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Special House Session Reveals Another Bailout
Just what our country needed…another bailout. Thanks to the Democrats in Congress who ignored the wishes of their constituents by voting for H.R. 1568, a no-name bill that will dump borrowed dollars into the states. Tertium Quids reports that this bill was used to prevent teacher and public safety worker layoffs. Additionally, the House also voted to let the lame duck session (the session from Election Day to December) continue as planned, blocking a resolution proposed by Republicans that would eliminate this session to prevent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s agenda from moving forward.
How did Virginia’s Congressional Delegation vote:
H.R. 1586:
Voting YEA Connolly, Nye, Perriello, Moran, Scott, Boucher
Voting NO Forbes, Goodlatte, Wolf, Cantor, Wittman
Blocking Lame Duck:
Voting for Lame Duck: Connolly, Perriello, Boucher, Moran, Scott
Voting to block Lame Duck: Nye, Forbes, Goodlatte, Wolf, Cantor, Wittman
Sounds to me that voters should remember those voting in favor of H.R. 1586 (continuing to drive America further into debt) and Lame Duck.
Rep. Wittman Shares the Concerns of Constituents on Health Care
During the health care debate last Saturday, Rep. Rob Wittman spoke on the House floor to share the fears and concerns of his constituents about H.R. 3962, which is now being debated in the Senate. In fact, the House bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate.
Rep. Rob Wittman at the YRFV Convention
Speaking to an audience of forty Young Republicans from all across the Commonwealth of Virginia yesterday, Congressman Rob Wittman spoke about the current session in Congress. Touching on the current economic woes facing America, Wittman spoke about the current deficits at the Federal level. Wittman said we have a deficit of $1 trillion dollars, and the government has continued to add to this deficits by approving $1 trillion dollars with the stimulus, $400 billion dollars in omnibus spending, and now, a $3.6 billion dollar budget. Wittman further emphasized that there has been an increase of spending for all government agencies and the recent defense spending cuts.
During his speech, he said that the tea parties have brought out great dissent for those who are against the massive government spending increases. “They are thirsting for someone to provide direction, and we [the federal government] need to be good stewards of tax dollars.” Wittman mentioned that we need to be focused on helping small businesses and standing up for lower taxes, individual freedoms and liberties.
Wittman also mentioned the recent push by the Obama administration and Congress to pass universal health care. Universal health care is not the way to go, and Wittman said the Republicans in Congress are committed to pushing for an alternative plan for individuals to access care at different points in the system and control the current costs. Right now, only 17% of the GDP is being spent in health care.
