Military Scorecard McCain vrs Kerry
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Senate Votes John Kerry John McCain
Subject U.S. Troops to ICC (12-7-01) Yes No
Xfer Navy funding to AIDS (7-10-01) Yes No
McCain amendment to reduce pork
and use money saved for DOD (7-10-01 No Yes
National Missile Defense
(18 votes, 1991 to 2000) No, 18 Times Yes, 18 Times
Cut Defense by $400M (7-10-97) Yes No
Cut Defense by $5M (7-9-97) Yes No
Cut Defense by $13B (6-26-96) Yes No
Freeze DOD spending for 7 years & use
the $34.8B for entitlements (5-24-95 Yes No
Pub Covert Intel Budget (10-19-93) Yes No
Gays in the Military (9-9-93) Yes No
Block military pay raise (3-24-93) Yes No
Help new Enl regist to vote (3-17-93) No Yes
Eliminate B-2 bomber program (9-18-92) Yes No
Xfer $3B from DOD to DE (9-16-92) Yes No
Xfer $3B from DOD and use the money
for social programs (9/10/91) Yes No
Cut $6B from Defense (4-9-92) Yes No
First Iraq War (1-12-91) No Yes
Cut funding for MX Missile (8-1-89) Yes No
Aid anti-Communist fighters in Nicaragua
and Cambodia during the 1980s No, No Yes, Yes
The original article was in tabular form. I agree with McCain. Kerry certainly had a hardon for Defense; nothing soft about that voting record.
Posted by: Super Hose 2004-03-29 |