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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSerious question - how many votes did Obama and McGramps miss
before they had won their primaries?
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Serious question - how many votes did Obama and McGramps miss (Original Post)
malaise
Oct 2015
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portlander23
(2,078 posts)1. Looks like a bunch
Obama making less than a quarter of Senate votes
Sen. Barack Obama has missed the most votes of any Democratic presidential hopeful in the Senate over the last two months, including a vote on an Iran resolution he has blasted Sen. Hillary Clinton for supporting.
The Illinois Democrat has missed nearly 80 percent of all votes since September.
The other Democrats in the Senate running for president have missed a high percentage of votes as well.
Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware has missed 68 percent of the votes during the same period, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut 65 percent and Clinton of New York 63 percent.
The Illinois Democrat has missed nearly 80 percent of all votes since September.
The other Democrats in the Senate running for president have missed a high percentage of votes as well.
Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware has missed 68 percent of the votes during the same period, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut 65 percent and Clinton of New York 63 percent.
malaise
(267,823 posts)2. Thanks
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)3. Obama made less than a quarter of the votes cnn
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/02/obama.missed.votes/
McCain, The Most Absent Member Of The Senate, Blasts Congress For Taking A Week Off
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2008/07/08/25878/mccain-congress/
McCain, The Most Absent Member Of The Senate, Blasts Congress For Taking A Week Off
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2008/07/08/25878/mccain-congress/
Buzz cook
(2,470 posts)4. How many of those missed votes
Were off set by having a member of the opposition party not voting either.
That is a thing.