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July 8th, 2011
I recently came across an article on Egberto Willies, "As I See It" blogsite written by Bob Henderson, Democra
July 1st, 2011
The debt ceiling negotiations with Vice President Biden and key Republican negotiators broke down last week. These negotiations have been going on for some time now and are the result of the last Debt Ceiling bill passed...
June 2nd, 2011
Tuesday (5/31/2011), House Republicans gave President Obama and the Democrats the House vote they had requested some months ago – a clean vote on raising the federal debt ceiling. The results were predictable, in that the...
May 31st, 2011
The following statement came in from Congressman Ted Poe (TX-2).This evening the House voted on a bill to increase the legal debt limit by $2.4 trillion without cutting a single dollar from our budget. I voted against...
May 13th, 2011
Is John Boehner Really Serious About Negotiating on the Debt Ceiling Increase?Once again, the country is faced with another “do or die” must pass financial bill to raise the National Debt Ceiling. Now that...
March 17th, 2011
Washington --- A new web video released by the NRCC today demonstrates how President Obama and Democrats in Congress continue to fail in their duties to lead the country through difficult economic times. Despite our record...
February 16th, 2011
As the debate over the budget begins, all sides must acknowledge one sad and inescapable fact: Every dollar Congress spends is borrowed money. More specifically, each of the $2.23 trillion dollars that the Treasury takes in...
January 28th, 2011
State of the Union Speech Stresses More Spending to Move America ForwardPresident Obama’s State of the Union address was filled with the usual soaring rhetoric, self praise, promises to freeze spending and a...
January 2nd, 2011
CNS News reports that the 111th Congress added more to the national debt than the first 100 Congresses combined. The new debt, totalling $3.22 trillion amounts to $10,429.64 for every one of the over 300 million persons in...
June 27th, 2010
Speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus, explains that the first thing he plans to do in the upcoming session is to balance the budget. He estimates Texas to have a $18 billion shortfall, but he is committed to balancing the...
July 6th, 2011
Obama’s Treasury Loses Track of Debt Owed to China, While Democrats Assign Blame Over Spending Spree
NRCC - Revelations out late last week uncovered that the Chinese government may be buying more U.S. government debt than previously thought, in possible violation of international agreements and at potential risk to U.S....
June 3rd, 2011
The following is a message from Congressman Ted Poe (TX-2):Earlier this week, the House of Representatives voted on the President’s request to increase the debt limit. I, along with 317 of my colleagues, voted NO, and this...
June 1st, 2011
I released the following statement regarding the House’s rejection of a measure supported by the Obama Administration to raise the national debt limit by $2.4 trillion without any conditions for fiscal responsibility by a...
May 14th, 2011
NRCC - While House Speaker John Boehner announced Monday that House Republicans would seek responsible spending cuts to accompany any increase in the nation’s debt limit, Democrats continued to press for a new credit card to...
April 28th, 2011
NRCC - Fresh off Standard and Poor’s warning of the worsening debt outlook for the U.S., Bloomberg Government just released a study arguing that the “price of inaction” from Democrats’ dithering on the growing national debt...
March 14th, 2011
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Senator Baxby Chambliss (R-GA) discussed their bipartisan effort to cut spending by $4 trillion over the next decade with Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday." Senator Chambliss explained that...
February 1st, 2011
The following came in from the National Republican Congressional Committee:In the wake of the midterm elections, President Obama and Congressional Democrats have been vocal about their supposed commitment to cutting...
January 17th, 2011
Once when asked how he churned out 3 columns a week, William F. Buckley famously replied something to the effect that, the world reliably annoys him 3 times a week. I have been writing on a Blog or email list for about 15...
September 17th, 2010
The following came in from the Republican Party of Texas:On behalf of the committee, Rep. Jim Keffer announced that merely one week into their existence, the "Debt Busters" have raised over $200,000 in contributions and...
June 22nd, 2010
The following was sent in from Congressman Kevin Brady (TX-8).Its no surprise to me that YouCut is rapidly approaching a million votes. Everywhere I go, people tell me this government is out of control. Americans feel a 13-...
