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  • 12.20.2011
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    Congressman McKeon’s Statement on House Action on Payroll Tax Credit Extension
    After the Senate failed to pass a responsible bill to extend the payroll tax credit for one year, the House took action by announcing that eight House negotiators have been named by Speaker Boehner to a conference committee on the payroll tax cut extension. House Republicans have urged President Oba... More
  • 12.14.2011
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    McKeon Introduces Legislation To Address Defense Cuts
    Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today introduced H.R. 3662, the Down Payment To Protect National Security Act, an effort to pay for the first year of sequestration cuts without doing serious harm to America’s military. The bill holds to the spirit of the... More
  • 12.13.2011
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    Congressman McKeon Votes for Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act
    Today Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon voted for the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, which passed the House 234 to 193. This bill will extend the payroll tax cut, extend and reform the unemployment insurance program and protect the Social Security Trust Fund. The bill also includes imp... More
  • 12.12.2011
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    McKeon Files NDAA’s Conference Report
    Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) filed on behalf of the conferees this evening the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 1540, the FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill represents months of bipartisan work in both chambers of Congres... More
  • 12.08.2011
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    Congressman McKeon and House Republicans Continue Efforts to Improve Workforce Training
    Today, members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced two additional proposals to reform the nation’s workforce investment system. The federal government currently administers at least 47 separate job training and employment programs, representing an annual taxpayer investm... More
  • 12.07.2011
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    Congressman McKeon Reflects on 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attacks
    Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks. As we remember the 2,400 lives lost and the tremendous sacrifices of the war that followed, a date which still lives in infamy should be cause of sober reflection on the tragic lessons of history.Pearl Harbor was not the result of unimagi... More
  • 12.02.2011
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    Unemployment Remains Above 8% for the 34th Straight Month
    Today the Department of Labor released the November jobs report, indicating the nation’s November unemployment rate was 8.6%, falling slightly from the October rate of 9%. This marks the 34th straight month that unemployment has remained over 8%. This news comes on the heels of the House passing sev... More
  • 11.27.2011
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    Our armed services are the real 1 percent
    Our Armed Services Are The Real 1 PercentIn parks and city squares across the nation, America’s youth hold signs and protest that they are “the 99 percent.” That is, the 99 percent of Americans the Occupy Movement believes are struggling through economic hardships and inequality. Their villain is th... More
  • 11.21.2011
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    Congressman McKeon on the Joint Select Committee and Sequestration
    Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon released the following statement today regarding sequestration: “It appears that the joint select committee will not meet their deadline to avoid sequestration. The men and women on that committee had a tough job with no easy choices before them.“Now, unfortunatel... More
  • 11.18.2011
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    Congressman McKeon Votes In Favor of Balanced Budget Amendment
    Today, House Democrats blocked efforts to pass legislation calling for a Balance Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution. Congressman McKeon cast his vote for this crucial legislation that, if enacted, would force the Federal Government to act with fiscal responsibility and live within it... More