Two years ago, a Senate subcommittee McCain sat on issued a report calling the tax strategy an "abusive" scheme that allowed the company to avoid an estimated $6.8 billion in payments.
Axelrod, in response to Spicer's statements, tweeted that he also was never a member of the NSC, and sat "on sidelines as observer on some issues" to understand the decisions better.
Besides these amendment votes, another way to gauge where ExxonMobil-funded lawmakers sit on this issue is to take a look at what they cosponsor -- or ignore.
Where do you sit on this issue — with Bloomberg, with Pataki, with the Legislature?
Many researchers thought ministers would sit on this controversial issue.
As that is currently where Obama sits on fiscal issues, what Bayh is saying is basically, "Obama needs to get really conservative".
Rather, it was caused by the pushback and intensifying struggle for supremacy between the forces for empiricism and evidence versus those for beliefs and opinions -- a fight between good and evil if you will, or evil and good -- depending on where one stands or sits on the issue.
They're also more likely to sit on committees that address issues that are important to their districts, to introduce and co-sponsor legislation that reflects their voters' concerns, and to vote in line with their constituents' interests.
The commission sat on the issue for months without making any vote public.
And he called for "more bias" and "good bias" in BBC news reports, as he said the broadcaster liked to sit on the fence on big issues.
I had a 20-year playing career and played more than 600 professional games, but I cannot put many medals on the table to show for it, so I cannot sit on the fence on some issues like some higher-profile former players might.
