Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Kerry Parachutes In For A Day
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry on Tuesday brought his presidential campaign to the Senate, where he was hit with Republican ridicule for being a relative stranger on Capitol Hill this election year.
"Senator Kerry, who hadn't been here all year, who's missed 80 percent of all votes this year, parachutes in for a day and then will be taking off once again," scoffed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
GOP SPOILS KERRY DAY OFF IN D.C.
Sen. John Kerry yesterday canceled a day on the campaign trail and went back to the Senate in hopes of voting for veterans' health care, but Republicans pulled the rug out from under him by stalling the vote.
The tricky legislative maneuver had Republicans gloating, but left Kerry and other Democrats fuming — especially after he canceled an important campaign trip to New Mexico to return to Washington.
Kerry's anger at the vote-switching comes at an awkward time for him. He's under fire for missing 98 of the 115 Senate votes this year, and Massachusetts Republicans claim he's not doing his job and should quit the Senate.
Several GOPers seemed happy to rob Kerry of the high-profile vote.
"I'm in no hurry to have a vote on it," Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) told The Post.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry on Tuesday brought his presidential campaign to the Senate, where he was hit with Republican ridicule for being a relative stranger on Capitol Hill this election year.
"Senator Kerry, who hadn't been here all year, who's missed 80 percent of all votes this year, parachutes in for a day and then will be taking off once again," scoffed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
GOP SPOILS KERRY DAY OFF IN D.C.
Sen. John Kerry yesterday canceled a day on the campaign trail and went back to the Senate in hopes of voting for veterans' health care, but Republicans pulled the rug out from under him by stalling the vote.
The tricky legislative maneuver had Republicans gloating, but left Kerry and other Democrats fuming — especially after he canceled an important campaign trip to New Mexico to return to Washington.
Kerry's anger at the vote-switching comes at an awkward time for him. He's under fire for missing 98 of the 115 Senate votes this year, and Massachusetts Republicans claim he's not doing his job and should quit the Senate.
Several GOPers seemed happy to rob Kerry of the high-profile vote.
"I'm in no hurry to have a vote on it," Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) told The Post.
Read more on this subject in Related Hot Topics:
Romney - Kerry Presidential Run Costing Home State
Kerry Hits a Republican Bump in the Campaign Road
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