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| | "At a time when America is confronted by growing instability in the Middle East, we must now, more than ever, make achieving energy independence a top priority. It is a critical issue of both national and economic security." Official website |  | Donnelly 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, Donnelly 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).
Donnelly 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)
Donnelly voted against a measure which would have required that
all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for
consumers. Donnelly 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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Lack of Fiscal Discipline
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| "We have terrible waste in our -government that can be addressed right now." Official website |
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Donnelly voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)
Once elected, Donnelly voted against a motion that was intended to cut unidentified earmarks. (Roll Call Vote 71)Donnelly 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)
Donnelly 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. | |
Making College Affordable
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"The last congress that he was part of voted to cut Pell Grant funding. I would not have."
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Donnelly 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) | |
Tax Hiker
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"I am a common-sense Democrat, and I reaffirm my continued support for increasing the estate tax exemption and making permanent all of the Bush tax cuts except those that go to the top 1 percent."
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Donnelly 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)Donnelly lined up once again with the Democrat Leadership to make it easier to raise taxes on the American people. She 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)
Donnelly 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)
In yet another example of Donnelly's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Donnelly voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Donnelly refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Donnelly'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)
Donnelly 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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No Access to Healthcare
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| "When I serve in Congress, I will stand up to the big pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies and work to bring health-care costs back in line." www.donnellyforuscongress.com |
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Donnelly voted against providing affordable health care to uninsured working families. (House Roll Call 10) | |
Not Protecting Seniors
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| "Why should Americans have to turn to Canada to find affordable prescription drugs and better prescription prices? Why shouldn't we be able to get those same prescriptions at the same prices right here in Granger, Winamac, Walkerton, Knox, Camden, Rochester, and every other community in Indiana's Second Congressional District?" www.donnellyforuscongress.com
| | Voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22) |
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Davis-Bacon
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| | "I pledge that I will vote in congress for the best interests of the working men and women of South Bend, Michigan City, Kokomo, Elkhart and the rest of the district, and not for a partisan political agenda or extreme point of view." www.donnellyforuscongress.com | | Delivering another big win for Big Labor, and another punch against working Americans, Joe Donnelly 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) |
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Slow-Bleed Troops
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"We can't walk out of Iraq. We have to stabilize that country, and we have to win..."
-Debate w/ Chocola 10/3/06 |
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Donnelly voted for the Pelosi-Murtha "slow bleed" scheme to choke-off funding for American troops in harm's way. (House Roll Call 186)
Ignoring widespread criticism from the American Legion and 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 number
one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but
unfortunately, Joe Donnelly is proving he cannot be trusted with this
responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national
security. Donnelly 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)
Donnelly
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)
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Killing Jobs
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| "A decent job is part of the foundation that every family is built on. Good jobs make it possible for us to feed our families, educate our children, and retire in dignity. A threat to our jobs is a threat to our very well-being." www.donnellyforuscongress.com |
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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)
Donnelly
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)
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Corruption Hypocrite
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| "Washington is mired in a culture of corruption. ...That's just one reason we need a fresh voice in Congress who will stand up for our values. www.donnellyforuscongress.com
| | In his first opportunity to put partisan politics aside for the sake of cleaning up the mess in Washington, Joe Donnelly 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)
When he had a chance to take a stand against corrupt behavior, Donnelly 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. |
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Donnelly 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)
 Donnelly 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)
Donnelly 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)
Donnelly 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)
Donnelly 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)
Donnelly can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Donnelly voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
Voted to defy military commanders on the ground and cut off funds for the troops in harm's way. Donnelly'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, Joe Donnelly voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)
Ignoring basic Constitutional facts that are learned by elementary school students across America everyday, Joe Donnelly voted with House Democrats to disregard the Constitutional amendment process and expand voting rights to the District of Columbia. (House Roll Call 231)
Donnelly voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)
Voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)
Donnelly voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)
In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Joe Donnelly voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)
By voting for the Democrats $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Donnelly 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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