Posted on January 25, 2011. Tags: Bailout, Barack Obama, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Earmarks, Eight Months, Good Evening, Government Spending, Michele Bachmann, National Debt, National Jobless Rate, National Unemployment Rate, President Bush, President Unemployment, Spending Money, State Of The Union, State Of The Union Address, stimulus, Trillion, Unemployment Rates, Unprecedented Explosion
(Washington, DC) Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-6) responded tonight to President Obama’s State of the Union address. Below are her remarks, as prepared for delivery: Good evening, my name is Congresswoman Michele Bachmann from Minnesota’s 6th District. Two years ago, when Barack Obama became our President, unemployment was 7.8 percent and our national debt stood at […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 24, 2011. Tags: Arlen Specter, Balanced Budget, Candidacy Announcement, Conservative Leader, Earmarks, Few Moments, George Allen, Gun Rights, Jim Webb, National Debt, Party Supporters, Pork Barrel Spending, Radtke, Senate Candidate, Senator Allen, Tea Party, Town Hall Meetings, U S Senate, Virginia Senate Race, Washington Establishment
A few moments after George Allen became the second Republican to enter the Virginia Senate race for the seat currently occupied by Democrat Jim Webb, the first official candidate wasted no time acknowledging Allen’s entry and challenging him out of the gate. This is going to be a good race! Ms. Radtke’s statement: Jamie Radtke […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on November 30, 2010. Tags: Americans For Prosperity, Earmarks, Election Day, Fiscal Year, Formal Attempt, Government Largesse, Home States, Jim Webb, Legislators, Mark Warner, Responsible Governance, Runaway Growth, Senator Jim Webb, U S Senate, United States Senate, Virginia Senators, Virginia State Director, Wallets, Whim, Year 2013
RICHMOND – The U.S. Senate today failed in a formal attempt to ban earmarks through fiscal year 2013. Virginia Senator Mark Warner voted in favor of addressing the proposal, but Senator Jim Webb did not. Americans for Prosperity’s Virginia State Director Ben Marchi today issued the following statement: “Evidently, too many members of the United […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on November 10, 2010. Tags: Bribery, Bridge To Nowhere, Centerpiece, Congressional Bill, Corn Husker, Earmarks, Health Reform, Kickbacks, Lawmaker, Legislator, Legislators, Louisiana Purchase, Member Of Congress, Merits, Novel Concept, Private Company, Specific Project, Tax Benefit, Taxpayers, Whole Lot
What is an earmark? According to Taxpayers Against Earmarks: In general, it is a provision inserted in the text of a Congressional bill or report that allocates money or a tax benefit for a specific project, program, or organization, circumventing a merit-based or competitive allocation process. There are many reasons to be “against earmarks.” Earmarks […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 13, 2010. Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, Congressman, Democrats And Republicans, Earmarks, Eight Months, Eric Cantor, Lot, Majority Party, Moratorium, News Stories, Remainder, Republican Conference, White House
Congressman Cantor has an excellent OpEd column on Politico today: House Republicans took an unprecedented stand in March, imposing an immediate moratorium on earmarks for the remainder of the Congress. Yet, because the governing rules of one Congress cannot bind the next, this moratorium will expire on Jan. 3, 2011. I do not believe that […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
Read the full story
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