...Santorum voted against a number of measures aimed at improving the federal budget for the upcoming fiscal
year, including initiatives geared toward protecting Social Security, improving homeland security, increasing access to affordable
prescription drugs and providing quality health care to veterans.
“Senators are defined by their voting record,” Pennsylvania Democratic Chairman State Representative
T.J. Rooney said. “Rick Santorum is going to pay a price for voting against priorities like protecting Social
Security benefits, making our neighborhoods safer, and providing veterans’ health care. We guarantee it.”
Santorum Says NO to Keeping Medicaid Viable: Santorum Voted Against Restoring $14 billion to Medicaid
and Establishing a Bipartisan Medicaid Commission. Santorum’s vote came in spite of Governor Rendell’s warning
that if these funds weren’t restored, Pennsylvania “will have a very difficult time preventing the loss of health
coverage for some of our most vulnerable citizens.” [CQ, Vote 58, 3/17/05; Rendell Statement, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to Keeping Amtrak Operating: Santorum voted against restoring $1.04 billion to Amtrak,
breaking his promise to fight for funds to enable the rail to maintain service in Pennsylvania. [CQ, Vote #51, 3/16/05; Meet
the Press 2/27/05]
Santorum Says NO to Protecting Social Security Benefits: Santorum, voted against a Resolution rejecting
any Social Security plan that "requires deep benefit cuts or a massive increase in debt." [CQ, Vote #49, 3/15/05]
Santorum Says NO to First Responders: Santorum voted against $1.6 billion for first responder programs.
[CQ, Vote 50, 3/15/05]
Santorum Says NO to Veterans Health Care: Santorum Voted against $2.8 billion for veterans health care and
$2.8 billion for deficit reduction. [CQ, Vote #55, 3/16/05]
Santorum Says NO to Pennsylvania’s Schools: Santorum voted against $4.75 billion for education and
$4.75 billion for deficit reduction. [CQ, Vote #45, 3/14/05]
Santorum Says NO to Stopping the Outsourcing of American Jobs: Santorum voted against repealing tax incentives
for domestic companies that move their manufacturing plants to offshore locations. [CQ, Vote #63, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to Lower Rx Prices: Santorum voted against allowing the HHS secretary to negotiate with
drug manufacturers for lower drug process under Medicare. [CQ, Vote #60, 3/17/06]
Santorum Says NO to Pennsylvania’s Homeland Security: Santorum voted against $855 million for Homeland
Security Grants: first responder programs, port security grants and border patrol agents. [CQ, Vote #64, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to Pennsylvania’s Communities: Santorum voted against restoring $1.9 billion in cuts
to the Community Development Block Grant Program. [CQ, Vote #65, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says Say NO to Vocational Training: Santorum voted against $7.46 billion for the Perkins Vocational
and Technical Education Act and deficit reduction. [CQ, Vote #61, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to Fiscal Sanity: Santorum Voted against restoring pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules. [CQ, Vote
#53, 3/16/05]
Santorum Says NO to Protecting ANWR: Santorum voted against protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(ANWR) in Alaska from oil drilling. [CQ, Vote #52, 3/16/05]
Santorum Says NO to College Students. Santorum voted against restoring $5.4 billion to education program
cuts and increasing the maximum Pell Grant award to $4,500. [CQ, Vote #68, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to Farmers. Santorum voted against restoring $2.8 billion to agriculture programs. [CQ,
Vote #69, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to COPS. Santorum voted against increasing funding for the Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services (COPS) by $1 billion and use $1 billion to reduce the deficit. [CQ, Vote #70, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to America’s Highways. Santorum voted against increasing the budget authority for
surface transportation projects. [CQ, Vote #72, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to Teen Pregnancy Prevention. Santorum voted against a resolution supporting $1 billion
for family planning programs, such as teen pregnancy prevention. [CQ, Vote #75, 3/17/05]
Santorum Says NO to Special Education. Santorum voted against a reserve fund that would provide $71.3 billion
for special education programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. [CQ, Vote #79, 3/17/05]
By Phil Singer, DSCC, Mar 18, 2005
