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still_one

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19. In fairness to Harris and Booker, there were a few substantial votes which she was present for. In
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 01:20 PM
Aug 2019

addition, not much substance was accomplished in this Congress:

"Overall, the Senate has passed little major substantive legislation in 2019, leading to complaints from senators from both parties. “We have done nothing, zero, zilch, nada,” GOP Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told reporters earlier this year.
And confirmation votes for federal judges and executive branch nominees require only a simple majority of 50 votes to pass, which means Democratic senators wouldn’t be able to block Trump’s selections even if their entire caucus was present.
“If voters held the Senate in higher esteem, this might be a higher profile issue, but blowing off an institution that most people don’t respect to begin with is unlikely to move a lot of votes,” said Jack Pitney, a politics professor at Claremont McKenna College. “The things the Senate is voting on these days are not going to be in the history books.”
Harris has returned to D.C. to vote on a number of relatively important bills, including the 9/11 first responders compensation fund, a prohibition of unauthorized military action in Iran, and an effort to block U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen (although she and other candidates missed an unsuccessful attempt to override Trump’s veto of Yemen war resolution last month). She’s also attended plenty of hearings, including a grilling of Attorney General Bill Barr in May that won her headlines and social media attention.

The question for discussion was the conflict and active legislator has when running for public office.

Some decided to take this more personally against their preferred candidate than I intended


