His friends in the mainstream media, namely the same Houston Chronicle that endorsed him and Barack Obama, have launched an offensive against Congressman Steve Stockman and Texas conservatives, calling them ‘liars’ for printing his own voting record.
Here are the facts. The documented facts. And this is just a few of his liberal votes from only the last three sessions.
Liberal Mike Jackson voted to let Planned Parenthood give teen mothers contraception without parental consent. The National Abortion Rights Action League hailed Mike Jackson’s vote as “Pro-Choice.” (SOURCE: SB 592, 2009. National Abortion Rights Action League.)
Liberal Mike Jackson voted to create a State Income Tax on working Texans (SOURCES: HB 3, 2005. The Wall Street Journal, 5/10/05)
Liberal Mike Jackson voted for “the biggest tax increase in Texas history. (SOURCES: HB 3, 2005. Conservative Republicans of Texas)
Liberal Mike Jackson voted to bow to U.N. and Mexican pressure create a state commission to gather information to overturn Texas’ death penalty. (Sourve: HB 498, 2009, Heritage Alliance)
Liberal Mike Jackson vote to give Texas drivers licenses to non-citizen Mexicans. (SOURCE: SB 2027, Texas Eagle Forum, “Giving U.S. ID to Foreigners)
Liberal Mike Jackson voted for a Democrat plan to allow voter registration without proper identification. (SOURCE HB 1448, 2009. Heritage Alliance)
Liberal Mike Jackson voted NINE times to create state-level ObamaCare programs or push an ObamaCare agenda. Jackson voted five times to expand government-run health care during the weeks in which Republicans were fighting Obama. (SOURCES: SB 1739, 2005. SB 23, 2007. HB 109, 2007. SB 72, 2007. SB 841, 2009. SB 204, 2009. SB 395, 2009. SB 424, 2009. SB 1646, 2009. Heritage Alliance, Young Conservatives of Texas and Texas Eagle Forum)
Liberal Mike Jackson voted to impose Agenda 21 on Texas, by exempting so-called “groundwater conservation districts” from Sunset Review. The districts, created by Bill Clinton’s executive order, are an integral part of Agenda 21 implementation as called for by the United Nations. Liberal Mike Jackson voted to stop conservatives from disbanding the property control districts. (SOURCE: SB 1451, Amendment #3, 2005. Texas Eagle Forum)
Liberal Mike Jackson voted to require Texas to present a plan to implement Cap and Trade on Texans, which would require you by law to emit less carbon dioxide. (SOURCE: SB 1687, 2007. Texas Eagle Forum)
Liberal Mike Jackson vote to kill tougher penalties for human traffickers who smuggle young girls into sexual slavery, calling it abhorrent. (SOURCE: HB 2086, Amendment #2, 2009. Heritage Alliance)
Liberal Mike Jackson voted multiple times to require some charter schools to teach in both English and Spanish. (SOURCE: SB 4 and SB 553, 2007. Texas Eagle Forum)
