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Fiscally Irresponsible
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"We need to regain the sure footing of sound fiscal and budget practices according to which the government pays its own way rather than relying upon unsustainable budget deficits."
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Joe Sestak 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)
Joe Sestak 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)
Joe Sestak 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).
Sestak 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)
Sestak 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) | |
Tax Hiker
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"Joe will fight for Middle Class Tax Relief..."
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Sestak 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).
Joe Sestak 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)
Joe Sestak 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)
Joe Sestak 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) Joe
Sestak 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)
Joe Sestak 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)
Sestak 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)
Sestak refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Sestak?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)
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n yet another example of Sestak's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Sestak voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Sestak voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)
Sestak 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)
Sestak 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)
Sestak 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) | |
No Access to Healthcare
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Sestak voted to cut Medicare benefits for seniors, ration government-run healthcare and raise taxes to pay for the massive bureaucratic expansion.
Sestak voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)
Sestak voted against providing affordable health care to uninsured working families. (House Roll Call 10) | |
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