Over the last 28 years, Barbara Boxer has time and again failed to stand up for our nation’s men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line daily to defend our nation. Even Vice President Joe Biden, agrees: Barbara Boxer is more interested in scoring political points than she is in defending the Californians she was elected to serve and protect.
Boxer today called on one of the few people who has been in Washington longer than she has to help save her career. It’s clear that, over their combined 75 years in politics, both have come to embrace the Washington Buddy system; instead of working together to address California’s devastating 12.4 percent unemployment rate, Joe Biden and Barbara Boxer are holding out their hands to the special interests in an effort to save the only job Boxer cares about: her own.
Here are the facts behind the new web video featured above:
CHYRON: “Barbara Boxer pledged to protect our troops.”
Boxer: “But it is our colleagues, our friends, our troops over there who are in harm’s way.” (Barbara Boxer, Remarks At Rally Outside U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 7/17/07)
CHYRON: “Then VOTED AGAINST funding them during war.”
In 2007, Boxer Was One Of Only 14 Senators To Vote Against Supplemental Funding For The Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan. (H.R. 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Boxer Voted Nay and Feinstein Voted Yea)
In 2003, Boxer Was One Of Just 12 Senators To Oppose The $87 Billion Supplemental Appropriation For The Reconstruction Of Iraq And Afghanistan; The Bill Included Funding For Body Armor And Communications Equipment For The Troops. (S. 1689, CQ Vote #400: Passed 87-12: R 50-0; D 37-11; I 0-1, 10/17/03, Boxer Voted Nay and Feinstein Voted Yea; “Highlights Of Iraq, Afghanistan Measures,” The Associated Press, 10/17/03)
CHYRON: “NO to: Body armor.”
CHYRON: “NO to: Mine resistant vehicles.”
CHYRON: “NO to: Treatment for brain trauma.”
The 2007 Iraq Emergency Spending Bill That Boxer Voted Against Provided:
$1.6 Billion For Body Armor
$2.4 Billion To Help Combat IEDs
$3 Billion For Mine Resistant Vehicles
$3 Billion For Defense Health Programs, Including Funding For The Treatment Of Soldiers Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And Brain Trauma Injury
(House And Senate Committees On Appropriations, “Summary Of The Fiscal 2007 Supplemental Funding Legislation,” Press Release, 5/24/07)
CHYRON: “How did JOE BIDEN react?”
JOE BIDEN: “And what did some of my colleagues say about why they voted against the money? They said they voted against the money to make a political point. There’s no political point worth my son’s life. There’s no political point worth anybody’s life out there.” (Sen. Joe Biden, Remarks At The Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA, 8/15/07)
In 2007, Biden Was One Of 80 Senators To Vote For Supplemental Funding For The Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan. (H.R. 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Biden Voted Yea)
In 2003, Biden Was One Of 87 Senators To Vote For The $87 Billion Supplemental Appropriation For The Reconstruction Of Iraq And Afghanistan. (S. 1689, CQ Vote #400: Passed 87-12: R 50-0; D 37-11; I 0-1, 10/17/03, Biden Voted Yea; “Highlights Of Iraq, Afghanistan Measures,” The Associated Press, 10/17/03)
CHYRON: “Barbara Boxer Scoring political points.”
CHYRON: “Barbara Boxer Endangering troops.”
BIDEN: “This is cutting off support that will save the lives of thousands of American troops.” (NBC’s “Meet The Press,” 9/9/07)
CHYRON: “So wrong. Too long.”
CHYRON: “To learn more go to: www.FailedSenator.com.”