Chris Smith is bought and paid for by big labor unions. He has accepted over $607,898 since 1997. This election cycle alone, Smith has received over $55,000.
Who does 28-year incumbent Chris Smith represent? Let’s look at the record.
- Voted for Cap & Trade, the largest tax increase in American history and heavily supported by the unions. Over 30,000 jobs will be lost in New Jersey alone as a result of Cap & Trade according to the Heritage Foundation.
- Co-sponsored and voted for Card Check. A bill that would replace secret union elections with a process where a union would be certified if a majority of employees signed a union card.
Under the “Smith Bill,” union thugs would be able to use threats and intimidation to get workers to create unions
in cases where they can’t win a fair union election.
The unemployment rate is 9.9% and the underemployment rate exceeds 17%. The budget deficit this year alone exceeds $1.5 Trillion. Government debt is at $13 Trillion and unfunded liabilities exceed $100 Trillion.
This level of deficit spending is endangering our economy and our country. Businesses have stopped hiring and expanding. If government does not balance the budget, our children and grandchildren will have no future.
This has not deterred Chris Smith’s big government agenda. In exchange for the $607,899 in campaign contributions from big labor, Smith continues to vote for Big Government programs like Cap & Trade and Card Check that will continue to drive our economy into the ground.
This is why Smith has earned the ranking as one of the most liberal Republicans in the House by the American Conservative Union.
Remember, a Politician who does not need you, the People, to get elected will not serve you when he gets to Washington
CHRIS SMITH UNION CONTRIBUTIONS|
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TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
1ST YEAR |
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DRIVE-DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION-PAC FOR INT'L BROTHERHOOD OF T |
$65,000 |
1997 |
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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTIRCAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE |
$61,000 |
1997 |
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PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO 9 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE |
$59,100 |
1998 |
|
LABORERS INTERNATIONAL |
$58,000 |
1997 |
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ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL |
$45,000 |
1997 |
|
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS |
$37,000 |
1998 |
|
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) |
$32,500 |
2000 |
|
COMMITTEE ON LETTER CARRIERS POLITICAL EDUCATION (LETTER CARRIERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND) |
$28,500 |
1998 |
|
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL & REINFORCING IRON WORKERS |
$24,000 |
1997 |
|
NEW |
$21,000 |
1998 |
|
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION |
$17,000 |
2002 |
|
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM |
$17,000 |
1998 |
|
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF |
$16,500 |
1997 |
|
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC |
$12,000 |
1997 |
|
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC |
$11,500 |
2002 |
|
UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL |
$10,500 |
1997 |
|
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE |
$10,000 |
2000 |
|
SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOICATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE |
$10,000 |
2000 |
|
MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FUND |
$9,500 |
1997 |
|
INTERNATIONAL |
$8,000 |
2006 |
|
UAW-V-CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) |
$8,000 |
2000 |
|
POLITICAL EDUCATION FUND OF THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO |
$7,500 |
1999 |
|
AFL-CIO COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION COMMITTEE |
$5,500 |
2001 |
|
INTERNATIONAL |
$5,500 |
2000 |
|
INTERNATIONAL |
$5,000 |
1998 |
|
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE |
$5,000 |
1998 |
|
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION-COPE |
$3,600 |
1997 |
|
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE |
$3,500 |
2004 |
|
UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UTU PAC) |
$3,000 |
1997 |
|
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERBAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND |
$2,000 |
2000 |
|
UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND |
$2,000 |
2007 |
|
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS ASSOCIATION PAC |
$1,998 |
2000 |
|
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT & FROST INSULATORS AND ASBESTOS WORKERS PAC |
$1,200 |
2006 |
|
TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TSCL-PAC) |
$1,000 |
1998 |
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TOTAL |
$607,898 |
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Source: Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance Reports, www.fec.gov |
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