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| Wrong On Energy |
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"Our current dependence on foreign sources of energy is not just a danger to our economic health and national security. Plainly speaking, it is bad for business."
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Kagen voted in lock-step with his Washington leaders for the Democrats' "No Energy" bill, killing jobs and increasing dependence on foreign energy (House Roll Call 1140).
Roll Call 1136 Fail to Pass Clean AMT
Kagen 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)Kagen voted against a measure which would have required that all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for consumers. Kagen 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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| Strips Workers' Rights |
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| In the past, Steve Kagen publicly supported privacy measures and a "Do Not Call" list. |
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In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on election day, Steve Kagen voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118) | |
| Protecting America |
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"I strongly believe we must do whatever it takes to protect America from terrorism, and keep all hostilities off our shores."
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Kagen 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)
Kagen 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)
By blatantly blocking the renewal of the critical terrorist surveillance program, Kagen 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)
Kagen 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)
The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, Steve Kagen is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Kagen 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)
This summer, Republicans were able to force a vote to close the terrorist loophole, but Kagen voted for the Democrats' FISA legislation which reverses this course and endangers our nation's security (House Roll Call 1120).
Kagen ratcheted up another broken promise as Kagen 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).
Kagen voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14) | |
| Corruption Hypocrite |
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"Washington, D.C. is embroiled in the biggest corruption controversy in a generation, a growing scandal of illegal corporate cash contributions, sinister lobbying by special-interests, and an unprecedented abuse of power that trickles down into every corner of our country..."
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Kagen failed to take a stand against corruption and 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. | |
| Not Protecting Seniors |
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"In the short term, we must guarantee seniors receive medically necessary prescription medications as soon as possible..."
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Kagen voted to restrict seniors' access to life-saving drugs as well as access to their neighborhood community pharmacist. (House Roll Call 22)
Kagen 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) | |
| Tax Hiker |
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These small business tax cuts will help keep our small businesses prosperous," said Congressman Steve Kagen.
"Small businesses are the backbone of our Wisconsin economy, and I will make certain they get a fair shake in Washington."
-Us Fed News
"I am working to ensure tax fairness, and will represent the best interests of all people.."
-www.kagen.house.gov Rep. Steve Kagen (WI-08) 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
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Kagen 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)
Kagen 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).
Kagen had the opportunity to pass an AMT patch free of tax increases, but voted with Kagen Democrat leaders to kill it (House Roll Call 1152). Kagen 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).
Kagen voted to impose a hefty tax increase on tobacco, which will severely burden low-income families and tobacco farmers. (House Roll Call 787)
Kagen 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)
In yet another example of Kagen's commitment to increase taxes on hard-working Americans, Kagen voted to allow yet another tax increase on homeowners. (House Roll Call 947)
Kagen 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)
Kagen 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)
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)
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)
Kagen 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)
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| OUT OF TOUCH WITH WISCONSIN |
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 Steve Kagen (WI-08) and his Democrat leaders have failed to reveal their secret "commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices." In the face of a
slowing economy and soaring cost of living, Kagen and his fellow Democrats
rejected a call to force Speaker Pelosi to tell the American people how she
plans to relieve their pain at the pump (House Roll Call 211).
Rep. Steve Kagen (WI-08) 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).
Despite the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States today, and
an ever increasing security threat resulting from porous borders, Kagen 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). Kagen 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)
 Kagen 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).
Kagen 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).
Kagan 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)
Kagen voted to give federal handouts to illegal immigrants by voting to gut the requirements in the State Children's Health Insurance Program law, which require states to verify citizenship before providing health benefits. (House Roll Call 787)
Kagen 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)
Kagen 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)
Kagen 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)
Kagen 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)
Kagen and his Democrat leadership in Washington left town on Veterans Day weekend without passing a vital veterans' housing, healthcare and benefits bill.
Kagen 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)
Kagen 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)
Kagen can't seem to help himself when it comes to paying back Big Labor. This time, Kagen voted to defeat a motion to restore $2 million to the office responsible for investigating union corruption. (House Roll Call 642)
Kagen has made his allegiance to protecting illegals abundantly clear: Kagen 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)
Kagen 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
 By voting for the Democrats' $124 billion supplemental spending bill, Kagen voted for legislation "stuffed full of pork," according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group. (House Roll Call 186) 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)
Voted to allow illegal immigrants to form unions in the United States. (House Roll Call 117)
Voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29)
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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