Since 2003, has your salary increased 270%? Is your house worth 270% more? Does your retirement fund or your children's college account have 270% more money in it?

The likely answer to all of these questions is no. When Elizabeth Dole took office, the average price of gas was $1.52 per gallon. Now it's ballooned 270% to $4.10 per gallon.

The rising price of gas isn't something that happened overnight. Elizabeth Dole has been a Washington insider for more than 40 years -- forty years of inaction, forty years of not listening.

Kay wants to hear from you: http://www.kayhagan.com/action/gasprices

How much is gas in your town? How much does it cost to fill up your tank? How have you sacrificed?

Bush to raise $12 million for Senate Republicans who have rubberstamped his agenda

Elizabeth Dole will once again join hands with George Bush to raise campaign cash tonight as the president attends a $12 million fundraiser for the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. Dole has voted to support Bush’s agenda 92% of the time, and tonight she gets her reward as the president raises money for the campaign committee that works to elect Republican Senators.

“Twelve million dollars is a lot to pay for a rubber stamp, but Bush has gotten his money’s worth with Elizabeth Dole,” DSCC spokesman Matthew Miller asked. “But all the campaign cash in the world won’t fool North Carolinians into buying Dole’s support of Bush’s failed status quo. Dole’s record of supporting Bush 92% of the time may bring her millions in special interest contributions, but it will be rejected by voters in November.”

Squandering yet another opportunity to side with working families over special interests, Elizabeth Dole today voted against sensible tax cuts and investments in renewable energy that would help spur our economy and wean the United States off of its dependence on foreign oil.

As average gas prices again increased overnight to a record high, Kay Hagan’s U.S. Senate Campaign released the following statement.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – While working North Carolinian families struggle to make ends meet paying $4 per gallon at the gas pump, Elizabeth Dole again voted today against a measure to redirect $17 billion in tax incentives and subsidies for big oil and gas towards clean energy entrepreneurs and impose a windfall tax on their record profits. Hagan Communications Director Colleen Flanagan issued the following statement.

The North Carolina Democratic Party filed a complaint today against Elizabeth Dole for violating U.S. Senate Ethics rules.

NCDP Chair Jerry Meek has called on the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Dole’s use of her official Senate photo as a campaign photo on her website.

“The picture of Senator Dole is the only picture of her that is displayed on her Senate constituent webpage,” Meek said. “Thus, it can only be assumed that this is the Senator’s official photograph to represent her office…The use of such a photo is an improper use of official government property and may confuse and mislead voters.”

NEW ONLINE ADS USE CONSUMER GAS PRICE SITES TO EXPOSE DOLE’S ALLEGIANCE TO BIG OIL

DSCC Ads running on www.gasbuddy.com, www.gaspricewatch.com

HAGAN CAMPAIGN TO ELIZABETH DOLE:
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

GREENSBORO, NC- In honor of National Police Week, Senator Elizabeth Dole spoke on the U.S. Senate floor remembering the efforts of police officers across the country, and particularly those in North Carolina, who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

In honor of Elizabeth Dole saying one thing and doing another, Hagan campaign Communications Director Colleen Flanagan issued the following statement:

Opposes legislation to modernize air travel

North Carolina Senator and former Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole today voted against the Aviation Investment and Modernization Act which would modernize air travel by improving air safety and enhancing passengers’ rights. Dole’s vote comes despite hundreds of flights cancelled last month due to safety problems and reports of passengers trapped on planes for hours with overflowing toilets and no food.

Opposes Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to protect victims of discrimination

Elizabeth Dole today voted against the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which would ensure that victims of pay discrimination can hold their employers accountable under existing anti-discrimination laws. Dole’s vote comes one day after Equal Pay Day, which highlights the disparity in wages between women and men – currently at 78 cents to the dollar in North Carolina.

“The last thing hardworking North Carolina families need is a paycheck further slashed by discrimination, but Elizabeth Dole passed on guaranteeing equal pay for equal work today,” DSCC spokesman Matthew Miller said. “With Elizabeth Dole’s record, it’s no wonder she voted against holding people accountable today, but that’s exactly what the voters are going to do to her in November.”