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Politics : Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. President or Pretender?

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To: mistermj who wrote (120)	2/19/2007 2:16:37 PM
From: mistermj	of 1090

Obama's Voting Record Obama's past a political present U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's federal voting record might be thin, but there's no shortage of key and controversial votes from his days as a lawmaker in Springfield. Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 Taxes: Voted for the higher alcohol taxes and vehicle fees that financed Gov. George Ryan’s multibillion-dollar Illinois FIRST building program. (1999) • Voted to end $300 million in tax breaks for businesses. (2004) • Opposed abolishing the state’s sales tax on gasoline. (2000) • Opposed tax credits for parents who send their children to private schools. (1999) Guns, crime: Voted yes to allow retired police to carry concealed weapons. (2004) • Tried to limit handgun purchases to one per month. (2000) • Supported requiring trigger locks. (1999) • Opposed making gang members eligible for the death penalty if they kill someone to help their gang. (2001) • Sponsored law requiring police videotape interrogations in some serious crimes. (2003) • Helped pass overhaul of troubled death penalty system. (2003) Abortion: Voted no to restrictions on public funding of abortion. (2000) • Opposed requiring parents be notified before daughters can get an abortion.* (2001) Gays: Helped sponsor ban on discriminating against gays and lesbians. Didn’t become law until after he left Illinois Senate. (2003) Immigration: Voted for giving illegal immigrants access to in-state college tuition rates. (2003) Gambling: Opposed dockside gambling (1999) and has voted against other gambling expansions. Ethics: Co-sponsored major ethics reform (Gift Ban Act). (1998) Grab bag: Sponsored successful plan that kept Illinois overtime laws in place when federal rules changed. (2004) • Voted to raise minimum wage to $6.50 an hour from $5.15. (2003) • Voted to lower the blood alcohol level at which someone is considered drunk to 0.08 from 0.10. (1999) class="factboxnote">*Voted “present” which has the effect of voting “no” without having the lawmaker recorded as voting “no.” Source: Associated Press, legislative roll calls, Almanac of Illinois Politics dailyherald.com

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