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Dems Support Lawsuit Against DHS to Stop Border Fence
This week 14 House Democrats argued to stop the construction of the border fence that was authorized by the Republican controlled Congress two years ago. They are expected to file a friend of the court brief and to ask the Supreme Court to hear a pending appeal of a case originally filed by the Sierra Club and the Defenders of Wildlife," according to a April 17, 2008 article in CQ Today.
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This week 14 House Democrats argued to stop the construction of the border fence that was authorized by the Republican controlled Congress two years ago. They are expected to file a friend of the court brief and to ask the Supreme Court to hear a pending appeal of a case originally filed by the Sierra Club and the Defenders of Wildlife," according to a April 17, 2008 article in CQ Today.
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Democrat Disconnect: Majority’s Tax Day Tax Hike
You have to give it to the Democrats – they are consistent. Yet again they voted to raise taxes on already struggling American families. This increase - $683 billion in new taxes over 5 years – is the largest tax hike in American history, and would allow Washington liberals to “provide generous increases to domestic federal programs,” according to USA Today. But Republicans are fighting to keep the tax hike from being enacted and to leave this money in the pockets of hard working Americans who earned it...
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Government Accountability Office Report: Space Gap Likely To Widen
Earlier today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified before a Congressional Committee indicating that a number of technological challenges facing the Constellation program are likely to delay the program, thus widening the “space gap.” “History has shown us time and again that no matter how much we do to close gaps, large scale programs face challenging technical problems are almost always delayed,” said Weldon. “This is further proof that the only way to shorten or eliminate the flight gap is to extend the Shuttle program. My bill does that...
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House Democrats Write $50 Billion Foreign Aid Check, But Strip NASA
Today, Democrats forced through Congress a bill to hand out $50 billion over the next five years in foreign aid to Africa. The Majority leadership denied Rep. Weldon the opportunity to offer an amendment to scale back the size of funding in the bill. Over the past five years, U.S. taxpayers have provided over $15 billion to help combat global AIDS. Earlier this year, President Bush proposed doubling the spending, to $30 billion over five years. Not to be outspent, Congressional Democrat leaders upped the ante to $50 billion, a 300% increase, and brought the bill to the House floor for a vote today...
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NASA Reveals Massive Layoffs
Today NASA was forced to report that there will be far more layoffs at Kennedy Space Center and other major manned space flight centers across the country than the public had previously been led to believe. Because of his concern for the draconian job losses that seemed poised to hit KSC in particular, last year Rep. Dave Weldon successfully fought to secure House passage of an amendment requiring NASA to produce this report and update it every six months...
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House Democrats Refuse to Renew Bipartisan Terrorist Surveillance Act
Today House Democrats recessed Congress for 18 days, after passing a FISA bill that protects trial lawyers ability to sue telecommunication companies for cooperating with the government after 9/11. President Bush has already vowed to veto the bill...
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A Statement from Rep. Dave Weldon Regarding the Debate Over the Terrorist Surveillance Act
As you may have heard yesterday, for the first time in over 25 years, the House held a secret session to discuss the very important issue of reforming our laws governing how our intelligence services monitor foreign terrorists. I want to share with you some of the unclassified features of what transpired...
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You have to give it to the Democrats – they are consistent. Yet again they voted to raise taxes on already struggling American families. This increase - $683 billion in new taxes over 5 years – is the largest tax hike in American history, and would allow Washington liberals to “provide generous increases to domestic federal programs,” according to USA Today. But Republicans are fighting to keep the tax hike from being enacted and to leave this money in the pockets of hard working Americans who earned it...
» Read More Of Story
Government Accountability Office Report: Space Gap Likely To Widen
Earlier today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified before a Congressional Committee indicating that a number of technological challenges facing the Constellation program are likely to delay the program, thus widening the “space gap.” “History has shown us time and again that no matter how much we do to close gaps, large scale programs face challenging technical problems are almost always delayed,” said Weldon. “This is further proof that the only way to shorten or eliminate the flight gap is to extend the Shuttle program. My bill does that...
» Read More Of Story
House Democrats Write $50 Billion Foreign Aid Check, But Strip NASA
Today, Democrats forced through Congress a bill to hand out $50 billion over the next five years in foreign aid to Africa. The Majority leadership denied Rep. Weldon the opportunity to offer an amendment to scale back the size of funding in the bill. Over the past five years, U.S. taxpayers have provided over $15 billion to help combat global AIDS. Earlier this year, President Bush proposed doubling the spending, to $30 billion over five years. Not to be outspent, Congressional Democrat leaders upped the ante to $50 billion, a 300% increase, and brought the bill to the House floor for a vote today...
» Read More Of Story
NASA Reveals Massive Layoffs
Today NASA was forced to report that there will be far more layoffs at Kennedy Space Center and other major manned space flight centers across the country than the public had previously been led to believe. Because of his concern for the draconian job losses that seemed poised to hit KSC in particular, last year Rep. Dave Weldon successfully fought to secure House passage of an amendment requiring NASA to produce this report and update it every six months...
» Read More Of Story
House Democrats Refuse to Renew Bipartisan Terrorist Surveillance Act
Today House Democrats recessed Congress for 18 days, after passing a FISA bill that protects trial lawyers ability to sue telecommunication companies for cooperating with the government after 9/11. President Bush has already vowed to veto the bill...
» Read More Of Story
A Statement from Rep. Dave Weldon Regarding the Debate Over the Terrorist Surveillance Act
As you may have heard yesterday, for the first time in over 25 years, the House held a secret session to discuss the very important issue of reforming our laws governing how our intelligence services monitor foreign terrorists. I want to share with you some of the unclassified features of what transpired...
» Read More Of Story
