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FEBRUARY 11, 2009
February 11, 2009
WSJ: Martin Feldstein - Tax Increases Could Kill the Recovery
By MARTIN FELDSTEINThe barrage of tax increases proposed in President Barack Obama's budget could, if enacted by Congress, kill any...
February 11, 2009
Washington Post: Despite Stimulus Funds, States to Cut More Jobs
Budget Shortfalls Prompt Mass LayoffsBy Alec MacGillisWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, May 12, 2009Eleven weeks after Congress settled on a stimulus...
February 11, 2009
Associated Press: Stimulus Watch: Road Money Skips Over Needy Areas
"The AP findings suggest the White House raised expectations too high for the transportation spending, said a spokesman for Rep....
February 11, 2009
USA Today: Obama's Pattern on Federal Spending Not Flattering
When it comes to federal spending, there's a pattern emerging with President Obama, and it's not a flattering one. The...
February 11, 2009
NY Times: White House Forecasts No Job Growth Until 2010
President Obama's chief economics forecaster said on Sunday that the country was not likely to see positive employment growth until...
February 11, 2009
CQ: Small Program Cuts, Big Headaches
"Color us not particularly impressed with the record of the president for fiscal discipline to date, but hope springs eternal,"...
February 11, 2009
Leader Boehner Addresses the Issues on Fox News (video)
House Republican Leader John Boehner appeared on Fox News to speak on how House Republicans will cut government waste and...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls Democrats’ Budget More Debt and Taxes
Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today in response...
February 11, 2009
McCarthy and And Scalise on Why Cap and Tax Is Wrong
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA) and Rep. Steve Scalise (LA) spoke with bloggers today about the cap and tax energy bill...
February 11, 2009
The Washington Post: Small Businesses Brace for Tax Battle
Gail Johnson doesn't think of herself as wealthy. The former pediatric nurse has spent 20 years building a chain of...
February 11, 2009
Pence Op-ed in Muncie Star Press: on Debt Day, With Regret
Today, April 26, is Debt Day for this fiscal year. That is, today is the day the federal government's expenses...
February 11, 2009
Happy Debt Day: Government to 'run Out' of Cash Sunday, Earliest Ever
"Debt Day," marking the point in the fiscal year when government spending exceeds revenue, falls this Sunday. That's the earliest...
February 11, 2009
Editorials Highlight President’s Fiscal Irresponsibility
Washington Post: "President Obama is requiring government agencies to find $100 million in savings. Next year's budget deficit will be...
February 11, 2009
Cap and Trade Will Cost American Families
*This post originally published on Townhall.comby Rep. Steve Scalise (LA)President Obama is proposing a “cap and trade” energy tax that...
February 11, 2009
The President’s Budget Is Not What’s Best for America
by Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-04)Last week’s Tea Parties were a powerful message to Washington in protest to the “spend and...
February 11, 2009
Boehner Talks With George Stephanopoulos
House Leader John Boehner appeared yesterday on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, saying legislators should beware of "trillion dollar deficits...
February 11, 2009
Pence Statement on Tax Day
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today regarding Tax...
February 11, 2009
When Is Enough Spending Going to Be Enough
Guest post by Rep. Ed Royce (CA)The Democrat Leadership’s 2010 budget calls for an unprecedented $3.5 trillion in spending and...
February 11, 2009
Democrats’ Budget Hypocrisy
That was thenFor years, House Democrats criticized the Bush White House for proposing a five-year budget:Then-Ranking Member John Spratt, February...
February 11, 2009
Democrats’ Budget Hypocrisy
That was then...Democrats criticized a budget that “excluded” a permanent fix for the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)… House Budget Chairman...
February 11, 2009
Republicans Stand Together on the Budget
It was a special day for Republicans on Capitol Hill, as House and Senate leaders gathered for a rare bi-cameral...
February 11, 2009
Pence on Sean Hannity Radio Show
Click here to listen to the audio.Below is an excerpt from the interview:PENCE: "The Republican proposal is going to...
February 11, 2009
The GOP Alternative
Fiscal Policy: President Obama claims that Republicans "don't offer an alternative budget." In fact, they do, and it costs far...
February 11, 2009
The Road to Recovery Begins Here
House Republicans today released the "Republican Road to Recovery," an 18-page booklet specificying the steps they will take to find...
February 11, 2009
Pence: Republicans Have A Better Solution on the Budget
Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today on the...
