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Posts Tagged 'spending'

Chaffetz On Offshore Drilling and Ocean Conservation

Posted on July 28 2010 by Congress Watcher

It’s absurd for Chaffetz to assert that the Clean Act’s extension of the current Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Most House Democrats Support Extra Money For More War

Posted on July 3 2010 by Congress Watcher

Most Democrats and Republicans alike saw fit to allow the Obama Administration to continue fighting what has become the longest war in American history and opposed holding the military to its budget as well, contradicting their previous speeches about the dangers of out of control spending.

McGovern Blasts Sacrifice Of Domestic Needs For Afghan War

Posted on July 1 2010 by Congress Watcher

James McGovern spoke this week in favor of a shift of spending away from Afghanistan and back toward domestic needs.

War Is Making You Poor

Posted on May 22 2010 by Congress Watcher

The War Is Making You Poor Act would forbid that additional spending, and require the U.S. government to direct 90 percent of that money to pay for the federal tax on the first $35,000 of every American’s income. Even after this astounding reduction in federal income tax, 16 billion dollars in savings would be left over.

Republicans Against War?

Posted on March 12 2010 by Congress Watcher

Long wars like the one in Afghanistan require huge amounts of spending and the maintenance of huge government bureaucracies.

Rehberg Talk On Spending Doesn’t Match Rehberg Action

Posted on February 23 2010 by Congress Watcher

Dennis Rehberg may do a lot of talking about the need for cuts in spending, but the truth is that he’s among the biggest earmark spenders in the House of Representatives.

Mike Quigley Challenges Military Waste

Posted on February 5 2010 by Congress Watcher

Mike Quigley spoke in the House of Representatives this week, calling upon his Democratic colleagues in Congress to push for cuts to ineffective and inefficient military programs.

Kyl Exempts Military Spending From Cuts He Aims at TARP

Posted on February 2 2010 by Congress Watcher

When it comes to the military budget, Senator Jon Kyl abandons the very principles of fiscal responsibility that seemed so forthright in his speech yesterday.

Ron Kind Against Government Spending, Kind Of

Posted on January 26 2010 by Congress Watcher

The federal budget is much bigger than just a few earmarks, or a portion of a Representative’s salary, and voter evaluation of Ron Kind’s fiscal responsibility needs to encompass this bigger picture, not just the posture suggested by a few convenient talking points.

Kirkpatrick Inconsistent On Spending

Posted on January 23 2010 by Congress Watcher

If Representative Kirkpatrick is going to be truly effective in working to cut government spending, she will need to do more than just fiddle around on the margins.

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