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Giffords alienated herself 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 she supported a sham FISA bill in hopes of finding political cover from voters who are tired of her bobbing and weaving on the issue of national security. (House Roll Call 145)

Giffords continued to abdicate her 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)

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

Giffords completely abandoned her 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)

Giffords 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)

Giffords 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)

Giffords and her 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, Gabrielle Giffords is proving she cannot be trusted with this responsibility as she continues to play politics with our national security. Giffords 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).

Giffords 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)

Giffords failed to protect children in school when she 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)

Giffords voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490)

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

Giffords voted to silence her critics by signing up her constituents for one of the largest tax hikes in history. (House Roll Call 377)

Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Gabrielle Giffords 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, Gabrielle Giffords voted with House Democrats to disregard the Constitutional amendment process and expand voting rights to the District of Columbia. (House Roll Call 231)

Giffords voted for the Pelosi-Murtha "slow bleed"scheme to choke-off funding for American troops in harm's way. (House Roll Call 186)

By voting yes, Giffords voted for a date-certain for retreat and defeat in Iraq and voted to hamstring the mission by allowing Congress to micromanage the war.

Ignoring widespread criticism from the American Legionand major news publications from across the country, she made it clear that she believes politicians in Washington can better execute the military's mission than the commanders on the ground.

The bill she 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.

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

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

Giffords 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)

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

In her first opportunity to put partisan politics aside for the sake of cleaning up the mess in Washington, Gabrielle Giffords went back on her 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)

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