Straight Facts About Our Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, Iowa, District 5
JOYCE SCHULTE WILL FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Supports Affordable Higher Education. Joyce Schulte will work hard to ensure adequate education funding and “will strive to increase Pell grants and other forms of financial aid and student assistance to make the dream of higher education a reality for all who wish it.” (Des Moines Register, 5/19/06; www.schulteforcongress.com)
Opposes Unfair Trade Agreements. “I will work for fair trade. I am pro-worker and will work to strengthen the worker first.” (State Democratic Convention speech, Des Moines, 6/17/06)
Supports Fair Taxes. Joyce Schulte supports a tax system free from loopholes. “Corporations and wealthy individuals must be made to participate with the rest of us in financing America.” (Des Moines Register, 5/19/06; www.schulteforcongress.com)
STEVE KIND HAS FAILED WORKING FAMILIES
Voted to Cut Education Funding. Steve King voted to cut $14.3 billion from federal student financial aid programs that help middle-class families send their children to college. (Vote #601, 11/18/05)
Voted for Unfair Trade Agreements. Steve King supported CAFTA, a trade agreement that will send our jobs overseas and worsen conditions for workers. (H.R. 3045, Vote #443, 7/28/05)
Supports Bush’s Tax Cuts for the Rich. Steve King voted for $56 billion in tax cuts—mostly for wealthy investors—even though $50 billion was cut from Medicaid, food stamps and student loans. (H.R. 4297, Vote #621, 12/6/05)
VOTE Nov. 7
Steve King has a lifetime AFL-CIO Congressional Voting record of voting wrong on working family issues 91 percent of the time.
How you vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, please vote.
