Special Interests: Sununu Puts Corporate Interests Ahead of New Hampshire Families

Special Interests: Sununu Puts Corporate Interests Ahead of New Hampshire Families

Middle class New Hamphsire families are struggling to afford the rising cost of energy, health care, education and more. But John Sununu has marched in lock step with George Bush in putting special interests first. He's taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry, the insurance industry, and Iraq war contractors, and in return he's voted to give them billions in tax breaks and wasteful contracts that throw away taxpayer money.

Oil and Gas Industry

• Sununu has taken $232,030 from the oil and gas industry. [1]
• In return, he cast the deciding vote last December to protect $13 million in tax breaks for Big Oil instead of investing in alternative energy -- and he received a $1,000 check from Chevron on the same day. [2] 
• And just this June, Sununu again voted to protect $17 billion in tax breaks to the oil and gas industry instead of investing in renewable energy. [3]

Insurance Industry

• Sununu has taken $646,874 from insurance companies. [1]
• In return, he stood with Bush and cast the deciding vote this June to protect insurance industry profits instead of fixing Medicare, endangering access to health care for over 200,000 New Hampshire seniors. Then he stood with Bush and voted against the proposal two more times. [4]
• And Sununu has made it harder for New Hampshire families to afford health care by standing with the pharmaceutical industry and voting five times against importing safe, cheap prescription drugs from Canada. [5]

In Washington, John Sununu stands with George Bush and puts special interests ahead of New Hampshire families. He's increased the debt by wasting billions in taxpayer money, all to subsidize the oil industry, insurance industry and Iraq war profiteers. While New Hampshire families struggle, Sununu's priority is to keep his campaign backers flush with taxpayer giveaways. And nothing will change until we change senators.

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--[1] Center for Responsive Politics
--[2] Senate Vote #425, 12/13/07
--[3] Senate Vote #146, 6/10/08
--[4] Senate Vote #160, 6/26/08; Senate Vote #169, 7/9/08; Senate Vote #177, 7/15/08
--[5] Senate Vote #150, 5/3/07; Senate Vote #232, 6/20/03; Senate Vote #191, 7/11/06; Senate Commerce Committee Markup, 7/21/05; House Vote #216, 7/11/01