Straight Facts About Our Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, Florida, District 22
RON KLEIN WILL FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Will Work to Fix Medicare. Ron Klein believes the Medicare drug plan is a payoff to pharmaceutical companies and denies benefits to thousands of seniors. “Millions are confused and are having a tough time navigating the options and confusing details buried in the fine print.” (The Commercial Appeal, 5/14/06)
Will Protect Our Retirement Security. Ron Klein opposes the privatization of Social Security and opposes any benefit cuts or plans that add to the national debt. (Palm Beach Post, 6/14/06)
Will Fight for Workers. Ron Klein introduced a bill to help unemployed workers start their own businesses and fought for workers’ compensation benefits. (Miami Herald, 3/2/05)
Will Invest in Our Children’s Education. Ron Klein opposed education cuts and believes “we ought to focus our efforts on improving our public schools.…The future of Florida’s children, the future of Florida’s economy, depends on good, quality public schools.” (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 4/28/04; St. Petersburg Times, 2/23/05)
CLAY SHAW HAS FAILED WORKING FAMILIES
Picked Big Drug Firms Over Seniors. Clay Shaw helped write the flawed Medicare prescription drug bill that penalizes our seniors and gives billions to the health care industry, the same industry that has given $210,486 to Shaw. (USA Today, 5/10/06; H.R. 1,
Vote #669, 11/22/2003; www.opensecrets.org)
Raided the Social Security Trust Fund. Clay Shaw voted to raid $1.1 trillion from the Social Security Trust Fund and has a plan to privatize Social Security—a plan he acknowledges will add more than $3 trillion to the national debt. (Washington Post, 6/23/05; H.C.R. 95, Vote #88, 3/17/05; Palm Beach Post, 6/14/06; Sun-Sentinel, 8/12/05)
Consistently Failed Workers. Claw Shaw voted against funding for critical job training programs, against unemployment benefits for Florida’s workers and to eliminate overtime pay eligibility for 8 million workers. (H.R. 27, Vote #48, 3/2/05; H.R. 3030, 2/4/04; H.R. 2660, 7/10/2003)
Opposed Investing in Education. Clay Shaw voted against $7.8 billion in funding for education programs, to cut the No Child Left Behind program by $806 million and to slash the student loan program—denying services to Florida’s students. (H.R. 3010, Vote #321, Vote #320, 10/17/2005; S. 1932, 12/19/05)
VOTE Nov. 7
Clay Shaw has a lifetime AFL-CIO Congressional Voting Record of voting wrong on working family issues 88 percent of the time.
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