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Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) 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).
Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) 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).
Braley 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)
 Braley voted for the largest tax increase ever, supporting a devastating $683 billion tax increase, tens of billions of dollars in new wasteful Washington spending and rejecting any reform to solve our nation's entitlement crisis. (House Roll Call 141)
Braley 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)
Braley 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)
Braley 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, Braley 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)
Braley 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)
Braley voted to cut Medicare benefits for seniors, ration government-run healthcare and raise taxes to pay for the massive bureaucratic expansion. (House Roll Call 787)
Braley voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)
Braley 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)
In yet another example of Braley's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Braley voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Braley refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Braley'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)
Braley voted to allow wasteful and unnecessary spending in order to add the word "safety" to the 41 year-old Federal Railroad Administration, wasting taxpayer dollars on administrative costs associated with changing the name of the agency. (House Roll Call 979)
Braley 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)
Braley 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, Bruce Braley is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Braley voted in lock-step with his liberal Democrat leadership to weaken our nation?s intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1120).
Braley 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.
Braley seems to be a fan of wasteful spending and bureaucratic tape. Braley voted to throw away taxpayers' hard-earned dollars on needless and duplicative federal programs. (House Roll Call 936)
Braley 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)
Braley 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)
Braley can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Braley voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
Braley 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)
Braley 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) Braley voted against increasing funding for border security. (House Roll Call 471)
Braley voted to pave the way for one of the largest tax hikes in history. (House Roll Call 377)
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 widespread criticism from the American Legionand 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.
The bill he supported had been labeled "something of a trick"and an "unruly mess: bad policy, bad precedent, and bad politics"by news publications typically allied with the House Democrat agenda. By voting for the Democrats' $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Braley 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 raid the wallets of the middle class, saddling taxpayers with a $400 billion tax hike -- the largest tax increase in American history. Voted to reinstate the marriage penalty, resurrect the death tax, and eliminate the child tax credit. (House Roll Call 212)
In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Bruce Braley voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)Braley voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)Braley voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)Braley 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)Braley voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)
Once elected, Braley voted against a motion that was intended to cut unidentified earmarks. (Roll Call Vote 71)
Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Bruce Braley voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)
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