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  • The Hill: Pelosicare’s small-business tax is a tax on the American family
    Nov 16, 2009  - As unemployment surpasses 10 percent, Congress continues to vow that job creation is a top priority. After the $1.1 trillion stimulus failed to prevent unemployment from rising above 8 percent as its proponents promised, lawmakers are feeling the heat from American families as they struggle to pay f... More
  • The Hill: Cap-and-trade hurts farmers
    Oct 27, 2009  - We have already had snowfall in Minnesota — a reminder that energy bills will soon increase.  However, if Democrats have their way, families could be hit harder and all year-round with higher energy bills. And, some families — particularly those that farm and live in rural America — would be hit har... More
  • Investor's Business Daily: Time To Stop Amuck Acorn's Bank Enablers
    Oct 27, 2009  - The Community Reinvestment Act has increasingly been at the core of controversy, most recently for its role in the financial meltdown that began in 2008. Many economists have long questioned whether the CRA's mandates, which encouraged subpar lending standards, harmed the housing market. Now we ha... More
  • Bachmann: Congress won't win fans by mixing soldiers, hate crimes
    Oct 22, 2009  - I’ve only been in Congress for a few years, but it is no surprise to me that a Gallup poll on Oct. 6 found that Congress has an approval rating of 21 percent. I can’t imagine Congress earned any respect from the people last week given the shenanigans the majority pulled on an important troop-funding... More
  • Heritage Foundation: Property and the Pursuit of Happiness
    Oct 5, 2009  - The words life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness embody the spirit of the American founding better than any others. They evoke images of American patriots taking a sacred oath to lay aside their own rights as patrician property owners to give birth to a nation in which everyone would have such ... More
  • Investor's Business Daily Op-ed: Widen Scope Of What Caused Meltdown?
    Sep 24, 2009  - In an alleged effort to protect against a recurrence of the financial collapse of 2008, Congress is considering a slew of new mandates, regulations and agencies. At the top of the list is an expansion of the very government mandate that is at the heart of the financial collapse, the Community Reinv... More
  • Human Events Op-ed: Mr. President, Stop ACORN Funding Now
    Sep 21, 2009  - One of the most egregious abuses of your hard-earned money has been federal funding for ACORN. This non-profit organization is no stranger to controversy. But its seemingly endless entanglement with criminal investigations, indictments, and consent decrees for voter registration fraud and related cr... More
  • Redstate: Cap and Trade - The Wall Street Tax
    Sep 21, 2009  - The cap and trade national energy tax is being sold to the American people as a free-market answer to environmental problems. Dressed in green as it is, people are led to believe that it was a scheme hatched by the environmentally conscious. The truth is that cap and trade is a product of the very s... More
  • Washington Examiner - Reps. Michael Burgess, M.D., and Michele Bachmann: Real reform doesn't demand government invention
    Sep 14, 2009  - Washington Democrats have a plan: Big government stimulus package? Check. Cap and trade national energy tax? Check. They've managed to push through every piece with minimal Republican support or even input. They bring their bills to the floor at the very last minute, giving no lawmaker time to r... More
  • St. Cloud Times: Bipartisan health care reforms exist
    Aug 30, 2009  - Health care reform is on everybody’s mind. And with good reason. We have the highest quality health care in the world. Look no further than Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic, which is a world-class destination for care. But high costs put health care out of reach for millions of Americans, especially middle-... More