Chris Murphy 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).
Murphy 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).
Despite the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States today, and
an ever increasing security threat resulting from porous borders, Murphy 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). Murphy 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, Murphy 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)
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Murphy 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)
Murphy 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)
Murphy voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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).
Murphy 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).
Murphy 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).
This summer, Republicans were able to force a vote to close the terrorist loophole, but Murphy voted for the Democrats' FISA legislation which reverses this course and endangers our nation's security (House Roll Call 1120).
Murphy had the opportunity to bring a clean Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch to a vote, that would protect 23 million Americans from being hit with a massive tax hike on middle class American families, but instead voted in lock-step with his Democrat leadership, moving one step closer toward imposing a massive tax increase on middle class American families (House Roll Call 1136).
Murphy 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). Murphy 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).
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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)
Murphy voted to give federal handouts to illegal immigrants by voting to gut the requirements in the State Children's Health Insurance Program law, which requires states to verify citizenship before providing health benefits. (House Roll Call 787)
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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 Murphy's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Murphy voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Murphy refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Murphy'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)
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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 Murphy is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Murphy 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).
Murphy 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)
Murphy voted to allow hidden earmarks to be tucked into the Democrats' SCHIP bill, despite her promise to be part of the "most open Congress in history." (House Roll Call 902)
Murphy 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.
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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)
Murphy can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Murphy voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
 Murphy has made his allegiance to protecting illegals abundantly clear: Murphy voted not once, not just twice, but three times to make it easier for illegal immigrants to receive federal housing assistance, instead of ensuring that the funds go to the low-income Americans. (House Roll Call 628, 814 and 875)
Murphy 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)
Murphy 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)
Murphy voted against a measure which would have required that all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for consumers. Murphy also voted to allow for a reduction of domestic energy supplies and an increase in foreign energy dependence. (House Roll Call 578) Murphy voted against increasing funding for border security. (House Roll Call 471) Murphy then voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490)
Murphy 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, Murphy 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, Chris Murphy voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)Murphy voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)Murphy 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)Chris Murphy 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)Murphy voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)
Once elected, Murphy voted against a motion that was intended to cut unidentified earmarks. (Roll Call Vote 71)Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Chris Murphy voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)Murphy voted with Democrat leadership to strip numerous, important immigration enforcement provisions from the Homeland Security Bill. (House Roll call 316) Murphy voted to defy military commanders on the ground and ration funds for the troops in harm's way. Murphy's vote allowed for a two month funding allowance that would accelerate the Democrat slow-bleed strategy. (House Roll Call 333) |
