Barack Obama (on the national level) and Lloyd Doggett (on the local level) are two examples of this phenomena. It would seem as though the evidence can speak for itself.
PS- there is a little "where's Waldo" game included concerning whether legislation has been previously passed that regulates whether 'Emergency Supplemental Funding' should even be an issue- see if you can find "Waldo"...
Obama's actual voting record:
6/22/06- Defense Dept SFY 2007 Appropriations
5/04/06- Emergency Supplemental Appropriats Act, 06
This act dedicates $67 billion for war, $30 billion for Hurricane Katrina relief, and also prohibits aid to the Palestine Authority.
10/7/05- Defense Dept FY 2006 Appropiations Act
7/14/05- Homeland Security Dept FY 2006;
This bill provides funding for a 1000 new border agents as well asadding 2200 new beds to detention centers for the holding of 'undocumented workers'
5/10/05- Emergency Supplemental Appropiations Act, 05; This act provides funding to military, and also removes environmental standards for the construction of the border wall along the Mexico/US/California border.
10/31/06- Secure Fence Act of 06;
Authorizes construction of the border fence and oks an increase in border security {voted against double-layered fence amendment but voted for the Triple-layered fence amendment}
3/2/05- USA Patriot & Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Expands the FBI's power and ability to conduct roving wiretapsas as well as making permanent 14 different provisions from the Patriot Act
He also voted to approve Robert Gates as new Secratary of Defense, approved Condolezza Rice as Secretary of State, approved Michael Chertoff to head of Homeland Security as well as approving John Negroponte to National Intelligence Director.
This is a link to the VoteSmart website that will get you more info on these bills and more on Obama's actual voting record:
http://www.vote-smart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=BS030017
Lloyd Doggett's actual voting record
{Doggett's record is longer and bills' highlights are listed}:
Appropiations Bills:
9/29/06- Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 07;
Highlights:
- $8.04 billion for customs and border protection, including $1.19 billion for border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology
- $362.5 million for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Technology project
- $8.04 billion for the operations of the U.S. Coast Guard
- $973 million for science and technology research and development
- Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to implement a plan specifying the document(s) a person must carry in order to travel into the U.S. (Sec. 546)
- Prohibits any person from funding, creating, or traveling through an illegal tunnel between the U.S. and another country and creates punishments (Sec. 554)
- Requires the appointee for the Administrator of FEMA to be appointed by the President with the approval from the Senate and have knowledge of emergency management, homeland security, and at least 5 years of executive leadership experience (Sec. 503)
9/26/06- Department of Defense Appropriations Act, FY 07;
Highlights:
-$119.05 billion for operation and maintenance of the Department of Defense
- $86.35 billion for military personnel, including...
$25.91 billion for the Army, $20.29 billion for the Air Force,
$19.05 million for the Navy, and $7.93 billion for the Marine Corps
- $80.59 billion for the procurement of aircraft, weapons and ammunition for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force
- $70 billion for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
- $75.44 million for research, development, test and evaluation
6/20/06- Defense Department, FY 07 Appropriations Bill;
Highlights:
- $120.55 billion for operation and maintenance of the Department of Defense
- $84.91 billion for military personnel, including...
$25.26 billion for the Army, $19.68 billion for the Air Force,
$19.05 billion for the Navy and $7.93 billion for the Marine Corps
- $81.78 billion for the procurement of aircraft, weapons and ammunition for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force
- $75.34 billion for research, development, test and evaluation
- $50 billion for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
6/13/06- Emergencey Supplemental Appropiations Act, 06;
Highlights:
$70.58 billion for "Global War on Terrorism", including: (Title I)
- $65.91 billion for the Department of Defense, including: (Title I, Chapter 2)
- $37.9 billion for operation and maintenance
- $15.03 billion for procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons, combat vehicles, and ammunition
- $10.28 billion for military personnel
- $1.69 billion for Economic Support Fund (I, 3)
- $1.38 billion for diplomatic and consular affairs of the Administration of Foreign Affairs (I, 6)
Other provisions:
- Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide $332.4 million for agriculture, farming, and environmental assistance (Title III)
- $2.3 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare for and respond to the pandemic flu (Title IV)
- $1.9 billion for border patrol and security (Title V)
- Prohibits funds to aid the Palestinian Authority or other Palestinian political entities until such entities show a commitment to nonviolent principles, recognize Israel, and accept previous agreements (Sec 1304)
6/6/6- Department of Homeland Security Appropiations Act, 07;
Highlights:
- $7.85 billion for the operations of the United States Coast Guard
- $6.44 billion for customs and border protection, including $115 million for the Secure Border Initiative
- $4.70 billion for aviation security
- $4.39 billion for immigrant and customs enforcement
- $1.46 billion for science and technology research and development
- $954.40 million for the protection, administration, and training of the United States Secret Service
- $699.29 million for the Federal Air Marshals
- $362.46 million for the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Technology project
3/17/06- Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 06;
Highlights:
$67.56 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, including: (Title I, Chapter 2)
- $32.11 billion for operations and maintenance
- $17.68 billion for procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons, combat vehicles, and ammunition
- $9.93 billion for military personnel
- $3.01 billion for the Iraq Security Forces Fund
- $1.85 billion for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund
Other provisions:
- Prohibits Dubai Ports World from obtaining any leases, contracts or rights to any U.S. controlled port (Sec. 3011)
- Prohibits funds to the Palestinian Authority or other Palestinian political entities until they show a commitment to nonviolent principles, recognize Israel, and accept previous agreements (Sec. 3012)
- $2.15 billion for bilateral economic assistance (Title I, Chapter 3)
- $1.7 billion for the Department of Justice (Title I, Chapter 6)
6/20/05- Defense Department FY06 Appropriations bill;
Highlights:
- $116.09 billion for operation and maintenance, including $7.63 billion for ballistic missile defense
- $84.13 billion for military personnel
- $76.81 billion for procurement
- $71.66 billion for research, development, test and evaluation
- $45.25 billion for continued funding of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan available on October 1, 2005. The fund is designed to cover 6 months worth of contingency operations costs in the global war on terrorism.