February 11, 2009
Distortions From Last Night
House Leader John Boehner's office was quick to break down President Obama's address to the nation last night. After the...
February 11, 2009
USA Today: Opposing View: Stop Using Taxpayers' Money
By Rep. Jeb HensarlingI hope Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plan to rescue America's largest financial institutions works. Inaction is not...
February 11, 2009
Budget Myths: $2.3 Trillion Off
House Whip Eric Cantor's office has done a great job compiling facts for Republicans to lean on as America's economic...
February 11, 2009
7 Questions on the Budget for President Obama
The White House predicts 7.9% unemployment in 2010. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts 9.2% unemployment in 2010. Where are...
February 11, 2009
Get Rid of Ineffective Education Programs With Howard "Buck" McKeon
After a Democrat Administration passed an omnibus bill with language to eliminate a vital school choice program, swiping vouchers from...
February 11, 2009
Rep. Ryan Teams Up With Cato
Rep. Paul Ryan (WI), the ranking Member on the Budget Committee, has been hard at work drafting Republican budget alternatives...
February 11, 2009
Republicans' Budget Alternative
House Republicans want you to know there is a better way and we've got an alternative plan that is almost...
February 11, 2009
Jeff Flake: Uncensored
Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ) gets a few words in at the American Spectator this morning, offering insight from the mind...
February 11, 2009
Your Members on the Move
Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC) has been stirring the pot lately, with her explosive House floor ventures and determined messages on...
February 11, 2009
Dreamy Eyed Democrats: Greatest Hits
Video is powerful. Most people don't sit around watching C-SPAN2 all day but guess what? Everything that happens on the...
February 11, 2009
Pence: "Americans Have a Right to Know Who Changed the Language"
House Republican Chairman Mike Pence appeared on MSNBC today to comment on AIG bonuses and question the provision that allowed...
February 11, 2009
Democrats’ False Hope for Change
As Republicans fought to protect taxpayers from $350 billion in additional Wall Street bailouts, Democrats assured the American people President...
February 11, 2009
AIG: An Outrage
House Republicans are outraged. They are outraged about bailouts. They are outraged about massive overspending. They are outraged about AIG....
February 11, 2009
"Stimulus" Fails to Deliver the Relief the President Promised
THAT WAS THEN: On February 12, President Obama visited employees at an Illinois Caterpillar plant and said, "when they [Congress]...
February 11, 2009
Pence Statement on AIG
Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement at a press...
February 11, 2009
A False Sense of Confidence
It was JUST TWO WEEKS AGO that the Administration said it was "confident" it knew how AIG was spending taxpayer...
February 11, 2009
Republican Principles for Economic Recovery
PROTECTING JOBS AND LOWERING TAXESInstead of raising taxes on all Americans in the midst of a recession, Republicans seek to...
February 11, 2009
St. Petersburg Times: GOP's unified "no" strategy against Obama's spending
WASHINGTON - When it comes to President Obama and the Democrats these days, you couldn't knock Republican leaders of Congress...
February 11, 2009
The Facts Are On Our Side
Republicans have a few big things on their side when it comes to the economy: the facts. These include statistics...
February 11, 2009
Pence: President and Congressional Democrats on "Unprecedented Spending Binge"
Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement on the House...
February 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama - Spending
President Obama once criticized out-of-control spending and “enormous deficits” but...President Obama once criticized an “orgy of spending and enormous deficits”Then-Candidate...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls on President to Veto Democrats’ Omnibus Bill
Washington, DC- Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls Card Check Pathway to Workplace Intimidation
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement in response...
February 11, 2009
GOP Member Activity Update: Taking Our Case to the American People
Republicans in the News:Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on FOX Business Happy Hour to discuss the "cramdown" housing bill.Rep. Joe Barton...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls for Spending Freeze
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today on the...
February 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama - Earmarks
President Obama says he supports slashing earmarks and making all spending decisions open to the public…President Obama Pledges to Bring...
February 11, 2009
Talking Points on the Budget
The American people are hurting. Congress was right to take action to get this economy moving, but higher taxes and...
February 11, 2009
Obama vs. Obama - Taxes
President Obama promises that taxpayers making less than $250,000 would not have their taxes "increased a single dime."President Barack Obama:...
