Newspapers Weigh in on President’s 100 DaysPosted by Kevin Boland on April 30th, 2009
Yesterday marked the 100th day in office for President Obama: 100 days that “can be summed up in three words: spending, taxing, and borrowing,” said House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH). Since the President took the oath of office in January of this year, he has proceeded to spend one trillion dollars on a “stimulus plan”, passed a $410 billion omnibus spending bill that was over budget and laden with earmarks, proposed a $3.6 trillion budget that would raise taxes on every American and triple the national debt in ten years, and pursued policies that have weakened the ability of the government to effectively fight the War on Terror and keep the American people safe. House Republicans have consistently offered better solutions throughout the President’s first 100 days. From a stimulus plan that would have created twice the jobs at half the cost, to a Republican budget alternative that focused on curbing spending, creating jobs, and controlling the nation’s debt, to offering solutions to restore the American people’s savings, House Republicans have proposed responsible solutions to the problems Americans face each day. Newspaper editorials from around the country commented on the President’s 100 days, noting how radical an agenda Washington Democrats are pushing on the country: The Wall Street Journal: “The Liberal Hour”
Union Leader (New Hampshire): “The first 100 days: Obama is no moderate”
House Committee Republicans Speak Out on President’s 100 DaysPosted by Kevin Boland on April 29th, 2009
House Committee Ranking Members are speaking out on the 100th Day of the President’s Administration. The Ways & Means Committee Republicans say that the first one hundred days can be summed up by: “higher taxes for families & small businesses; no reform, but more deficit spending on health care; and, more welfare checks & fewer paychecks.” Other Ranking Republicans from the various House Committees share their thoughts on the President’s one hundred days below: Ranking Member Paul Ryan (R-WI) of the Budget Committee:
Ranking Member Doc Hastings (R-WA) of the Natural Resources Committee:
Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX) of the Judiciary Committee:
Boehner: “The Most Expensive Credit Card in History” is the Congressional Voting CardPosted by Kevin Boland on April 29th, 2009
This morning, in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) slammed the Democrats’ budget that “spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much from our kids and grandkids” and called the congressional voting card “the most expensive credit card in the history of the world,” holding up his voting card to illustrate his point:
In a twist of sad irony, Congressional Democrats plan to bring legislation to the floor this week aimed at curbing credit card abuses. But the legislation won’t do a thing to halt the most destructive credit card abuse taking place in America today - Washington Democrats’ use of the congressional voting card to pile unprecedented debt on future generations of Americans. House Republicans offered a better budget solution that focuses on curbing spending, creating jobs, and controlling the nation’s debt, but House Democrats instead chose to pass the most fiscally-irresponsible budget in American history. The full floor statement is available here. NBC News/WSJ Survey Shows Evaporating Savings is Top Concern for American FamiliesPosted by Kevin Boland on April 29th, 2009
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey conducted from April 23-26, 2009 shows that Americans remain very concerned about the collapse of their savings for retirement, which ranked as the number one issue most Americans are focused on personally. The Democrats have done nothing to address this issue, while House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and other House Republicans have introduced the Savings Recovery Act (H.R. 2021) to help Americans rebuild their retirement, college, and personal savings. In an interview on the Mike Gallagher radio show today, Boehner spoke about ways in which the Savings Recovery Act can help get Americans’ savings back on track:
In an op-ed published yesterday in the Hamilton Journal News (OH), Leader Boehner noted the struggle that everyday Americans are facing while their savings evaporate:
Leader Boehner has a Savings Solutions website, accessed here, with more information on how House Republicans are working to restore Americans’ savings. National Energy Tax Faces Democratic Opposition in the HousePosted by Kevin Boland on April 28th, 2009
As the President nears one hundred days in office, one of his signature proposals, “cap and trade,” is facing growing opposition in Congress among Democrats. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has slammed “cap and trade” as an “attempt to enact a national energy tax” that will cost every American household up to $3,100 per year in higher energy prices. The Democrats’ budget, finalized late last night, does not include the President’s promised middle-class tax cut. Just one hundred days into the new Administration, the Democrats are already backtracking on the President’s promise to provide much needed middle-class tax relief - even as liberal Democratic Congressional leaders press to implement a massive new tax on the American people. The Politico reported today that as the costs of the President’s national energy tax sink in, even Democrats are becoming skeptical:
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) asked in a hearing last week:
Despite Speaker Pelosi’s pledge - repeated just last week - to have a “cap and trade” national energy tax bill passed by the end of the year, that prospect is looking increasingly unlikely Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told The Hill on Monday. The Hill reported today that, “a cap-and-trade bill doesn’t have the votes to pass. While that could change in the months to come, few - if any - on Capitol Hill believe it has the necessary 60 votes in the Senate.” House Republicans are committed to working with the President and Congressional Democrats to advance policies for cleaner air and water and a healthy environment. Led by House GOP Conference Chairman Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), the House Republican’s American Energy Solutions Group supports an ‘all of the above’ strategy that promotes alternative technologies, encourages conservation and more nuclear power, and increases environmentally-safe production of American energy. This strategy not only will pave the way for a cleaner, healthier environment for our children and grandchildren, but it will also lower energy costs and create good-paying jobs - without raising taxes. Small Businesses Are in For a World of Hurt Under Obama BudgetPosted by Kevin Boland on April 27th, 2009
