Straight Facts About Our Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 8
STEVE KAGEN WILL FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Fights for Affordable Health Care.
Steve Kagen will fight for legislation that guarantees access to affordable health care for everyone by mandating open price disclosure and forming a single insurance risk pool nationwide to reduce prices for insurance and prescription drugs. (Post-Crescent, 9/17/06)
Keeps Jobs in Wisconsin.
Steve Kagen believes Congress should stop giving tax breaks to companies that move our jobs overseas and, instead, reward companies that create higher-wage jobs here. (Post Crescent, 9/17/06)
Fights for Wisconsin’s Working Families.
Steve Kagen supports targeted tax cuts that help workers pay for college, technical school and home mortgages instead of the Bush tax cuts that benefit only the wealthiest Americans. (Gannett News Service, 9/22/06)
JOHN GARD PUTS WORKING FAMILIES AT RISK
As a state legislator, John Gard has repeatedly voted against the best interests of workers and their families, opposing a minimum wage increase for Wisconsin’s workers, opposing expanded access to affordable health care and voting against the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act, which allows workers to care for their family without the threat of losing their jobs. (A.B. 49, 1/27/05; S.B. 193, 6/15/99; A.B. 1125, 2/9/94; A.B. 1, 1989-1990 Regular Session; A.B. 1162, 1993; S.B. 235, 1988)
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