an attempt to distract attention from the bill, which would use $146.9 million to fund health care for 35,000 Missourians.

House Bill 11 was two steps away from Nixon's desk when it was voted down 85-75 in the House and sent back to committee for revision by House and Senate budget leaders. All three Columbia representatives — Democrats Chris Kelly, Mary Still and Stephen Webber — voted for the bill.

The committee, which adjourned late Wednesday night, agreed to House Republicans' request to remove the $146.9 million for Medicaid from the $7.47 billion bill. This eliminated Nixon's recommendation for restoring Medicaid to Missourians who lost health care under former Gov. Matt Blunt's administration.

Under the now-defunct language, House Bill 11 would have taken $52.6 million from hospitals and $94.3 million of federal money to fund health care for custodial adult parents whose income is at least half the federal poverty level. No general revenue would have been used to fund the health care policy.

In return, House budget leaders said they would pass Republican state Sen. Tom Dempsey's "Show-Me Health Coverage" bill in the House and into conference on Monday.

Dempsey's bill would "provide health care coverage through the private insurance market to low-income working individuals," according to the bill summary. It would fund health care for Missourians whose income is at least half the federal poverty level as well as custodial parents whose earned income meets the full federal poverty level.

House Bill 11 is one of 13 that would determine Missouri's operating budget for fiscal year 2010. House and Senate budget leaders have spent the past week in conference committee to craft compromised versions of the bills.

The 13 bills will face their final reading in the House on Thursday. If they pass the House, they will have one day to pass the Senate before going to Nixon's desk for consideration by Friday, as required by state constitutional law.

Although the original bill had bipartisan support from Senate budget leaders, House Republican budget leaders refused to sign the conference committee version. But with the removal of the $146.9 million for Medicaid, House Bill 11 was unanimously approved in committee.

Rep. Rick Stream, one of the House Republicans who did not sign the original committee bill, said Republicans wanted insurance for the uninsurable, whereas the bill language was directed at only the uninsured.

House Budget Committee chairman Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, said he originally did not sign the bill because the health care proposal does not sufficiently cover able-bodied adults.

But despite his opposition to the bill, Icet passed it on to the House floor for discussion.

"If we were going to keep the budget hostage, I wouldn't have turned the bills in yesterday," Icet said. "That is a hostage situation. Bringing the bills up to the floor for debate is not a hostage situation."

The accusations of bribery — a federal felony if accusations are substantiated — arose during House debate over the bill when one of the top House Republicans broke out in passionate speech and cited "the seedy underbelly of Missouri politics."

Speaker Pro Tem Bryan Pratt, R-Jackson County, accused Nixon's office of offering career advancements to legislators in exchange for votes to pass the bill.

"Oh, how I wish the FBI were wandering the halls today," Pratt said. "Do you know what they would find? The FBI would find walking these halls today comments from the governor's office. 'What do you need? What can I do for you? Can I give you a job? Is there something I can provide special to you?'"

House Democratic floor leader Paul LeVota, D-Independence, immediately came to the governor's defense.

"I ask the pro tem to apologize to our elected governor, the person who represents our state, for any type of wrongdoing," LeVota said after calling a point of order. "That's shameful."

One of the Republican representatives to whom Nixon's office reportedly made illegal offers was Rep. Chris Molendorp, R-Belton. The freshman representative told reporters that as a health insurance agent and member of his local hospital's board, his vote was still undecided when he came to the Statehouse on Wednesday.

But Molendorp said the offer made by Nixon's deputy chief of staff, Dustin Allison, was enough to clinch his vote against the bill's passage.

"The gentleman that called me into the hall said that the governor wanted to know if I shared his vision and that those members who did share his vision — because House Bill 11 was so important to him — would be viewed favorably and if I was interested in a future career change, he was sure that would be looked upon favorably as well," Molendorp said.

"There was no specific job, nor a dollar amount," Molendorp said. "But the implication was unfortunately pretty clear. And as somebody who was on the fence on this bill, it crystallized my position because this was inappropriate."

Nixon's communications director, Jack Cardetti, denied all claims of attempted bribery and called them "an attempt to distract from the issue at hand."

