Here is John Kerry’s stronger and affordable America.
This is all on record, it's who John Kerry is.
Senator Kerry Voted Against B-1 Bomber. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273:
Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against B-2 Stealth Bomber. (S. 3189, CQ Vote
#273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against F-14. (H. R. 5803, CQ Vote #319: Adopted
80-17: R 37-6; D 43-11, 10/26/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against F-15. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed
79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against F-16. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed
79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against AV-8B Harrier Vertical Takeoff And
Landing Jet Fighters. (H.R. 2126, CQ Vote #579: Adopted 59-39:
R 48-5; D 11-34, 11/16/95, Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against AH-64 Apache Helicopters. (H.R. 2126,
CQ Vote #579: Adopted 59-39: R 48-5; D 11-34, 11/16/95, Kerry
Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against Patriot Missiles. (S. 3189, CQ Vote
#273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against Aegis Air Defense Cruiser. (S. 3189,
CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted
Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against Trident Missile System For U.S. Submarines.
(S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90,
Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against M-1 Abrams Tanks. (S. 3189, CQ Vote
#273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against Bradley Fighting Vehicle. (S. 3189,
CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted
Nay)
Senator Kerry Voted Against Tomahawk Cruise Missile. (S. 3189,
CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted
Nay)
1991 – Kerry voted to cut defense spending by 2 percent.
Only 21 other senators voted with him.
1991 – Kerry voted to cut over $3 billion from defense
and shift funds to social programs. Only 27 senators joined him.
1992 – Kerry voted to cut $6 billion from defense. Both
parties successfully blocked this attempt.
1993- Kerry showed his respect of those in uniform by voting
against increased defense spending for a military pay raise.
1993 – Kerry introduced a plan to cut the number of Navy
submarines and their crews, reduce tactical fighter wings in the
Air Force, terminate the Navy’s coastal mine-hunting ship
program, force the retirement of 60,000 members of the armed forces
in one year, and reduce the number of light infantry units in
the Army down to one. The plan ended up DOA.
1994 – Kerry proposed and voted to cut $1 billion from
intelligence. Specifically, he proposed cutting that $1 billion
from budgets of the National Foreign Intelligence Program and
the Tactical Intelligence Program – while freezing their
budgets. The amendment was soundly defeated.
The interesting part about this is, the major component of the
National Foreign Intelligence Program is the FBI’s nationwide
counterterrorism program. In addition, the Tactical Intelligence
Program is the entity responsible for providing vital time-sensitive
support to commanders and soldiers on the ground.
1995 – Kerry voted to freeze defense spending for seven
years, cutting over $34 billion from defense. Only 27 other senators
voted with him.
1995 – Kerry voted to cut $80 million from the FBI’s
budget and also introduced a bill that would have reduced the
overall intelligence budget by $1.5 billion by the year 2000.
Without targeting specific programs, Kerry’s bill sought
to reduce the intelligence budget by $300 million in each of the
fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. There were no co-sponsors.
1996 – Kerry introduced a bill to cut Defense Department
funding by $6.5 billion. The bill had no co-sponsors and never
made to the floor.
1996 – Kerry voted yes on a fiscal 1996 budget resolution
that would have frozen defense spending for the next seven years
and transferred the $34.8 billion in savings to education and
job training…resolution rejected 28-71.
1997 – Kerry questioned the size of the intelligence community.
KERRY THE TAX MAN
1989-1990 – Kerry voted against considering a capital gains
tax cut.
1993 – Kerry voted twice for Clinton’s budget plan,
which raised taxes by a history-making $240 billion.
1993-1994 – Kerry voted AGAINST spending reductions –
an amendment to reduce budget spending by $94 billion. He voted
for the LARGEST tax increase in American history.
1995-1996 – Kerry voted against balancing the budget –
a plan to balance the books in seven years.
1997-1998 – Kerry voted against approving a GOP budget
to cut spending and taxes and voted against a balanced budget
constitutional amendment.
1998 – He voted against requiring a super-majority to raise
taxes.
1999 – Kerry voted no to across-the-board spending cuts.
1999-2000 – Kerry voted against reducing federal taxes
by $792 billion over 10 years.
2001 – Kerry voted against George Bush’s tax cuts.
Another item to note is Kerry has voted against eliminating the
marriage penalty a DOZEN times.
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