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McCain hasn't voted in the Senate since April 8
News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:50 PM EDT
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In April, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) became the most absent member of the Senate.
According to the Washington Post's votes database, McCain has "missed 367 votes (61.4%) during the current Congress."
In fact, CQ reports today that McCain hasn't voted in the Senate since April 8.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) last voted on June 4.
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{"commentId":2048360,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
Well, maybe he can't afford the airfare.
Wait, his wife has a private jet that his campaign uses.
Hmm, maybe his memory is beginning to fail and he just forgets when the votes are.
Wait, we all have computers and calendars with alarms.
Hmm, maybe he JUST DOESN'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS about the issues that affect Americans.
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- 11 votes
#1 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:59 PM EDT{"commentId":2048401,"authorDomain":"acidreflux"}
No, a voting record would mean he would have to commit to something and either piss of the Christian Taliban or the Independents and he needs both to have a snowball's chance in hell of winning in November. He needs to be on the record as little as possible until then.
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- 14 votes
{"commentId":2048723,"authorDomain":"jwbuchan"}
Hmm, maybe he JUST DOESN'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS about the issues that affect Americans
How often would he have to vote to show that he "gives a rats ass"?
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2048777,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
That is an excellent question.
This is a matter of opinion and should not be taken too lightly. Hmm, I'll say - every other time.
Anybody else care to opine?
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":2048997,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
How about 75% of the votes on issues he talks about regularly like they're important, and 50% on everything else?
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- 6 votes
{"commentId":2049022,"authorDomain":"jwbuchan"}
I know that I'm expected to show up at work 90-95% of the time. To be generous I'll say senators should vote 80% of the time.
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- 6 votes
{"commentId":2049063,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
80% might be unreasonable, given that a Senator can very well be at work and miss a vote. Senators are in an average of something like a dozen committees and subcommittees. If you're from an agricultural state, you might skive a vote on some kind of fishing regulations to weigh in on an amendment to the Farm Bill in the Agriculture Committee.
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":2049106,"authorDomain":"jwbuchan"}
They have Commitees meet when the Senate is voting? Admittedly I'm not that familiar with the day-to-day working of the senate, but I'd like to think that my Senatorss are taking every opportunity to represent my interests.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":2049413,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
I think the Senate floor is always doing something, which might include a motion for a roll call vote at any time. If they still do it, they can even operate short of a quota by dissolving into the 'Committee of the Whole,' an old Parliament trick.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":2049622,"authorDomain":"jwbuchan"}
Looks like I just got smarter here... Thanks
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":2049623,"authorDomain":"GreyWolf"}
"They have Commitees meet when the Senate is voting? "
While watching C-Span coverage of a committee meeting they adjourned so the Senators could go vote and the committee meeting resumed an hour later -- so, from seeing that, I think the committees (being made up of all Senators) are fairly accommodating to a Senator's schedule...
"John McCain has missed 367 votes (61.4%) during the current Congress. "
It seems logical that McCain should also miss 61.4% of his paycheck.
(Or, on second thought, maybe it is better if McCain is absent...)
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- 6 votes
{"commentId":2049785,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
It seems logical that McCain should also miss 61.4% of his paycheck.
(Or, on second thought, maybe it is better if McCain is absent...)
I like both of your ideas!
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":2051618,"authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
How often would he have to vote to show that he "gives a rats ass"?
I would say his attitudes are a bit more than the lack of votes. He has made comments like he thought we were all better off economically after 7 years of bush.. which shows he did not know as yet the desire of the american people for an economic change of course as well. so at least at the time he did not give a "rats ass" enough to know what the general american public thought on an important subject. after being burned on it, he has since brushed up. and wow all of a sudden he is aware of the recession and wants to continue bush's policies to cure it. lol as for the votes.. you should be automatically kicked out if you cant maintain at least 50% attendance and I'm being liberal.
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":2051622,"authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
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{"commentId":2052333,"authorDomain":"yorkark"}
you got it nearing, this guy is so desperate to continue the Bush legacy because it will like everything that this guy has done benefit him. He has been a pone for the Repubs since he left the bamboo cage.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2048395,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
No wonder he raised so much money in May. It's all he did!
Arizona voters: This is what you put in the Senate: An empty seat whose occupant is running for President.
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- 7 votes
#2 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:03 PM EDT{"commentId":2048533,"authorDomain":"geejay"}
I bet McCain would pull a Lieberman and run for Senate and President at the same time, as Joe did (for Senate and VP) in 2000.
McCain's a disgrace. I knew he didn't vote often, but this is unreal, could a McCain supporter please justify this? Will he be as absent if he wins the presidency? As unwilling to commit to anything?
