- Voted AGAINST the surge:
Had Johnson gotten his
way, we would have
surrendered to Al Qaeda,
granting them victory in
their most clearly defined
battlefield against us.
- For an inside look at the
importance of Iraq to Al Qaeda,
please read the following field
report, courtesy of Michael
Totten and Colonel Mike
Silverman: "Al Qaeda Lost"
- For a poignant reminder of the
hands into which Johnson voted
to leave the Iraqi people, please
read the following post by Victor
Davis Hanson: "Thyestean Feast." .
- Member of TUESDAY
GROUP (a congressional PAC
whose mission is to elect moderates to
the House and, as Representative Ray
Lahood, puts it, “to maintain the
moderate wing of the party”).
- Voted AGAINST off-shore
drilling (See what the American
Conservative Unionhas to say about
HR 4761)
- Voted FOR the Democrat's
2007 Energy Policy that
mandated reliance on biofuels while
not allowing oil supplies to increase.
The policy also stiffened regulations
and raised taxes $2 billion (ACU-6).
- Voted AGAINST the right of
workers to a secret ballot
when voting on whether to
unionize (ACU-6).
- Voted AGAINST Earmark
Reform aimed to cut
runaway spending (See what
the American Conservative Union has
to say about HR 1867)Voted AGAINST
off-shore drilling in 07
- Voted FOR Pelosi's "light-
bulb ban" that, as the ACU
explains, regulates "lights and
appliances (including a ban on the
incandescent light bulb), creating new
programs for alternative energy
sources, imposing more regulations on
energy companies and mandating
vastly increased use of ‘renewable’
energy” (ACU-6).
- Voted FOR applying McCain
/ Feingold to grassroots
organizations (ACU-4) NOTE:
Undoubtedly, in this instance, the
dems were the good guys. This was
GOP-sponsored and nearly ALL
republicans voted for it. However, we
at Remove the Rinos believe there is
no excuse for voting against the 1st
Amendment no matter how many
republicans do so and no matter how
reprehensible George Soros’ 527s
are. And if John McCain were to jump
off a bridge…..??
- Voted AGAINST a 2006
conservative budget
alternative that would have
extended Bush’s tax cuts while
trimming more than 300 billion dollars
of discretionary spending, done away
with close to 150 programs, and
increased funds for the military and for
veterans. It also would have opened
ANWR for drilling (ACU-4) .
- Voted AGAINST drilling in
ANWR in 2006 (ACU-4) .
- Voted AGAINST an
amendment to cut
discretionary spending by
2% while protecting the
Bush tax cuts (ACU-2).
- Voted FOR raising CAFE
standards (ACU-2) For a look at the
link between higher CAFE standards
and increased traffic fatalities, as well
as the folly of the economic
justifications for higher standards, see
what Dennis Kneale has to say: "New
CAFE" (CNBC-1)
- Voted AGAINST drilling in
ANWR in 2005 (ACU-2).
- Voted AGAINST the 2005
Republican Budget
Resolution that, according to the
ACU, established "broad spending and
revenue targets for five years, limiting
discretionary spending to $843 billion
in fiscal 2006, and requiring $70 billion
in tax cuts and $34.7 billion in savings"
(ACU-2).
- Voted AGAINST reforming
the Endangered Species
Act (ACU-2). to reimburse property
owners for losses suffered from not
being able to develop their land. It also
clarified species designations, better
protecting the species in need of
protection and better targeting the
properties in need of oversight (Marano
and Lieberman).
- Voted AGAINST the Online
Freedom of Speech bill, which
would have prevented e-mail and
blogs from being regulated by the
Federal Election Commission (ACU-2). In
essence, this bill's defeat leaves open
the possibility that McCain/Feingold
could reach its way dramatically into
the Internet (Hayward).
- Voted AGAINST the 2005
Deficit Reduction Act that,
according to the ACU, "allowed oil and
natural gas leasing and pre-leasing
activities for Outer Continental Shelf
areas, terminated subsidies for
broadband telecommunications
services in rural areas, and provided
for energy production on a small
portion of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge."
- Voted FOR channeling
money from the military
into renewable energy.The
amendment was sponsored by Bernie
Sanders, the only admitted socialist in
congress (ACU-1).
- Voted FOR a 700% increase
in funding for the HOPE VI
Public Housing Program,
even as $2 billion remained in the
coffers, unspent. This was a program
that Bush had marked for elimination
(ACU-8).
- Voted AGAINST the 2008
Republican budget
resolution that, according to the
ACU, "would have made the Bush tax
cuts permanent, capped discretionary
spending at $973 billion, reduced
mandatory spending by $12 billion
over five years, and imposed a
moratorium on pork barrel 'earmarks'”
(ACU-8).
- Voted AGAINST a 2008
motion to allow drilling in
ANWR, the Outer-
Continental Shelf, and other
territories in the West (ACU-8).
- Voted FOR the AMT
"Relief" Bill, which raised
taxes on U.S. energy
producers. At a time of record-
high energy prices when some
legislators were calling for a tax holiday
at the gas pump, Johnson was voting
to raise taxes on the energy sector (ACU-
8).
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