<![CDATA[McCain Voted With Bush 100 Percent Of The Time In 2008]]>

1.0 link 103718 <![CDATA[McCain Voted With Bush 100 Percent Of The Time In 2008]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/27/mccain-voted-with-bush-10_n_103718.html CQ's Presidential Support studies try to determine how often a legislator votes in line with the President's position:

CQ tries to determine what the president personally, as distinct from other administration officials, does and does not want in the way of legislative action. This is done by analyzing his messages to Congress, news conference remarks and other public statements and documents.

So, these studies only track votes when the President has an explicit, stated opinion on a bill. According to...

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