Ted Kennedy

Nomination Number: PN1855
Nomination Description: Porter J. Goss, of Florida, to be Director of Central Intelligence.
Vote: Nay

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 3619 to H.R. 4567 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005)
Statement of Purpose: To appropriate an additional $70,000,000 to enhance the security of chemical plants and to provide an offset.
Vote: Nay

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 3802 to S. 2845 (National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004)
Statement of Purpose: To stop corporations from financing terrorism.
Vote: Nay

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 3619 to H.R. 4567 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005)
Statement of Purpose: To appropriate an additional $70,000,000 to enhance the security of chemical plants and to provide an offset.
Vote: Nay

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 3615 to H.R. 4567 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005)
Statement of Purpose: To appropriate $70,000,000 to support efforts for identification and tracking for shipments of hazardous materials and continue and expand upon the background check system for commercial driver licenses with a HAZMAT endorsement, and to offset this appropriation with a corresponding reduction from the Human Resources Account of the Office of the Under Secretary of Management.
Vote: Nay

Amendment Number: H.R. 5005
Nomination Description: A bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Vote: Nay

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 4868 to S.Amdt. 4856 to S.J.Res. 45 (Further Resolution on Iraq)
Statement of Purpose: To provide statutory construction that constitutional authorities remain unaffected and that no additional grant of authority is made to the President not directly related to the existing threat posed by Iraq.
Vote: Yea

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 4513 to S.Amdt. 4471 to H.R. 5005 (Homeland Security Act of 2002)
Statement of Purpose: To strike title II, establishing the National Office for Combating Terrorism, and title III, developing the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism and Homeland Security Response for detection, prevention, protection, response, and recover to counter terrorist threats.
Vote: Yea

Measure Number: S. 1689 (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Act, 2004)
Measure Title: An original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Vote: Nay

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1882 to S. 1689 (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Act, 2004)
Statement of Purpose: To establish a National Commission on the Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq.
Vote: Nay

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1859 to S. 1689 (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Act, 2004 )
Statement of Purpose: To promote the establishment of an Iraq Reconstruction Finance Authority and the use of Iraqi oil revenues to pay for reconstruction in Iraq.
Vote: Nay

What I find odd about the position of Ted Kennedy, is that he is one of the few (if not only) elder Democrat that has actually bought into the beliefs of the moveon.org group, and the Michael Moore wing of the Left. Ted Kennedy has said plenty of pretty words in his service for this great country. But his recent actions with President Bush in the White House, he, and along with the leading party leaders, have stretched so far into the extreme that I cannot hold the notion that we, as a nation, must deal with this.

Ted Kennedy is an old, tired man. His contribution to this country has been significant, but not necessarily helpful. Still, I applaud him for his desire to assist his country, but that goal has been thrown into the wind. Kennedy’s comments in the past few years have gathered into an array of hateful, and near treacherous rhetoric. It is time for him to retire, and live the rest of his days where he would rather be – behind a bar at happy hour.

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