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He's no zero
Republicans for Environmental Protection explains McCain ranking (or lack thereof) |
Kate Sheppard |
30 May 2008 |
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| Republicans for Environmental Protection gave John McCain a 'no score' on its just-released 2007 congressional scorecard, as David pointed out earlier. McCain missed all 14 of the votes on which REP scored senators, but the group opted not to give him a zero. Grist called David Jenkins, government affairs director for REP, to find out why. 'We thought the best way to treat this was to not score presidential candidate absences as a negative,' said Jenkins. 'It ... |
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| Topics: John McCain, League of Conservation Voters, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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