American Bridge

BRIDGE BRIEFING: Marco Rubio’s Record on Women

Tonight, Marco Rubio will smile, look into the camera and attempt to convince the country that a kinder, gentler Republican Party was born at some point over the past three months. The truth, however, is that on the same day he is set to address the nation, Rubio joined twenty-one of his male Republican colleagues in voting against the Violence Against Women Act. In fact, the young, fresh, exciting Rubio’s record on issues that impact the lives of women looks exactly like those of the tired, old Republicans who ruined their brand in the first place.

Americans rejected Republicans in 2012 due to their worn-out ideas that were bad for middle class families — women and men alike — not because of a dearth of hip-hop chatter on the campaign trail.

Take it from Tupac: it’s “time to heal our women, be real to our women.”

Paycheck Fairness

Rubio Voted Against The Paycheck Fairness Act, Said the Bill Was About Scoring “Political Points.” “The Paycheck Fairness Act requires businesses to show that wage discrepancies between men and women are not based on gender. The measure also bans retaliation against workers who reveal their wages or try to get wage information from their employers. Rubio called the legislation more about ‘scoring political points’ than solving any problems.”  [Miami Herald, Naked Politics Blog, 6/5/12]

VIDEO: Connie Mack Isn’t Doing His Job

Connie Mack is missing again. This week, Florida Rep. Connie Mack was once again absent from the House of Representatives after having spent the afternoon campaigning for Mitt Romney.  This is nothing new; as a representative of Florida, Mack has missed over 150 votes. This video shows some of the more important votes he missed while hanging out in California, campaigning for Romney, or raising money.

Vern Buchanan Ethics Memo

Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan skipped out on his July 30 court deposition to answer serious questions about business ethics. Buchanan, who has been dogged by questions about his business dealings — and under investigation by both the House Ethics Committee and the Justice Department — evaded answering questions under oath by failing to appear at the scheduled time.

Read the American Bridge research document below to see the facts he didn’t want to face.

Buchanan Ethics Memo

VIDEO: Connie Mack’s Empty Chair

Today we released a parody video hitting Rep. Connie Mack on his abysmal attendance record. In a humorous parody of an ad that ran in Florida in 2006 attacking Jim Davis, this web video applies the same arguments to Mack.