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Charlie Dent

Voted TO OVERRIDE Bush’s 2007 veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) expansion (ACU-6). This program was created in 1997 only to provide insurance to children from uninsured families who were narrowly above poverty. But 10 years later, the Dems moved to expand the program--and, as always, the devil was in the details. By joining forces with the Dems, he chose to do the following:

Re-define "children" to mean "21-year-old adults."

Re-define "just above poverty" to mean "$80,000 income."

Let some taxpayers pay for other taxpayers' insurance (even if the former make less than the latter and purchase their own insurance).

Give incentives for states to “recruit” new enrollees and thus make this big program even bigger. (Carney-1).

Voted FOR a 2009 bill to double SCHIP spending (ACU-17).   This insurance entitlement provides free coverage for enrollees whose incomes can be as high as triple the poverty level - the vote was viewed as an important step toward the kind of nationalized health care that was passed in March 2010. Also notable, the CBO estimated that nearly 80% of the children who were given free insurance under SCHIP already had private policies (Carter - NRO). To pay for the swelling program, this vote included a tax hike.

Voted AGAINST a 2007 amendment to withhold tax-payer dollars from Planned Parenthood (ACU-6) Read what
Kathryn Jean Lopez has to say about Planned Parenthood: "Planned".

Voted AGAINST a 2009 amendment to withhold tax-payer dollars from Planned Parenthood (ACU-17).

Voted FOR the 2009 omnibus bill that meant an additional 8% increase in spending, on top of the stimulus

Voted FOR Barney Frank’s Housing Trust Fund of 2007 (ACU-5), which Speaker Pelosi boasted as “the largest expansion in federal housing programs in decades” (Pelosi 1) and which the Bush administration opposed as “a duplicate program” that “would create an undue and counterproductive reliance on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac” (Woolley & Gerhard)

Voted FOR the 2007 Energy Policy that, according to the ACU, mandated reliance on biofuels while not allowing oil supplies to increase. The policy also stiffened regulations and raised taxes $2 billion (ACU-6).

Voted AGAINST an amendment "to prevent a federal court in Indiana from banning prayer in the Indiana House of Representatives" (ACU 4).

Voted AGAINST a measure to tighten enforcement against illegal immigrants. According to the ACU, the measure was designed to "set new procedures to expedite lawsuits against the government involving immigration law, require the Justice Department to hire more attorneys to prosecute human smuggling cases, and clarify that state and local law enforcement agencies have the authority to investigate and apprehend illegal immigrants."

Voted FOR applying McCain / Feingold to grassroots organizations (ACU-4) NOTE: Undoubtedly, in this instance, the dems were the good guys. This was GOP-sponsored and nearly ALL republicans voted for it. However, we at Remove the Rinos believe there is no excuse for voting against the 1st Amendment no matter how many republicans do so and no matter how reprehensible George Soros’ 527s are. And if John McCain were to jump off a bridge…..??

Voted AGAINST a 2006 conservative budget alternative that would have extended Bush’s tax cuts while trimming more than 300 billion dollars of discretionary spending, done away with close to 150 programs, and increased funds for the military and for veterans. It also would have opened ANWR for drilling (ACU-4) .

Voted AGAINST banning taxpayer dollars from going to the U.N. to renovate, or build anew, their headquarters in the United States (ACU 4).

Voted FOR Pelosi's "light-bulb ban" that, as the ACU explains, regulates "lights and appliances (including a ban on the incandescent light bulb), creating new programs for alternative energy sources, imposing more regulations on energy companies and mandating vastly increased use of ‘renewable’ energy” (ACU 6).

Voted AGAINST allowing an Indiana courthouse to display the Ten Commandments (ACU 2).

Voted AGAINST an amend-ment to cut discretionary spending by 2% while protecting the Bush tax cuts (ACU 2)

Voted FOR funding the U.N. Population Fund (ACU 2).

Voted FOR spending an additional $100 million on Public Broadcasting (ACU 2).

Voted AGAINST the 2008 Republican budget resolution that, according to the ACU, "would have made the Bush tax cuts permanent, capped discretionary spending at $973 billion, reduced mandatory spending by $12 billion over five years, and imposed a moratorium on pork barrel 'earmarks'” (ACU-8).

Voted FOR raising minimum wage after the Dems rejected tax cuts that would have protected entry-level workers and small businesses (ACU-6) . For insights into the harmful effects the measure, in its House form, would have meant to workers and small businesses, National Review Online consulted with four leading economists. All four economists agreed that only politicians stood to gain from the measure : "At Minimum…Should Republicans fight back against a minimum-wage increase?"

Voted FOR permanently raising taxes on businesses while temporarily extending tax credits on “green”
initiatives. This was presented to the American people as "tax relief" (a deed that the ACU appropriately
describes as "legislative sleight-of-hand") (ACU-8).

Voted FOR the Democrat's Mortgage Bailout (Round One). Introduced in May 08, this bill set the tone for the bailout fever that would soon infect Washington. Under threat of Bush veto, Kirk voted for the bill, which sought to further distort the marketplace by increasing the Federal Housing Authority's influence, guaranteeing hundreds of billions of dollars in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans. Simultaneously, it provided a multi-billion dollar trust fund available to parties of questionable relevance and repute, such as ACORN (ACU-8). - For background into the bill's tie-in to our current bailout woes, see the following prescient NRO editorial: "Do Nothing, Congress."

Voted FOR the Paycheck Equality Bill, which--at its best--duplicated anti-discrimination laws already in effect, and--at its worst--moved the burden of proof in discrimination cases from the employee to the employer (a clear
violation of the innocent-until-proven-guilty principle) and opened the door to oppressive intrusion into the labor
market (ACU-8).

Voted FOR the economic stimulus bill of September 2008 (ACU-8).