- $2.75 billion for revolving and management funds
- $2.47 billion for other Department of Defense programs
- Includes a section entitled "Sense of Congress and Report Concerning Religious Freedom and Tolerance at United States Air Force Academy" to increase the sensitivity to all religions (H Amdt 327- Agreed to by Voice Vote)
5/25/05- Defense Department FY06 Authorization Bill;
Highlights:
- Increase spending on the Navy's CVN-21 next-generation aircraft carrier by $86.7 million
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on any proposed military policy changes regarding women being allowed or prohibited to serve in a category of unit or position
- $124 billion for operations and maintenance
- $109 billion for payroll for all active and inactive military personnel
- $78 billion for weapons and combat vehicles
- $49.1 billion for supplemental spending to fund military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
- $47 billion for research and development
- $20 billion for military healthcare programs
- $1.8 billion for granting access to the military's Tricare (healthcare) program for all reserve-component personnel
- $1.4 billion for chemical agents and munitions destruction and defense
- $896 million for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
- $174 million for the defense inspector general
- $58 million for the military's retirement home trust fund
5/17/05- Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 05
5/5/05- Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 05;
Highlights:
Immigration;
- Requires states to follow specific procedures and enhance security standards when issuing driver's licenses and identification cards
- Bars known terrorists from abusing U.S. asylum laws
- Requires the Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security to create a pilot program that would strengthen U.S. border security by using ground surveillance technology
- Waives environmental laws in order to complete the 14-mile border fence between the US and Mexico near San Diego
- Exempts returning seasonal farm workers from Immigration Department's cap of 66,000 visas specifically issued for seasonal workers by revising certain requirements for H-2B employers and requiring submission of information regarding H-2B non-immigrants
Defense;
-*** Expresses the sense of the Senate that all future requests for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq appear in the proper appropriation bills, not in emergency supplemental bills***
- Increases the military's total death benefits from $250,000 to $400,000
- Increases the death gratuity from $12,000 to $100,000 for all those military personnel killed in combat and applies the increase retroactively beginning with those killed since October 2001
- Extends insurance payouts for seriously injured troops from $25,000 to $100,000 retroactive for those injured since Oct. 2001
- Requires the Navy to maintain 12 aircraft carriers
- $37.10 billion for military operations and maintenance
- $17.45 billion for military personnel
- $17.38 billion for procurement of aircraft, combat vehicles, missiles, weapons, and ammunition
- $1.29 billion for Afghanistan Security Forces
- $1.18 billion for military construction through September 2007
- $552.32 million for military research, development, test and evaluation
- $308 million for Army procurement of Up-Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (UAHMMWVs)
- $242 million for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
- $211 million for Defense personnel medical and health programs
- $60 million available for the rapid deployment of Warlock systems and other field jamming devices
Foreign Aid;
- $150 million for Pakistan and $100 million for Jordan to develop military training centers for the purpose of responding to current and future security threats in the Middle East
War on Terrorism;
- $1.2 billion for domestic appropriations for the War on Terror, including $748.5 million for diplomatic and consular programs and $592 million for embassy security, construction, and maintenance
- $161 million additional funding for the new National Intelligence Office
3/16/5- Emergency Supplemental Appropiations Act, 05Highlights:
Immigration;
- Requires states to follow specific procedures and enhance security standards when issuing driver's licenses and identification cards
- Bars known terrorists from abusing U.S. asylum laws
- Requires the Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security to create a pilot program that would strengthen U.S. border security by using ground surveillance technology
- Waives environmental laws in order to complete the 14-mile border fence between the US and Mexico near San Diego
- Exempts returning seasonal farm workers from Immigration Department's cap of 66,000 visas specifically issued for seasonal workers by revising certain requirements for H-2B employers and requiring submission of information regarding H-2B non-immigrants
Defense;
-*** Expresses the sense of the Senate that all future requests for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq appear in the proper appropriation bills, not in emergency supplemental bills***
- Increases the military's total death benefits from $250,000 to $400,000
- Increases the death gratuity from $12,000 to $100,000 for all those military personnel killed in combat and applies the increase retroactively beginning with those killed since October 2001
- Extends insurance payouts for seriously injured troops from $25,000 to $100,000 retroactive for those injured since Oct. 2001
- Requires the Navy to maintain 12 aircraft carriers
- $37.10 billion for military operations and maintenance
