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Corruption Hypocrite
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"Like you, I am gravely concerned by the culture of corruption that has taken root among our elected officials."
- Gillibrand, Ethics IOU |
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In her first opportunity to put partisan politics aside for the sake of cleaning up the mess in Washington, Kirsten Gillibrand went back on her 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)
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Tax Hiker
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"I came to Congress to restore fiscal responsibility and cut taxes for the middle class families of Upstate New York."
Press Release, Official Site |
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Gillibrand 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)
Gillibrand voted in lock-step with her 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)
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)Gillibrand 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)
Gillibrand 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)
Gillibrand voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)
In yet another example of Gillibrand's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Gillibrand voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Gillibrand refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Gillibrand'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)
Gillibrand voted for a down payment on the "Mother of All Tax Hikes" when she supported the Democrats' package for $72 billion in tax increases. (House Roll Call 1081) | |
| Lack of Fiscal Discipline |
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"Give lawmakers a week to read appropriations bills... Providing legislators with the necessary time to ensure wise and fiscally responsible spending of tax dollars. Prohibit the practice of adding earmarks right before a vote... Ending the questionable practice of pushing pork through the system."
www.gillibrand2006.com
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Gillibrand voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)
Gillibrand voted to continue to waste hard-earned taxpayer dollars on pet projects when she 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)
By voting for the Democrats $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Gillibrand voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186) | |
Illegal Immigration
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| "Our solution must include more measures to ensure employer enforcement with regards to illegal immigration...we must enforce the employment laws that are currently being ignored by companies who profit from hiring illegal immigrants." www.gillibrand2006.com |
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When she had a chance to take a stand against illegal immigration, Kirsten Gillibrand voted to allow illegal immigrants to form unions in the United States. (House Roll Call 117)
Gillibrand 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) | |
Energy Dependence
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"Investment in renewable energy is a centerpiece of my campaign. Encouraging innovation in renewable energy will create good-paying jobs and help make us energy independent."
Arizona Farm Bureau Survey
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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)
Gillibrand 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) | |
Fiscally Irresponsible
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"Attach a sponsor to every earmark and require Member to justify the allocation in the Congressional Record...assigning responsibility for wasteful pork projects, as many pass without accountability." www.gillibrand2006.com
"Give lawmakers a week to read appropriations bills... Providing legislators with the necessary time to ensure wise and fiscally responsible spending of tax dollars. Prohibit the practice of adding earmarks right before a vote... Ending the questionable practice of pushing pork through the system." www.gillibrand2006.com |
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Gillibrand 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)
By voting for the Democrats $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Gillibrand voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186)
Once elected, Gillibrand voted against a motion that was intended to cut unidentified earmarks. (Roll Call Vote 71)Gillibrand voted to allow hidden earmarks to be tucked into the Democrats' SCHIP bill, despite her promise to be part of the "most open Congress in history." (House Roll Call 902)Gillibrand 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. | |
| Still Wrong On Energy |
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| | "I will fight for an energy policy along these lines: enact and extend federal tax incentives for the use of innovative, clean and energy efficient fuels...reduce US dependence on foreign oil." www.gillibrand2006.com | | Gillibrand 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)
Gillibrand voted against a measure which would have required that
all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for
consumers. She 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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Making College Affordable
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| Pledged to "make $10,000 in college tuition tax deductible." www.gillibrand2006.com
| | 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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Not Protecting Seniors
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"I believe that we have a responsibility to improve the prescription drug benefit so that our elderly can actually afford the medication they need to stay healthy." AARP Survey
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Voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)
Gillibrand
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)
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No Health Care
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"I support giving everone an affordable, quality health care option." www.gillibrand2006.com
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Gillibrand voted against providing affordable health care to uninsured working families. (House Roll Call 10) | |
Killing Jobs
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| "Successful small businesses are the life blood of any strong local economy and finding ways to help them be successful is a top priority from me in Congress. The growth of small businesses is essential because small businesses generate two thirds of all new jobs in America." www.kirstengillibrand.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) | |
| Weak on Security |
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"I believe that we must maintain America's ability to confront and undermine terrorism through intelligence gathering programs worldwide..."
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Gillibrand completely abandoned her 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)
Gillibrand alienated herself 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 she supported a sham FISA bill in hopes of finding political cover from voters who are tired of her bobbing and weaving on the issue of national security. (House Roll Call 145)
Gillibrand continued to abdicate her 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, Gillibrand 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) | |
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| OUT OF TOUCH WITH NEW YORK |
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Gillibrand 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)
Gillibrand 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)
Gillibrand and her Democrat leadership in Washington left town on Veterans Day weekend without passing a vital veterans' housing, healthcare and benefits bill.
The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, Kirsten Gillibrand is proving she cannot be trusted with this responsibility as she continues to play politics with our national security. Gillibrand voted in lock-step with her liberal Democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1120).
Gillibrand 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)
Gillibrand failed to protect children in school when she 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)
Gillibrand can't seem to help herself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Gillibrand voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642) Gillibrand voted to pave the way for once of the largest tax hikes in history. (House Roll Call 377)
Gillibrand voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490)
 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)
Showed a commitment to raising taxes immediately after being sworn-in: Her first vote elected Pelosi Speaker and her second vote made it easier to impose massive tax hikes on the American people. (House Roll Call 4)
Gillibrand 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)
In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Gillibrand voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)
Gillibrand 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 Legionand major news publications from across the country, she made it clear that she believes politicians in Washington can better execute the military's mission than the commanders on the ground.
The bill she supported had been labeled "something of a trick"and an "unruly mess: bad policy, bad precedent, and bad politics"by news publications typically allied with the House Democrat agenda.
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