If you were a Congressmen/Senator (with hindsight today), how would you vote on

[Dr. Cynic]

Ok, let's see...

1. 1909: Ratify 16th Amendment (income tax)   Aye

2. 1917: Ratify 18th Amendment (Prohibition)  Nay

3. 1917: Declare war on Germany (WWI)  Nay

4. 1920: Ratify Treaty of Versailles   Aye

5. 1935: Social Secuirty Act  Aye

6. 1940: Lend-lease Program  Aye

7. 1941: Declare war on Germany/Japan (WWII)  Aye

8. 1947: Taft-Hartly Act  Nay

9. 1950: Delcare War on Korea  Abstain

10. 1954: Censure Joe McCarthy  Aye

11. 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  Nay

12. 1964: Civil Right Act  Aye

13. 1965: Voting Rights Act  Aye

14. 1972: Equal Right Amendment  Aye

15. 1973: War Powers Act  Abstain

16. 1977: Panama Canal Treaty  Nay

17. 1979: Estbalish relations with China  Aye

18. 1981: Reagan Tax Cut  Nay

19. 1987: Robert Bork's nomination to Supreme Court  Nay

20. 1991: Force against Iraq (Operation Desert Storm)  Aye

21. 1993: NAFTA  Nay

22. 1993: Brady Bill  Aye

23. 1996: Welfare Reform  Abstain

24. 1996: Line Item Veto  Abstain

25. 1998-99:Impeachment/conviction of Bill Clinton  Nay

26. 2001: Bush Tax Cut  Nay

27. 2001: Force against Afghanistan  Aye

28. 2003: Force against Iraq  Nay

29. 2005: John Roberts' nomination  Aye

30. 2006: Samuel Alito's nomination  Nay

31. 2006: Stem Cell Research Bill  Aye

[Dr. Cynic]

Well, I look at the Civil Rights Act this way... If you believe that people in the South at that time treated minorites fairly, then I suggest you go back to the Klan and crawl back into that hole they dragged you out of.

African Americans, Asians, Whites... What difference does a skin color make?... I'm dying to know!!!

[Dr. Cynic]

Don't remember doing this... So, I'll do it again:


1. 1909: Ratify 16th Amendment (income tax)   Yea
2. 1917: Ratify 18th Amendment (Prohibition)  Nay
3. 1917: Declare war on Germany (WWI)  Nay
4. 1920: Ratify Treaty of Versailles   Abstain
5. 1935: Social Security Act  Yea
6. 1940: Lend-lease Program  Yea
7. 1941: Declare war on Germany/Japan (WWII)  Yea
8. 1947: Taft-Hartley Act  Nay
9. 1950: Declare War on Korea Nay
10. 1954: Censure Joe McCarthy  Yea
11. 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  Nay
12. 1964: Civil Right Act  Yea
13. 1965: Voting Rights Act  Yea
14. 1972: Equal Right Amendment  Yea
15. 1973: War Powers Act  Nay
16. 1977: Panama Canal Treaty  Abstain
17. 1979: Establish relations with China  Yea
18. 1981: Reagan Tax Cut  Nay
19. 1987: Robert Bork's nomination to Supreme Court  Nay
20. 1991: Force against Iraq (Operation Desert Storm)  Nay
21. 1993: NAFTA  Nay
22. 1993: Brady Bill  Yea
23. 1996: Welfare Reform  Nay
24. 1996: Line Item Veto  Yea
25. 1998-99:Impeachment/conviction of Bill Clinton  Nay
26. 2001: Bush Tax Cut  Nay
27. 2001: Force against Afghanistan  Yea
28. 2003: Force against Iraq  Nay
29. 2005: John Roberts' nomination  Nay
30. 2006: Samuel Alito's nomination  Nay
31. 2006: Stem Cell Research Bill  Yea