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Killing Jobs
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| "By bringing Baron Hill back to Congress, Hoosiers will know that they'll have a tireless advocate for attracting new industry to Indiana. This will help existing small businesses grow and expand." www.baron2006.com |
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Hill voted against the interests of America's small businesses and their ability to create jobs and provide affordable health care to their workers. (House Roll Call 17)
Hill cast a vote which would not only cripple the American mining industry, but also send American jobs overseas, increase America's dependence on foreign resources and undoubtedly endanger America's economic and national security. (House Roll Call 1032) | |
Tax Hiker
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| "Baron Hill has always been careful with your tax dollars and supported tax cuts to give more money back to middle class Indiana families." www.baron2006.com |
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Hill won't be seen as a friend of the taxpayer this fall
after he voted for a record-shattering $3 trillion dollar budget that increases
taxes on Americans by $683 billion (House Roll Call 382).
Hill voted against providing tax relief for over 20 million Americans, choosing the sham plan of raising taxes in order to cut taxes over putting more money in the pockets of hard-working Americans. (House Roll Call 1183)
Hill had the opportunity to pass an AMT patch free of tax increases, but voted with his Democrat leaders to kill it (House Roll Call 1152). Hill then voted in lock-step with his Democrat leaders to kill a clean AMT patch, instead voting for burdening tax increases that will negatively impact the competitiveness of U.S. businesses and the American economy (House Roll Call 1153).
Hill showed a commitment to raising taxes immediately after being sworn-in: His first vote elected Pelosi Speaker and his second vote made it easier to impose massive tax hikes on the American people. (House Roll Call 4)Hill lined up once again with the Democrat Leadership to make it easier to raise taxes on the American people. He voted against a motion which would have prevented the IRS from implementing or collecting any new tax increases that the Democrats try to pass. (House Roll Call 605)
Hill voted to impose another massive tax increase at the expense of America's hard-working farmers, threatening the jobs of more than 5 million American workers. (House Roll Call 746)
In yet another example of Hill's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Hill voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Hill refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Hill's vote seriously jeopardizes family-owned business and farms, and destroys any hope for hard-working families to pass their livelihood onto future generations. (House Roll Call 959)
Hill voted for a down payment on the "Mother of All Tax Hikes" when he supported the Democrats' package for $72 billion in tax increases. (House Roll Call 1081) | |
Making College Affordable
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| "At a time when millions of American families are struggling to pay tuition bills, and millions more are being shut out of college all together because they cannot afford it... our rubber stamp Congress have made higher education even less accessible," Hill said. www.baron2006.com |
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Hill voted against increasing college access and affordability for middle- to low-income students, against providing greater resources for Pell Grants, and against deficit reduction on behalf of taxpayers. (House Roll Call 31) | |
| Wrong On Energy |
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| "Baron Hill will fight to lessen our dependence on foreign oil..." www.baron2006.com |
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Hill voted in lock-step with his Washington leaders for the Democrats' "No Energy" bill, killing jobs and increasing dependence on foreign energy (House Roll Call 1140).
Roll Call 1136 Fail to Pass Clean AMT
Hill voted for $6.5 billion in new taxes on American energy producers. Voted for higher energy prices for American consumers. Voted to stifle domestic energy production. And voted to increase America's dependence on foreign sources of energy. (House Roll Call 40)Hill voted against a measure which would have required that all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for consumers. Hill also voted to allow for a reduction of domestic energy supplies and an increase in foreign energy dependence. (House Roll Call 578) | |
Lack of Fiscal Discipline
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"In Washington, I'll fight for Hoosier working families and will look out for our interests, not the special interests." www.baron2006.com
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Hill voted to allow up to 54 secret earmarks to be airdropped into appropriations bills at the last minute, adding a half a trillion dollars in increased spending to these already massive bills ( House Roll Call 1044, 1061 and 1098).
Once elected, Hill voted against a motion that was intended to cut unidentified earmarks. (Roll Call Vote 71)Hill voted to allow hidden earmarks to be tucked into the Democrats' SCHIP bill, despite his promise to be part of the "most open Congress in history." (House Roll Call 902)
Hill and the Democrat leaders of the so-called, self-proclaimed "most open Congress in history," have closed the door on any possibility for amendments or debate on a series of appropriations bills. As a result, 54 never before seen earmarks were stealthily placed into various appropriations bills at the expense of important funding for our troops, our veterans and hard working Americans.
