Straight Facts About Our Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, Montana, District 1
MONICA LINDEEN FIGHTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Supports Increasing the Minimum Wage.
Monica Lindeen supports Initiative 151, the state ballot measure that would raise the hourly minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15 or to the federal minimum wage rate, if it’s higher, starting in 2007. (Associated Press, 8/8/06)
Fights for Affordable Health Care.
As a state legislator, Monica Lindeen supported legislation to create tax incentives so small businesses could afford to provide health care for their employees. (Billings Gazette, 9/22/06, 7/14/06)
Creates Quality Jobs.
Monica Lindeen sponsored the Montana Workforce Training Act, which already has helped create hundreds of good jobs across the state. (Billings Gazette, 9/22/06)
DENNY REHBERG THREATENS WORKING FAMILIES
As a member of Congress, Denny Rehberg has repeatedly voted against the interests of workers and their families, opposing an increase in the minimum wage while voting to give himself a raise, cutting funding for education programs, slashing student loans and supporting a prescription drug plan that benefi ts pharmaceutical companies instead of seniors. (Vote #308, 6/22/06; Vote #313, 6/22/06; Vote #319, 6/27/06; Vote #366, 7/12/06; Vote #424, 7/29/06; Vote #425, 7/29/06; CQ Weekly, 7/4/05; H.R. 342, Vote #327, 6/28/05; Vote #321, 10/17/05; Vote #320, 10/17/05; S. 1932, 12/19/05; Vote #669, 11/22/03)
VOTE Nov. 7
How you vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, please vote.