February 11, 2009
The President’s "Radical Agenda"
"We have an agenda in this country now that I would regard as being a radical agenda. I think that...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls On President Obama To Veto Bloated Spending Bill
Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today after joining...
February 11, 2009
CNN: Dem Blasts Obama's Budget
(CNN) - Mississippi Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor blasted the budget outline President Obama submitted to Capitol Hill today, saying "I...
February 11, 2009
Pence: “Administration’s Budget is Prescription for Economic Decline”
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement in opposition...
February 11, 2009
OP-ED: Hold Your Nose For Tarp II
President Obama's address to Congress on Tuesday night foreshadowed the next development in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) blockbuster...
February 11, 2009
OP-ED: Letting Judges Rewrite Loans Is Toxic Itself
"At first blush it seems somewhat strange that the Bankruptcy Code should provide less protection to an individual's interest in...
February 11, 2009
Budget Talking Points
The American people are hurting, and Republicans want to work with the President to get the American people back...
February 11, 2009
Pence Renews No Earmark Policy
WASHINGTON, DC - With consideration of the Democrats' omnibus spending bill set for tomorrow, U.S. Congressman Mike Pence released the...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls For Spending Freeze: "Enough is Enough"
“Let's do what every American family, what every small business is doing - let's freeze federal spending immediately and come...
February 11, 2009
Republicans Call For Spending Freeze Now!
American families and small businesses are making sacrifices and cutting expenses. Whether through tightening family budgets, or cutting expenses for...
February 11, 2009
Blunt: Freeze Federal Spending -- Now
Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt, a Republican and U.S. Senate candidate from southwest Missouri, today responded to President Obama's call for...
February 11, 2009
Analysis: Stimulus Won't Jump-start Economy
WASHINGTON -- No, the big stimulus plan won't "save or create 3.5 million jobs," as the president and congressional Democrats...
February 11, 2009
CBO Predicts Lower GDP In A Decade
"The Congressional Budget Office says President Obama's giant economic recovery bill will actually hurt Americans' paychecks in the long run,...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls For Democrats To Show Americans the Stimulus'
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today in response...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls Democrat “Deal” On Stimulus “Long Wish List Of Big Government Spending That Won’t Put Americans Back To Work”
U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today in response to reports of...
February 11, 2009
Washington Post Criticizes Obama's "Straw Man" Tactics
By Michael D. Shear and Anne E. KornblutWashington Post Staff WritersWednesday, February 11, 2009; A06FORT MYERS, Fla., Feb. 10 --...
February 11, 2009
Talking Points On Pelosi-Reid Backroom Deal
House Republicans know we are in a serious recession. The American people are hurting and Republicans know Congress must act...
February 11, 2009
Pence Challenges House Democrats On "Do Nothing" Charge
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, responded to charges from House Democrats on...
February 11, 2009
"Worn Idea" the American People Are Tired of is "Runaway Federal Spending"
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" yesterday...
February 11, 2009
Pence Urges Senate Colleagues To Reject Democrat Spending Bill
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today in response...
February 11, 2009
WSJ: What Is Congress Stimulating?
Contrary to conventional Beltway wisdom, the House Republicans' zero votes for the Obama presidency's stimulus "package" is looking like the...
February 11, 2009
Stimulus Talking Points
- Our nation is in a recession and millions of Americans are hurting. - Congress and the President are right...
February 11, 2009
What They're Saying: Republicans Have A "Legitimate" Objection To Democrat "Stimulus" Plan
"... the economic measures racing through Congress would devote tens of billions of dollars to causes that have little to...
February 11, 2009
Pence: “More Big Government Spending On A Liberal Wish List Of Programs Won't Cure What Ails the American Economy”
Note: To view the speech, click here WASHINGTON, DC -- Following are the remarks delivered by Congressman Pence, Chairman of the...
February 11, 2009
GOP Challenges House Democrats To Release Omnibus Details
House Republican leaders on Tuesday called for public release of the proposed omnibus legislation that would encompass the nine remaining...
February 11, 2009
Purely Partisan Bill Will Burden Generations With Unsustainable Debt Despite Bipartisan Opposition
Today the House passed H.R. 1 [digest | votes], the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." The bill...
February 11, 2009
Pence Denounces Democrat Stimulus Bill:
WASHINGTON – In response to the filing of the Democrat version of a stimulus bill, Congressman Mike Pence, chairman of...
