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Created in 1935, Social Security is an important social
insurance program designed to pay retired workers a continuing
income for retirement. Without it almost half of today’s
seniors would live in poverty. And one in every three
seniors depends on Social Security for 90% of their income.
This is why Republicans are committed to ensuring seniors
receive every penny in Social Security benefits they
have earned over a lifetime of hard work.
Overnight, the September 11 terrorist attacks put the issue
of national security among the most pressing topics facing
Congress. National defense and homeland security — issues
that had been relegated to the backburner throughout
the 1990s — received new focus. As a result, the
President asked and Congress created the Department of
Homeland Security, whose single overriding responsibility
is to make America more secure.
Republican tax cuts are creating jobs and continuing to
strengthen the economy, yet there is still more to do
so that every American who wants a job can find one.
Congressional Republicans understand that many Americans
are working hard to make ends meet. That is why the GOP
continues to push for pro-growth policies that create
jobs and oppose tax increases that would add a burden
to working families and set back our economy.
Republicans firmly believe working Americans should be
able to keep more of the money they earn. It’s
one of our fundamental differences with Democrats. Maybe
that’s why the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts were enacted
with wide Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
As a result of that historic tax relief, a record number
of taxpayers received generous tax refunds on their 2003
tax returns, the average of which was almost $2,100.
During 2005, the House passed H.R. 6, the Energy Policy
Act of 2005. The bill aims to decrease our dependence
on foreign oil, bring down gas prices and conserve energy.
The House also passed the Gasoline for America’s
Security (GAS) Act of 2005. The bill encourages new refineries
in order to increase gasoline supplies and address soaring
prices.
Republicans in Congress are committed to honoring our
men and women in uniform—past and present. And Republican
reforms have bettered the situation of our nation’s
veterans, dramatically increased funding for veterans’ programs,
and ensured our veterans receive the benefits they are
owed. Continue against
the government” or “conduct which tends to
treason but which falls short of it for want of an overt
act.” Barbara
Lee has embraced sedition from the first week of this war. She
has led many of her colleagues in that direction, but others
fear her extremism and what it could do to the party and
their positions of power. It is long past time for
traditional Democrats and Independents to reject the Left
by voting against politicians like Barbara Lee. A
vote for John den Dulk will do this.
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