A look at Pelosi's voting record

Today's Editorial
November 3, 2006


House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would bring to the office a level of left-wing liberalism that will be unprecedented. In the National Journal's 2005 ideological ratings, which were based on scores of votes, Mrs. Pelosi was ranked more liberal than 91 percent of her House colleagues on economic issues, 96 percent on social matters and 82 percent on foreign-policy issues. Here are her relative rankings (economic, social, foreign) for 2004 (93, 88, 81), 2003 (92, 89, 70), 2002 (88, 84, 90) and 2001 (94, 83, 93).
Until she received a 95 percent liberal rating in 2005 from the Americans for Democratic Action (the nation's pre-eminent liberal organization), Mrs. Pelosi had racked up five consecutive years (2000-04) of 100 percent ratings. Her lifetime ADA rating is 96 percent. Last year, the American Conservative Union gave her a 0 rating. Her lifetime ACU rating is 3 percent.
Typical for her 20-year House career, Mrs. Pelosi received a 100 percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America last year and a 0 rating from the National Right to Life Committee. A Roman Catholic who has repeatedly voted to uphold partial-birth abortion, who has voted against parental notification when minor children seek abortion and who has shown no concern for the rights of the innocent unborn, Mrs. Pelosi has consistently opposed the death penalty.
Over the years, Mrs. Pelosi has consistently voted against welfare reform, including the 1996 bill signed by President Clinton and its re-authorization. In 1998, she opposed a constitutional amendment to permit school prayer in the classroom. In 1999, she opposed allowing state and local governments to display the Ten Commandments on public property, including schools. She has voted against education IRAs. In 2003, she opposed a $10 million program for school vouchers in the District of Columbia. That same year she voted against the 10-year $400 billion Medicare prescription-drug bill because she preferred one that was twice as expensive. Mrs. Pelosi has repeatedly voted for tax increases and opposed tax cuts, even the 2001 bill that doubled the child tax credit to $1,000, among other cuts.
As the United States has become increasingly dependent on foreign sources for oil, Mrs. Pelosi has always opposed drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In recent years, she has become protectionist -- leading the opposition in 2000 against then-President Clinton's successful effort to establish permanent normal trade relations with China. She also opposed giving Mr. Clinton and Mr. Bush trade-promotion authority; and in 2005 she voted against the Central American Free Trade Agreement. In 2004, she voted to end Radio Marti broadcasts to Cuba. She voted to reduce funds for the B-2 intercontinental bomber, which performed superbly in the 1999 Kosovo War, in 2001 in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Mrs. Pelosi has repeatedly opposed anti-missile defense, even as a nuclear-armed North Korea has tested ballistic missiles.

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In her defence, hasn't the B-2 pretty much outlived its usefulness? We don't really need a first strike nuclear capability anymore, and other bombers have a much larger payload, and greater speed. Does the B-1B have any stealth characteristics? If so, the B-2 is nigh useless.

Meh, party leaders are supposed to be partisans.

True, but I think it's useful for those who haven't voted early to know the record of the person most likely to be Speaker of the House if the Democrats are successful. To use a bad analogy - it's like ordering Dish Network without anyone telling you the problems you'll have when the weather is bad.
So, fair warning...Mrs. Pelosi is an extreme far-left liberal.

Didn't Cheney vote against the B-2 when he was in Congress?

Great news.

Even better. We stopped production in 1992, so either that claim is outdated, or it was a strategic cut supported, at the time, by both George H.W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

http://www.itsyourtimes.com/?q=node/2012

If you look at how it was used in the "first" gulf war (1991), and then in the Middle East post-9/11 I'd say it hasn't "outlived its usefulness." It's just pointing to Pelosi's record and her being anti-military.

Glorified, if the Democrats take the House and the Senate, they will esentially raise a white flag on top of the Capitol building and surrender to the terrorists. Please think about that.

Good for her, she has read the Constitution.




What a loony liberal, she wants Congress to retain some power.



Because that has worked so well.




Maybe she doesn't want to sink money into something that has a dubious track record of success. And why bring up North Korea? You do know they developed and tested a nuclear weapon with the Republicans in control of both the Executive and Legislative branch.

Do you think there is really any chance that they WON'T take the House and the Senate?

I'm not too worried. It's hard to imagine congress being any more screwed up.

You are insane.

Wow. Hyperbole of the Day, easily.

The Dems look like they will take the House. The Senate is going to be very close.

As to the Senate, yes. There are three states that will decide the Senate...Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia. As it stands now, Tennessee and Virginia look to be going to the Republicans.

The House....I'd say that will fall into the Democrats hands, but the Republicans have a shot if they can motivate their base.

Hey! You can't get away with the subliminal message in the color shading there!

Why should we have to do all the "thinkin" work, while you sit around and do nothin?