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Obama budget: More Debt, More Doubt, Fewer Jobs

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off by

Reports Show President’s Budget Is Loaded With Same Failed ‘Stimulus’ Spending & Small Business Tax Hikes

The budget crafted by President Obama last year was widely panned as a threat to job growth. And based on the reports, it looks like we’re in for more …

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Rep. Quayle calls for special prosecutor on Fast and Furious

Feb 02, 2012 Comments Off by

WASHINGTON (DC) Congressman Ben Quayle issued the following statement after his introduction of H.Res. 532 to the House of Representatives.  H.Res. 532 calls for a special prosecutor to investigate Operation “Fast and the Furious”—a disastrous Justice Department program which attempted to ‘walk’ high powered weapons to …

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Gosar: SOPA is flawed policy

Jan 19, 2012 Comments Off by

By Congressman Paul Gosar

They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.  Nowhere is that more true than in Congress.  Too often, some members of Congress want to be seen as “doing something” about a problem, or “caring” about people or constituencies, they support …

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Rep. Gosar Votes Against Debt Ceiling Increase

Jan 19, 2012 Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-01) voted to reject the President’s request to increase the federal debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion.

H. J. Res. 98, the second Debt Limit Resolution of Disapproval passed the House with a vote of 239-176. Congressman Gosar issued the …

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Allen West: Mr. President, please don’t play the race card in 2012

Jan 17, 2012 Comments Off

Congressman Allen B. West

I was born in the inner city of Atlanta in 1961, when segregation was still rife, at a time when I would have been barred from visiting the very beaches that make up part of the congressional district I so proudly represent.

Just …

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Debt Vote an Indictment of Obama’s Reckless Spending Binge

Jan 17, 2012 Comments Off

This week the House of Representatives will vote on a resolution to disapprove of the Obama administration’s request for an increase in the nation’s debt ceiling – another “sign of leadership failure,” in the president’s own words.

The vote itself is an indictment of the …

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Congressman Gosar fights for education reform — Charter Schools Act passes House

Sep 15, 2011 Comments Off

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressman Gosar and his colleagues in the House of Representatives took an important step towards education reform, and approved H.R. 2218 on a bipartisan basis, with 365 members of Congress voting in support. H.R. 2218 broadens the opportunities for students from all walks …

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