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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Iowa Families First Crowd demands to know, "Where is Clinton?" [View all]Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)55. One vote - that wasn't needed.
But, since we're on that subject, let's compare missed votes:
From Jan 2001 to Jan 2009, Clinton missed 249 of 2,616 roll call votes, which is 9.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jan 2009. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/hillary_clinton/300022
From Jan 2007 to Dec 2015, Sanders missed 102 of 2,835 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bernard_sanders/400357
While both missed more than the average, Sanders missed quite a lot less than Clinton.
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I hear Hillary has a new Twitter hashtag which represents her stance on families
CoffeeCat
Jan 2016
#1
Yes, and Martin O'Malley Rails Against Deportations At Families First Presidential Forum,
elleng
Jan 2016
#4
"Jim Henson" - might be muppets there. Not to mention - 2 adults (sans kids) could just buy 2 $500
karynnj
Jan 2016
#44
Hillary Clinton reminds me of famous athletes who will not sign autographs for free.
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2016
#41