Virgil Goode’s Voting Record

I have voted for the Constitution Party candidate for President in the last three general elections for President.  But I am not going to vote for their nominee this year because he seems to be just as bad or almost as bad as Rick Santorum.  Below is a partial list of unconstitutional measures that Virgil Goode voted for:

Abortion Funding

The following are DHHS appropriations bill containing Title X funding of abortions and abortion providers like Planned Parenthood:

H.R. 5006, 108^th, H.R. 2660, 108^th, H.R. 3061, 107^th, and H.R. 3064, 106^th section 130.

Civil Liberties Violations

Military Commissions Act of 2006, S 3930 and H.R. 6166, 109^th

PATRIOT Act Reauthorization bill, S 2271 and H.R. 3199, 109^th

Real ID Act of 2005, HR 418, 109^th  

USA Patriot Act of 2001, HR 3162, 107^th     

Education Power Grabs

Head Start Act of 2007, H.R. 1429, 110^th

Higher Education Act Amendments and Extensions, HR 4137, 110^th (more government control over and funding of colleges and universities)

College Student Relief Act of 2007, H.R. 5, 110^th

Head Start Bill, HR 2210, 108^th        

Ready to Teach Act of 2003, HR 2211, 108^th

Higher Education Programs Authorization Extension bill, HR 6, 105^th

Healthcare Power Grabs

Medicare Bill, HR 6331, 110^th, to expand Medicare

Better Health Information Systems Act of 2006, (more unconstitutional “national standards” for healthcare), HR 4157, 109^th

Medicare Prescription Drug bill, HR 1, 108^th, to expand Medicare  

Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act, HR 4954, 107^th, (more Medicare expansion)      

Medicare Rx bill, HR 4680, 106^th

           

Misc

Amtrak Reauthorization, HR 6003, 110^th

Minimum Wage Increase to $7.25/hour, H.R. 5, 110^th

Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and FDA (many votes over many years)

Second Amendment Violations

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, (Authorizes the Attorney General to take away the right to bear arms without due process), HR 5092, 109^th

Undeclared, Unconstitutional and Preemptive/Preventative War Making

Use of Military Force Against Iraq, H J Res 114, 107^th         

Authorization for Use of Military Force (in Afghanistan), H J Res 64, 107^th

Continued Deployment of Forces in Kosovo Amendment, H Amdt 714, 106^th, Allows the President to waive the certification requirement in the interest of national security

See more of Virgil Goode’s voting record at:

http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/527/virgil-goode-jr

P.S.  The Libertarian Party has nominated pro-abortion rights candidate Gary Johnson for President, so I can't vote for him either.