February 11, 2009
Stimulus Talking Points
The American people are hurting and our economy is in a recession. Congress is right to take action to stimulate...
February 11, 2009
Boehner Statement on House Republicans’ Economic Recovery Proposals
House GOP Leader: “Our proposals are rooted in the belief that fast-acting tax relief, rather than slow-moving and wasteful government...
February 11, 2009
Boarding Pass
TALKERS ON THE STIMULUS The American people are hurting and our economy is in a recession. Congress is right to take action...
February 11, 2009
Pence Lauds RSC Economic Stimulus Bill
Today, the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) unveiled its economic stimulus bill, the Economic Recovery and Middle-Class Relief Act. Rep....
February 11, 2009
Editorials Oppose TARP Expansion
Investor's Business Daily Editorial: "Show Us The Money" Excerpts: "One of the key principles of those who want to shrink government, lower...
February 11, 2009
Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) Talking Points
We are in a recession, and the American people are hurting. House Republicans are on the side of the...
February 11, 2009
Pence: House Republicans will be on the Side of the American Taxpayer
U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, gave the following speech on the floor of the U.S....
February 11, 2009
Newspapers Nationwide Echo House Republicans’ Call For Sweeping Tax Cuts And Fiscal Restraint To Stimulate Economy
"[The Democrats' stimulus bill] doesn't include substantial tax cuts for American families, and it doesn't include necessary tax relief for...
February 11, 2009
Washington Post: FAA Approves Plan to Give Stimulus Funds to Airport Named After Murtha
By Carol D. LeonnigTuesday, May 12, 2009 5:58 PMThe Federal Aviation Administration, after reviewing concerns about a project at a...
February 11, 2009
Washington Post: Despite Stimulus Funds, States to Cut More Jobs
Budget Shortfalls Prompt Mass LayoffsBy Alec MacGillisWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, May 12, 2009Eleven weeks after Congress settled on a stimulus...
February 11, 2009
Associated Press: Stimulus Watch: Road Money Skips Over Needy Areas
"The AP findings suggest the White House raised expectations too high for the transportation spending, said a spokesman for Rep....
February 11, 2009
USA Today: Obama's Pattern on Federal Spending Not Flattering
When it comes to federal spending, there's a pattern emerging with President Obama, and it's not a flattering one. The...
February 11, 2009
NY Times: White House Forecasts No Job Growth Until 2010
President Obama's chief economics forecaster said on Sunday that the country was not likely to see positive employment growth until...
February 11, 2009
Why Oversight Is Needed
by Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN)Yesterday, a report was issued by the special inspector overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)...
February 11, 2009
The President’s Budget Is Not What’s Best for America
by Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-04)Last week’s Tea Parties were a powerful message to Washington in protest to the “spend and...
February 11, 2009
Boehner Talks With George Stephanopoulos
House Leader John Boehner appeared yesterday on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, saying legislators should beware of "trillion dollar deficits...
February 11, 2009
USA Today: Housing Agencies Faulted in Audits to Get $300m of Stimulus
WASHINGTON - The federal government will soon send more than $300 million in stimulus funds to 61 housing agencies that...
February 11, 2009
Republicans Stand Together on the Budget
It was a special day for Republicans on Capitol Hill, as House and Senate leaders gathered for a rare bi-cameral...
February 11, 2009
The Road to Recovery Begins Here
House Republicans today released the "Republican Road to Recovery," an 18-page booklet specificying the steps they will take to find...
February 11, 2009
Distortions From Last Night
House Leader John Boehner's office was quick to break down President Obama's address to the nation last night. After the...
February 11, 2009
Budget Myths: $2.3 Trillion Off
House Whip Eric Cantor's office has done a great job compiling facts for Republicans to lean on as America's economic...
February 11, 2009
Republicans' Budget Alternative
House Republicans want you to know there is a better way and we've got an alternative plan that is almost...
February 11, 2009
Jeff Flake: Uncensored
Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ) gets a few words in at the American Spectator this morning, offering insight from the mind...
February 11, 2009
"Stimulus" Fails to Deliver the Relief the President Promised
THAT WAS THEN: On February 12, President Obama visited employees at an Illinois Caterpillar plant and said, "when they [Congress]...
February 11, 2009
Pence Calls Democrat “Deal” On Stimulus “Long Wish List Of Big Government Spending That Won’t Put Americans Back To Work”
U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today in response to reports of...