Republicans like to tell us that Obama is the most liberal senator. I'll take that over "most absent" anyday.
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- 7 votes
#3 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:16 PM EDT{"commentId":2049020,"authorDomain":"DavidLamb"}
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) last voted on June 4.
I don't think voting "present" counts.
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- 2 votes
#4 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:05 PM EDT{"commentId":2049102,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
Nice drive-by try, but he actually voted "yea" on "An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013." Most Senators, including Obama and McCain, didn't vote on the other measure voted on that day.
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- 7 votes
{"commentId":2049149,"authorDomain":"DavidLamb"}
Well, thanks for calling me out. I guess I deserved it. That EPA bill doesn't seem controversial for a Democrat to be voting on. Do you know why Obama didn't?
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":2049161,"authorDomain":"FairfaxBrian"}
Because it wouldn't change the outcome
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2049188,"authorDomain":"DavidLamb"}
The bill failed 27-28.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2049423,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
I think that's a question we should ask of all 45 Senators who withheld their votes. Were there a bunch of committee votes going on at the same time or something? Was it something far more sinister? We probably won't get to know.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2049478,"authorDomain":"DavidLamb"}
They were probably too busy polling the public on the bill.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2049524,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
Second thought: Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if Obama had popped in to vote on the budget and then took off to go campaign some more. Sitting officials shouldn't be campaigning.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2049155,"authorDomain":"FairfaxBrian"}
He might have just forgotten; he is getting pretty old..
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- 5 votes
#5 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:23 PM EDT{"commentId":2049547,"authorDomain":"haloalani"}
That's a relief.
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- 4 votes
#6 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:12 PM EDT{"commentId":2049802,"authorDomain":"nearing"}
LOL!
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":2049861,"authorDomain":"lele"}
McCain is following in GWB's footsteps in just one more way. Except he's not gathering brush, he's gathering $$$.
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- 5 votes
#7 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:57 PM EDT{"commentId":2050474,"authorDomain":"coryperry"}
And even if he had voted at any point since April 8th, he would most likely be flip-flopping on that vote right about now anyway as it seems to be a daily occurrence for McCain.
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- 6 votes
#8 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:38 PM EDT{"commentId":2050695,"authorDomain":"wharrison55"}
ROTFLMAO. This is the kind on nonsensical crap that gets seeded during the doldrums of a campaign and all the navel gazers show up to tut tut. BFD. Barry leads 8-1 on votes since April and most of them were nothing motions anyway. But today was a biggie at least if you believe the posturing from Russ Feingold and the Senator from Countrywide:
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6304 )
Vote Number: 158 Vote Date: June 25, 2008, 06:25 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5
Vote Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Measure Number: H.R. 6304 (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 )
Measure Title: A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts: YEAs 80 NAYs 15 Not Voting 5
Obama (D-IL), Not Voting
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- 1 vote
#9 - Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:18 PM EDT{"commentId":2050770,"authorDomain":"geejay"}
This is the kind on nonsensical crap that gets seeded
^^^^ This is the type of nonsense that is used to justify his party's candidate not doing his job.
Bill, he is the MOST ABSENT senator. Is that really defensible to you?
{"commentId":2050770,"threadId":"298876","contentId":"1609846","authorDomain":"geejay"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2050957,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
He missed a cloture vote that got defeated by 65 votes. Nice try. Oh, and Pot, have you been introduced to Kettle?
McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting
{"commentId":2050957,"threadId":"298876","contentId":"1609846","authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2051640,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
got defeated
Yikes, literacy seems to not be my strong suit today. It passed by 65 votes.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2051776,"authorDomain":"lele"}
navel gazers
good one!
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":2054900,"authorDomain":"wharrison55"}
My point is simply that if one examines most of the Senate votes for the time period in question you will see that few of them were on substantive matters where one vote one way or the other would make much difference. Vote counting in the respective caucuses is the job of each party's whip. Had John Kyl informed Mitch McConnell that McCain's vote was critical to a measure I'm sure he would have voted. The same is true for Obama and Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer. This is a non-issue and typical of what I was talking about above with the type of nonsense that goes on at this stage of a campaign in the media.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2055257,"authorDomain":"geejay"}
It's an issue when the guy running for president is the MOST absent senator.
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- 6 votes
{"commentId":2051691,"authorDomain":"JoulesBeef"}
makes you wonder.. obama was stuck for months after mccain got the nomination in battle with hillary and yet he managed to find time to vote more than mccain. WHat the heck was mccain doing?? I think AdipicAcid has it right, cant be caught takings a firm stance on anything. And really you can tell it with his frequent 180 degree mind blowing flip flops.
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- 6 votes
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