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"It is the federal government's constitutional duty to protect its citizens. Confronting the threats to our nation's security- both imminent and long term-is our top priority, and as the 3rd District's Congressman I will work tirelessly to make sure Louisville and the United States of America remain secure."
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John Yarmuth 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)
John Yarmuth voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)
John Yarmuth 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, John Yarmuth 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)
John Yarmuth completely abandoned his 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)
John Yarmuth 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)
The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, John Yarmuth is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Yarmuth 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)
John Yarmuth voted to jeopardize our national security when he sided with her democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1119)
Yarmuth voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14) | |
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If Congress fails to help America's middle class achieve greater economic security, this country will lose its competitive edge in the global marketplace.
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Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-03) 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). Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-03) 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).
John Yarmuth 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)
John Yarmuth 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)
John Yarmuth 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)
John Yarmuth 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)
John Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Yarmuth'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)
In yet another example of Yarmuth's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Yarmuth voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Yarmuth voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth 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)
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)
Yarmuth 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) | |
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"We must address this problem by cutting student loan interest rates, expanding access to federal tuition assistance programs like the Pell Grant." www.yarmuth.house.gov
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Yarmuth 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)
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| OUT OF TOUCH WITH KENTUCKY |
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John Yarmuth 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. 
