from: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/22/confidence-in-congress-hits-new-low/
Not feeling particularly high on Congress? Join the crowd. A Gallup poll conducted July 8-11 has public confidence in Congress down to 11 percent, the lowest score in its "Confidence in Institutions" survey since 1973.
The other institution that took a hit was the presidency. In June 2009, 51 percent had a great deal or a lot of confidence in the presidency, a number that has now fallen to 36 percent.
Ranked at the top of the list of institutions that do command high confidence are the military (76 percent), small business (66 percent), the police (59 percent), the church or organized religion (48 percent) and the medical system (40 percent).
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
The Tea Party Platform
from: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=141493
The top 10 issues are:
1) Require each bill to identify its constitutional authorization
2) Defund, repeal, and replace government-run health care
3) Demand a balanced budget
4) End runaway government spending by imposing a statutory cap limiting growth in federal spending
5) Enact fundamental reform to simplify and lower taxes
6)Create a Blue Ribbon task force that engages in a complete audit of federal agencies and programs
7) Reject cap-and-trade
8) Pass an "all of the above" energy policy
9) Stop the 2011 tax hikes
10) Stop the pork.
The top 10 issues are:
1) Require each bill to identify its constitutional authorization
2) Defund, repeal, and replace government-run health care
3) Demand a balanced budget
4) End runaway government spending by imposing a statutory cap limiting growth in federal spending
5) Enact fundamental reform to simplify and lower taxes
6)Create a Blue Ribbon task force that engages in a complete audit of federal agencies and programs
7) Reject cap-and-trade
8) Pass an "all of the above" energy policy
9) Stop the 2011 tax hikes
10) Stop the pork.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Our elected officials work for us...
...and if they forget that, I like the idea that we can send them packing and find someone who does listen to us.
from: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128385
Tea partiers in New Jersey have moved one step closer to ousting a sitting U.S. senator that they say has shown "a total disregard for the people's wishes."
New Jersey Tea Parties United and the Sussex County Tea Party have joined forces to try an unprecedented way of sending a message to Washington: removing a senator through a recall vote.
A three-judge appellate panel ruled today that the New Jersey secretary of state must accept the tea partiers' notice of intent to recall Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and allow their joint recall committee to begin collecting the voter signatures needed to put the senator's name back on the ballot, two years before his term is supposed to end.
New Jersey is one of a handful of states that allows for the recall of its congressmen, thanks to a constitutional amendment New Jersey voters approved by a 3-to-1 margin in 1993.
from: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128385
Tea partiers in New Jersey have moved one step closer to ousting a sitting U.S. senator that they say has shown "a total disregard for the people's wishes."
New Jersey Tea Parties United and the Sussex County Tea Party have joined forces to try an unprecedented way of sending a message to Washington: removing a senator through a recall vote.
A three-judge appellate panel ruled today that the New Jersey secretary of state must accept the tea partiers' notice of intent to recall Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and allow their joint recall committee to begin collecting the voter signatures needed to put the senator's name back on the ballot, two years before his term is supposed to end.
New Jersey is one of a handful of states that allows for the recall of its congressmen, thanks to a constitutional amendment New Jersey voters approved by a 3-to-1 margin in 1993.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Need I say it again? QUIT SPENDING!
It's not working! All you're doing is ruining the dollar.
from: http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/politics/2009/12/30/year-review?slide=2
Despite a $700 billion Wall Street bailout and a $787 billion stimulus bill that aimed to create -- or save -- jobs, 15.4 million Americans are unemployed, 3.1 million more than since the stimulus bill passed in February.
from: http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/politics/2009/12/30/year-review?slide=2
Despite a $700 billion Wall Street bailout and a $787 billion stimulus bill that aimed to create -- or save -- jobs, 15.4 million Americans are unemployed, 3.1 million more than since the stimulus bill passed in February.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Paying off Senators with YOUR Tax Money
One question for everyone reading this: is this how you want your government working? If they can't get the votes needed, they begin promising large amounts of money toward pet projects. Where is that money coming from? Your tax dollars. I can hardly stomach it. In my opinion, the whole group needs to be elected out of office and start over.
from: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/18/nelson-cites-real-progress-health-care-talks/
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Saturday praised the compromise reached on the Senate's version of his health care overhaul plan, saying, "We are on the cusp of making health care reform a reality in the U.S."
