HODES AND THE DEMOCRATS - ALREADY BREAKING PROMISES

 

Hodes voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence.  (House Roll Call 117)

 

Hodes 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)

 

Hodes 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)

 

Hodes 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).

Hodes 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).  Hodes 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). 

Hodes 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). 

Hodes 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)

Hodes 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)

Hodes voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers.  (House Roll Call 787)

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

Hodes refused to permanently repeal the onerous Death Tax, in effect voting for a $1.35 trillion tax hike.  Hodes' 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)

Hodes 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)

Hodes and his 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, Paul Hodes is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security.  Hodes 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)

Hodes 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)

Hodes 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)

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

Hodes 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)

Hodes 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)
Hodes 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)

Hodes 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, Hodes 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 Legionand 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.

The bill he 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.

By voting for the Democrats $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Hodes voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186)

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)

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

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

Hodes 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)

Paul Hodes 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)

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

Hodes 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)

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

In his first opportunity to put partisan politics aside for the sake of cleaning up the mess in Washington, Hodes 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, Hodes 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.