- $17.45 billion for military personnel
- $17.38 billion for procurement of aircraft, combat vehicles, missiles, weapons, and ammunition
- $1.29 billion for Afghanistan Security Forces
- $1.18 billion for military construction through September 2007
- $552.32 million for military research, development, test and evaluation
- $308 million for Army procurement of Up-Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (UAHMMWVs)
- $242 million for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
- $211 million for Defense personnel medical and health programs
- $60 million available for the rapid deployment of Warlock systems and other field jamming devices
Foreign Aid;
- $150 million for Pakistan and $100 million for Jordan to develop military training centers for the purpose of responding to current and future security threats in the Middle East
War on Terrorism;
- $1.2 billion for domestic appropriations for the War on Terror, including $748.5 million for diplomatic and consular programs and $592 million for embassy security, construction, and maintenance
- $161 million additional funding for the new National Intelligence Office
7/22/04- Defense Department FY05 Appropriations bill; **
Highlights:
- $25 billion for emergency defense spending for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
- $104.2 billion for military personnel
- $120.6 billion for military operations and equipement maintenance
- $77.4 billion for the procurement of new weapons
6/22/04- Defense Department FY05 Appropriations Bill; **
6/18/04- Homeland Security Department FY05 Appropiations Bill
9/24/03- Terrorism Information Awareness bill; *
Highlights:
-$115.9 billion for operations and maintenance
-$98.5 billion for military personnel
-$74.7 billion for procurement
-$65.2 billion for research and development
-$15.7 billion for defense health programs
-$11.5 billion for shipbuilding programs
-$9.1 billion for ballistic missile defense
-$4.5 billion for special operations forces
9/24/03- Homeland Security Appropiations, FY04 bill
7/8/03- Terrorism Information Awareness bill; same as above *
6/24/03- Homeland Security Appropiations, FY04 bill
Defense Bills:
12/19/05- Defense Department FY06 Authorization Bill;
Highlights:
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on any proposed military policy changes regarding women being allowed or prohibited to serve in a category of unit or position
- Requires the President to report on U.S. policy and military operations in Iraq every three months until "all combat brigades have been redeployed from Iraq"
- Prohibits cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment of any individual in custody or physical control of the U.S government, regardless of geographic location (As adopted by Sen. McCain [AZ] Amendment)
- Stipulates that only the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia can hear an appeal to determine if a non-U.S. citizen has been detained properly as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay
- Increases basic pay for members of the uniformed services by 3.1 percent
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress concerning efforts to prepare for pandemic flu, including the avian flu
- $125.72 billion for operations and maintenance of the Department of Defense
- $108.94 billion for military personnel
- $76.91 billion for procurement
- $70.2 billion for research, development, test and evaluation
- $50 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
- $19.89 billion for the Defense Health Program
- $16.38 billion for defense activities of the Department of Energy
- $11.07 billion for military construction
- $40 million for humanitarian assistance to the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan
5/20/04- Defense Department FY05 Authorization Bill
Highlights:
- Appropriates funding for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding, conversion, and other supplies
- Requires the Secretary to guarantee that the distribution of supplies acquired using funds authorized under this title to operational units involved in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom be made without regard to the status of the units as active, Guard, or reserve components
- Includes Force Protection Initiatives and the increasing of military manpower
- Specifically, allocates appropriations for improved pay, benefits, living and working facilities
11/07/03- Defense Department FY04 Authorization bill;
Highlights:
- The Air Force was approved to lease 20 Boeing refueling tankers, and purchase 80 more
- Increases Tricare health coverage to National Guard members as well as reservists and their families when they are called to active duty
- Allows disabled, retired military personnel to receive retirement and disabled pay simultaneously
4/3/03- Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 03;
Highlights:
- $62 billion would be made available for military operations in Iraq
- $3.2 billion would aid airline companies with their security expenses
- $8 billion would go towards foreign assistance
- $4.2 billion would be distributed for homeland security
- $4.82 billion in aid to reconstruct Iraq, aid Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, and Afghanistan
- $2.2 billion would go towards grants for first responders
Certainly that is a lot money and a lot of supporting votes from people that present themselves as not being supportive of Bush and his violent agenda.
If someone were to add up all those billions, I wonder how many immunizations, vaccinations, educations, rehabilitations, and how much cooperation for positive purposes could have been done?
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