Former New Hamphire Governor Jeanne Shaheen's incumbent opponent, Senator John Sununu, first ran for public office in 1996, winning election in New Hampshire's First Congressional District and serving three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has a lifetime League of Conservation Voters rating of 35%, and has repeatedly voted against incentives for renewable energy, even when he could have been the crucial 60th vote to pass them.
Sununu has voted to support offshore domestic oil drilling and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge despite the fact that America sits on less than 3 percent of the world's oil supplies and can never drill our way to independence.. He opposes binding international treaties on global warming, like the Kyoto Protocol despite the fact that Granite Staters strongly support taking action to fight global warming. Sununu has also expressed opposition to better fuel economy standards, and to incentives for state environmental protection programs. He helped block votes on fuel economy and a Clean Energy Bill, and on a repeal of oil subsidies.
Sununu voted against the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 and the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008, both of which were a few votes shy of passing. He voted against the recent Climate Security Act. When it comes to helping the people of New Hampshire, Sununu has voted seven times in the Senate against funding for LIHEAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and he opposed increasing funding for the program by closing corporate tax loopholes. With the price of oil hovering near $130 per barrel, New Hampshire families need a Senator in Washington who actually stands up for them, not Sununu's empty rhetoric. Help create a Senate that will support the interests of working class Americans. Vote for Jeanne Shaheen in November. For more information, please visit: http://jeanneshaheen.org.
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