Davis’ Bought-and-Paid-For Record Doesn’t Fly with Central Illinois Voters
Congressman Rodney Davis (R, K-Street) is going to spend a lot of time on the debate stage tonight avoiding the issues he knows are perilous to his reelection chances. Unfortunately for him, we have the receipts. Davis has made a career in Washington taking money from corporate PACs and special interests and then voting their way – from the massive tax giveaway to his donors to gutting protections for people with pre-existing conditions and refusing to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
Here’s what Rodney Davis doesn’t want you to know:
- Rodney Davis Wants To Eliminate Protections For Pre-Existing Conditions: Davis voted 11 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which guarantees protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Davis repeatedly voted against defending the ACA in court – now the law is in front of the Supreme Court and thousands of Central Illinoisans could lose their health care in the middle of the pandemic, as a result. Davis also voted for the Republicans’ failed 2017 health care repeal bill, which would decimate rural hospitals by eliminating the Medicaid funding that many rely on.
- Rodney Davis Will Lie About His Health Care Record – Because He Knows It’s Politically Toxic: Davis’ attempts to mislead Central Illinoisans about his health care record aren’t new. In 2018, Davis was called out by independent fact checkers for “misleading voters” about his record on health care, even after being fact checked on their claims: Davis has “been put on notice that [he is] peddling a falsehood — and politicians who care about their reputation should acknowledge they made a mistake and offer an apology. Instead, [he] apparently believe[s] it is politically advantageous to continue to deceive the voters in [his] district.”
- Rodney Davis Looks Out For His Special Interest Donors, Not His Constituents: Davis has taken more than $700,000 in campaign contributions from Big Pharma and the insurance industry, so it’s no surprise that he consistently votes their way in Congress. Davis voted for the Republican tax giveaway that was considered “a major victory for pharma manufacturers” because it gave a tax break to the top five pharmaceutical companies to the tune of $42.7 billion, and also voted against a bipartisan bill to lower the cost of prescription drugs. These special interests know they have Davis in their pocket – that’s why they’ve already spent hundreds of thousands to prop up Davis’ reelection campaign.
- Rodney Davis Voted Against Transparency Of Taxpayer Funds… After His Family Received $1 Million In PPP Loans: During the pandemic when small businesses in Central Illinois were struggling to stay open, Davis twice voted against transparency for the federal loan program meant to help – just days after his own family took more than $1 million in loans. It’s just another example that he’ll always look out for himself and his special interest donors, not voters in Central Illinois.
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