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No Agenda, No Games: The Blog
07.20.2010
Just heard that the Rothenberg Political Report has moved our race from “Lean Republican” to “Republican Favored.” Good news from a well-respected non-partisan source! Over the...
07.06.2010
I have signed the Americans for Prosperity “No Climate Tax” pledge. (www.noclimatetax.org) By doing so, I am promising voters that if elected I will not support any climate change legislation that results in a net revenue gain for the government. In my mind, this...
07.01.2010
I am concerned by reports out of Washington this afternoon that as much as $17 billion in
unrelated domestic spending may be added to the emergency Afghanistan and Iraq war
supplemental bill which will be voted on in the middle of the night tonight. This illustrates three
very disturbing things about how Washington operates....
06.11.2010
Recent events on sea near the Korean Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, as well as Iran’s continued nuclear development and the long-term situations in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrate how volatile the world remains. Rogue states such as North Korea and Iran continue to be a threat to both the United States and other...
05.04.2010
I was pleased to hear recent comments from House Ways and Means Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI) that considering a VAT (value-added tax) was “...
03.31.2010
Today I am once again calling on Gov. David Paterson to stop the political delays and call the special election in New York’s 29th Congressional District. Everywhere we go, I hear frustration about the election delay. People see it for what it is: politics being...
03.26.2010
The recently passed health care “reform” needs to be reformed as quickly as possible. There are obvious problems with the legislation. Most obvious is that it does NOTHING to address the cause of our system’s problems, which is the high cost of health care.
In...
03.17.2010
What do politicians do when things don't go their way? Witness the democrats in the U.S. House. They just ignore the voters! Pass ObamaCare at all costs!
First, there were packed townhall meetings last summer when people came out in droves to let Congress know how they felt. The message was very clear: no...
03.15.2010
Eric Cantor, the House Minority Whip said it correctly when he said "it's about jobs!" With record numbers of people leaving upstate New York we know more than most that we need to stimulate private job growth.
Job creation must be...
