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Rep. Nancy Boyda (KS-02) won?t be seen as a friend of the taxpayer this fall after she voted for a record-shattering $3 trillion dollar budget that increases taxes on Americans by $683 billion (House Roll Call 382).

Boyda 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)

Boyda 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)

Boyda voted against providing tax relief for over 20 million Americans, choosing the sham plan of raising taxes in order to cut taxes over putting more money in the pockets of hard-working Americans. (House Roll Call 1183)

Boyda 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)

Boyda 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)

In yet another example of Boyda's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Boyda voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)

Boyda 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)

Boyda voted to kill a measure to protect state marriage laws from being changed in a courtroom by trial lawyers. (House Roll Call 1056)

Boyda 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)

Boyda 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, Nancy Boyda is proving she cannot be trusted with this responsibility as she continues to play politics with our national security. Boyda 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).

Boyda 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.

Boyda 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)

Boyda 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)

Boyda can't seem to help herself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Boyda voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)

Boyda lined up once again with the Democrat Leadership to make it easier to raise taxes on the American people. She 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)

Boyda 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)

Boyda voted against full funding for the construction of the border fence as mandated by Congress. (House Roll Call 490)

Boyda voted to defy military commanders on the ground and cut off funds for the troops in harm's way. Boyda's vote to ration funding for the troops allowed for a two month funding allowance that would accelerate the Democrat slow bleed strategy. (House Roll Call 333)

Boyda voted to pave the way for one of the largest tax hikes in history. (House Roll Call 377)

Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Nancy Boyda voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)

Boyda 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)

Boyda 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: Nancy Boyda's 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)

In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Nancy Boyda voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)

Within the first 15 days of Democrat-control of Congress, Boyda sided with her liberal leadership, voting for a $6.5 billion tax hike -- the first tax increase in 13 years. (House Roll Call 40)

As the Wall Street Journal put it: "This is a lengthy, complicated bill, but the central idea is simple: Raise taxes..." (1/16/07)

Delivering another big win for Big Labor, and another punch against working Americans, Nancy Boyda also voted to expand the scope of Davis-Bacon for the first time in over a decade, imposing a potentially bankrupting mandate on small business owners. (House Roll Call 135)

Voted for the Pelosi-Murtha "slow bleed"scheme to choke-off funding for American troops in harm's way. (House Roll Call 186)

By voting yes, Boyda voted for a date-certain for retreat and defeat in Iraq and voted to hamstring the mission by allowing Congress to micromanage the war.

Ignoring widespread criticism from the American Legion and 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.

Boyda 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.

Boyda voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)

Boyda voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)

Boyda voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)

Boyda 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)