Ad Watch: Election Year Rhetoric Can't Hide John Sununu's Record Of Devestating Economy By Voting 90% With Bush
Friday September 12, 2008

Shaheen campaign sets record straight about latest Sununu television ad

(Manchester, NH) – In response to John Sununu's new television ad, Shaheen for Senate today released an ad watch exposing Sununu's real record of devastating the economy for New Hampshire families by voting with George Bush 90% of the time.

"While George Bush has been digging our economy into a hole, John Sununu has been right behind him with a shovel," said Kate Bedingfield, communications director for Jeanne Shaheen for Senate. "John Sununu has walked in lockstep with George Bush on a failed economic agenda that has gotten us where we are today with sky high energy costs, rising health care costs, declining home values and stagnant wages. Last minute, election year rhetoric can't disguise a failed economic record. New Hampshire families need a new direction."

John Sununu: A Loyal Vote for the Failed Bush Economic Agenda

John Sununu's Claims

Facts

Claim: "He led the opposition to a republican energy bill."

Sununu Voted To Give $13 Billion in Tax Breaks to Big Oil. [House Vote 320, 8/2/01]

Sununu Cast Deciding Vote Against $13 Billion in Renewable Energy Tax Breaks Offset by Reducing Subsidies for Oil and Gas Companies. [Senate Vote #425, 12/13/07]

Sununu Voted Against Cutting $17 Billion in Subsidies to Big Oil and Gas to Fund Renewable Energy Research. [Senate Vote #146, 6/10/08]

Sununu Voted Nine Times Against Bipartisan Energy Bills in the Last Year. Senate Vote #416, 12/7/07; Senate Vote #425, 12/13/07; Senate Vote #147, 6/10/08; Senate Vote #150, 6/17/08; Senate Vote #190, Rejected 53-43; R 4-43, D 47-0; 7/29/08; Senate Vote #192, 7/30/08; Senate Vote #35, 2/28/08; Senate Vote #434, 12/14/07; Senate Vote #55, 3/13/08]

Claim: "Popular positions? Not with Republicans in Washington. We'll stand with the man who votes 100 percent of the time with New Hampshire."

George Bush: "John Sununu was with me from the beginning. There was no question in my mind where he stood." [10/5/02]

Sununu Voted 90% of the Time with George Bush. [CQ Member Profiles 2001-2007]

Sununu Voted 8 Times Against Raising the Minimum Wage that Benefits Over 20,000 New Hampshire Workers While Voting Himself A Pay Raise 6 Times. [Children's Defense Fund – State Level Impacts Senate, 2004; Senate Vote #23, 1/24/07; Senate Vote #179, 6/21/06; Senate Vote #26, 3/7/05; Senate Vote #27, 3/7/05; Senate Vote #257, 10/19/05; Senate Vote #258, 10/19/05; House Vote #45 3/9/00; House Vote #43, 3/9/00; Senate Vote #406, 10/23/03; Senate Vote #410, 10/23/03; House Vote #322, 7/18/02; House Vote #267, 7/25/01; House Vote #419, 7/20/00; House Vote #300, 7/15/99]

Sununu Voted to Cut Off Medicare for Over 200,000 New Hampshire Citizens – Including Veterans and Seniors. [Senate Vote #160, 6/26/08; US Census 2005-06 CPS]

Sununu Voted to Protect Over $45 Billion in Tax Breaks for Companies that Ship Jobs Overseas. [Senate Vote #63, 3/17/05; Senate Vote #90, 5/11/2004]

Sununu Voted Four Times Against Saving $30 Billion A Year By Allowing Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices. [Senate Vote #132, 4/18/07; Senate Vote #50, 3/15/06; Senate Vote #302, 11/3/05; Senate Vote #60, 3/17/05]

Sununu Voted Against Foreclosure Bill that Would Have Prevented 1,856 Foreclosures in New Hampshire, Saved $51 Million in Property Values – Legislation Failed to Pass. [Senate Vote #35, 2/28/08; Center for Responsible Lending, 2/28/08]

Sununu Voted 4 Times Against Safe Prescription Drug Re-Importation. [Senate Vote #150, 5/3/07; Senate Vote #232, 6/20/03; Senate Vote #191, 7/11/06; Senate Commerce Committee Markup, 7/21/05]

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