As more than 2.2 million Californians face unemployment, Barbara Boxer has spent a lot of time on the campaign trail trying to rewrite her record on jobs and the economy. There's an old saying that there are numbers in everything and, after nearly three decades as a politician in Washington, DC, Boxer's record is no exception. No matter the rhetoric and funny math she chooses to use in her election year bid to save the job she cherishes the most, the numbers in this case tell the real story of Barbara Boxer's failed decades as a career politician.
Ineffective Career Politician
Percentage of passed Boxer-sponsored bills that name buildings and a river - but do nothing
Sources:
-The Library Of Congress Website, thomas.loc.gov, Accessed 2/18/10
-Bureau Of Labor Statistics Website, data.bls.gov, Accessed 7/8/10
-103rd Congress: H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #190: Passed 50-49: R 0-43; D 49-6, With Vice President Gore Casting A "Yea" Vote, 6/25/93, Boxer Voted Yea; H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #247: Adopted 51-50: R 0-44; D 50-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting A "Yea" Vote, 8/6/93, Boxer Voted Yea
-108th Congress: H.R. 2, CQ Vote #196: Adopted 50-50: R 48-3; D 2-46; I 0-1, With Vice President Cheney Casting A "Yea" Vote To Break The Tie, 5/23/03, Boxer Voted Nay; H.R. 2, CQ Vote #179: Passed 51-49: R 48-3; D 3-45; I 0-1, 5/15/03, Boxer Voted Nay
-National Taxpayers Union website, www.ntu.org, 2/8/09
-The Field Research Corporation, Polls #2341 and #2346 www.field.com, Accessed 7/14/10.
On The Economy
Tax and Spend Liberal
Number of years Barbara Boxer has received an "F" from the National Taxpayers Union, each and every year that NTU has graded Congress
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