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	Candidate(s):	Christine Jennings  (D)
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		Vern Buchanan (R)

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Straight Facts About Our Candidates

U.S. House of Representatives, Florida, District 13

CHRISTINE JENNINGS IS ON OUR SIDE

A STRONG VOICE FOR WORKING FAMILIES

Christine Jennings will put Florida’s working families first by supporting an increase in the minimum wage, fighting against efforts to privatize Social Security and working to reform the flawed Medicare prescription drug plan. “Our working families are being squeezed,” Jennings says. (Jennings campaign materials)

Protects Our Retirement Security.
Christine Jennings opposes privatization of Social Security because it will lead to benefit cuts for future beneficiaries. (www.aarp.org)

Supports Increasing the Minimum Wage.
Christine Jennings has promised that, if elected, she will refuse a pay raise until the minimum wage is increased. (Roll Call, 6/28/06)

Fights for Affordable Prescription Drugs.
Christine Jennings opposes the flawed Medicare prescription drug plan that puts drug companies ahead of seniors. She will fight for lower prescription drug costs. (Bradenton Herald, 5/16/06)

Invests in Our Children’s Education.
Christine Jennings knows “first-hand the challenges facing our public schools today.” She supports fully funding the No Child Left Behind Act and supports universal pre-kindergarten programs. She will fight for increases in the Pell Grant program to reduce the burden on working families to pay for college. (Jennings campaign materials)

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