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Politico: Entitlement reform a struggle for GOP
House Republicans were giddy when President Barack Obama took a pass on entitlement reform in his 2012 budget, ripping him for punting on the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Politico: Republican freshman: Obama budget is a joke
Other freshmen picked up on that theme Monday, lambasting the bill for cutting too little spending and raising taxes. “What’s dismaying is that the president doesn’t get it,” said Rep. Scott Tipton, a Republican from Colorado. “I’ve likened it to the gnat on the back of the elephant.”
Pueblo Chieftain: Well represented
SOUTHERN COLORADO is blessed to have an energetic new team in the U.S. House of Representatives, with Scott Tipton serving from the 3rd District and Cory Gardner from the 4th.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Oil shale-area congressmen critical of leasing review
“This is just another piece of the Interior Department and Obama administration’s ‘no-across-the-board’ energy policy,” said a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo.
Cortez Journal: Tipton Joins Health Care Fray
Cortez Congressman Scott Tipton joined fellow Republicans on Wednesday in supporting a bill to repeal federal health care legislation passed last year.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Tipton gets input, votes for health law repeal
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., voted Wednesday to repeal the year-old health care law, hours after he spoke by telephone with constituents during a town hall meeting.
112th United States Congress
The One Hundred Twelfth United States Congress is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 2011 to January 3, 2013.