Instead, Cardetti said Republican legislators have been coming to the governor's office to ask for jobs since the transition period began in November.

"While we're committed to a bipartisan administration, we have never offered any state rep a job, nor would we ever offer them a job in exchange for a legislative favor," Cardetti said. "The issue is, do you provide health care to 35,000 Missourians with no cost to taxpayers?

"This was a big vote today," Cardetti said. "It's no wonder the Republicans want to distract people's attention away from it. Obviously they're making baseless accusations here because they don't want to account for their vote today."

When interviewed by reporters, Molendorp displayed Allison's business card and identified him as Nixon's staffer who talked to him. Cardetti confirmed that Allison and other members of Nixon's staff had lobbied both Republican and Democratic representatives to vote for the bill.

"Members of the staff regularly lobby legislators," Cardetti said. Part of the lobbying process involves the exchange of business cards, which Cardetti said explains why Molendorp had Allison's card.

House Republicans reject health care bill, accuse Nixon of bribery - Columbia Missourian

Good Lord! Would ya look at the size of that Weasel? Rate the Weasel – John Conyers

John Conyers, Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Michigan's 14th congressional district, which includes most of northwestern Detroit, as well as Highland Park, Hamtramck and part of Dearborn. A Democrat, he has served since 1965 (the district was numbered as the 1st District until 1993). In January 2007, Conyers became chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in the 110th United States Congress; he had been the committee's ranking Democrat since 1997.

Conyers is currently the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House (just after fellow Democrat from Michigan, John Dingell) and the fifth-longest incumbent member of the entire Congress by length of service (after Robert Byrd, John Dingell, Ted Kennedy and Daniel Inouye). He is married to Monica Conyers, who is currently President of the Detroit City Council and the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation into political corruption in the city.^[1]

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• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
• Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
• Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
• Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
• Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
• Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
• Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
• Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
• Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
• Voted NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
• Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
• Supports reparations for slavery. (Aug 2001)
• Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice. (Jan 2001)
• Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender. (Mar 2001)
• Rated 93% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
• Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 19% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
• Rated 100% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
• Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
• More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
• Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
• Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
• Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
• Rated +30 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted NO on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
• Rated 91% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)
• Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)
• Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 80% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)
• Rated 8% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Ban high lead levels in children's toys. (Nov 2005)
• Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
• Remove African National Congress from terrorist list. (May 2008)
• Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
• Voted NO on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
• Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted NO on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
• Establish the United States Public Service Academy. (Mar 2007)
• Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
• Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
• Voted NO on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)
• Rated 89% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
• Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
• Rated 0% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
• Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
• Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Reject Bush's Florida electors due to election fraud. (Jan 2001)
• Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)
• Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"). (Apr 2001)
• Rated 31% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)

What can I say, John Conyers, for being absolutely on the wrong side of sanity on every single issue, for being in office your entire adult life, for being so far left you run off the map, and because the scale does not go all the way to “W” for “WEASELIEST WEASEL OF ALL WEASELS”. Please feel free to move to the socialist country of your choice, I will pay for your plane ticket myself.

You most definitely earned an:

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Rate the Weasel…if you have to have a weasel, Jo Ann Emerson ain’t too bad.

-full disclosure…Jo Ann is kind of a hometown weasel, she represents where 90% of my family lives and her former husband (God rest his soul) was near legendary among working folks in SEMO-

Jo Ann Emerson (born September 16, 1950) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Missouri currently serving her seventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives. She represents Missouri's 8th congressional district which consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Missouri part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. The largest cities in the district are Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, Farmington, Rolla, Kennett, and West Plains. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party.

Emerson was born in Bethesda, Maryland and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University. She married then-lobbyist and future U.S. Representative Bill Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau) on June 22, 1975. He was 12 years her senior. …Bill was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1980 from Missouri's 10th Congressional District and, subsequent to redistricting, was reelected in 1982 from the 8th District. He handily retained his seat through 1994, his final election, before succumbing to cancer on June 22, 1996. The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, which links Missouri to Illinois across the Mississippi River, was dedicated to commemorate his efforts to obtain federal funding for its construction.

