McCain’s Voting Record on Renewable Energy
McCain says “I have a long record of that support of alternate energy….. I’ve always been for all of those and I have not missed any crucial vote.”
Yet John McCain has been the Senator with the worst attendance record in the 110th Congress. As of last month, he had missed over 60 percent of votes.
What makes it that much worse is that his was often the deciding vote on crucial renewable energy issues.
I have a long record of that support of alternate energy. … I’ve always been for all of those and I have not missed any crucial vote.
The audacity of these claims, the utter disdain for truth and accuracy, is simply astounding.
Let us just take a moment to consider two votes relevant to “alternate energy,” from December 2007 and February 2008. Were these “crucial votes”?
On 13 December 2007, the Senate voted on a measure to provide $13 billion for renewable power over the coming five years. And, that bill had provisions to pay for this: recouping unjustified tax subsidies to the big five oil companies. The vote for cloture (to allow a simple majority vote on the measure) required 60 votes and failed with a vote of 59 for, 40 against, and 1 Senator absent. What is that “1?? John McCain, who couldn’t be bothered to show up to vote on a measure critical for setting a path forward for “alternate energy”. A crucial vote?
Let’s hear it from the liar himsellf
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