After September 11, Bush won eleven of twelve house votes and thirty of thirty-one votes in the senate on which he took a clear position (CQ Almanac 2001 B-3). Only for a short period did his success rate drop and this was due to James Jeffords leaving the GOP and giving control to the democrats but this only lasted until September 11. During this nine week period, twelve senate votes that took place during this period Bush lost 5, which is a 58 percent success rate (CQ Almanac 2001, B-3). Bush’s support even dropped in the house to 78 percent during the period of Memorial Day to the Terrorist attacks on September 11 (CQ Almanac 2001,
After September 11, Bush won eleven of twelve house votes and thirty of thirty-one votes in the senate on which he took a clear position (CQ Almanac 2001 B-3). Only for a short period did his success rate drop and this was due to James Jeffords leaving the GOP and giving control to the democrats but this only lasted until September 11. During this nine week period, twelve senate votes that took place during this period Bush lost 5, which is a 58 percent success rate (CQ Almanac 2001, B-3). Bush’s support even dropped in the house to 78 percent during the period of Memorial Day to the Terrorist attacks on September 11 (CQ Almanac 2001,