Today’s Washington Post has a front page story: “Small Businesses Brace for Tax Battle,” that catalogues the burden small businesses will face under the President’s massive $4 trillion budget which raises taxes by more than $1.4 trillion. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has repeatedly warned that the President’s budget “spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much from our kids and grandkids.” Gail Johnson, the subject of the Post’s story, is a former pediatric nurse who’s spent “20 years building a chain of preschools and after-school programs that accommodate sick children so working parents can keep their jobs,” but since, “like most small-business owners, Johnson reports her profit on her personal tax return,” she’ll see her taxes go up under the President’s plan - big time. The Washington Post notes that:
Small businesses create as much as 80 percent of all jobs in the United States. Punishing small businesses will only add to the heavy burden they’re already facing in this difficult economy, as the Post article makes clear:
The President’s budget is a recipe for disaster. Instead of encouraging economic growth that will create jobs here at home, the President and his Democratic allies in Congress are proposing a massive expansion of government that will result in higher taxes for every American and unsustainable deficits that will leave our nation so far in the red that our debt will consume more than 80 percent of GDP by 2019 under the President’s own overly optimistic projections. House Republicans have a better budget solution. Introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Republican Budget Alternative does not raise taxes on a single American; asks the federal government to live within its means by freezing non-defense discretionary spending for the next five years; offers an optional flat tax; and suspends capital gains taxes through 2010. In fact, the Investor’s Business Daily said that the House Republican budget “makes 100 times more sense” than the President’s reckless budget. Rep. Pete Hoekstra Talks CIA Memos & Democrats on “Morning Joe”Posted by Kevin Boland on April 24th, 2009
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) was on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning where he discussed the CIA memos and what Democrats knew about its interrogation program. Missouri GOP Uses “Stimulus” Funds to Cut Taxes and Create JobsPosted by Kevin Boland on April 24th, 2009
Missouri Republicans are doing what House Republicans said the Federal Government should have done earlier this year: stimulating the American economy, not the Federal Government. The Missouri GOP, which has majorities in both chambers of the Missouri legislature, plans to cut the income tax rate from 6 percent to 5.5 percent for two years, sending $1 billion of the state’s $2.2 billion in “stimulus dollars” back to the people of Missouri, the Springfield News-Leader reported yesterday. Back in January, House Republicans had a better solution to the Democrats’ trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending bill : an economic recovery plan that would have created 6.2 million new American jobs over the next two years, according to a methodology used by President Obama’s own nominee as Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, Dr. Christina Romer. The Camp-Cantor alternative - crafted by House Ways & Means Committee ranking member Dave Camp (R-MI), Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), and members of the House GOP Economic Recovery Working Group. The Republican plan would have created twice the jobs at half the cost. House Republicans believe that the best way to stimulate economic growth and create jobs here at home is to allow the American people to keep more of what they earn, not by spending taxpayer money on government programs and projects. Earlier this month, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Mike Rogers (R-MI) announced a new online initiative known as the GOP State Solutions project, intended to highlight reforms being implemented by governors and state and local officials outside the Beltway, and to help shine the light of public scrutiny on federal waste and red tape that hinders states, communities, and families. Climate Change Hearings Raise More Questions about Democrats’ National Energy TaxPosted by Kevin Boland on April 24th, 2009
Today, former Vice President Al Gore testified in front of the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Despite evidence that the Democrats’ national energy tax - known as “cap-and-trade” - will “cap” American jobs and “trade” them overseas, and will cost every American household up to $3,100 in new taxes, Democrats’ and their allies continue to call for taxing the American people at a time when they can least afford it. Even Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) said today that “cap-and-trade” is a “big tax.” Liberal Democrats and their cap-and-trade scheme are feeling the heat. The Washington Examiner reported today that House Energy & Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) is trying to bribe fellow Democrats with exemptions:
Why are bribes necessary? Kimberley Strassel, writing in The Wall Street Journal today, noted that some Congressional Democrats are skeptical of “cap-and-trade”:
House GOP Conference Releases Video on Democrats’ “Cap and Tax” SchemePosted by Kevin Boland on April 23rd, 2009
Today, the House Republican Conference, led by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), released a web video highlighting the stark differences between the Democrats’ energy plan of “cap and tax” and the House Republicans’ “all of the above” energy strategy: The Democrats’ plan on energy is to impose a new national energy tax on every American household in hopes of forcing families to use less energy. Republicans reject that notion, and have put forward a better solution to increase production of American energy in an environmentally safe manner, promote more conservation and efficiency, and encourage the use of alternative and renewable fuels. The Republican strategy would promote a cleaner, healthier environment, and utilize all of our natural resources - wind, solar, natural gas, and environmentally responsible American energy production to create American jobs and help spur economic growth. The House Republican Conference is continuing to live blog the Energy and Commerce Committee hearings this week. Visit the House Republican Conference’s blog at GOP.gov/blog for more info. |
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