What started as a government takeover of healthcare now includes a government takeover of the nation’s college loans, and the elimination of over 1,000 Texas jobs after Democrats today added in President Obama’s proposal to kill the private college loan program into the latest version of healthcare reform."This is an outrage on top of an outrage," says House… Read more »
House Republicans today delivered a stunning blow in the decades-old fight to control government spending by voting for a total ban on Republican-originated earmarks in all Congressional spending for the remainder of the 111th Congress.“Today is a historic milestone in moving towards eliminating the pork-barrel spending that is destroying our children’s economic… Read more »
Republicans came to legislate; Democrats came to set the stage for ramming a wildly unpopular healthcare takeover bill down the throats of the American public, according to House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter."The event turned out exactly as most people expected," Carter said. "Republicans tried to convince the President to drop the controversial House and… Read more »
Representative John Carter (R-TX) met with President Barack Obama during a House Republican issues retreat today in Baltimore, Maryland, where Republicans provided Obama with the GOP's "Better Solutions." “Over the last year, House Republicans have been committed to being the party of better ideas. During our meeting, we presented to President Obama a copy of Better… Read more »
Congressman John Carter will provide remarks on President Obama's State of the Union address tonight in a live Web cast press conference. The Web cast link is available on Carter’s Web site, or directly by clicking here.It will begin following the President's speech, at approximately 9:30 p.m. CST.Participants can e-mail questions in advance or live to JudgeCarter@gmail.com. The… Read more »
By Congressman John CarterOne cannot drink oneself into sobriety. Yet that is precisely what Congressional Democrats and the Obama Administration have attempted with our economy for the past year with predictable and painful results.Unemployment continues to stand at an official 10% for the third month in a row, the worst joblessness in 27 years. The real unemployment rate is far worse.… Read more »
Democrats are again trying to hide behind the American soldier, this time to further push the nation into debt.Congressman John Carter (TX-31) today joined other Republican members of the Appropriations Committee in a pledge to vote against the FY 2010 Defense Appropriations if it includes legislative issues such as increasing the debt limit. Update: Speaker Pelosi said she would include… Read more »
