PHIL KELLAM WILL FIGHT FOR VIRGINIA'S WORKING FAMILIES
Defending the Middle Class.
Phil Kellam calls current economic policies “a war on the American middle class” and will support an increase in the minimum wage and efforts to make health care more affordable. (Phil Kellam for U.S. Congress; Virginia AFL-CIO Candidate Questionnaire)
Opposes Unfair Trade Agreements.
Phil Kellam will oppose unfair trade agreements, like CAFTA and NAFTA, that send our jobs overseas. “Such unfair trade agreements have done enough damage already,” he says. (Virginia AFL-CIO 2006 Candidate Questionnaire)
Will Protect Social Security.
Phil Kellam will oppose privatizing Social Security as well as any efforts to increase the retirement age. (Virginia AFL-CIO 2006 Candidate Questionnaire)
THELMA DRAKE HAS IGNORED THE NEEDS OF WORKING FAMILIES
Thelma Drake voted against increasing the minimum wage four times this year alone. After promising voters not to spend Social Security funds, she voted to raid the Social Security Trust Fund of more than $1.1 trillion over the next five years. Drake voted to cut funding for No Child Left Behind by $806 million and to cut $41.6 billion from Medicare, Medicaid, federal student loans and farm programs. She also voted to ship good American jobs overseas with CAFTA, another unfair trade agreement. (H.R. 5638, Vote #308, 6/22/06; H.R. 5672, Vote #319, 6/27/06; H.R. 2990, Vote #364, 7/12/06; H.R. 2389, Vote #382, 7/19/06; H.C.R. 95, Vote #88, 3/17/05; H.R. 3010, Vote #321, 6/24/05; S. 1932, Vote #670, 12/19/05; H. Res. 653, Vote #4, 2/1/06; H.R. 3045, Vote #443, 7/27/05)
VOTE Nov. 7
How you vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, please vote.
