NEVER TOLERATE TYRANNY!....Conservative voices from the GRASSROOTS.

...voting PRESENT ( same as "ABSENT" )

"PRESENT!"

We aren't talking about a "present" vote on whether to name a state office building after a deceased state official, but rather about votes that reflect an officeholder's core values.

For example, in 1997, Obama voted "present" on two bills (HB 382 and SB 230) that would have prohibited a procedure often referred to as partial birth abortion. He also voted "present" on SB 71, which lowered the first offense of carrying a concealed weapon from a felony to a misdemeanor and raised the penalty of subsequent offenses.

In 1999, Obama voted "present" on SB 759, a bill that required mandatory adult prosecution for firing a gun on or near school grounds. The bill passed the state Senate 52-1. Also in 1999, Obama voted "present" on HB 854 that protected the privacy of sex-abuse victims by allowing petitions to have the trial records sealed. He was the only member to not support the bill.

In 2001, Obama voted "present" on two parental notification abortion bills (HB 1900 and SB 562), and he voted "present" on a series of bills (SB 1093, 1094, 1095) that sought to protect a child if it survived a failed abortion. In his book, the Audacity of Hope, on page 132, Obama explained his problems with the "born alive" bills, specifically arguing that they would overturn Roe v. Wade. But he failed to mention that he only felt strongly enough to vote "present" on the bills instead of "no."

And finally in 2001, Obama voted "present" on SB 609, a bill prohibiting strip clubs and other adult establishments from being within 1,000 feet of schools, churches, and daycares.

IRS-Shutdown-Impact

AT LEAST THE RINOS ARE NOT "ABSENT"

at the negotiating table

negotiations - Shutdown, no Democrats showed up

Obama wants America to think this is all the Republican’s fault but if that were true, how come they all showed up to find a way to prevent the shutdown….and not one single Democrat could be bothered?

Because Obama told them not to show up. He wanted it. Make him own it.

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Comment by PHILIP SCHNEIDER on October 2, 2013 at 2:42pm: The Obama administration has a choice to make as to where they spend the TAX payer's money during a shut down.

I say the administration should make Obama stay home and DELAY his trip to ASIA and instead pay to keep our country's beautiful parks and wild places open for We the People.