Emerson's voting record has been mostly conservative, though it has become more centrist in recent years. She has a lifetime rating of 83 from the American Conservative Union. During the 110th Congress, Emerson voted with the Democrats on several issues including Medicare prescription-drug negotiations, raising the minimum wage, funding stem cell research and on new budget rules during the Democrats' 100-Hour Plan

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• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
• Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
• Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
• Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 80% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on regulating the subprime mortgage industry. (Nov 2007)
• Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Rated 21% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
• Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 47% by NAACP, indicating a mixed record on affirmative-action. (Dec 2006)
• Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
• Rated 92% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
• Voted Yes to a Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
• Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
• Rated -30 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
• Rated 17% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)
• Rated 90% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 50% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)
• Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
• Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
• No lawsuits against gun manufacturers. (Jan 2001)
• Rated “A” by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
• Rated 33% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)
• Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
• Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
• Voted NO on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
• Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 100% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance. (Dec 2006)
• Declare English as the official language of the US. (Feb 2007)
• Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
• Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
• Rated 31% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 38% by the ARA, indicating a mixed record on senior issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 54% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
• Voted NO on establishing "network neutrality" (non-tiered Internet). (Jun 2006)
• Promote internet via Congressional Internet Caucus. (Jan 2001)
• Voted NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops. (Mar 2004)
• Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)
• Voted YES on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. (Jul 2001)
• Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. (Nov 1999)

Jo Ann Emerson on the Issues

Jo Ann, you are pro gun, pro life, pro national security, against “spreading the wealth around” via oppressive taxation, you seem to be for a secure border although you have a vote or two I would question, and even though you helped increase democratic control with the vote for DC’s electoral representation, you are pro-farmer and Pro-free internet. Helping the liberals in their 100 hr plan is a cause for concern but even though I do not agree with you on every issue, and would caution you not to become “moderate” , or a “follower”, you have done far better than the average weasel, and so you get an

A

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Today on Rate the Weasel

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (born September 27, 1966) is a Florida Democrat elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004, representing Florida's 20th congressional district. The district includes portions of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. She was born in Queens, New York and grew up on Long Island. She currently lives in Weston outside Fort Lauderdale. She is a mother of three and is married to Steve Schultz. She endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for for her party's 2008 presidential nomination. Once Senator Barack Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, she endorsed him and seconded his nomination at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

On CBS's Face the Nation, she declared Sarah Palin to be unready for the Vice Presidency. “She knows nothing.... Quite honestly, the interview I saw and that Americans saw on Thursday and Friday was similar to when I didn’t read a book in high school and had to read the Cliff’s Notes and phone in my report,” Wasserman Schultz said of Palin’s interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson last week. “She’s Cliff-noted her performance so far.” [Politico.com 9/14/08]

During the Terri Schiavo case, she was one of the strongest opponents of congressional intervention…After the controversy Wasserman Schultz issued a statement that said, “… The Congress is not the appropriate venue to decide end-of-life or any private, personal family dispute. … The Congress was never designed for, and our Founding Fathers never intended, the body to make these kinds of decisions. … I am worried when members of Congress and the President try to overstep over twenty court rulings on a case that had gone on for years. … I am worried when the federal government attempts to step between a husband and a wife because members of Congress believe they know better.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
• Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
• Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
• Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 94% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
• Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery. (Jun 2008)
• Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. (Dec 2007)
• Rated -10 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)
• Voted YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)
• Voted YES on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
• Voted YES on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)
• Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
• Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)
• Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
• Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
• Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
• Voted NO on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
• Voted NO on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
• Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
• Extend health care to every uninsured child and young adult. (Nov 2004)
• Voted NO on continuing military recruitment on college campuses. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES to restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)
• Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
• Cover child resident aliens under Medicaid and SCHIP. (May 2005)
• Rated 0% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
• Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
• Voted YES on establishing "network neutrality" (non-tiered Internet). (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz for being pro open border, pro abortion, pro the Fed meddling in our healthcare and education, for being against national security interests with the war on terror, for trying to relive the past and continue to bash a president who is no longer in office, for voting to regulate the internet, for buying into the Green Hysteria, and most lately for inclusion of pedophiles as a protected class when it comes to “hate crimes”, and for generally promoting thought crime legislation in general. Simply put you are on the opposite side on virtually every issue, and therefore I believe you have earned a red, white, and blue:

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Roy Blunt on "Rate the Weasel"

Roy D. Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is a Republican politician from Missouri, representing Missouri's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was the House Republican whip for the 110th United States Congress, having announced after the 2008 general election that he would step down from the position.Blunt's son Matt Blunt is the former governor of Missouri.

