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Article: THE HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN HOLDS A NEWS TELECONFERENCE ON SENATOR OBAMA'S VOTING RECORD
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- December 20, 2007
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON SEN. OBAMA'S VOTING RECORD
DECEMBER 20, 2007
SPEAKERS: REP. STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, D-OHIO
REP. ANTHONY WEINER, D-N.Y.
[*] JONES: My name is Stephanie Tubbs Jones. I am the congresswoman from the great state of Ohio, Cleveland and surrounding suburbs. What we want to talk about is the fact that our state senator, or the state senator from Illinois, avoided taking stands on tough issues by voting present, not yes or no, but more than 128 times -- in fact 129 times -- on issues ranging from gun control, choice, taxes, the rights of crime victims and the minimum wage.
It's our ...