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Jamie v Kurt - Detailed Comparison

Lower prescription drug prices, including insulin

JAMIE
KURT

Kurt Schrader provided the decisive vote to block Medicare from negotiating drug prices as part of Build Back Better.1

Biden’s Build Back
Better

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader is one of just nine Democrats that voted to separate the infrastructure bill from the rest of Build Back Better, blocking BBB’s passage.2

American Rescue Plan
(COVID relief)

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader is one of only two Democrats to join Republicans in voting against the American Rescue Plan.3

Corporate PAC
donations

JAMIE
KURT

Kurt Schrader accepted over $8 million and counting — including over $650,000 from big Pharma, and nearly $300,000 from big oil and gas.4

Housing assistance support
(COVID relief)

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader is the only House Democrat to vote to evict people from their homes and opposed rental assistance when Oregon’s unemployment rate was above 10%.5

Invest in climate change
protections

JAMIE
KURT

Kurt Schrader voted against Build Back Better’s climate change protections.6

Hold corporations accountable for climate change

JAMIE
KURT

Kurt Schrader voted against holding corporations more accountable for climate change.7

Clean water protection

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader Voted to repeal The Clean Water Rule at least eight times.8

Public forest protection

JAMIE
KURT

Kurt Schrader Voted to open up federal lands to logging.9

End abusive debt collection

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader is the only Democrat to vote against the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act which cracked down on abusive debt collection practices.14

Student debt relief

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader has voted numerous times against student debt relief.15

Ban Congressional stock trading

JAMIE
KURT

Kurt Schrader made numerous trades in companies that have an interest in his Committee’s health and energy work, including Exxon Mobil, Marathon Oil and Gas, and Pfizer.16

Raise the federal
minimum wage

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader blocked bipartisan efforts to raise the minimum wage for the first time in ten years.10

Stimulus checks
(COVID relief)

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader voted against $1,200 stimulus payments to Americans. One of only 2 Dems to vote against 2nd round of $2,000 checks as pandemic surged.12

Suspend debt collection from service members & veterans (COVID relief)

JAMIE
KURT

Kurt Schrader voted against the HEROS Act that would have suspended veteran debt collection during Covid.13

Strengthen bargaining rights and union formation

JAMIE
KURT

Schrader is one of 7 Democrats to vote against the bipartisan PRO Act, which strengthens workers’ bargaining rights and ability to form a union.17

Accountability for January 6 insurrection - Trump impeachment

JAMIE
KURT

Called the impeachment proceedings against Trump a “lynching”.11

Our Sources

1 – https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/09/rep-kurt-schrader-of-oregon-helps-kill-drug-pricing-bill-endangering-biden-infrastructure-plan.html
2 – https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/26/us-representative-kurt-schrader-influencing-federal-infrastructure-spending-bills/
3 – https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll049.xml 4 – https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/kurt-schrader/summary?cid=N00030071
5 – Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act:
6 – https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr1187
7 – https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr1187
8 – HR 5895, 6/18; HR 2, 5/18; HR 953 5/17; HR 897 5/16; SJ Res 22 1/16; HR 1732 5/15; HR 5078, 9/14; HR 935 7/14.
9 – https://www.opb.org/news/article/house-passes-bill-to-increase-logging-on-federal-l/
10 – Raise the Wage Act
11 – https://thehill.com/homenews/house/498126-the-14-democrats-who-broke-with-their-party-on-coronavirus-relief-vote
12 – https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2020/roll252.xml
13 – https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=dbd56f75-3283-458d-9bbb-50712bb25700
14 – https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll141.xml
15 – https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2020109
16 – https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/congress-stock-trading-conflict-of-interest-rules-238033
17 – Protecting the Right to Organize Act
18 – https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/01/08/political-consultant-drops-congressman-kurt-schrader-after-he-likened-rushed-impeachment-to-a-lynching/
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