Lieberman's Voting Record

Not much new has happened for Liberman since the post on Wednesday, except that he has returned to the senate and is attending to his duties there for the time being. But out of curiosity, what exactly is Lieberman's voting record issue-by-issue?

Attatched is a long LIST of his voting history. It is listed in alphabetical order according to category (i.e. veterens issues, science and medical issues, Indigenous Peoples etc.) Next to the issue is a Y for yes or a N for no according to how he voted. Each issue has a link which explains the situation in further detail.

http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53278

Lieberman Approves Obama's National Security Team

Joe Lieberman seems to be returning to his duties as a Senator of CT after everything which has happened over the presidential election. He and Chris Dodd recently approved a grant of $38,000 on December 1st for the Volunteer Fire Department which was made possible by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program.

Lieberman is still full of praise for President elect Obama and on December 2nd he publicly announced his approval of Obama's National Security Team. He Said quote:



"I applaud President-Elect Obama for assembling a talented and bipartisan national security team. At a moment in history when our nation faces both great dangers and great opportunities in our foreign relations, the President-Elect has begun to build an administration that can lead America forward on the world stage with purpose and principle."



Because Lieberman is a chairman for Homeland Security in congress, his approval of Obama's work in National Security provides valuble support to the President elect (even though Lieberman nearly lost his position a few weeks ago). Also, notice how Lieberman puts focus on how Obama has chosen a bipartisan team. Lieberman is an avid supporter of bipartisanship in congress.



http://lieberman.senate.gov/

Moving forth in the holiday spirit

Last week, in the tradition of Thanksgiving, Joe Lieberman returned to his home state of Connecticut, holding his first press conference on home turf since the campaign ended. Responding to reporters with his wife, Haddasa, from his office in Hartford, Lieberman spoke mainly of the economy and the president-elect. "I think some of the points of contention, major contention, are ending," he said, in reference to the Iraq War, which caused him to lose favor with Connecticut democrats in the first place. On the economy, he remarked that it “is not waiting for Inauguration Day.” When it came time to speak of Obama, Lieberman showered him with praise, lauding the choice of economic advisors as well as nearly everything else having to do with the transition. "Everything that President-elect Obama has done since election night has been just about perfect,” Lieberman said.

Though his tone toward the democratic victor has eased dramatically, Lieberman has not been so quickly forgiven by those who feel he betrayed them by supporting McCain. Many supporters are angry that Lieberman was allowed to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee. The Connecticut Democratic Central Committee is now considering censuring him from the state party. They are said to announce their decision before Christmas after a series of talks.

Though some supporters say they are willing to forgive Lieberman, others haven’t moved on so quickly. Approximately 53% of people polled in CT expressed dissatisfaction with the senator, while 76% of state Democrats reported animosity.

Nonetheless, Lieberman seems to be moving forth in the holiday spirit. On Tuesday, he visited a CT food bank and kindly accepted pies from still-supportive constituents. He later insinuated that he would run again for Senate in 2012, though additional details were not provided. For now, Lieberman seems to be sticking to his mantra of, “We’ve got to unite,” though many remain skeptical.

One thing is for sure. J-Lieb’s future is unsure.

J-Lieb on Meet the Press this morning

A Letter to Joe Worth Reading

By far my favorite piece on J-Lieb from the liberal junkies’ huffingtonpost.com—

“Dear Senator Lieberman,

Congratulations! You got away with it! So despite having supported and endorsed the Republican candidate for president -- and going so far as to question the patriotism of the Democratic nominee -- you've managed to keep your chairmanship. By rights, you should've been summarily ejector-seated from your committees, bonked on the head with your gavels -- cartoon-style -- and hauled from the Democratic caucus naked and on a rail whilst being pelted with wadded-up copies of your RNC address…”

Read the rest here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/an-open-letter-to-joe-lie_b_145026.html

Lieberman to keep chairmanship

Read all about it! In a vote earlier today, Senate Democrats voted to allow Joe Lieberman to hold onto his Homeland Security Commitete chairmanship, though we was forced to relinquish his less prestigious chairmanship of a subcommittee to the Environment and Public Works Committee. So much for Joe going Red.

Reference: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97132652

ABC news Clip

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=10732653&ch=4226716&src=news

This Video offers a review of Joe Lieberman's situation in the Senate, debating how he got through endorsing McCain without losing his caucasing rights or his seat on the subcommittee.