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Weak on Security
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| "I believe that protecting the safety and security of all Americans is, undoubtedly, my most important priority. It is essential that we do everything in our power to protect target-rich environments, like New York, from future terrorist attacks." www.arcuriforcongress.com |
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Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
By blatantly blocking the renewal of the critical terrorist surveillance program, Arcuri 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)
Arcuri voted to jeopardize our national security when he sided with Pelosi's Democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1119)
This summer, Republicans were able to force a vote to close the terrorist loophole, but Arcuri voted for the Democrats' FISA legislation which reverses this course and endangers our nation's security. (House Roll Call 1120)
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Pork Spending
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"We need to reform the earmarking progress to make it more difficult for politicians to fund pet projects..." www.arcuriforcongress.com
"We are in a time of cutting budgets"
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Arcuri voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
By voting for the Democrats' $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Arcuri voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (Roll Call Vote 186)
Arcuri seems to be a fan of wasteful spending and bureaucratic tape. Arcuri voted to throw away taxpayers' hard-earned dollars on needless and duplicative federal programs. (House Roll Call 936)
Arcuri 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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| "I believe tax cuts should be aimed at the working middle class." www.arcuriforcongress.com |
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Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY-24) 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). Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri had the opportunity to protect 23 million Americans from being hit with an enormous tax hike by bringing a clean Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch to a vote but instead voted in lock step with his Democratic leadership, moving one step closer toward imposing a massive tax increase on middle class American families. (House Roll Call 1136)
Arcuri 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). Arcuri then voted in lock-step with his Democrat leaders to kill a clean AMT patch, instead voting for burdensome tax increases that will negatively impact the competitiveness of U.S. businesses and the American economy (House Roll Call 1153). Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
In yet another example of Arcuri's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Arcuri voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Arcuri refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike. Arcuri'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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)
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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, Arcuri 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).
Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY-24) 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). Arcuri
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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri voted to kill a measure to protect state marriage laws from being changed in a courtroom by trial lawyers. (House Roll Call 1056) The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, Michael Arcuri is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Arcuri 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).
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri 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)
Arcuri can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Arcuri voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
Arcuri has made his allegiance to protecting illegals abundantly clear: Arcuri 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)
Arcuri voted against a measure which would have required that all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for consumers. Arcuri also voted to allow for a reduction of domestic energy supplies and an increase in foreign energy dependence. (House Roll Call 578) Arcuri voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490)Arcuri voted to pave the way for one of the largest tax hikes in history. (House Roll Call 377)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)
Ignoring widespread criticism from the American Legion and major news publications from across the country, he made it clear that he believes politicians in Washington can better execute the military's mission than the commanders on the ground.
 In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Michael Arcuri voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)Arcuri 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)
Arcuri voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)
Arcuri voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)
Arcuri voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)
Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Michael Arcuri voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)
Arcuri voted with Democrat leadership to strip numerous, important immigration enforcement provisions from the Homeland Security Bill. (House Roll call 316)Arcuri voted to defy military commanders on the ground and ration funds for the troops in harm's way. Arcuri's vote allowed for a two month funding allowance that would accelerate the Democrat slow-bleed strategy. (House Roll Call 333)In his first opportunity to put partisan politics aside for the sake of cleaning up the mess in Washington, Arcuri 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)
When he had another chance to take a stand against corrupt behavior, Arcuri 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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