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"He voted with the president 99% of the time!" (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Oct 2014 OP
the really dumb part is the way hfojvt Oct 2014 #1

hfojvt

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1. the really dumb part is the way
Wed Oct 22, 2014, 04:00 PM
Oct 2014

the numbers are padded

by things like this

An Act to reauthorize the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp.

Joint Resolution approving the location of a memorial to commemorate the more than 5,000 slaves and free Black persons who fought for independence in the American Revolution

An Act to redesignate the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as `30th Street Station', as the `William H. Gray III 30th Street Station'.

An Act to designate the facility of the United States Forest Service for the Grandfather Ranger District located at 109 Lawing Drive in Nebo, North Carolina, as the `Jason Crisp Forest Service Building'.

An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 198 Baker Street in Corning, New York, as the `Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building'.

An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the `Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office'.

An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the `Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office'.

An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6937 Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the `James `Jim' Kohnen Post Office'.

An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the `Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building'.

An Act to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 162 Northeast Avenue in Tallmadge, Ohio, as the "Lance Corporal Daniel Nathan Deyarmin, Jr., Post Office Building".

An Act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building".

An Act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the "Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center".


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Really controversial stuff, from the first five pages here
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/signed-legislation?page=4

When 70% of the bills signed are non-controversial things like that, then strangely enough there is going to be massive amounts of agreement.

I used to mention over and over again how many times my Republican Congresswoman "voted with Pelosi" on stuff like that.

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