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Freedom Works Score Card on Crenshaw and Brown
You will be scratching your head on this one. Brown actually has a 60 and Crenshaw is at 0 (nice job Ander). The bills are listed below. Ander didn't vote on the first 2 and voted in favor of the last 3 (not good). Brown voted in favor of the first 2 (not good) and against the last 3 (nice job Ms Brown although I am sure it was because cuts had been made in the amount or something silly like that). You could still write and thank her (there is a certain amount of humor in that). Ander on the other hand might be asked where he was for the vote on the first 2 bills and why he voted for the last 3 which clearly are not something a "conservative" would do. Just my thoughts, however, so am sure you can think of something fitting to say to both of them :).
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FreeedomWorks identifies the most important votes on issues of economic freedom and scores Members of Congress based on their votes. We use a scale of 100, so the higher the score the more often the Member is on our side fighting for lower taxes, less government and more freedom.
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Key Vote 1: On the Amendment: H.Amdt.5 - To add $33.677 billion in additional spending.
This amendment, sponsored by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11), would add another $33 billion to the Disaster Relief Act, bringing the total spending in the bill to over $50 billion. Although the bill is supposedly to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy, the better portion of this amendment funds unrelated programs such as community development block grants. The "emergency" spending is also not offset, meaning that it will add to the federal deficit.
"Nay" votes scored.
- Key Vote 2: On Passage: H.R. 152 - Disaster Relief Appropriations Act
This bill is an "emergency" appropriations bill that contains $50.1 billion in spending that is supposed to aid those affected by Hurricane Sandy. In reality, however, most of the spending will not provide acute disaster relief, and much of it is not even scheduled to be spent until 2014 or later. Thus, the bill functions more like a stimulus than true disaster relief and its spending should be appropriated through the budget process instead of as emergency spending that adds to the federal deficit.
"Nay" votes scored.
- Key Vote 3: On Passage: H.R. 325 - To Increase the Debt Limit until May 19th, 2013
This bill raises the statutory limit on the public debt (the "debt ceiling") by whatever amount is necessary to reach May 19th, 2013. Although the bill theoretically contains a "no budget, no pay" provision conditional upon the Senate passing a budget resolution, in reality the provision has no teeth. FreedomWorks insists that further increases in the debt ceiling by accompanied by proportional decreases in federal spending in order to address the ever-increasing federal debt, which at the time of this bill stood at $16.4 trillion. Instead, this bill amounts to a "clean" debt ceiling hike, accompanied by the unenforceable promise of spending reforms at a later date.
"Nay" votes scored.
- Key Vote 4: On the Resolution: H.Res. 99 - The rule providing for consideration of H.R. 933 (containing the Continuing Resolution to fund the United States government)
This closed rule does allow for any extended debate or amendments to the CR, thus allowing a bill that spends at the rate of over $1 trillion per year to be passed without any input from individual Members of Congress on the floor of the House.
"Nay" votes scored.
- Key Vote 5: On Passage: H.R. 933 - Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Continuing Resolution)
This bill contains the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government in lieu of a budget. The House, which controls the power of the purse, could have defunded ObamaCare or made any number of spending reforms through this bill to address the nation's massive annual deficits. Instead, the bill was brought to the floor under a closed rule that did not allow amendments or extended debate, and simply continued the current levels of spending under the law.
"Nay" votes scored.
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Comment by Patricia M. McBride on April 29, 2013 at 6:02pm
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I read these all and can't find anything using the words "helping New Jersey" nor do I plan on believing your numbers for NJ as I think they are probably just as erroneous.
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Comment by amanda choate on April 29, 2013 at 5:14pm
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...but the part about helping New Jersey, is wrong. NJ annually is the nation's number one donor state. In that they pay $1.00 in for every sixty-nine cents they get back.
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When I am wrong I admit it. I meant AFP, my bad. Freedomworks has it's own issues with Dick Armey and such. I thought they were done.
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Amanda, you are quite wrong. It is warped facts that I have a problem with. The Koch brothers helped Freedom Works get started by investing in them as they do with MANY conservative groups. However, unlike what you are trying to insinuate, the funding stopped shortly after Freedom Works was formed and the organization has done quite nicely on donations from members. The organization stays away from high priced offices and the like. So I really don't care that you don't like Koch brothers simply because their politics differs from your liberal politics..................and you know if you are ok with Hollywood backing of liberals, then, you have a good bit of nerve criticizing anyone who supports conservative groups.
Based on many of your other posts Amanda, you twist the truth (facts) or ignor them, so I really, as I said, don't give a flying flip about what you think.....................
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That is what I love about you Patricia,your views are unaffected by facts.
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Amanda, at the time all of these things happened, we weren't spending a trillion dollars a year more than what came in and the housing mess had not hit yet. We do have to consider all things, and if you don't like what Freedom Works has to say, then, don't read their stuff. As far as the Koch brothers go, quite truthfully, I don't give a flying flip what you think of them or anyone else for that matter.
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We in Florida should never deny hurricane relief to others as ee have benefitted mightily from other states helping us out when we have sufferred damage from these massive onslaughts. In 2004 we were hit by five named storms, Charlie and Ivan among the worst. Francis, Jeanne and Wilma also battered us that season. No one said then that any spending should be offset. No one here in Florida. There have been dozens of other storms that have ripped us apart, never once do I recall someone saying this spending should offset somewhere else.
And we elected neither of these folks to give a hoot about Freedomworks. Freedomworks doesn't have Florida's interest in mind, it has the interest of its two benfactors in mind, the Kochs.
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