Tom Latham, a New Hope of Taking Out This Iowa Trash

Latham has a $600,000 war chest and his incumbancy on his side. On the side of the good guys, there is the hope that his constituents take a look at his voting record. And here it is:

• Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
• Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
• Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
• Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
• Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
• Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
• Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
• Voted YES on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
• Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
  
• Voted YES on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
• Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
• Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species. (Sep 2005)
• Voted YES on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects. (Nov 2003)
• Voted YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
• Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
• Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Voted YES on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)
• Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
  

Mmost intriguing, Latham voted YES on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998) -- I'll take him up on that one. If we can add subjecting them also to IQ tests and starting with the executive and legislative branches. He also supports term limits on Congress (Sept. 1994) (I'm with ya there Tom, start packing), and thinks that government is too big, intrusive and too easy with money (Sept. 1994). Although apparently that doesn't include the billions of dollars of ours that he's been tossing every which way since getting into office.

Selden Spencer has signed on to do his part to unseat Latham. So now it's time to do your part and help him out.