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Slow-Bleed Troops
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| "...our armed forces are in dire need of greater funding to improve military infrastructure, increase procurement rates, and provide incentives to recuit, support and retain quality troops." - vote-smart.org |
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Hill voted for the Pelosi-Murtha "slow bleed" scheme to choke-off funding for American troops in harm's way. (House Roll Call 186)
Ignoring widespread criticism from the American Legion and major news publications from across the country, he made it clear that he believes politicians in Washington can better execute the military's mission than the commanders on the ground.
Hill put partisan politics above the needs of troops and commanders on the ground by voting for a Democrat-sponsored bill mandating extension of troop deployments overseas. (House Roll Call 795) | |
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No Access to Healthcare
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"Forty-seven million Americans have no health insurance" Hill said.." We have to do something about this, folks"
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Hill voted against providing affordable health care to uninsured working families. (House Roll Call 10) | |
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| Wrong on Vets' Issues |
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"The brave men and women in uniform who have volunteered to defend our nation deserve our utmost thanks and respect. They also deserve the benefits they were promised and have certainly earned."
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Hill voted to adjourn the US House of Representatives for a two week Thanksgiving recess, blatantly neglecting to pass a critical housing, health care and benefits bill for our nation's veterans and troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan (House Roll Call 1113).
Hill voted yet again in lock-step with the Democrat leadership to block a motion aimed at protecting housing for America's homeless and disabled veterans. (House Roll Call 714) | |
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"We certainly need to strengthen our borders,"- Baron Hill
- 4/7/08 US Fed News
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Despite the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States today, and
an ever increasing security threat resulting from porous borders, Hill is
doing the bidding of his liberal leaders in Washington by blocking a vote on a
bipartisan bill aimed at addressing America's border security and illegal
immigration crisis (Discharge
Petition).
Hill voted against increasing funding for border security. (House Roll Call 471) Hill voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490) | |
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Hill proved his loyalty to the trial lawyer lobby
again when he rejected a proposal to protect firefighters who assist families
in their community with the proper installation of child safety seats from
frivolous lawsuits (House Roll Call 159).
By blatantly blocking the renewal of the critical terrorist surveillance program, Hill prolonged the Democrats' payback to trial lawyers who are filing frivolous lawsuits against the telecom companies who fulfilled their patriotic duty by aiding the government in terrorist surveillances in the aftermath of 9/11. (House Roll Call 73)
Hill voted in lock-step with his liberal Democrat leaders to kill a motion that would have permanently eliminated the onerous marriage penalty and extended the $1,000 child tax credit. (House Roll Call 83)
Hill continued to abdicate his duty to protect the American people and instead play political games by voting repeatedly to block a vote on the Senate?s bipartisan Protect America Act. (House Roll Call 116)
Hill voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)
Hill alienated himself from not only the bipartisan group of U.S. Senators who strongly support the Protect America Act, but also the American public as a whole, and he supported a sham FISA bill in hopes of finding political cover from voters who are tired of his bobbing and weaving on the issue of national security. (House Roll Call 145)
 Hill voted to jeopardize our national security when he sided with her democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1119)
Hill voted for a bill that is widely perceived as a giveaway to the trial lawyer lobby, allowing for an open-ended commitment for frivolous lawsuits in the workplace. (House Roll Call 768)
Hill and his Democrat leadership in Washington left town on Veterans Day weekend without passing a vital veterans' housing, healthcare and benefits bill.
The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, Baron Hill is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Hill voted in lock-step with her liberal Democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1120).
Hill failed to protect children in school when he voted against a motion which would have provided funding for schools to cover the fees to do background checks on teachers across the country. (House Roll Call 685)
Hill can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Hill voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
Hill voted to defy military commanders on the ground and cut off funds for the troops in harm's way. Hill's vote allowed for a two month funding allowance that would accelerate the Democrat slow bleed strategy. (House Roll Call 333)
Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Baron Hill voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)
Voted against a measure that would have eliminated taxpayer-funded small business grants for convicted felons including sex offenders, kidnappers and others. (House Roll Call 224)
Ignoring basic Constitutional facts that are learned by elementary school students across America everyday, Baron Hill voted with House Democrats to disregard the Constitutional amendment process and expand voting rights to the District of Columbia. (House Roll Call 231) Hill voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)Voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)
In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Baron Hill voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118) By voting for the Democrats $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Hill voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186)
In his first opportunity to put partisan politics aside for the sake of cleaning up the mess in Washington, Baron Hill went back on his word by voting to give John Murtha a pass on a significant ethical breach. Murtha threatened to cut off earmarks for not ONE, but TWO members of Congress who voted against a Murtha-sponsored project that has been deemed wasteful and a "boondoggle."
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