Cheney's records

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Registered: 08-05-2004
Cheney's records
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Wed, 10-06-2004 - 1:54pm
Since Cheney brought up some things with Edwards here's some of what Cheney voted against in his time:

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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Registered: 11-05-2003
Wed, 10-06-2004 - 2:04pm
Does anyone know if it's true that he voted against the MLK Jr. holiday?
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Registered: 09-02-2004
Thu, 10-07-2004 - 4:40pm
I believe that all of the records of votes can be found on the www.usgov.com I could be wrong, but I believe that it is public knowledge? I heard he had, but I have not read about it? I do know that the meals on wheels, he did vote against funding. Our hospital lost money for the program, so now the hospital does it on a smaller scale with little to no help. I sure would hope that if my grandparents needed food that someone would help them.