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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What? The senate is a wasteland of KGB operatives and decent Senators Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #1
. ucrdem Aug 2019 #3
Help me out here, is there a SINGLE vote they missed that would have Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #5
Every one would have changed the record. ucrdem Aug 2019 #7
Why are you disrespecting what Senator Obama did ?!?! bluewater Aug 2019 #26
Post removed Post removed Aug 2019 #30
Harris is a top tier candidate and certainly has a chance of winning also. bluewater Aug 2019 #33
Not any more she doesn't. ucrdem Aug 2019 #37
exactly what Nancy Pelosi said about Donald Trump bigtree Aug 2019 #53
Harris most assuredly does have a chance of winning mcar Aug 2019 #51
5.5 months until the Iowa caucus. They both have a chance of winning. Clash City Rocker Aug 2019 #57
This message was self-deleted by its author bluewater Aug 2019 #28
if there was the headlines would be screaming about it. bluewater Aug 2019 #8
I just posted exerpts from the Mercury News in case there is a pay wall. This pertains to 2019 still_one Aug 2019 #13
Not gonna say it. ucrdem Aug 2019 #2
Biden's Missed Votes bigtree Aug 2019 #12
What does this have to do with Biden? Is he a Senator now? Are you saying the story is false? still_one Aug 2019 #15
And Biden had decades of vigorous Senate experience under his belt. ucrdem Aug 2019 #17
In fairness to Harris and Booker, there were a few substantial votes which she was present for. In still_one Aug 2019 #19
If they didn't respect the job they shouldn't have taken it. ucrdem Aug 2019 #22
Again, why are you disrespecting what Senator Obama did ?!?! bluewater Aug 2019 #25
I am her constituent and it does not raise anything wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #52
"She has a duty to make sure she's representing her constituents" Princetonian Aug 2019 #71
I'm a Californian Cartoonist Aug 2019 #81
None of us. Again you are blowing smoke for your own purpose. wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #89
I like her much better as a Senator than I did as an AG The Mouth Aug 2019 #98
Yes, she's only been a Senator two years, the last R B Garr Aug 2019 #59
lol. The outrage at your own candidate held to the same standard is funny bigtree Aug 2019 #24
Not outraged, just increasingly disappointed in my senator. nt ucrdem Aug 2019 #36
Sen. Obama missed more than 64% of votes in 2008, so why are u attacking current Dems? bluewater Aug 2019 #39
well, he went on to become VP, so... bigtree Aug 2019 #44
My candidate? I am undecided until the field narrows down still_one Aug 2019 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Aug 2019 #50
That in my view is a valid counter to the article/OP still_one Aug 2019 #56
Harris missed more... this year and Biden is not a Senator...Harris is not going to be the nominee.. Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #90
Post removed Post removed Aug 2019 #92
That list was posted without much thought or analysis. First of all, in early 1988..... George II Aug 2019 #94
I did not know that ...people rarely survived aneurysms Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #95
You're welcome. He had more important things to worry about that missing votes, and as we see.... George II Aug 2019 #96
Well those who support other more 'pure' candidates...in a supposedly 'woke' party are Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #97
You do realize that Biden had two brain aneurysms in early 1988 and required brain surgery, right? George II Aug 2019 #93
What drove you to post such "important" information? They're both campaigning for president and... brush Aug 2019 #88
"The candidates' records aren't that far out of line with past presidential contenders." fleabiscuit Aug 2019 #4
You know why I prefer Warren? at140 Aug 2019 #10
Warren is principled and classy. And she only missed 28.2% votes in 2019 despite campaigning hard. Princetonian Aug 2019 #65
You know that if their votes would have changed the outcome, they *would* have been there. nt tblue37 Aug 2019 #14
True, but they seemed to stand out more from the other Democratic candidates, though, the article still_one Aug 2019 #21
confirmation votes for federal judges and executive branch nominees require only a simple majority" bluewater Aug 2019 #6
Thank you. SharonClark Aug 2019 #9
Please list the 262 Senate votes in 2019, so we can see what they missed... SidDithers Aug 2019 #11
I have posted an excerpt from the San Jose Mercury story, in the OP because it dawned on me still_one Aug 2019 #18
What has the Senate voted on except judgeships? Their votes sinkingfeeling Aug 2019 #16
The job is what you make of it. ucrdem Aug 2019 #20
Sen. Obama missed 64% of votes in 2008, why are you so critical of him? bluewater Aug 2019 #27
Obama made POTUS out of it. Senators Harris and Booker . . . ucrdem Aug 2019 #31
Why attack current Dems' voting records? Obama missed 64% of votes in 2008. bluewater Aug 2019 #35
Do as I say. democratisphere Aug 2019 #41
Seriously ucrdem Aug 2019 #43
Well. democratisphere Aug 2019 #45
There were votes on the California droughts, and other state related issues which Harris was present still_one Aug 2019 #23
Keto diet is going pretty well, but not losing as much as I'd hoped Dream Girl Aug 2019 #29
lol bigtree Aug 2019 #32
Actually, I've been trying some keto recipes. I made almond pancakes and fat head pizza Dream Girl Aug 2019 #34
I've seen some really appetizing recipes bigtree Aug 2019 #42
I'm about a month in on intermittent fasting mcar Aug 2019 #54
Sen Obama missed more than 64% of votes in 2008, so why attack current Dems? bluewater Aug 2019 #38
Supposed to do the job you were elected and paid to do. democratisphere Aug 2019 #40
Then Biden is also disqualified Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #46
And it would have been true in 1988, too, had Biden not left the race so early due to scandal. Garrett78 Aug 2019 #49
And others as well... lapucelle Aug 2019 #58
Then Obama was disqualified from running mcar Aug 2019 #55
You mean vote attendance for Presidential candidates namahage Aug 2019 #80
I wonder why too mcar Aug 2019 #83
The numbers for each more or less coincide with when they entered the race for president. Garrett78 Aug 2019 #48
Bad look for a news story: "Kamala Harris is skipping Senate votes while running for president" Princetonian Aug 2019 #66
It would be a shame if we had to depend on voters to be informed before they vote. nt fleabiscuit Aug 2019 #67
Well, some candidates might want voters to be kept in the dark about their history while others... Princetonian Aug 2019 #76
On the other hand ... GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #60
K&R Tarheel_Dem Aug 2019 #61
44.3% attendance rate? If my kid did that back in SF, DA Harris would have put me in jail. Princetonian Aug 2019 #62
How many were jailed or fined? How was the law used? fleabiscuit Aug 2019 #69
What other state has a truancy law that criminalized parents introduced by a 2020 candidate? Princetonian Aug 2019 #74
TFTFY... fleabiscuit Aug 2019 #82
Further fixes... namahage Aug 2019 #85
+++.... fleabiscuit Aug 2019 #86
"Obama's campaign points out that Biden missed the most votes if the whole year is considered," Kaleva Aug 2019 #73
Are they running? Can I vote for Barack again? Princetonian Aug 2019 #75
Your prefered canidate is running last time I looked. Kaleva Aug 2019 #77
Why did you bring up Barack then? Princetonian Aug 2019 #78
Was the Obama campaign correct in their description of Sen. Biden's 2007 attendence record? Kaleva Aug 2019 #79
Let me get this straight mcar Aug 2019 #63
It is an article from the San Jose Mercury, discusses the balancing act/compromises candidates have still_one Aug 2019 #64
I wonder how people might have gotten that impression. namahage Aug 2019 #68
Good points still_one Aug 2019 #70
You are right: Sanders and Gillibrand are slackers too. Princetonian Aug 2019 #72
That's going to leave a mark. nt fleabiscuit Aug 2019 #84
Yeah, but how's their spelling? ZZenith Aug 2019 #87
In 2018, Harris had one of the best attendance records in the Senate honest.abe Aug 2019 #91
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