HUFFINGTON vs. FEINSTEIN "On the Issues"

MIKE HUFFINGTON VOTED AGAINST THE CLINTON TAX
INCREASES, VOTING TO CUT SPENDING
INSTEAD


DIANNE FEINSTEIN VOTED FOR THE CLINTON TAX INCREASE,
LARGEST IN U.S. HISTORY--COSTING CALIFORNIA $37 BILLION
AND ELIMINATING MORE THAN 54,000 JOBS (Tax Foundation)



HUFFINGTON OPPOSED HIGHER TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY
RECIPIENTS

FEINSTEIN VOTED TO SLAP $539 MILLION IN HIGHER TAXES
ON CALIFORNIA SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS -- MORE THAN
HALF OF THEM MIDDLE-CLASS


HUFFINGTON FAVORS THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
HE VOTED FOR $90 BILLION IN SPENDING CUTS AND TO DUMP
250,000 FEDERAL BUREAUCRATS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
PAYROLL

FEINSTEIN IS RANKED THE EIGHTH-BIGGEST SPENDER IN THE
U.S. SENATE -- AHEAD OF BARBARA BOXER AND TED KENNEDY
(National Taxpayers Union Foundation) SHE DID NOT
VOTE TO CUT 250,000 BUREAUCRATS FROM THE FEDERAL
PAYROLL


HUFFINGTON IS CO-CHAIRMAN OF CALIFORNIA'S "THREE
STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT" INITIATIVE -- TO PUT DANGEROUS CRIMINALS
BEHIND BARS FOR GOOD

FEINSTEIN DOES NOT SUPPORT CALIFORNIA'S "THREE STRIKES" INITIATIVE


HUFFINGTON FAVORS EXPANDING THE DEATH PENALTY, AND
OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY RACE QUOTAS

FEINSTEIN FAVORS RACE QUOTAS ON THE DEATH PENALTY.
SHE HAS VOTED TO CONFIRM ANTI-DEATH PENALTY JUDGES


HUFFINGTON WORKED TO IMPROVE THE CRIME BILL, CUTTING
THE PORK AND STRENGTHENING CRIMINAL PENALTIES AGAINST
VIOLENT THUGS, SEXUAL PREDATORS AND DRUG DEALERS

FEINSTEIN SUPPORTED A CRIME BILL THAT WOULD HAVE
IMMEDIATELY RELEASED HUNDREDS OF DRUG DEALERS AND
USERS FROM PRISON, AND WOULD HAVE SPENT $9 BILLION
DOLLARS ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS, NOT PRISONS OR POLICE


MIKE HUFFINGTON VOTED THREE TIMES TO FUND MORE BORDER
GUARDS AND SUPPORTS BANNING AUTOMATIC U.S. CITIZENSHIP
FOR CHILDREN OF ILLEGALS

AS MAYOR, DIANNE FEINSTEIN DECLARED SAN FRANCISCO AN
ILLEGAL ALIEN SANCTUARY. AS SENATOR, TO PAY FOR
ILLEGAL ALIENS, SHE PROPOSED A BORDER CROSSING FEE ON
U.S. CITIZENS



HUFFINGTON SUPPORTED THE MODEST DEFENSE CUTS FAVORED
BY DICK CHENEY AND COLIN POWELL

FEINSTEIN VOTED FOR THE CLINTON DEFENSE CUTS, COSTING
CALIFORNIA 179,000 JOBS (Defense Budget Project) AND
PLACING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IN JEOPARDY


HUFFINGTON SUPPORTS REPLACING THE FEDERAL WELFARE STATE
WITH BLOCK GRANTS TO THE STATES, INCREASED CHARITABLE
GIVING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT

FEINSTEIN QUADRUPLED WELFARE BENEFITS WHILE MAYOR OF
SAN FRANCISCO. SHE REMAINS SILENT ON THE ISSUE OF
WELFARE REFORM


HUFFINGTON FAVORS TERM LIMITS AND HAS NEVER TAKEN A
CENT FROM SPECIAL INTEREST POLITICAL ACTION
COMMITTEES

A TYPICAL CAREER POLITICIAN, FEINSTEIN OPPOSES TERM
LIMITS -- AND HAS TAKEN $6 MILLION FROM POLITICAL
ACTION COMMITTEES



HUFFINGTON IS A TRUE INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN VOICE FOR
CALIFORNIA

FEINSTEIN VOTED WITH LIBERAL BILL CLINTON 92% OF THE
TIME. SHE VOTED WITH LIBERAL BARBARA BOXER 91% OF
THE TIME



HUFFINGTON ALWAYS OPPOSED THE CLINTON HEALTH PLAN --
AND ANY PLAN WITH EMPLOYER MANDATES, HIGHER TAXES AND
PRICE CONTROLS

FEINSTEIN SPONSORED THE CLINTON HEALTH CARE PLAN --
THE $81.3 BILLION GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE
THAT WOULD HAVE KILLED 114,000 CALIFORNIA JOBS
(American Legislative Exchange Council)



HUFFINGTON RECEIVED A 100% VOTING RECORD FROM THE
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

FEINSTEIN SUPPORTED THE ANTI-AGRICULTURE "BIG GREEN"
INITIATIVE, WHICH WOULD HAVE KILLED 100,000 CALIFORNIA
JOBS

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