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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) | |
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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) | |
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| OUT OF TOUCH WITH NEW YORK |
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Voted against a measure that would have eliminated taxpayer-funded small business grants for convicted felons including sex offenders, kidnappers and others. 
