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monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:03 PM Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton! One of the most Liberal Senators in Congress!

On certain issues:

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a liberal Democrat on domestic matters, and Bernie Sanders is a socialist. They voted the same way 93 percent of the time in the two years they shared in the Senate.

In fact, from January 2007 to January 2009, Mrs. Clinton, representing New York, voted with Mr. Sanders about as often as she did with the like-minded Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland.

In many of the cases in which she differed with Mr. Sanders, who represents Vermont and is also running for the Democratic presidential nomination, Mrs. Clinton went with the crowd. She voted with an overwhelming majority of her colleagues, including Republicans. Her positions on the votes that differed from Mr. Sanders represented policy differences, but they may have also reflected political calculations by Mrs. Clinton, who was preparing for a presidential run in 2008.

The 31 times that Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Sanders disagreed happened to be on some the biggest issues of the day, including measures on continuing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an immigration reform bill and bank bailouts during the depths of the Great Recession. Mr. Sanders, who formally kicked off his campaign Tuesday evening in Burlington, Vt., was opposed to all these actions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/upshot/the-senate-votes-that-divided-hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders.html?_r=0

Look before you leap folks....

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Hillary Clinton! One of the most Liberal Senators in Congress! (Original Post) monicaangela Mar 2016 OP
Votes are one thing, appointees and SCOTUS picks are something completely different. n/t Dawgs Mar 2016 #1
Yes they are... monicaangela Mar 2016 #6
It was a wrung on the ladder to this, always right after it does no good to anyone but orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #2
Exactly monicaangela Mar 2016 #7
Already Know the Record noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #3
Good for you noretreatnosurrender monicaangela Mar 2016 #8
this is very important ibegurpard Mar 2016 #4
Exactly monicaangela Mar 2016 #9
Are you going by her votes or considering how she lobbies one way and then votes the other way? Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #5
I'm doing both monicaangela Mar 2016 #12
If Hillary is one of the most liberal Senators in Congress, then -none Mar 2016 #10
Yep, monicaangela Mar 2016 #13
It is that 7% difference that tells the tale. Like, you know, war in Iraq. Stuff like that. djean111 Mar 2016 #11
Yes, monicaangela Mar 2016 #14
Not much of a badge to be one of the most liberal members of the Senate, Beowulf Mar 2016 #15
Not Bernie Sanders though monicaangela Mar 2016 #18
No, not Bernie! Beowulf Mar 2016 #19
She wanted to outlaw flag burning, what's more liberal than that? Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #16
LOL! monicaangela Mar 2016 #17

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
6. Yes they are...
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:11 PM
Mar 2016

I don't know if a person voting in this manner is a person I would want to be choosing appointees for the Supreme Court or anything else for that matter.

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)
3. Already Know the Record
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:09 PM
Mar 2016

I already did my research of their records and backgrounds prior to picking my candidate. Actually I've been paying attention every day since I became politically active in the 70s.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
4. this is very important
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:10 PM
Mar 2016

All the noise about how "they voted the same 90% of the time" masks the very BIG issues on which they are polar opposites.

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
9. Exactly
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:13 PM
Mar 2016

On the issues that really matter, she has more often than not come out on the wrong side of the issue, her vote has been more with the republican policy idea than the democrats in many instances.

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
12. I'm doing both
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:16 PM
Mar 2016

And if I understand you correctly, I would say her votes during the short period she was in the Senate as the article says appear to have been calculated so that she would look good to both parties when she ran for office in 2008.

-none

(1,884 posts)
10. If Hillary is one of the most liberal Senators in Congress, then
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:14 PM
Mar 2016

we are in more trouble than we realize.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
11. It is that 7% difference that tells the tale. Like, you know, war in Iraq. Stuff like that.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:16 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary? Liberal? Even she would laugh.

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
14. Yes,
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:18 PM
Mar 2016

It appears she has been laughing all the way to the bank, and is about to have the last laugh if she gains the White House.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
16. She wanted to outlaw flag burning, what's more liberal than that?
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:22 PM
Mar 2016

defending the sacred bond of marriage as between a man and a woman, voting for the Iraq War. Her long track record of standing up for things like "communications decency".

How can anyone challenge a rock-solid liberal resume like that?

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
17. LOL!
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 08:53 PM
Mar 2016

And there is so much more, like calling Snowden a traitor and standing up for NSA spying and the Patriot Act and a plethora of other things, she's really liberal. Oops, sorry I believe she says she's a progressive now.

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