How Did Congressman Niki Tsongas Vote?
Democrat Representing Massachusetts 5th District's Key Votes 2010:
Vote #1 Cap-and Trade Bill (American Clean Energy and Security Tax H.R. 2454)
Tsongas Voted: YES
A vote in favor of this bill established a “Cap-and-Trade” regime to reduce carbon emissions to slow “global warming.” Also known as “Cap-and-Tax,” the bill would impose a new national energy tax costing each family $3,000 per year on average. It is estimated to increase unemployment by 1,105,000 jobs per year.
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Vote #2 Obamacare Private Health Care Takeover (Affordable Healthcare for America Act H.R. 3962)
Voted: YES
This Obamacare bill slashed Medicare benefits by nearly $500 billion for Seniors who paid into the system their entire working lives, while increasing taxes $565 billion. The bill requires private insurers to add applicants with pre-existing conditions and children to the age of 26, raising private health insurance costs for most working Americans and small business. Bill mandates that 30 million Americans buy private insurance or receive free government care. Bill provides for “rationing” for life-saving medical procedures. The Congressional Budget Office estimates Obamacare will add $1 trillion to federal costs over the next decade.
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Vote #3 Obama-Pelosi Stimulus (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act H.R. 1)
Voted: YES
A vote in favor of this bill approved $819 billion for President Obama’s stimulus program. One third of the stimulus provided for funds to state and local government to keep public employees employed. Since passage of the economic stimulus, unemployment has increased to 9.6%, the highest unemployment rate in 26 years.
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Vote #4 Election of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House
Voted: YES
The first and most consequential act of Congress, a vote in favor of Nancy Pelosi (Democrat-San Francisco) to be Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 111th Congress.
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Representative Tsongas is NOT one of us!
Most of us that live in the 37 cities and towns that comprise the 3rd Congressional District would love to be in the stratosphere that is the life style of our Representative”.
In the 2010 Election on a Lowell Sun debate, Ms. Tsongas insinuated that she "was a regular person” and attempted to paint her challenger as an elitist. She also indicated her personal involvement in saving money for us taxpayers. She mentioned not taking a raise and voting for a freeze on a congressional pay raise as well as cutting staff expenses by 75 thousand dollars. Her statement seemed not to be in line with the facts.
Between Jan 1st and 30 July 2010, a six month period, Ms. Tsongas had spent $498.897 for her staff, this projects out to $997,794 for the year! In 2009 her staff expenses were $960,829, In 2008 the expense was $898,711. This does not indicate a reduction but rather a slow increase in the cost to operate her office.
She failed to mention that she voted for the congressional pay raise (H413 on June 19, 2009) before she voted against the automatic pay adjustment in 2010.
On a personal front Ms Tsongas’s income is $174.000 for a congressional salary. Based on Financial Disclosure reports a public record, her net worth is listed as between $1,845,054 and $7,999.999 which ranks her 66th RICHEST in the House of Representatives. Her assets includes her three properties, a small Condo at 52 Lawrence Drive Unit 411M, in Lowell, rarely used other than an election cycle, valued at $119.600. Her primary residence, at 26 Auburn St., Charlestown Ma. Purchased in 2003 for $760,000 with an accessed value of $602,300. And finally her property at 455 Shore Rd. Chatham Ma; valued at $2,440,800.This is the individual who supports Occupy Wall Street and is in fact a FAT CAT!
We personally hope Ms. Tsongas makes and spends whatever she desires, that is the America as it was and should be, not the America she and her fellow elitist elected officials want to make it for us and exclude themselves.
