McCain Rated As America’s Worst Senator For Children

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/27/mccain-children/

Today, the Children’s Defense Fund Action Council released its 2007 Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard. CDF reports some positive news, particularly that average scores for members of Congress “improved from the previous three years with more Members scoring 100 percent than in 2004, 2005 or 2006.”

Many, however, did not fare so well. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) received a 10 percent rating — the worst in the U.S. Senate.

CDF ranked members on 10 votes affecting children:

1. Increase minimum wage (H.R. 2)
2. Increase funding for children with disabilities (S. Con. Res. 21)
3. Protect children from unsafe medications (S. 1082)
4. 2008 Budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 21)
5. SCHIP Reauthorization (H.R. 976)
6. College Cost Reduction and Access Act (H.R. 2669)
7. SCHIP (H.R. 976 - motion to concur)
8. DREAM Act (S. 2205)
9. Funding child health and education (H.R. 3043)
10. Improving Head Start programs (H.R. 1429)

McCain has missed 57 percent of Senate votes this session, being absent or voting “present” for 8 out of 10 children-related votes. McCain voted “yes” to increase the minimum wage; his only other vote was voting “no” on SCHIP reauthorization on Aug. 2, 2007:

to make it more unbiased.

How many times was he absent and why? How many times was he there and just voted present?

or once again a highest order hypocrite who will vote for any awful bill if it will swing the radical right his direction.

Even beat out Mark Foley?

Just remember these facts in the general election.

when they see the boogey man on tv

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/27/clinton-obama-score-well_n_88801.html

Advocacy for children's issues is a go-to political device in every presidential campaign. But never, perhaps, more than this one as both Sen. Hillary Clinton (with the Children's Defense Fund) and Barack Obama (with community organizing) have had personal experiences that touch on the matter.

So who is best equipped to aid children? Well, not surprisingly, both.

The Children's Defense Fund recently released its yearly report card. And in it, Clinton received a rating of 70 percent for her votes on ten key legislative issues. Obama, scored slightly lower at 60. But each Senator, representatives of CDF note, were hurt not by philosophical disagreements but congressional absenteeism. Obama missed four report card votes, Clinton three.