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Texas Individual Race: TX-22

Incumbent:Tom DeLay
 Tom DeLay has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting wrong on working family issues 97 percent of the time.
  
Challenger(s):Steve Stockman (I)
Stan Norred (LIBERT)
Bob Smither (L)
  
 Nick Lampson  (D)
 
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Endorsed Candidate: Nick Lampson  
 

U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, District 22

Nick Lampson has a 20-year record of voting with working families in the U.S. House of Representatives and will continue to fight for what matters most to us.



NICK LAMPSON IS ON OUR SIDE

Supports Good Wages and Good Jobs.
Nick Lampson voted to increase the minimum wage, but is more concerned with creating new jobs that pay more than the minimum wage. (H.R. 3846, 2000; Houston Chronicle, 2/23/96)

Fought for Our Health Care.
Nick Lampson supported the Patients’ Bill of Rights—a bill that would make sure doctors, not insurance companies, make the decisions about your health care. (H.R. 2663, 8/21/01)

Protected Our Retirement Security.
Nick Lampson protected seniors’ Social Security benefits and ensured that money could not be taken away by increases in Medicare premiums. (Lampson press release, 7/21/04)

 

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