[Vision2020] Sali's Voting Record

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (March 4, 2007) Lewiston Tribune with thanks to Dick Artley of
Grangeville -

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Sali's voting record 

Below are Rep. Bill Sali's votes in Congress in January 2007. 

Jan. 31, the U.S. House of Representatives approved HJRES 20, the Continuing
Appropriations resolution for FY2007. The vote as 286-140. Bill Sali voted
no with the minority. 

Jan. 22, the House approved HR476, to amend title 5 of the United States
Code, to make [ineligible] for federal retirement any member who is
convicted of any of certain offenses committed by that individual while
serving as a member of Congress. The vote was 223-190. Bill Sali voted no
with the minority. 

Jan. 18, the House approved HR6, the Clean Energy Act of 2007, which stopped
all subsidies to the oil and gas industry, and put that money into clean,
alternative energy and energy conservation programs. The vote was 264-163.
Bill Sali voted no with the minority. 

Jan. 17, the House approved HR5, the College Student Relief Act of 2007,
reducing interest rates for student borrowers. The vote was 356-71. Bill
Sali voted no with the minority. 

Jan.12, the House approved HR4, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price
Negotiation Act of 2007, requiring the secretary of Health and Human
Services to negotiate lower part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare
beneficiaries. The vote was 255-170. Bill Sali voted no with the minority. 

Jan. 11, the House approved HR3, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of
2007, providing for human embryonic stem cell research. The vote was
253-174. Bill Sali voted no with the minority. ... 

Jan. 5, the House approved HRES6-Title IV, requiring lawmakers to attach
their names to funding requests they insert into spending or tax bills, and
certify that they have no financial interest in the provisions of the
request. The vote was 280-152. Bill Sali voted no with the minority. 

Dick Artley 
Grangeville

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Does Sali represent the people of Idaho or is he just another party puppet
too willing to walk the trail his handlers take him on?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Forty percent of the mass of every tree in the forest is crude oil.  Stop
and think about that.  We call them fossil fuels because they used to be
live stuff . . . now in the ground is turned into crude oil." 

- Bill Sali (September 21, 2006)