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16 years ago by KikiPeepers

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Should members of Congress abstain from voting on issues that family members or close political ties lobbied for? Or is that what lobbying is all about?

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zqueen16 Female, 13-17 Eastern US Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago 1,059 Posts	16 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Sunday 3/5/06 - 10:11:19 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message No, if they care deeply about a cause they should vote for it, if they don't it will lose support. Why would they abstain?
unhailey Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 19 yrs, 1 mos ago 20,779 Posts	16 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Sunday 3/5/06 - 11:08:22 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Aren't these the only issues that the politicans DO vote on?
KikiPeepers Female, 30-39 Midwest US Joined: 19 yrs, 10 mos ago 83,501 Posts	16 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Monday 3/6/06 - 11:08:08 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Umm no they vote on most issues, regardless of their family's interests
CowDung Male, 40-49 Midwest US Joined: 20 yrs, 6 mos ago 104,930 Posts	16 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Monday 3/6/06 - 11:12:45 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message I don't see why they should abstain from voting because it's an issue people close to them care about...
unhailey Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 19 yrs, 1 mos ago 20,779 Posts	16 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Monday 3/6/06 - 12:48:37 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message On 3/6/2006 11:08:08 AM KikiPeepers wrote: Umm no they vote on most issues, regardless of their family's interests I'm saying aren't they usually more interested in voting on issues they care about? Should they only vote on issues they don't care much about either way?
urusodumb Male, 70+ Western US Joined: 16 yrs, 2 mos ago 33 Posts	16 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Monday 3/6/06 - 4:08:33 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message LOL, thats how the American political joke works! Big tobacco spreads the cheese, people are allowed to continue killing themselves! Big Pharma spreads the cheese, mercury is kept in vaccines, kids get autism! Who cares? Big Gov. is getting rich! F' the common people!
CowDung Male, 40-49 Midwest US Joined: 20 yrs, 6 mos ago 104,930 Posts	16 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Monday 3/6/06 - 4:10:29 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message On 3/6/2006 4:08:33 PM urusodumb wrote: LOL, thats how the American political joke works! Big tobacco spreads the cheese, people are allowed to continue killing themselves! Big Pharma spreads the cheese, mercury is kept in vaccines, kids get autism! Who cares? Big Gov. is getting rich! F' the common people! Mercury causes autism? Why don't we have a 90% rate of autism if mercury is in all the vaccines?
angeleyesgr Female, 18-29 Europe Joined: 18 yrs, 5 mos ago 27,841 Posts	15 yrs ago - Friday 5/4/07 - 9:07:17 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message No, they shouldn't.
xeno151 Male, 18-29 Midwest US Joined: 14 yrs, 8 mos ago 14 Posts	14 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 12/11/07 - 5:05:28 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message that would defeate the puspose of our democracy

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