Truth about Rick Santorum
John A. Keslick, Jr.
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The recent commercials for Santorum would indicate he is all for
environment, education, health care, and conservation. Most of these
commercials are paid by the USCOMMERCE.com which on first glance might
appear (even with logo) to be a legitimate U.S. government website.
However, this is a business website which has a vested interest in not
having their commercial interests stifled by those "nasty"
environmental regulations. A compilation (that may not be complete) of
various ratings on Rick Santorums voting records over the years is
provided at http://mercury.ccil.org/~treeman/santorum2006/
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Listed here for the editors convenience.
Rick Santorum on Health Care
· Voted YES on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000. (May
2006)
· Voted NO on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb
2006)
· Voted NO on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov
2005)
· Voted NO on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription
drug. (Mar 2005)
· Voted NO on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription
drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
· Voted NO on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul
2002)
· Voted NO on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive
damages. (Jun 2001)
· Voted YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug
benefit. (Apr 2001)
· Voted NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
· Voted YES on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
· Voted NO on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
· Voted YES on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
· Voted NO on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
· Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record.
(Dec 2003)
Rick Santorum on Environment
· Voted NO on including oil & gas smokestacks in mercury regulations.
(Sep 2005)
· Voted YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan
2001)
· Voted YES on more funding for forest roads and fish habitat. (Sep
1999)
· Voted NO on transportation demo projects. (Mar 1998)
· Voted NO on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests.
(Sep 1997)
· Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
Rick Santorum on Education
· Voted NO on $52M for "21st century community learning centers".
(Oct 2005)
· Voted NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct
2005)
· Voted NO on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to
education. (Mar 2005)
· Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May
2001)
· Voted NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May
2001)
· Voted NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt
reduction. (Apr 2001)
· Voted YES on Educational Savings Accounts. (Mar 2000)
· Voted YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules.
(Mar 1999)
· Voted YES on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998)
· Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)
· Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996)
· Voted YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary
prayer. (Mar 1994)
· Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec
2003)
Santorum League of Environmental Voters Scorecards
1997 Score 14%
1998 Score 0 (zero)%
1999 Score 0 (zero)%
2000 Score 0 (zero)%
2001 Score 0 (zero)%
2002 Score 4%
2003 Score 0 (zero)%
2004 Score 0 (zero)%
2005 Score 10%
Santorum American Public Health Association Record
2000 Score 0 (zero)%
2001 Score 0 (zero)%
2002 Score 0 (zero)%
2003 Score 0 (zero)%
2004 Score 14%
2005 Score 20%
Santorum National Breast Cancer Record
2000 Score 0 (zero)%
2001 Score 0 (zero)%
2002 Score 0 (zero)%
2003 Score 0 (zero)%
2004 Score 0 (zero)%
Santorum American Medical Association (AMA) Record
2001 Score 0 (zero)%
2002 Score 0 (zero)%
2003 Score 0 (zero)%
Santorum Global AIDS Alliance Record
2003 Score 0 (zero)%
Santorum American Wilderness Record
2003 Score 0 (zero)%
2004 Score 0 (zero)%
2005 Score 0 (zero)%
Santorum Republicans for Environmental Protection
2005 Score 0 (zero)%
Santorum Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund Record
2003 Score 0 (zero)%
2004 Score 0 (zero)%
2005 Score 0 (zero)%
Santorum American Lands Alliance Record
2003 Score 0 (zero)%
2004 Score 0 (zero)%
2005 Score 0 (zero)%
Santorum National Parks Conservation Association Record
2003 Score 20 (zero)%
2004 Score 20 (zero)%
Sources:
Project Vote-Smart (http://www.vote-smart.org/)
American Medical Association (http://ama-assn.org/)
American Public Health Association (http://www.apha.org/)
National Breast Cancer Coalition (http://www.natlbcc.org/
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
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