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To: redfish who wrote (375)	7/9/2004 8:15:02 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1026

red, why are you changing subjects? Maybe you're afraid to look at Kerry's attendance record? Maybe the default candidate is just another politician...

To: redfish who wrote (375)	7/9/2004 8:19:31 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1026

Kerry, Senate Secretary Facing Ethics Complaint By Jeff Gannon June 17, 2004 WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) met with Secretary of the Senate Emily Reynolds Wednesday to discuss ethics complaints stemming from his prolonged absence from the legislative body while he campaigns for president. Kerry and Reynolds were spotted by Congressional staffers slipping into one of the many antechambers of the Capitol where the pair likely reviewed options for dealing with the complaints filed against both of them. A complaint filed by Hofstra law student Jonathan Stein accuses Reynolds of willfully violating a federal statute that requires her to make deductions from Kerry's Senate paycheck for his absences. Kerry is also named in the complaint for knowingly accepting salary to which he is not entitled. Stein suggests that the Ethics Committee direct Kerry to return funds he was overpaid and decline to accept future illegal payments from the federal treasury. Kerry has voted only 14 times out of the Senate's 112 votes this year, a record Stein says is "egregious." Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, who recently called on Kerry to resign his seat, citing his dismal attendance record, shares that opinion. She said, "If any of us attended our job only 13 percent of the time, we'd be fired." Healey went on to say, "It's not fair, it's not right, and the public is not being well served." "I'm calling on John Kerry to resign so that we can fill that office with someone who is 100 percent devoted to the job of representing the people of Massachusetts," Healey added.