Monday October 20, 2008
(Manchester, NH) – In this morning's AARP debate, John Sununu told the people of New Hampshire, "I'll always vote to protect your money."
But in Washington, he's voted down the line with George Bush on fiscal policies that have doubled the national debt to over $10 trillion, created the largest budget deficit in American history and devastated the economy for New Hampshire families and small businesses.
"Now that there are two weeks left before Election Day, John Sununu is playing as fast and loose with the truth about his record as he has with taxpayer dollars down in Washington," said Kate Bedingfield, communications director for Jeanne Shaheen for Senate. "He tells the people of New Hampshire one thing, but his 12 year record in Congress says something very different. John Sununu has supported reckless spending and fiscal irresponsibility that has turned our economy upside down and made it harder for New Hampshire families and small businesses to get by."
THE REAL JOHN SUNUNU $PENDING RECORD: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO
Since 2001, George Bush and John Sununu Have Turned a $236 Billion Budget Surplus Into a $454.8 Billion Budget Deficit. [Congressional Budget Office]
Since 2001, George Bush and John Sununu Have Nearly Doubled the National Debt to Over $10 Trillion.
Sununu Voted for All Six of George Bush's Budgets that Led to Deficit and Debt. [House Vote #104, 5/9/01; House Vote #79, 3/20/02; Senate Vote #108, 3/26/03; Senate Vote #58, 3/12/04; Senate Vote #81, 3/17/05; Senate Vote #74, 3/16/06]
Sununu Voted for an $850 Billion Bailout to Pay for the Economic Mess He Helped George Bush Create. [Senate Vote #213, 10/1/08]
Sununu Voted to Protect $45 Billion in Tax Incentives for Companies That Send Jobs Overseas. [Senate Vote #63, 3/17/05; Senate Vote #90, 5/11/2004]
Sununu Voted Four Times Against 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]
Allowing Medicare to Negotiate for Lower Costs Could Save American Taxpayers and Seniors Up to $30 Billion a Year. Data based on Veteran's Affairs' drug prices. [Institute for America's Future, The Waste and Inefficiency of the Bush Prescription Drug Plan, 4/4/2007]
Sununu Supported $70 Billion in Offshore Tax Loopholes. [New York Times, 8/1/06; S 681, 2007; S 1565, 2005]
Sununu Voted Four Times Against a Commission to Investigate How Federal Contracts in Iraq Were Awarded. Despite numerous reports of wasteful spending during the Iraq reconstruction process, Sununu voted four times against establishing a Truman-style commission to investigate how contracts were awarded. [Senate Vote #228, 9/14/05; Senate Vote #259, 10/19/05; Senate Vote #316, 11/10/05; Senate Vote #176, 6/20/06]
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- Federal audit: $180 million paid to Bechtel for projects it never completed. [MSNBC, 7/25/07]
- Special Inspector General Report: $5.1 billion in Iraq reconstruction charged without documentation. [Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction report, 3/19/07]
- Government Accountability Office: $10 billion spent in Iraq was wasteful or poorly tracked. [GAO report, 2/15/07]
Sununu Turned a Blind Eye to Millions Wasted After Hurricane Katrina. A 2008 Homeland Security report showed that millions were wasted on four no-bid contracts. [Homeland Security Department Inspector General, 9/10/08]
Sununu Did Nothing As Bush More Than Doubled No-Bid Contracts. A 2007 report by the Center for American Progress showed that spending on no-bid contracts had more than doubled under the Bush administration to over $145 billion in 2005 alone. [CAP Report, 5/11/07]
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