Monday, March 10, 2008

Sen.McCain would tell you that he represents the veterans. Check out how often he has left them out of bills he voted on and against. Remember that it's not listed but he also voted in FAVOR to make it legal for the CIA to use waterboarding! That is against the very same Military Code he demanded that we adhere to. There is NO EXCUSE for TORTURE.
Let's call it what the WWII era US called it.....TORTURE!

Veterans:
In 2006, McCain voted against a funding amendment (S. Amdt. 3704) to provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities [source:
U.S. Senate].
He voted against another 2006 amendment (S. Amdt. 3642) which provided the VA an additional $430 million in funding for outpatient care and treatment for veterans [source:
U.S. Senate].
McCain voted against S. Amdt. 3007 in 2006, which would have provided an additional $1.5 billion in funding for veterans' health care in FY 2007 by closing tax loopholes [source:
U.S. Senate].
In 2005, he voted in favor of an amendment to provide an additional $500 million for veterans' mental health care for each year between 2006 and 2010 (S. Amdt. 2634) [source:
U.S. Senate].
McCain voted for the successful passage of H.R. 2528 in 2005, which provided funding for veterans' benefits and service for FY 2006 [source:
U.S. Senate].
In 2005, he voted in favor or providing emergency funding for veterans' services for FY 2005 (S. Amdt. 1129) [source:
U.S. Senate].
He voted in favor of an amendment in 2004 (S. Amdt. 3409) proposing a guarantee of funding increases for veterans' health care adjusted for inflation and population increases [source:
U.S. Senate].
McCain voted no on an amendment S. Amdt. 2745 in 2004, which would have increased funding for veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by "eliminating abusive tax loopholes" [source:
U.S. Senate].
McCain voted against an increase of $650 million for veterans' medical care in 2001 (S. Amdt. 1218) [source:
U.S. Senate].
Also in 2001, he voted in favor of a yearly increase of $1.718 billion in discretionary funding for veterans' health care (S. Amdt. 269) [source:
U.S. Senate].

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