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A Prescription for Patient-Centered Healthcare Reform

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On the final day Congress was in session last month the House narrowly passed a historic energy bill that included what some are calling the largest tax increase in history. Now it appears that the House will turn its attention to our healthcare system.

How my Congressional office can help you

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In 1770 John Adams penned a tongue in cheek letter to his wife Abigail upon his acceptance of a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. "I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives," he wrote, "and thereby have consented to my own

A tale of two budgets

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In a cruel twist of irony, tax season and Washington, DC's money-gushing budget season usually overlap. This year's irony is crueler than usual. The current budget increases government spending to the highest level since World War II–at

A dictionary of spending

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The approach of springtime is notable for two things in Washington: cherry blossoms and budget season. Washington's famous cherry trees haven't yet emerged from their winter hiatus, but the budget juggernaut is already in full swing. As you can

Stimulating the national debt

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It's stimulus time again. Congress just passed an $825 billion so-called "stimulus plan". This plan could be more aptly named the "borrow and spend plan". One reason I opposed this legislation is that every additional dollar spent on federal progra

A bold agenda doesnt have to equal Big Government

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The 111th Congress convenes in Washington this month. As new and returning members of Congress are sworn into office America faces a pressing set of challenges. Our economy is limping along, shedding jobs each month. Home prices are declining at record

Restore Americas economic strength

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During the summer of 2008 anyone predicting that gas prices would fall by more than half in a few months would have been laughed off the national stage. Anyone suggesting that the federal government would commit $8.5 trillion to bailouts and loan guarant

A 21st Century GI Bill that is fit for Americas Veterans

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President Ronald Reagan famously declared that "freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day w

Taking the right action on the economy

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Today our economy is facing serious difficulties, mainly as a result of untold billions of bad assets clogging the balance sheets of financial institutions and greed by some on Wall Street.

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