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Comment on 1999 Gramm Deregulation Act: McCain Yes, Biden No! by Tom

Tom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:29:38 +0000

as for who did not vote in that 90-8 vote… John McCain. Funny who is the “deregulator” now Biden… but to be honest to blame it on this bill is somewhat of a stretch.

Comment on 1999 Gramm Deregulation Act: McCain Yes, Biden No! by Tom

Tom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:38:50 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm-Leach-Bliley_Act

Yes at first he voted no, but after some revisions and concessions to democrats, as well as to make it veto proof, it was accepted bipartisan. That was the final version of the bill and Biden voted yes. Without reworking and other concessions, it would not have survived a veto from President Clinton. That is why they had the 90-8 vote. You had to resolve differences in House and Senate in November. Once resolved, which Biden voted yes for, it was sent to Clinton.

Comment on 1999 Gramm Deregulation Act: McCain Yes, Biden No! by admin

admin — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:40:57 +0000

Again, you are referring to the vote on the conference report and not the vote on the actual bill, which took place in May of 1999 and not november of 1999.

Comment on 1999 Gramm Deregulation Act: McCain Yes, Biden No! by jr565

jr565 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:18:15 +0000

actually biden did vote yes:

http://thepage.time.com/mccain-camp-veep-debate-release-the-1999-deregulation-that-joe-biden-supported/

Comment on 1999 Gramm Deregulation Act: McCain Yes, Biden No! by admin

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:55:35 +0000

He did vote against it. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s1999-105

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=1&vote=00105

What you were reading was the vote on the conference report, which took place 6 months after the bill had already passed in the senate, and just over a week before it was signed into law. The bill was not passed 90-8; it was passed 54-44, almost strictly down party lines (The lone Democrat to vote for the bill was Ernest Hollings of South Carolina).

Comment on 1999 Gramm Deregulation Act: McCain Yes, Biden No! by Matt

Matt — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:42:42 +0000

Either the author of this is downright dishonest or didn’t do his/her homework. Biden voted no on an earlier version of the bill but voted yes on the final version, which Democrat Bill Clinton signed into law. Rmartin’s link to the senate web site confirms this as does a fact check from Iowa tv station KCRG.

http://www.kcrg.com/explorepolitics/?feed=bim&id=30188584

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Roschelle — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:25:30 +0000

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Comment on 1999 Gramm Deregulation Act: McCain Yes, Biden No! by rmartin

rmartin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:01:49 +0000

What are your sources for this vote? According to the US Senate’s own website Biden did vote yes on deregulation on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley bill

Here you can see a vote by Senator. It passed 90-8

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=1&vote=00354

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