Straight Facts About Our Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, Kentucky, District 3
JOHN YARMUTH WILL FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Will Advocate for Our Health Care. John Yarmuth will fight for universal health coverage. He supports expanding Medicare coverage to include everyone. (CQ Today, 5/15/05; [Louisville] Courier-Journal, 5/18/06)
Will Protect Our jobs and Wages. John Yarmuth supports raising the minimum wage by at least $2 an hour and opposes tax incentives for American companies that move jobs overseas. ([Louisville] Courier-Journal, 5/18/06; Yarmuth campaign materials)
ill Protect Retirement Security. John Yarmuth opposes privatizing Social Security. He believes we cannot afford to mortgage our children’s and grandchildren’s lives to give tax cuts to the richest Americans. (Yarmuth campaign materials)
ANNE NORTHUP HAS FAILED WORKING FAMILIES
Increased Costs of Our Health Care. Anne Northup voted to increase insurance premiums for working families and voted for health care saving accounts that shift costs—and risks—onto workers. (H.R. 525, Vote #426, 7/26/05; [Louisville] Courier-Journal, 5/18/06)
Consistently Failed Workers. Anne Northup voted against critical job training programs, against protecting overtime pay and against raising the minimum wage three times. (H.R. 27, Vote #48, 3/2/05; H.R. 2660, 7/10/03; H.R. 3846, Votes #43, #45, 3/9/00; H.R. 5970, Vote #425, 7/29/06)
Raided Social Security Trust Fund. Anne Northup voted to raid $1.1 trillion from the Social Security Trust Fund. She supports privatizing Social Security. (H.C.R. 95, Vote #88, 3/17/05; [Louisville] Courier-Journal, 6/26/05)
VOTE Nov. 7
Anne Northup has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting wrong on working family issues 92 percent of the time.
Now you vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, please vote.