"It appears the American people will finally get a vote on health care overhaul they deserve," Obama said shortly after returning to the White House from his trip to Copenhagen.
Obama's comments came not long after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, with a self-imposed Christmas deadline looming, announced the Democrats had reached an agreement to secure the 60 votes needed to pass a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system.
When asked directly at a news conference whether had the required votes, Reid replied, "It seems that way."
Reid's announcement came after he and other party leaders engineered a last-minute compromise on parts of the legislation to win the support of the lone Democratic holdout, Sen. Ben Nelson. Under the latest revisions, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would cost $871 billion over the first 10 years and reduce the federal deficit by a cumulative total of $132 billion in that period.
Marathon negotiations among the White House, Senate Democratic leaders and Nelson, a conservative Democrat from Nebraska, produced fresh concessions that will mean additional abortion restrictions in the legislation and funding to cover poor people for Nelson's state and others.
"I know this is hard for some of my colleagues to accept and I appreciate their right to disagree. But I would not have voted for this bill without these provisions," Nelson said at a news conference in the Capitol.
Democratic leaders offered Nelson a deal similar to the $300 million in Medicaid assistance Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana got for her support, numerous sources told Fox News.
from: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/18/nelson-cites-real-progress-health-care-talks/
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Saturday praised the compromise reached on the Senate's version of his health care overhaul plan, saying, "We are on the cusp of making health care reform a reality in the U.S."
"It appears the American people will finally get a vote on health care overhaul they deserve," Obama said shortly after returning to the White House from his trip to Copenhagen.
Obama's comments came not long after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, with a self-imposed Christmas deadline looming, announced the Democrats had reached an agreement to secure the 60 votes needed to pass a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system.
When asked directly at a news conference whether had the required votes, Reid replied, "It seems that way."
Reid's announcement came after he and other party leaders engineered a last-minute compromise on parts of the legislation to win the support of the lone Democratic holdout, Sen. Ben Nelson. Under the latest revisions, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would cost $871 billion over the first 10 years and reduce the federal deficit by a cumulative total of $132 billion in that period.
Marathon negotiations among the White House, Senate Democratic leaders and Nelson, a conservative Democrat from Nebraska, produced fresh concessions that will mean additional abortion restrictions in the legislation and funding to cover poor people for Nelson's state and others.
"I know this is hard for some of my colleagues to accept and I appreciate their right to disagree. But I would not have voted for this bill without these provisions," Nelson said at a news conference in the Capitol.
Democratic leaders offered Nelson a deal similar to the $300 million in Medicaid assistance Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana got for her support, numerous sources told Fox News.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Interest on our Monumental Debt
This is absolutely insane and immoral! Tell your senators and representatives to stop spending!
from: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/12/07/pay-back-the-debt/?test=latestnews
How much money are we talking about? Today, the national debt is topping $12 trillion and the White House estimates that the government’s tab for servicing the debt will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019, up from $202 billion this year. To put these numbers in perspective, Edmund Andrews writes in the New York Times that this means an additional $500 billion a year in interest payments in less than 10 years, which is "more than the combined federal budgets this year for education, energy, homeland security, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Borrowing money has consequences. We have to face them sooner rather than later.
from: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/12/07/pay-back-the-debt/?test=latestnews
How much money are we talking about? Today, the national debt is topping $12 trillion and the White House estimates that the government’s tab for servicing the debt will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019, up from $202 billion this year. To put these numbers in perspective, Edmund Andrews writes in the New York Times that this means an additional $500 billion a year in interest payments in less than 10 years, which is "more than the combined federal budgets this year for education, energy, homeland security, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Borrowing money has consequences. We have to face them sooner rather than later.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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