The Votes Don't Lie...

What will Steve King put on the Auction Block next?

HOW KING RESPONDS TO HIGH ENERGY PRICES

• Rep. King voted against cracking down on the oil and gas industries price gouging.
• Rep. King voted for the GOP energy bill that gave billions to oil, gas and nuclear industries.
• Big oil and gas industries have given Rep. King $8,450. Any surprise?

REP. KING PUTS BIG BUSINESS AHEAD OF AMERICAN WORKERS

• Rep. King voted to strip overtime protection from millions of workers.
• Rep. King voted to allow federal loans to American companies that have escaped paying U.S. taxes by moving offshore.

GOP "HEALTH CARE"

• Big drug interests have given $3,250 to King over the Representative's career. They know who their friends are.
• Rep. King voted for the GOP Medicare Prescription Drug Bill that will give billions to businesses and the health care industry, while forcing seniors to accept annual increases in premiums and deductibles and a growing gap in coverage for the prescription drugs they buy.

TIES WITH THE GOP LEADERSHIP

• King received $5,761 from GOP Whip Roy Blunt's "Rely on Your Beliefs" PAC.
• King voted with President Bush 88% of the time.
• King voted the GOP party line 98% of the time.

TIES WITH TOM DELAY

King has taken $15,000 from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC. With all of these ties to the DeLay mess, is it any surprise that King has:

• Voted to weaken House ethics rules when DeLay proposed doing so as GOP Majority Leader.
• Voted with Tom DeLay 93% of the time (through 3/31/2006)

"SUPPORTING" OUR TROOPS

• Rep. King voted to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon's own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor's costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
• Rep. King opposed expanding access to the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of Reservist and National Guard members, even though 20 percent of all Reservists do not have health insurance, and 40 percent of Reservists aged 19 to 35 lack health coverage.
• Rep. King voted against granting a bonus to grant a $1,500 bonus to every American service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, including National Guard and Reserve forces.

THE ENVIRONMENT

• 1,861 water systems in 29 states have been contaminated with MTBE, exposing as many as 45 million Americans to this potential carcinogen, but Rep. King voted to protect the companies responsible from lawsuits by communities that need their help to clean up these systems.
• Rep. King voted against bipartisan reform of the Endangered Species Act.
• Rep. King voted for a massive sell off of public lands to mining interests.

HOW DOES KING SUPPORT....

HIGHER EDUCATION?

• While tuition costs are rising for ordinary Americans, Rep. King voted to cut Federal student aid by $12.7 billion -- the biggest such cuts in history.

STEM CELL RESEARCH?

• Rep. King sided with social conservatives against patients with debilitating diseases and voted against expanding Federal funding of stem cell research.

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Project Vote Smart -- King's Voting Record, King's Rankings on the Issues, King's Speeches and Public Statements
Washington Post -- Votes Database
Library of Congress -- King's Bills and Resolutions
King's Congressional Website -- Latest News
On the Issues website -- King's Positions on Key Issues
VoteMatch -- Answers to VoteMatch Quiz

SOURCES

1. Vote on price gouging: HR 3402, Vote #500, 9/28/2005 No
2. Vote on GOP energy bill: HR 6, Vote #445, 7/28/2005 Yes
3. Contributions from oil and gas industries: www.opensecrets.org $8,450
4. Vote to strip overtime protection: HR 2660 , Vote #351, 7/10/2003 No
5. Vote to prevent federal loans to American companies that have relocated offshore for U.S. tax avoidance: HR 4818, Vote #386, 7/15/2004 No
6. Contributions from drug interests: www.opensecrets.org $3,250
7. Vote on GOP Medicare Prescription Drug Bill: HR 1, Vote #669, 11/22/2003 Yes
   
8. "Rely on Your Beliefs" PAC Contributions: www.tray.com $5,761
   
9. Voting percentage with Pres. Bush:
   calculated through: www.cq.com 88%
   
10. Voting percentage with GOP caucus:
    calculated through: www.cq.com 98%
    
11. Contributions from ARMPAC: www.tray.com $15,000
12. Vote to weaken ethics rules: H Res. 5, Roll Call #6, 1/4/05 YES
    
13. Voting percentage with DeLay: calculated through 3/31/2006: www.cq.com 93%
14. Vote to stop contracts to corporations that overcharge: HR 4939, Vote #60, 3/16/2006 No
15. Vote to expand access to TRICARE: HR 1815 , Vote #221, 5/25/2005 No
    
16. Vote for bonus for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: HR 3289, Vote #554, 10/17/2003 No
    
17. Vote to hold MTBE producers accountable: HR 6, Vote #373, 7/14/2005 No
18. Vote on Endangered Species Act reform: HR 3824, Vote #505, 9/29/2005 No
19. Vote to sell off public lands: HR 4241,Vote #601, 11/18/2005 Yes
20. Vote to cut Federal student aid: S 1932 , Vote #670, 12/19/2005 Yes
    
21. Vote to expand stem cell research: HR 810 , Vote #204, 5/24/2005 No

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