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SERIOUS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY?

Chris Carney, who currently serves on the Homeland Security Committee, has publicly stated on his campaign website that "America needs to be serious about our homeland security." www.carneyforcongress.com


Yet, When he had a chance to take a stand against corrupt behavior, Carney voted behind-the-scenes to allow FBI bribery suspect Congressman William Jefferson to sit on the Homeland Security panel and have access to top US secrets.

The Clear Cut Evidence
Wrong On Energy



"Our over-dependence on fossil fuels puts our national security and our economic security on the line. America needs a long-term, sustainable energy plan."
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Carney and his Democrat leaders have failed to reveal their secret "commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices." In the face of a slowing economy and soaring cost of living, Carney and his fellow Democrats rejected a call to force Speaker Pelosi to tell the American people how she plans to relieve their pain at the pump (House Roll Call 211).

Carney 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)

Carney voted against a measure which would have required that all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for consumers. Carney also voted to allow for a reduction of domestic energy supplies and an increase in foreign energy dependence. (House Roll Call 578)

Killing Jobs
     
"Small businesses are the growth engine of the American economy.  Out of control healthcare costs are strangling the entrepreneurial spirit of American business." 
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Carney 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)
 

Carney 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)

For Tax Hikes



"Chris will fight for tax cuts that provide real relief for our working families."
Chris Carney 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).

Carney 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)
Carney 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)
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)

Carney 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)

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)

Carney 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)

Carney 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)

Carney voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)
In yet another example of Carney's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Carney voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)

Carney refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Carney 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)
Carney 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)






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OUT OF TOUCH WITH PENNSYLVANIA
 

Carney voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence.  (House Roll Call 117)
  
Carney voted to continue to waste hard-earned taxpayer dollars on pet projects when he voted against a proposal to impose an immediate earmark moratorium until both parties could come together to fix Washington's mess of an earmark process.  (House Roll Call 32)
 
Carney voted to block a bill that would create a Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform to review and report on how to fix Washington's mess of an earmark process. (House Roll Call 32)
 
Carney 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)

 

Carney 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)

 

Carney 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)

 

Carney 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, Chris Carney is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security.  Carney 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)

 

Carney 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. 

 
Carney 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)
 
Carney can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Carney voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
 
In his first opportunity to put partisan politics aside for the sake of cleaning up the mess in Washington, Chris Carney 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." (House Roll Call 402)

Chris Carney voted against increasing funding for border security. (House Roll Call 471) Carney then voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490)

Carney voted to defy military commanders on the ground and cut off funds for the troops in harm's way. Carney's vote allowed for a two month funding allowance that would accelerate the Democrat slow bleed strategy. (House Roll Call 333)

Carney voted to pave the way for one of the largest tax hikes in history. (House Roll Call 377)

Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Chris Carney voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)

Carney 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)

Delivering another big win for Big Labor, and another punch against working Americans, Chris Carney also voted to expand the scope of Davis-Bacon for the first time in over a decade, imposing a potentially bankrupting mandate on small business owners. (House Roll Call 135)

Carney 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, Carney voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186)

Chris Carney voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)

Carney 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)

 
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