Small Bones

Red Dog was totally surprised yesterday when he opened the Clarion Ledger to find that they actually took one of my suggestions! For months I have been after the paper to print the congressional voting record of our senators and representatives and, finally, there it was Section 4B "Congressional Roll Call", I hope it is not a one time print, because I believe that we need to know how we are being represented. In additon, I am putting the links to the appropriate sites on the right side of this page so you can go see for yourself.

In case you missed it, here are the highlights:
Cochran and Lott vote NO to add $390 million for 650 new border patrol agents. Come on, what's the deal? From the Senators that voted against "paygo", what's another $390 million for border security? In this session of Congress, our senators have voted YES to big business (tort reform, bankruptcy bills) and NO to balancing the budget and NO to homeland security. I'm sorry, I don't see that as voting for Mississippians. We can ill afford the social costs of millions of illegal immigrants flooding our medical facilities, school systems, and putting a strain on law enforcement.

Rep. Bennie Thompson voted NO on the Energy Bill. Way to go Bennie! BP/Amoco just reported $30 billion profits in the last quarter, I don't think they need the welfare the Republicans voted them in their House passed Energy Bill. Bennie , also, voted NO for requiring automakers to increase fuel efficiency from 25 mpg to 33 mpg over the next decade. What's up with that Bennie? We need to be less dependent on foreign oil.

Anyhow, with the link to the right of the page you can go to their web sites and tell them what you think.