Rep. Mike Simpson

WHY SIMPSON?

Mike Simpson has repeatedly voted for an expansion of government-run health insurance, Democrat spending bills, and pork project after pork project. He voted for the $700 billion taxpayer bailout of Wall Street banks and he was one of only three Congressmen to vote against defunding A.C.O.R.N., the far-left group notorious for voter fraud.

CHECK THE RECORD:

• Voted for the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street (RCV #681, 2008)

• Voted to increase the debt ceiling by $2.1 trillion. (RCV #690, 2011)

• Voted to keep all of the spending in Obama’s stimulus (RCV #42, 2009)

• Voted for the “fiscal cliff” deal that raised tax rates and delayed automatic spending cuts (RCV #659, 2012)

• One of just three Republicans to vote against cutting funding for the liberal group A.C.O.R.N. (RCV #397, 2011)

• Voted against restricting eminent domain abuse (RCV #350, 2005)

• Voted for the Obama “Cash for Clunkers” program (RCV #682, 2009)

• Voted to fund dozens of pork projects like an American Ballet Theatre (RCV #668, 2007), Grape genetics research (RCV #810; 2007), an Exploratorium in San Francisco (RCV #664, 2007), and a Lobster Institute in Maine (RCV #735, 2007)

• Voted against numerous spending cuts that would have reduced the size of government (Link)

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