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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) | |
Raising College Costs
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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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| "I support investment in the development and production of domestic renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, which can help reduce our dependence on foreign oil." www.yarmuth.house.gov |
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Rep. John Yarmuth 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, Yarmuth 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).
John Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth voted against a measure which would have required that all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for consumers. He also voted to allow for a reduction of domestic energy supplies and an increase in foreign energy dependence. (House Roll Call 578)
Yarmuth voted for $6.5 billion in new taxes on American energy producers. He voted for higher energy prices for American consumers. Yarmuth voted to stifle domestic energy production. And Yarmuth voted to increase America's dependence on foreign sources of energy. (House Roll Call 40) | |
Illegal Immigration
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"I believe we are a nation of laws and we need to enforce our current immigration laws. We must strictly enforce laws against the employment of illegal immigrants by prosecuting companies that knowingly hire non-citizens without work visas. We must also do all we can to secure our borders to stop the influx of more illegal immigrants and protect our country from terrorists." www.yarmuthforcongress.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, Yarmuth 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
Petition).
Yarmuth has made his allegiance to protecting illegals abundantly clear: Yarmuth voted not once, not just twice, but three times to make it easier for illegal immigrants to receive federal housing assistance, instead of ensuring that the funds go to the low-income Americans. (House Roll Call 628, 814 and 875)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490)
When he had a chance to take a stand against illegal immigration, Yarmuth voted to allow illegal immigrants to form unions in the United States. (House Roll Call 117) | |
Deserting Troops
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"Our great nation was built on the dedication of our military personnel and their willingness to sacrifice. We owe them our best resources while they serve and a tremendous and unending debt when they return home."
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John Yarmuth voted to adjourn the US House of Representatives for a two week Thanksgiving recess, blatantly neglecting to pass a critical housing, health care and benefits bill for our nation's veterans and troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. (House Roll Call 1113)
Yarmuth made it clear that he is willing to side with the liberal fringe group MoveOn.org over supporting our troops, when he refused to condemn their defamatory ad which insulted the top military general in Iraq, General David Petreaus. (House Roll Call 910)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth defied the commanders on the ground, the national intelligence estimates and most importantly the troops in the field by voting for a two month funding allowance that would accelerate the Democrat slow-bleed strategy. (House Roll Call 330) Yarmuth voted for the Pelosi-Murtha "slow bleed" scheme to choke-off funding for American troops in harm's way. (House Roll Call 186)
Yarmuth and his Democrat leadership in Washington left town on Veterans Day weekend without passing a vital veterans' housing, healthcare and benefits bill. | |
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"We have a moral obligation as a nation to insure that every citizen has access to quality, affordable health care." www.yarmuthforcongress.com |
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Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)
Yarmuth 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) | |
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Rep. Yarmuth proved his loyalty to the trial lawyer lobby
again when he rejected a proposal to protect firefighters who assist families
in their community with the proper installation of child safety seats from
frivolous lawsuits (House Roll Call 159).
John Yarmuth 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)
 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. (House Roll Call 1183)
John Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth 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)
Yarmuth can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Yarmuth voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
In his first opportunity to put partisan politics aside for the sake of cleaning up the mess in Washington, Yarmuth 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)
Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, John Yarmuth 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)
By voting for the Democrats' $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Yarmuth voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186)
In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Yarmuth voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)
Once elected, Yarmuth voted against a motion that was intended to cut unidentified earmarks. (Roll Call Vote 71)
When he had another chance to take a stand against corrupt behavior, Yarmuth 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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More Despicable Yarmuth Behavior
Even though the people of Jefferson County elected Congressman Yarmuth, he
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