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If elected, Altmire promised spending restraint and a committment to fiscal discipline. www.jasonaltmire.com
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Altmire voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)
Altmire 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)
Altmire 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)
Altmire 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)
Once elected, Altmire voted for a $124 billion supplemental spending bill, "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186)Altmire also voted against a motion that was intended to cut unidentified earmarks. (Roll Call Vote 71)Altmire and Democrat leaders voted to stealthily airdrop 54 secret earmarks into already massive appropriations bills at the expense of important funding for our troops, our veterans and hard working Americans. (House Roll Call 1044, 1061 and 1098)
Altmire 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) | |
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Altmire "Supports tax limitation constitutional amendment requiring 2/3 supermajority to raise taxes." (NTU Candidate Survey)
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Rep. Jason Altmire (PA-04) 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). Altmire 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)
Altmire 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)
Altmire had the opportunity to protect 23 million Americans from being hit with an enormous tax hike by bringing a clean Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch to a vote but instead voted in lock step with his Democratic leadership, moving one step closer to imposing a massive tax increase on middle class American families. (House Roll Call 1136).
Altmire 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). Altmire then voted in lock-step with his Democrat leaders to kill a clean AMT patch, instead voting for burdensome tax increases that will negatively impact the competitiveness of U.S. businesses and the American economy (House Roll Call 1153).
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)Altmire broke his campaign pledge and voted AGAINST a 2/3 supermajority requirement for tax increases, making it easier to impose massive tax hikes on the American people. (House Roll Call 4)Altmire lined up once again with the Democrat Leadership to make it easier to raise taxes on the American people. Altmire 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)
Altmire voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)
Altmire 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) | |
| Corruption Hypocrite |
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On the campaign trail, Jason Altmire promised to clean up the "culture of corruption" in Washington and pledged reform. www.jasonaltmire.com
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In Washington, Altmire 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. | |
| Stripped Workers' Rights |
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| Altmire publicly supported a right to privacy and "Do Not Call" lists. www.jasonaltmire.com |
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Altmire voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118) | |
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"In Congress, he [Altmire] will work tirelessly to promote sensible energy policy that encourages scientists to research and develop alternative energy resources." Jason Altmire, www.jasonaltmire.com
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Rep. Jason Altmire (PA-04) 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, Altmire 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). Altmire voted in lock-step with his Washington leaders for the Democrats' "No Energy" bill, killing jobs and increasing dependence on foreign energy. (House Roll Call 1140)
Voted against a bill that would have encouraged biofuels research and development of all alternative fuels, instead of a select few. This proposal would have been very beneficial to local economies, especially in coal-producing communities. (House Roll Call 91)Altmire voted against a measure which would have required that all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for consumers. Altmire also voted to allow for a reduction of domestic energy supplies and an increase in foreign energy dependence. (House Roll Call 578)
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"Altmire will work to make health care more affordable and accessible for everyone and to guarantee that patients' medical decisions remain in the hands of health care professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats."
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Altmire 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)
Altmire voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)
Altmire 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)
Altmire voted against providing affordable health care to uninsured working families. (House Roll Call 10) |
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| "Jason Altmire will work to tighten border security and crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants." Jason Altmire, www.jasonaltmire.com |
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Despite the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States today, and
an ever increasing security threat resulting from porous borders, Altmire 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
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Voted to allow illegal immigrants to form unions in the United States. (House Roll Call 117)
Altmire also voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490)
Altmire 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) | |
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| OUT OF TOUCH WITH PENNSYLVANIA |
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Altmire 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)
 Altmire 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)
By blatantly blocking the renewal of the critical terrorist surveillance program, Altmire 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)
Altmire voted to jeopardize our national security when he sided with Pelosi's 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 Altmire voted for the Democrats' FISA legislation which reverses this course and endangers our nation?s security. (House Roll Call 1120)
Altmire 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)
Altmire 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)
Altmire 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)
Altmire and his Democrat leadership in Washington left town on Veterans Day weekend without passing a vital veterans' housing, healthcare and benefits bill. (House Roll Call 1113)
The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, Jason Altmire is proving that he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Altmire 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).
Altmire can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Altmire voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
Altmire voted to defy military commanders on the ground and ration funds for the troops in harm's way. Altmire's vote allowed for a two month funding allowance that would accelerate the Democrat slow-bleed strategy. (House Roll Call 333)
Altmire voted to pave the way for one of the largest tax hikes in American history. (House Roll Call 377)
Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Jason Altmire voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)
Altmire voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)
Altmire 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)
Altmire voted against the interests of America's small business and their ability to create jobs and provide affordable health care to their workers. (House Roll Call 17)
Altmire 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)
Altmire 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)
By voting for the Democrats $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Altmire voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186) |
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Drinking the Liberal Kool Aid
Melissa Hart's campaign ad calls attention to Jason Altmire's continued silence regarding ... [more]
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