Straight Facts About Our Candidates
Minnesota U.S. Senate
AMY KLOBUCHAR WILL FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Will Oppose Bad Trade Deals. Amy Klobuchar opposes CAFTA because it would harm 30,000 workers in Minnesota’s sugar industry. “I met with sugar beet farmers and plant workers. These hard-working Minnesotans deserve an even playing field in the global market.” (www.amyklobuchar.com)
Will Protect Social Security. “I will fight and oppose the current administration’s risky scheme to privatize Social Security because it would turn the guarantee of a secure retirement into a gamble.” (www.amyklobuchar.com)
ill Expand Health Care Coverage. “I’ve listened to small business owners in Tofte…to parents in Brooklyn Park…to teachers in Saint Cloud….I will fight to expand health care coverage for more Minnesotans and Americans, with universal coverage as our goal.” (Klobuchar Remarks, 1/30/06)
MARK KENNEDY HAS FAILED WORKING FAMILIES
Sent Our Jobs Overseas with CAFTA. Mark Kennedy voted to send our jobs overseas with CAFTA, threatening Minnesota’s ethanol industry and the sugar beet industry. Since he took office, Minnesota has lost 86,900 manufacturing jobs. (H.R. 3045,
Vote #443, 7/28/05; Star Tribune, 3/16/05; Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Raided Social Security Trust Fund. Mark Kennedy voted to raid $1.1 trillion from the Social Security Trust Fund. (H. Con. Res. 95, Vote #88, 3/17/05)
Increased Costs of Our Health Care. Mark Kennedy 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; Press Release, 5/13/04)
VOTE Nov. 7
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