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1) From privatizing Social Security...
"Social Security May Cost Santorum His Job," Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2005
"...Mr. Santorum, the Senate Republicans' third-ranking leader and a nationally recognized conservative with White House ambitions, has emerged as the president's biggest backer on Social Security...And no one has privately pressed harder for wary Republicans in Congress to stick by the president and his private-accounts proposal -- and even to go for larger accounts."
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2) ...to cutting student loans for the middle class...
Roll Call 363, H.R. 6, December 21, 2005
Congressional Budget Office, "S. 1932 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005," January 27, 2006
"Bill hits students, Medicaid," Knight Ridder News Service, February 2, 2006
According to Knight Ridder news service, the largest reduction included in this bill was "a nearly $12 billion slice in federal student loans. The cut also would increase interest rates for repaying the loans."
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3) ...when Rick Santorum has to choose between siding with George Bush or middle class Pennsylvanians, Santorum supports Bush.
According to Congressional Quarterly, since the beginning of the Bush era in 2001, Santorum has voted to support the President's policies and programs an average of 97% of the time.
Year |
% of Santorum Votes Supporting President Bush |
|---|---|
2001 |
97% * |
2002 |
96% * |
2003 |
99% * |
2004 |
100% * |
2005 |
95% ** |
Congressional Quarterly determines these percentages based on recorded votes cast in a given year on which President Bush took a position and on which Santorum voted "yea" or "nay" in agreement with the Bush position.
* Congressional Quarterly Almanac, 60th through 57th Editions, Congressional Quarterly Inc., 2004 to 2001 Sessions
** "Did Some Republicans Buck Bush to Avoid Bashington in '06 Race?" Morning Call,
January 15, 2006
"...Only five Republicans supported [Bush] more than [Rick Santorum], the No. 3 GOP leader in the Senate. Santorum's 95 percent presidential support score was down slightly from 2004, when he supported Bush 100 percent of the time."
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