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

: Mitchell 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)

Mitchell 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)

Mitchell 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)

Mitchell 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).

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

Mitchell ratcheted up another broken promise as he put pet projects over protecting Americans' security when he voted against a measure that would have stripped all earmarks from a bill that was originally designed to enhance our nation's laws (House Roll Call 1125).

Mitchell 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).

Mitchell 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). Mitchell 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).

Mitchell 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)

Mitchell voted to jeopardize our national security when he sided with his democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole (House Roll Call 1119).

Mitchell 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)

Mitchell 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)

Mitchell voted to give federal handouts to illegal immigrants by voting to gut the requirements in the State Children's Health Insurance Program law, which require states to verify citizenship before providing health benefits. (House Roll Call 787)

Mitchell voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)

Mitchell 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)

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

The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, Harry Mitchell is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Mitchell 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).

Mitchell 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.

Mitchell 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)

Mitchell 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. Mitchell'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, Harry Mitchell 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, Harry Mitchell voted with House Democrats to disregard the Constitutional amendment process and expand voting rights to the District of Columbia. (House Roll Call 231)

Harry Mitchell 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)

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

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

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

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