Jobs & Economy
- Pass legislation that promotes economic growth - including making tax cuts permanent.
- Strengthen Social Security.
- Strengthen high schools to prepare Americans for jobs in the 21st Century.
Strength & Security
- Support increased base pay for service members and health care benefits for veterans.
- Stand with President Bush on increased defense spending that better prepares and protects our military.
- Show support for the President’s improvements in Homeland Security to defend our country.
Tax Reform
- Reform the tax code to ensure a simpler, fairer and more pro-growth system.
- Restrain spending by the Federal Government.
- Make tax cuts permanent for individuals and small businesses.
Education
- Support a new high school initiative to help states hold high schools accountable for teaching all students.
- Promote accelerated mathematics and science achievement for all secondary students, and especially low-achieving students.
- Accelerate student achievement with Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and State Scholars.
Social Security
- Fix Social Security now to avoid dramatically higher taxes, massive new borrowing or sudden and severe cuts in Social Security benefits or other government programs.
- Reform Social Security for America’s younger workers - our children and grandchildren.
- Remind your elected officials that Social Security cannot afford to continue paying benefits with the current pay-as-you-go system.
Nominations
- Appoint judges who strictly interpret the law.
- Oppose the unprecedented use of Senate filibusters.
- Fix the broken nomination process.
Immigration Reform
- Stand with President Bush in his efforts to protect the homeland by controlling the borders.
- Protect the rights of legal immigrants and match willing workers with willing employers.
- Support incentives for temporary workers to return to their home countries and families.
Faith & Values
- Fight to ensure that faith-based and community charities can participate in Federal, state, and local programs.
- Support President Bush's Access to Recovery program, a proposed three-year, $600 million drug treatment voucher initiative, will give recovering addicts expanded access to a full range of faith-based and community providers.
- Support legislation providing mentoring for children of prisoners.
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