Why+Tennessee+should+vote+for+Hillary+Clinton

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 * ==Practice your questions, Navie and Madison, for Ms. Clinton's visit.==




 * She is presently a senator and has experience in the government and people's issues
 * She is the former First Lady of the U.S
 * She supports bringing the troops home
 * If President Bush does not end the war, when Hillary Clinton is president, she will. Her three-step plan would bring our troops home, work to bring stability to the region, and replace military force with a new diplomatic initiative to engage countries around the world in securing Iraq's future. Hillary has been fighting every day in the Senate to force the president to change course. And today she described how she would bring the war to an end.
 * She wants to strengthen the middle class
 * [|Lowering taxes for middle class families.]
 * [|Providing quality, affordable health care to every American.]
 * [|Making college accessible and affordable.]
 * [|Confronting the growing problems in the housing market.]
 * [|Bolstering retirement security by promoting savings and investment.]
 * [|Returning to fiscal responsibility and moving towards balanced budgets.]
 * [|Harnessing innovation to create the high-wage jobs of the 21st century.]
 * [|Creating a $50 billion Strategic Energy Fund to jumpstart research and development of alternative energies.]
 * [|Strengthening unions and ensuring our trade laws work for all Americans.]
 * An Innovation agenda:
 * Hillary Clinton laid out innovation policies that will create the jobs of the future, stimulate economic growth, and ensure American leadership in new industries.
 * Providing affordable and accessible healthcare
 * **Affordable**: Unlike the current health system where insurance premiums send people into bankruptcy, the plan provides tax credits for working families to help them cover their costs. The tax credits will ensure that working families never have to pay more than a limited percentage of their income for health care.
 * **Available**: No discrimination. The insurance companies can't deny you coverage if you have a pre-existing condition.
 * **Reliable**: It's portable. If you change or lose your job, you keep your health care.
 * Promotes energy independence and fighting global warming
 * Hillary would transform our economy from carbon-based to clean and energy efficient, jumpstarting research and development through a $50 billion Strategic Energy Fund and doubling investment in basic energy research. She would also spur the green building industry by funding the retrofitting and modernization of 20 million low-income homes and take concrete steps to reduce electricity consumption, including enacting strict appliance efficiency standards and phasing out incandescent light bulbs.
 * Fufilling our promises to veterans
 * Hillary has championed legislation to improve the lives of our veterans and their families. She worked to provide access to TRICARE for National Guard and Reserve members. She authored the Heroes at Home Act that will begin to help service members struggling with post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. She worked with others in the Senate to pass legislation to increase the military survivor benefit from $12,000 to $100,000.
 * Support parents and caring for children
 * Attracting and supporting more outstanding teachers and principals, and paying them like the professionals they are.
 * Reforming the No Child Left Behind Act. This law represented a promise -- more resources for schools in exchange for more accountability -- and that promise has not been kept.
 * Giving new parents support and training to promote healthy development for their children.
 * Increasing access to high-quality early education and helping to create Early Head Start.
 * Restoring America's standing in the world
 * Hillary knows that America must remain a preeminent leader for peace and freedom, willing to work in concert with other nations and institutions to reach common goals. Hillary has put forth an aggressive plan to support public schools in developing countries in an effort to achieve universal primary education for the 77 million children around the world who aren't in school because they are too poor.
 * A champion for women
 * Hillary is leading the charge in the Senate to strengthen equal pay laws and end pay disparities between men and women. She introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act to strengthen the penalties associated with wage discrimination, to ensure that the federal government sets a higher standard, and to increase oversight of employers. Hillary has also worked to increase access to capital and other support for women-owned businesses.
 * Comprehensive government reform
 * Hillary has proposed a comprehensive, 10-point plan to restore Americans' confidence in their government by increasing transparency and cutting waste and corruption.
 * Strengthening our Democracy
 * Provides a paper trail for every vote cast.
 * Designates Election Day as a national holiday.
 * Allows same-day registration.
 * Minimizes long lines at the polls.
 * Makes sure that impartial officials administer our elections.
 * Allows the attorney general to bring suit against anyone using deceptive practices (like distributing flyers with incorrect information about voter eligibility) to keep voters from voting.
 * Helps states invest in better voting technology.
 * Reforming our immigration system
 * Hillary strongly believes we need to do more to know who is in our country by securing our borders and ensuring that employers comply with the law against hiring and exploiting undocumented workers. She supports deploying new technology that can help stop the flow of undocumented immigrants into the country and an employer verification system that is universal, accurate, timely, and does not lead to discrimination and abuse by employers.