On February 19, 2009, Blunt announced he would run for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Senator Kit Bond in 2010.

Blunt has been married twice. He married Roseann Ray in May 1967, and with her had three children: Matt (the former governor of Missouri), Amy Blunt Mosby, and Andrew Blunt. Amy and Andrew are lawyers and lobbyists. They divorced after 35 years of marriage. Afterward, he married Abigail Perlman, a lobbyist for Kraft Foods,^[2]

In 2002, Blunt attempted to insert a provision, in support of tobacco corporations, into the legislation that created the Department of Homeland Security. The "rider" would have made tobacco sales over the Internet more difficult, allowing tobacco companies to control distribution. At the time, Blunt was dating Phillip Morris lobbyist Abigail Perlman, whom he later married. It was removed from the final bill by agreement between Blunt's staff and the Speaker's staff. The same basic provision was later adopted by the Senate and became law, restricting the ability of criminals and terrorists to use black market Internet sales of tobacco to underwrite illegal or nefarious activity.^[23]

Citizens for Ethics released a report in June 2007 in which they pointed out that two of Blunt's children are lobbyists in addition to his wife.^[24] Altria Group (Phillip Morris/Kraft foods) has made a $180,000 contribution to Blunt's PACs and is the largest donor to Blunt's campaigns, giving Blunt a total of $270,000 as of late 2006.^[25] Son Andy Blunt is a lobbyist who has worked for Altria subsidiaries Kraft Foods, Miller Brewing, and Philip Morris, along with UPS. Blunt inserted a rider into an Iraq War appropriations bill in 2003 that benefited UPS.^[24] Daughter Amy Blunt is a registered lobbyist for Lathrop & Gage.

Citing the Homeland Security rider benefiting his largest donor Altria Group and the rider inserted to benefit UPS and FedEx after receiving campaign contributions from the companies totaling $58,000, Citizens for Ethics in September 2006 called Blunt "one of the 20 most corrupt members of Congress

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• Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
• Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
• Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion. (Jan 2008)
• Voted NO on regulating the subprime mortgage industry. (Nov 2007)
• Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
• Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Rated 14% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
• Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 19% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
• Rated 97% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated -30 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted NO on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)
• Voted NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)
• Voted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)
• Voted YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
• Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
• Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)
• Voted NO on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)
• Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)
• Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)
• Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)
• Rated 92% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
• Keep sanctions against Syria until WMDs are dismantled. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)
• Voted NO on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
• Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
• Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
• Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
• Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
• Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
• Voted YES on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
• Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)
• Rated 11% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
• Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
• Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)
• Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 100% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance. (Dec 2006)
• Declared English the official language of the US. (Jan 1999)
• Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
• Rated 0% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification. (Sep 2004)
• Rated 64% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
• Permanent ban on state & local taxation of Internet access. (Oct 2007)
• Voted NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)
• Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition. (Apr 2008)
• Voted NO on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)

I gotta tell you, I am a bit torn. His record is pretty good. His family ties do not quite pass the “smell test” with me, and sometimes he seems to flip flop on some issues. Ontheissues rates him as more hard core conservative, but govtrack rates him as a moderate. He was the former minority whip, yet, several sites do not give him high marks for leadership. Votesmart’s combined ratings of special interest groups has him covering the right bases as far as I am concerned.

So, Roy Blunt, because you are farmer friendly at least half the time, for being pro-life and pro-2nd amendment, for generally being for less progressive taxation, for having a strong stance on immigration (although you could be a little stronger), for standing up for our troops and our national security, for being against the Federal Government meddling in our healthcare, and our kids’ educations, and for not buying into the Global Warming/Climate Change hysteria "hook, line, and sinker; but for being ever so slightly too much on the side of big businesses, for sometimes appearing to be inconsistent in your positions, and for having awfully close familial ties to special interests, you get a still respectable:

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