ELLSWORTH BREAKS THE TAXPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE

On the campaign trail, Candidate Ellsworth signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, promising to oppose any and all efforts to increase taxes.

Once elected, Ellsworth BROKE HIS TAX PLEDGE, showing a commitment to raising taxes immediately after being sworn-in.

Ellsworth's 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)

Also within the first 15 days of Democrat-control of Congress, he sided with his liberal leadership, voting for a $6.5 billion tax hike - the first tax increase in 13 years. (House Roll Call 40)

As the Wall Street Journal put it: "This is a lengthy, complicated bill, but the central idea is simple: Raise taxes..." (1/16/07)

Ellsworth voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)

Ellsworth 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)

Ellsworth completely abandoned his responsibility to ensure that our intelligence officials have all of the necessary tools to provide for our national security by allowing the terrorist surveillance program to expire, leaving Americans' security in serious jeopardy. (House Roll Call 48 and 53)

By blatantly blocking the renewal of the critical terrorist surveillance program, Ellsworth 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)

Ellsworth and the Democrats broke their "PAYGO" promise by voting to violate PAYGO rules in order to pass a patch for the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) that is already so delayed that it will cost over 20 million Americans significant delays in receiving their IRS refunds this year. (House Roll Call 1183)

Ellsworth 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). Ellsworth then voted in lock-step with his Democrat leaders to kill a clean AMT patch, instead voting for burdensome tax increases that will negatively impact the competitiveness of U.S. businesses and the American economy (House Roll Call 1153).

Ellsworth had the opportunity to protect 23 million Americans from being hit with an enormous tax hike by bringing a clean Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch to a vote but instead voted in lock step with Democrat leaders, moving one step closer toward imposing a massive tax increase on middle class American families. (House Roll Call 1136)

This summer, Republicans were able to force a vote to close the terrorist loophole, but Ellsworth voted for the Democrats' FISA legislation which reverses this course and endangers our nation's security. (House Roll Call 1120)

Ellsworth 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)

Ellsworth 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)

Ellsworth 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)

Ellsworth 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)

Ellsworth voted to defy military commanders on the ground and cut off funds for the troops in harm's way. Ellsworth'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, Brad Ellsworth voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)

Ignoring basic Constitutional facts that are learned by elementary school students across America everyday, Brad Ellsworth voted with House Democrats to disregard the Constitutional amendment process and expand voting rights to the District of Columbia. House Roll Call 231

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)

In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Brad Ellsworth voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)

Voted against providing affordable health care to uninsured working families. (House Roll Call 10)

Voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)

Voted to restrict seniors access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)

By voting for the Democrats' $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Ellsworth voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186)

Voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)

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)