For immediate release: June 24, 2011Congressman John Carter has been awarded the National Taxpayers Union “Taxpayers’ Friend Award” for the 8th consecutive year for scoring an “A” rating with a grade of 90 in NTU’s annual rating of Congress for 2010.  “With all the challenges facing our economy, fiscal discipline in Washington, DC has never… Read more »

Report from the 31stDistrict: Carter Gets Feedback from Central Texas on the Budget(ROUND ROCK, TX) – Central Texas Conservatives this week told Congressman John Carter that the nation’s out-of-control deficit has now placed the U.S. and world economy in jeopardy, while Carter committed to continue the fight to cut federal spending and balance the budgetWatch… Read more »

House Passes Continuing Resolution to Cut $312 Billion Over Ten Years The House has approved a bipartisan Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government through September, which the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today confirms will cut this year’s spending by nearly $40 billion – or $78.5 billion less than President Obama proposed in his FY 2011 budget. … Read more »

Carter rejects paycheck for duration of shutdownTexas Congressman John Carter has requested that his paycheck be withheld by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House for the duration of the shutdown. Carter today wrote House CAO Dan Strodel that he did not think it appropriate "for Members of Congress to receive compensation while our service men and women, and their families,… Read more »

All New Federal Rules Blocked until 2013 under Carter Moratorium on RegulationsBusinesses would be able to expand and hire new employees through the end of 2012 without a regulatory ax hanging over their heads under legislation introduced this week by House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter.The Regulation Moratorium Act of 2011, H.R. 1235, bans implementation of any new federal… Read more »

Carter Votes to Block IRS 1099 Reporting NightmareSmall businesses would be spared having to file hundreds of new IRS form 1099 reports every year under a bipartisan bill supported by Republican Conference Secretary John Carter (TX31) that passed the House of Representatives today. H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, was approved by a wide 314-112… Read more »

For immediate release: February 24, 2011NumbersUSA Endorses Bipartisan "E-LAW" for Mandatory E-VerifyNumbersUSA has endorsed HR 800, the Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act (E-LAW), introduced last week by House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter of Texas with original cosponsors Heath Shuler (D-NC), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), and Louie Gohmert (R-TX).… Read more »

For immediate release: February 18, 2011Mandatory E-Verify/Jobs Recovery Bill Introduced The Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce ActJobs currently held by illegal immigrants would be opened up for unemployed legal workers under bipartisan legislation introduced today by U.S. Rep. John Carter (R-TX) – the Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act, or… Read more »

For Immediate Release: February 18, 2011Czars Defunded; Greenhouse Gas, Cement Rules Blocked Triple Legislative Wins for Carter in Budget BattleCongressman John Carter chalked up three legislative wins this week in floor action on the FY 2011 Continuing Resolution, defunding the Obama Administration’s "Czars", and the EPA’s attempts to implement new job-killing… Read more »

Obama budget spends and taxes too much, cuts too little, doesn’t create jobsThe Obama Administration budget released today will not create the new private sector jobs or cut enough from the federal deficit to restore the nation’s economy, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter. "This Administration has buried the nation in debt with their stimulus… Read more »