Join the Working Families Network
Just because the elections are over, doesn't mean you can't take action.
 
(object placeholder)
 
How Union Members Voted on Nov. 7
How We Won (PPT)
 
 
Going Forward: What Needs to Be Done

 
 
Two Guys Videos
Labor 2006 Videos


 
 
Facts and Data
Get info on jobs, the economy and more.
 
 
Ask a Working Woman
Download summary report on 2006 survey here.
 
New Hampshire Main page :: NH-2

New Hampshire Individual Race: NH-2

Incumbent: Charles Bass (R)
  Charles Bass has a lifetime AFL-CIO Congressional Voting record of voting wrong on working family issues 92 percent of the time.
   
Challenger(s): Paul Hodes (D)
 
  Go to Paul Hodes’s campaign website.
   
 
  OpenSecrets: Campaign Finance Profile.

Endorsed Candidate: Paul Hodes  
 

Paul Hodes Fights for Working Families

Supports Raising the Minimum Wage.
Paul Hodes has pledged not to support or accept any congressional pay raise until the minimum wage is raised. (Associated Press, 6/1/06)

Will Protect Social Security.
Paul Hodes opposes privatizing Social Security, which would jeopardize our retirement security. (www.aarp.org)

Fights for Affordable Health Care.
Paul Hodes will work to make prescription drugs more affordable for New Hampshire’s seniors by allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices. (www.aarp.org)

It's Time for a Change

CHARLIE BASS HAS A RECORD OF FAILING WORKING FAMILIES

As a member of Congress, Charlie Bass has repeatedly voted against the interests of workers and their families—opposing an increase in the minimum wage, cutting funding for education programs, slashing student loans and supporting a prescription drug plan that benefits pharmaceutical companies over 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; Vote #321, 10/17/05; Vote #320, 10/17/05; S. 1932, 12/19/05; Vote #669, 11/22/03)

VOTE Nov. 7

U.S. Congress, New Hampshire District 2

How you vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, please vote.

 

 

 

 

 

  
 

This portion of this website is paid for by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Political Contributions Committee, 815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, with voluntary contributions from union members and their families, and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.