June 12, 2015, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting 86 House Republicans who voted for trade adjustment assistance, legislation that will increase taxes to make payments to unions affected by the Trans-Pacific Partnership:
“It is almost incomprehensible that 86 House Republicans were so desperate to make an Obamatrade deal that they voted to increase taxes to pay off big labor — all to make Obamatrade more palatable to Democrats. No deal was better than a bad deal, and yet these 86 Republicans decided the trade bill was more important than increasing their constituents’ taxes to make payments to labor unions. Any member considering voting for trade adjustment assistance next week should well consider the political consequences of voting to increase taxes to pay off big labor to grant Obama more power to regulate the global economy.”
Attachments:
86 House Republicans who voted for trade adjustment assistance, June 12, 2015 at http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll361.xml
Robert Aderholt (Ala.-CD4)
Louis Barletta (Pa.-CD11)
Andy Barr (Ky.-CD6)
Joe Barton (Texas-CD6)
Dan Benishek (Mich.-CD1)
Mike Bishop (Mich.-CD8)
Rod Blum (Iowa-CD1)
Mike Bost (Ill.-CD12)
Charles Boustany (La.-CD3)
Kevin Brady (Texas-CD8)
Susan Brooks (Ind.-CD5)
Ken Calvert (Calif.-CD42)
Mike Coffman (Colo.-CD6)
Tom Cole (Okla.-CD4)
Barbara Comstock (Va.-CD10)
Ryan Costello (Pa.-CD6)
Ander Crenshaw (Fla.-CD4)
Carlos Curbelo (Fla.-CD26)
Rodney L. Davis (Ill.-CD13)
Charlie Dent (Pa.-CD15)
Robert Dold (Ill.-CD10)
Daniel Donovan (N.Y.-CD11)
Tom Emmer (Minn.-CD6)
Mike Fitzpatrick (Pa.-CD8)
Jeff Fortenberry (Neb.-CD1)
Rodney Frelinghuysen (N.J.-CD11)
Sam Graves (Mo.-CD6)
Glenn Grothman (Wis.-CD6)
Frank Guinta (N.H.-CD1)
Brett Guthrie (Ky.-CD2)
Richard Hanna (N.Y.-CD22)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.-CD3)
Bill Huizenga (Mich.-CD2)
Robert Hurt (Va.-CD5)
Darrell Issa (Calif.-CD49)
Bill Johnson (Ohio-CD6)
David Jolly (Fla.-CD13)
John Katko (N.Y.-CD24)
Mike Kelly (Pa.-CD3)
Peter King (N.Y.-CD2)
Adam Kinzinger (Ill.-CD16)
John Kline (Minn.-CD2)
Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.-CD3)
Tom Marino (Pa.-CD10)
Kevin McCarthy (Calif.-CD23)
Patrick McHenry (N.C.-CD10)
David McKinley (W.Va.-CD1)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.-CD5)
Patrick Meehan (Pa.-CD7)
Luke Messer (Ind.-CD6)
John Mica (Fla.-CD7)
Candice Miller (Mich.-CD10)
John Moolenaar (Mich.-CD4)
Tim Murphy (Pa.-CD18)
Devin Nunes (Calif.-CD22)
Erik Paulsen (Minn.-CD3)
Joe Pitts (Pa.-CD16)
Tom Reed (N.Y.-CD23)
Dave Reichert (Wash.-CD8)
Scott Rigell (Va.-CD2)
Mike Rogers (Ala.-CD3)
Hal Rogers (Ky.-CD5)
Todd Rokita (Ind.-CD4)
Peter Roskam (Ill.-CD6)
Ed Royce (Calif.-CD39)
Paul Ryan (Wis.-CD1)
Steve Scalise (La.-CD1)
John Shimkus (Ill.-CD15)
Bill Shuster (Pa.-CD9)
Mike Simpson (Idaho-CD2)
Elise Stefanik (N.Y.-CD21)
Steve Stivers (Ohio-CD15)
Glenn Thompson (Pa.-CD5)
Mac Thornberry (Texas-CD13)
Pat Tiberi (Ohio-CD12)
Dave Trott (Mich.-CD11)
Michael Turner (Ohio-CD10)
Fred Upton (Mich.-CD6)
David Valadao (Calif.-CD21)
Ann Wagner (Mo.-CD2)
Tim Walberg (Mich.-CD7)
Greg Walden (Oreg.-CD2)
Mimi Walters (Calif.-CD45)
Ed Whitfield (Ky.-CD1)
Joe Wilson (S.C.-CD2)
David Young (Iowa-CD3)
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