I was suprised by some of these, particularly Florida voting for the bill. 111th Congress, 1st session, Senate vote 207 | Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com
See how your senators voted on HR1256
- Thread starter Smokingfreely
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
Uhm... yeah. They ALL voted for it, for all intents and purposes. It would be easier to see who didn't vote for it than who did.
It's no surprise whatsoever that they all supported it.
"Did you know that YOUR Senator voted AGAINST protecting YOUR CHILDREN from DEADLY SMOKING??"
The ad writes itself.
It's no surprise whatsoever that they all supported it.
"Did you know that YOUR Senator voted AGAINST protecting YOUR CHILDREN from DEADLY SMOKING??"
The ad writes itself.
Why would that surprise you? Virginia is the home of Philip Morris.
Looks like I'm writing again - to thank my representatives for supporting their image above their constituents.
Wonder if they'll read it.... they didn't do too good a job reading the bill.
Wonder if they'll read it.... they didn't do too good a job reading the bill.
I guess it doesn't matter anyway, the big tobacco companies bought their votes. I've read RJR was against the bill.
Both of Oklahoma's senators voted against it. I'm really not against the bill, I'm just against it as written, so they did good and I didn't vote for either one of them.
Philip Morris essentially wrote the bill as an anti-competitive tactic against RJR. As many have already pointed out, this wasn't a fight between smoking rights advocates and smoking regulation advocates. It was a fight between Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds that was fought in the US House and Senate.
Exactly. The concept (that nicotine is a drug and that all drugs need to be regulated by the FDA) is solid and one I support. But the devil is in the details.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked
