Cheney's records
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| Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:54pm |
Original link: http://pearly-abraham.tripod.com/htmls/cheney-record.html
* He opposed federal funding for abortions -- with no exceptions in the case of rape or incest.
* He voted against the Equal Rights Amendment for women, along with 146 other members of Congress in 1983.
* On Education, he consistently opposed funding of Head Start and voted against creating the Department of Education.
* Cheney was raised in Wyoming and opposes, as many Westerners do, gun control limits.
* He was one of just 21 members of Congress, in December of 1985, to vote against a ban on armor piercing bullets -- called cop killer bullets.
* Three years later he was one of only four members of the House voting against a ban on plastic guns that could slip through airport security machines undetected. The National Rifle Association did not oppose this ban.
* Also in 1988, Cheney voted to scrap a proposed national seven-day waiting period on handgun purchases.
* On the environment, Cheney opposed refunding the Clean Water Act. He voted to postpone sanctions slapped on air polluters that failed to meet pollution standards.
* And he voted against legislation to require oil, chemical and other industries from making public records of emissions known to cause cancer, birth defects and other chronic diseases.
* Dick Cheney consistently voted to raise military spending. He also supported aid to the Nicaraguan rebels, even after a moratorium on funding was passed.
* During his 11 years in Congress, Cheney was moderate only in his personal style, getting along with Democrats and Republicans.
* As for his votes, Cheney consistently received very high marks from conservative groups ranking his record.
* Cheney voted as a fiscal conservative too, supporting legislation to balance the national budget.
"Wyoming is a very conservative state," said former House Minority Leader Bob Michel, a Republican from Illinois. "He was simply voting the convictions of the people back home."
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