BOB CASEY WILL FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
Will Protect Good Jobs.
Casey supports a minimum wage increase and prevailing wage laws that guarantee we are paid a fair wage. He opposes unfair trade agreements like CAFTA that send our jobs overseas. (AP State and Local Wire, 7/25/06; www.bobcaseyforpa.com)
Will Fight for Our Health Care.
“No issue hits closer to home for me than health care.” Casey advocated expanding CHIP, secured millions for our hospitals through his HELP program and supports the Family and Medical Leave Act. (The Hill, 4/26/06; Hospital & Nursing Home Week, 1/12/06)
Will Strengthen Our Retirement Security.
Bob Casey opposes privatizing Social Security and calls it a “scheme” that would jeopardize our guaranteed benefits. (Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/17/06; The York Dispatch, 5/10/06)
RICK SANTORUM HAS FAILED WORKING FAMILIES.
Attacked Jobs, Wages, Benefits.
Santorum voted for unfair trade deals like CAFTA that send our jobs overseas. He tried to eliminate the 40-hour workweek and cut our overtime pay, and opposed creating new jobs protected by prevailing wages. (S. 1307, Vote #170, 7/1/05; S.Amdt. 128 introduced 3/7/05; Vote #68, 5/15/97; #93, 6/4/97; S. 1072, #14, 2/12/04)
Undercut Our Health Care.
Santorum supported $14 billion in cuts to Medicaid and voted against the Family and Medical Leave Act as well as the Patients’ Bill of Rights, which ensures doctors answer to patients rather than to HMOs. (S. Con. Res. 18, 3/17/05, Vote #58; #393, 11/13/91; #22, 2/3/93; #443, 9/30/92; S. 1052, 6/29/01, #220; S. 2549, #121, 6/8/00)
Tried to Privatize Social Security.
One of the most vocal supporters of President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security, Santorum co-sponsored a bill to create private accounts and voted against protecting our Social Security benefits. (Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 12/6/05; Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/27/05; S. 1302, 2005; S. Con. Res. 18, Vote #49, 3/15/05)
Sen. Rick Santorum has a lifetime AFL-CIO Congressional Voting Record of voting wrong on working family issues 88 percent of the time.
VOTE Nov. 7
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