2006
McCain Voted Against An Amendment To Raise The Minimum Wage. McCain voted against an amendment to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour in three steps. According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, 62.4% of all minimum wage earners were women in 2006. <1>
2000
Too Busy On The Campaign Trail To Help Minimum Wage Earners; McCain Missed Vote To Increase Minimum Wage. McCain missed a vote to increase the minimum wage by $1 an hour over three years, to $5.50 an hour beginning March 1, 2000, to $5.85 an hour beginning March 1, 2001, and to $6.15 an hour beginning March 1, 2002. According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, 62.9% of all minimum wage earners were women in 2000. <2>
1998
McCain Voted Against An Amendment To Raise The Minimum Wage. McCain voted against an amendment to increase the minimum wage to $5.65 an hour beginning January 1, 1999, and $6.15 an hour beginning January 1, 2000. According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, 64% of all minimum wage earners were women in 1998. <1998 Senate Vote #278, 9/22/1998; [3>
1996
McCain Voted Against An Amendment To Raise The Minimum Wage. McCain voted against passage of the bill to increase the minimum wage from its current level of $4.25 per hour to $4.75 per hour on July 1, 1996, and to $5.15 per hour on July 1, 1997. According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, 64.3% of all minimum wage earners were women in 1996. <4>
1989
McCain Voted Against An Amendment To Raise The Minimum Wage. McCain voted against minimum wage increases to $4.55/hr in 3 annual steps by 10/1/91. According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, 63.1% of all minimum wage earners were women in 1989. <5>
And legislation to create jobs/job training programs
McCain Says Jobs Aren't Coming Back, But He Opposed Training For New Ones
2004: McCain Voted Against An Amendment To Provide Assistance, Including Training, To Service And High-Tech Workers Whose Jobs Move Overseas. McCain voted against an amendment that provides that existing Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits be made available to service and high-tech workers, expands training programs, increase the health care subsidy for affected workers and provides economic adjustment plan assistance to communities that have significant trade-related layoffs. <1>
2004: McCain Voted Against Creating a Job Reserve Fund To Promote U.S. Job Creation. McCain opposed creating a jobs reserve fund to provide resources for job creation, discouraging of outsourcing of jobs, and providing tax credits to businesses for creating new manufacturing jobs in the U.S., among other things. <2>
2004: McCain Opposed Job Training Research and Assistance Program. McCain opposed “$2,600,000 for the National Center on Education and the Economy,” which is “committed not just to research, analysis and advocacy, but also to following through on its recommendations by creating the training, professional development, technical assistance and materials that professionals in the system need to implement the proposals we make “ <3>
2002: McCain Voted Not To Give Trade-Affected Workers Access To Loans To Cover Mortgages. McCain voted against an amendment establishing a pilot for low-interest loans to enable displaced workers, adversely affected by international competition, to continue to make mortgage payments with respect to their primary residence. <4>
1995: McCain Voted Against Job-Retraining for Workers Displaced by International Trade Agreements. McCain voted against an amendment to maintain the worker retraining assistance part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, which provides job retraining for workers laid off as a direct result of an international trade program such as NAFTA. <5>
And despite his rhetoric, consistently votes against funding domestic security programs, AND was ranked dead last among primary candidates by Fire Fighters association:
Reality: McCain Opposed Millions in Crucial Funding
McCain Missed Vote To Allocate $3.3 Billion To First Responders. McCain missed a vote to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) legislation implementing the remaining recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission as well as install aviation security screening measures; authorize more than $4 billion for rail and mass transit security, $3.1 billion for homeland security grant programs and $3.3 billion for a new emergency grant program to improve communications among first-responders. <2>
McCain Voted Against $16 Billion For First-Responders To Preserve Tax Breaks For The Rich. McCain voted against an amendment to increase funding by $16 billion for firefighters, law enforcement personnel, and emergency medical personnel by reducing tax breaks for individuals with annual incomes in excess of $1 million. <3>
McCain Voted Against $565 Million For First Responders. In 2005, McCain voted against an amendment to provide $855 million in additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security, including $565 million for first responders programs, $140 million for border security, and $150 million for port security. <2005 Senate Vote #64, 3/17/2005></ref>
McCain Voted Against $850 Million In Smallpox Vaccinations For First Responders. McCain voted against an additional $3 billion for homeland security. This additional money included $750 million for border security; $200 million for security at nuclear facilities; $850 million for smallpox vaccinations for first responders; $200 million to improve communications between first responder agencies; $1.1 billion for aviation security and $100 million for the Federal Emergency Management Administration. <4>
McCain Voted Against Providing $14.4 Billion In Funding For First Responders. McCain voted against an amendment to increase funding for police, firefighters and other state and local emergency personnel by $14.4 billion in fiscal 2004, including: $518 million for Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; $8.6 billion for State and Local Domestic Preparedness; $2.25 billion for Firefighter Assistance Grants; $2.48 billion for Emergency Preparedness and Response Operating Expenses; and $495 million for Emergency Management Performance Grants. <5>
McCain Voted Against Emergency Communications
McCain Said Reliable Communication Was “Matter Of Life And Death.” According to McCain, "The 9/11 Commission's findings highlighted the need for improved communications interoperability… I remain dedicated to ensuring that our firefighters and police can communicate effectively in times of crisis, an imperative made clear in the wake of 9/11 …it is unconscionable that our first responders still face the specter of being unable to communicate effectively during crisis. When lives are on the line, seconds count. And reliable emergency communications become a matter of life and death." <6>
Then Why Did McCain Vote To Eliminate A $100 Million Fund For Emergency Communications Equipment? McCain voted to support an amendment that eliminates $1 billion Commerce Department interoperability grant program and transfers funds to Department of Homeland Security for an uncreated interoperability grant program; and eliminates $100 million fund for strategic reserves of communications equipment designed for deployment in event of major disaster. <7>
McCain Repeatedly Voted Against Funding Increases For Communications Equipment For First Responders. In 2006, McCain voted against Sen. Stabenow’s amendment that provided an additional $5 billion for emergency responders for reliable interoperable communications equipment to respond to natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and public safety needs; and offsets by closing tax loopholes. In 2005, McCain twice voted against funding for emergency communication systems. <8>
McCain Finished LAST in Firefighters' Survey of Primary Candidates
McCain Finished Last Among Republican Primary Candidates In An IAFF Survey. John McCain finished last among firefighters in a survey taken by the International Association of Fire Fighters at its presidential forum. AFF President Harold Schaitberger, said McCain was “"disappointing," because he seemed to be going through the motions in his defense of the Iraq war troop surge, "and
were surprised by it. They felt like he literally read word-for-word his comments."” <9>
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