Kerry Vote Watch

The presumptive Democratic nominee (maybe!) is still a U.S. Senator and he relaxed from his busy job to take in a Red Sox game today. It was an exhausting week in the Senate with nine floor votes including some judicial confirmations to the federal bench and important legislation such as the BioShield Act “to provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the United States.” It passed 99 to 0 – guess who was missing?

Not all the votes were so lopsided. Here’s a Democratic-sponsored bill to “to clarify the application of Presidential action under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.” It failed by one vote: 49 to 50, with one Senator not voting. Whoops!

Days worked this session: 3
Votes cast last week: 0
Voting percentage: 14/103 = 13%