Issa for Bush

Congress recently voted on a bipartisan basis 311-104 to authorize funding for the next five years for Amtrak. Issa was among the minority that voted against said funding, a bill that Bush has said he would veto.

As gas prices have soared above $4 per gallon nationally, Amtrak ridership in May was the highest recorded in its 37-year history. Some of the money is budgeted for matching grants to help states set up or expand rail service. Yet Issa once again stood lock-step with Bush policies rather than with constituents who would like to see improved alternatives to expensive and tedious travel on packed freeways.

We have an opportunity in November to elect a representative who has not and will not support failed Bush policies – Robert Hamilton.

Jim Dooley