The site below offers a synopsis of key votes that highlight why Americans need to replace extremists and stop the obstruction to allow the U.S. to restore our economy and our basic values.
During the last campaign, former Senator Scott Brown misstated his votes and his position on numerous issues. Let's not be misled by untrue campaign rhetoric and repeat the same mistake.
The Alliance for Retired Americans just
released its annual report detailing the voting record of every U.S. Senator and
Representative on key issues affecting current and future retirees. The
document, available here, examines 10 key
Senate votes and 10 key House votes in 2012. Roll calls on issues
include:
• whether to privatize Medicare and create a voucher-like system in its place;
• whether to turn Medicaid into a block grant system; and
• whether to undo key Affordable Care Act provisions that benefit seniors.
View the Voting Record online here.
The Voting Record reflects how committed our elected representatives are (or are not) to retirees and older Americans. The record can be used to educate and to encourage the health and economic security of seniors, their families and their communities. Higher scores on the 2012 Voting Record reflect a commitment to protect seniors and ask the wealthiest American people and corporations to pay their fair share.
• whether to privatize Medicare and create a voucher-like system in its place;
• whether to turn Medicaid into a block grant system; and
• whether to undo key Affordable Care Act provisions that benefit seniors.
View the Voting Record online here.
The Voting Record reflects how committed our elected representatives are (or are not) to retirees and older Americans. The record can be used to educate and to encourage the health and economic security of seniors, their families and their communities. Higher scores on the 2012 Voting Record reflect a commitment to protect seniors and ask the wealthiest American people and corporations to pay their fair share.
Help shine a light on what Congress has meant for seniors this past year by looking at how your elected officials voted! Again, the link is here.
This year, for the first time, the Voting Record is also
available in Spanish. It is important that everyone who does not want to be part
of the last generation to retire knows how their elected representatives voted
on these retirement security issues. Use our simple online Tell-A-Friend tool
to share the Voting Record with your friends and
neighbors in English or Spanish.In 2012, we saw the most unproductive Congress in modern American history finally come to an end, passing fewer than 250 bills in two years. Instead of asking the wealthiest American people and corporations to pay their fair share, we hear many Representatives again and again propose cutting the modest benefits to stable programs on which seniors rely. Help us make Congress pay attention to the needs of seniors!
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This past year we saw the most unproductive Congress in modern American history finally come to an end, passing fewer than 250 bills in two years. In just 2012 alone, bipartisan consensus legislation on issues such as farm programs and violence against women languished and went uncompleted. The House even refused to vote on needed relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy. Yet, it voted repeatedly to repeal the Affordable Care Act, even after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on its constitutionality. In the Senate, 115 filibuster threats grounded work to a near standstill on dozens of issues. All the while, the dysfunction in Congress pushed the nation toward a false crisis of a fiscal cliff. This act cost taxpayers nearly $19 billion because of avoidable credit downgrades. The nation deserves better. Voters in the 2012 elections did not reward many proponents of these policies.
Explanation of 2012 House Votes
Explanation of 2012 Senate Votes
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Voting Record 2011.pdf
2011 saw a new Congress come to Washington. Almost immediately, many went to work on attacking our core retiree programs, Social Security and Medicare. In addition to congressional actions, these programs came under scrutiny early in the year by the national Fiscal Commission. Although it was unable to reach final recommendations, a majority of the commission supported a plan that would cut the Social Security COLA, raise the retirement age, and make seniors pay more for Medicare benefits. A congressional Super Committee later in the year also was unable to make any final recommendations, but it, too, considered some of these misguided proposals.
Voting Record 2011.pdf
2011 saw a new Congress come to Washington. Almost immediately, many went to work on attacking our core retiree programs, Social Security and Medicare. In addition to congressional actions, these programs came under scrutiny early in the year by the national Fiscal Commission. Although it was unable to reach final recommendations, a majority of the commission supported a plan that would cut the Social Security COLA, raise the retirement age, and make seniors pay more for Medicare benefits. A congressional Super Committee later in the year also was unable to make any final recommendations, but it, too, considered some of these misguided proposals.
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