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CBO predicts lower GDP in a decade
Feb 13, 2009
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“The Congressional Budget Office says President Obama's giant economic recovery bill will actually hurt Americans' paychecks in the long run, even if the plan's tax cuts start out putting an extra $13 a week in most worker's pockets.
Building on a report issued last week, the Congressional Budge...
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Economy at the fore
Jan 8, 2009
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The West Texas delegation has a collective laundry list of challenging issues for the 111th Congress to take up.
To name a few: the economy, energy, education, immigration, border security, health care spending, the death tax, freedom of information and the war on terror.
But the Republicans who ...
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Economic Stimulus Bill a Temporary Step in the Right Direction
Jan 29, 2008
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the bipartisan economic stimulus bill crafted by the President along with House leadership with the goal of preventing our economy from slipping into a recession. Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) made the following statement after the bill’s pas...
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God Gets Flagged Down by AOC
Oct 10, 2007
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By Emily Yehle, Roll Call Staff God makes appearances on the dollar bill, is etched into the walls of Congress and shows up in the Pledge of Allegiance — but apparently has no business accompanying the American flags flown over the Capitol. Members of Congress criticized, lectured and called for the...
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Our Common Struggle, by Nouri Al-Maliki
Jun 13, 2007
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BAGHDAD, Iraq--Americans keen to understand the ongoing struggle for a new Iraq can be guided by the example of their own history. In the 1860s, your country fought a great struggle of its own, a civil war that took hundreds of thousands of lives but ended in the triumph of freedom and the birth of ...
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Congressman Invokes Bipartisanship of Ford's Era on Eve of Second Term
Jan 3, 2007
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Swearing in congressman Mike Conaway on a national day of mourning for President Ford, U.S. District Judge Robert Junell said Ford "would have approved" because the Tuesday mock ceremony represented business of the late longtime Michigan congressman's beloved House of Representatives.
With 75 sp...
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Conaway joins list of BSA's Distinguished Citizen Award
Oct 25, 2006
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Emphasizing Scouting's value to society through its emphasis on good character, Congressman Mike Conaway became the 21st recipient of the Buffalo Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America's Distinguished Citizen Award. He accepted the honor Tuesday night at the MCM Elegante Hotel, joining a long li...
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Conaway Praises Four Bills that will Strengthen our Values
Sep 29, 2006
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This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed four more pieces of legislation to continue with the American Values agenda: the Public Expression of Religion Act, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization a...
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Death Tax Legislation Moves Back to the Senate
Jun 22, 2006
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Permanent Estate Tax Relief of 2006. The bill would permanently reduce the Estate Tax, often referred to as the ‘Death Tax.’
“While I would prefer a full repeal of the Death Tax, this bill is a good first step toward lowering the excessive tax b...
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Members Line Up Behind Conaway's Energy Conservation Bill
Jun 19, 2006
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Today, members of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee have added their names to Congressman Conaway’s fuel conservation education campaign legislation. Conaway, a former small business executive in the oil and natural gas industry, introduced legislation today that would establish a fue...
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