"I am as different from Dave Weldon as night and day," says Blythe. "I am an environmentalist, I am against this administration's abuses of our constitutional rights, and against the war in Iraq. I am also against government interference in a family's private end-of-life decision-making." It was Dave Weldon who brought the full weight of the U.S. Government to bear in the Terri Schiavo controversy in Florida in 2005.
Why is this important? Look at Weldon's votes from this session alone:
Against
Minimum Wage Increase
Stem Cell Research
SCHIP Children’s Health Care Program
9/11 Commission Recommendations
Allowing Prescription Drugs from Canada
For
Iraq War – Time and Time Again
Tax Cuts for the Most Wealthy
Interfering with Terry Schiavo Case
FISA
