McCain: Not for the middle class

Before you read the following US Senate votes, in which McCain voted "NO" and Obama voted "YES", you should understand a few facts. Bills get signed into law by the President. Amendments are used to make changes to bills. They can be used to strike (remove things from), add, or modify a bill.

I only mention this because when McCain is questioned about his US Senate votes he often responds by saying, "The bill contained 'pork/earmarks' or tells the person asking the question that he doesn't know where he got that information from. Simply put if you vote against an amendment, you don't want to see it on the bill.

Is McCain looking out for the middle-class?

US SENATE VOTES

McCain voted "NO" Obama voted "YES"

Vote Number: 333 Vote Date: November 17, 2005, 04:30
PM Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2610 to S. 2020
Statement of Purpose: To reinstate for millionaires a top individual income tax rate of 39.6 percent, the pre-May 2003 rates of tax on capital gains and dividends, and to repeal the reduction and termination of the phase out of personal exemptions and overall limitation on itemized deductions, until the Federal budget deficit is eliminated.
Source: US Senate Vote 2005/333

Vote Number: 331 Vote Date: November 17, 2005, 03:36 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2587 to S. 2020
Statement of Purpose: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil and to rebate the tax collected back to the American consumer, and for other purposes.
Source: US Senate Vote 2005/331

Vote Number: 203 Vote Date: July 26, 2005, 11:20 AM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1351 to S. 1042 S
tatement of Purpose: To stop corporations from financing terrorism.
Source: US Senate Vote 2005/203