Straight Facts About Our Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, New York, District 20
KIRSTEN RUTNICK GILLIBRAND WILL FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Will Fight for Good Jobs.
Kirsten Gillibrand will protect American jobs from going overseas, reject trade agreements that hurt our workers and fight to increase the minimum wage. (Gillibrand
campaign materials)
Will Protect Our Retirement Security.
Kirsten Gillibrand will protect and strengthen Social Security and will oppose efforts to
privatize Social Security and risk our benefits. (Poughkeepsie Journal, 2/2/06)
Will Fight for Health Care.
Kirsten Gillibrand will fight for increased funding and access to rural health care and will work to insure every child in America. (Gillibrand campaign materials)
JOHN SWEENEY HAS FAILED WORKING FAMILIES
Jeopardized Our Jobs.
John Sweeney voted to privatize our federal jobs, to send our jobs overseas with CAFTA and to reward companies that export jobs with $40 billion in tax breaks. He voted against job-training programs for workers. (H.R. 3058, 6/30/05; H.R. 3045, Vote #443, 7/28/05; H.R. 4520, Vote #259, 6/17/04; H.R. 27, Vote #48, 3/2/05)
Put Our Retirement Security at Risk.
John Sweeney voted to raid $1.1 trillion from the Social Security Trust Fund. He supports privatizing our Social Security and risking our benefits. (H.C.R. 95, Vote #88, 3/17/05)
Attacked Our Health Care.
John Sweeney voted to increase insurance premiums for working families and sided with HMOs to limit the rights of injured patients. He supported special protections for negligent HMOs and voted for the flawed Medicare prescription drug law. (H.R. 525, Vote #426, 7/26/05; H.R. 2663, 8/2/01; H.R. 1, Vote #669, 11/22/03)
VOTE Nov. 7
For U.S. House of Representatives, New York District 20.
How you vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, please vote.
