BERNIE SANDERS FIGHTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Opposes Sending Our Jobs Overseas.
Bernie Sanders voted against sending our jobs overseas—and he opposes tax breaks for corporations that move our jobs overseas. “To simply give these people incentives to invest abroad and then turn a blind eye on their disastrous policies here in America is a real sellout of American workers.” (H.R. 3450, Vote #575, 11/17/93; Congressional Record, 9/27/95)
Fights to Increase Minimum Wage.
Bernie Sanders sponsored or co-sponsored a bill to raise the minimum wage every year that he has been in Congress—and he supports increasing the minimum wage by indexing it to cost-of-living increases. (H.R. 6067, 9/30/92; H.R. 692, 1/27/03; H.R. 363, 1/4/95; H.R. 2278, 7/28/97; H.R. 627, 2/8/99; H.R. 2812, 8/2/01; H.R. 965, 2/27/03; H.R. 2429, 5/18/05)
Lowers Health Care Costs.
Bernie Sanders voted against increasing insurance premiums for working families and voted against special protections for negligent HMOs. (H.R. 525, Vote #426, 7/26/05; H.R. 2663, 8/2/01)
RICH TARRANT PUTS WORKING FAMILIES AT RISK
Rich Tarrant opposes adequately funding the No Child Left Behind Act and is a “strong supporter” of free trade. “The more we trade with everybody, the less we fight with them....China can’t afford to bomb Wal-Mart, anyway.” (Burlington Free Press, 9/5/06; Associated Press, 1/25/05)
VOTE Nov. 7
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