Michele Bachmann at Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference VIDEO

Michele Bachmann at Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference VIDEO

Michele Bachmann spoke at the second annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference on June 3, 2011.

Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel. The Conference and Strategy Briefing has quickly become a top destination for conservative activists who want to learn how to beat the Left!

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Allen West at Faith & Freedom Coalition VIDEO

Allen West spoke at the second annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference on June 3, 2011.

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Paul Ryan at Faith & Freedom Coalition VIDEO

Paul Ryan spoke at the second annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference on June 3, 2011.

Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel. The Conference and Strategy Briefing has quickly become a top destination for conservative activists who want to learn how to beat the Left!

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Haley Barbour Face the Nation Republican pick may be an unknown VIDEO

Barbour: GOP pick may be an unknown June 5, 2011 9:07 AM

Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) spoke to Bob Schieffer on the possibility of a double dip recession, the 2012 republican hopefuls, and Paul Ryan's plan for Medicare.

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North Carolina Republican Party State Convention

Election Results from 2011 North Carolina Republican State Convention WILMINGTON, NC – Today, 1161 delegates from 90 North Carolina counties voted to elect the Chairman and Vice Chairman to lead the North Carolina Republican Party for a two-year term at the 2011 North Carolina Republican State Convention. The vote took place in the Exhibit Hall at the Wilmington Convention Center in Wilmington, NC.

Robin Hayes was re-elected by acclamation as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. Chairman Hayes has been serving as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party since his election on January 15, 2011. He is a former United States Congressman from the 8th Congressional district and a resident of Concord.

Wayne King was elected to Vice-Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. King is the 10th District Republican Chairman, former Chairman of the Cleveland County Republican Party and a resident of Kings Mountain.

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Lamar Alexander Weekly Republican Address TEXT VIDEO 06/04/11

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) released the weekly Republican address on job creation and the NLRB. In the address, he says, "Our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs in this country... We can start by helping companies make in the United States what they sell in the United States, but unfortunately recent actions by the Administration are making that hard to accomplish."

I’m Lamar Alexander, United States Senator from Tennessee. I’d like to talk with you for a few minutes about making it easier and cheaper to create private sector jobs here in America.

We can start by helping companies make in the United States what they sell in the United States, but unfortunately recent actions by the Administration are making that hard to accomplish.

Last month the National Labor Relations Board moved to stop America's largest exporter, the Boeing Company, from building airplanes at a non-union plant in South Carolina, suggesting that a unionized American company can’t expand its operations into one of the 22 states with right-to-work laws, which protect a worker's right to join or not to join a union. But instead of making a speech, let me tell you a story.

The story is about a White House state dinner in February 1979, when I was governor of Tennessee. President Carter said to us, ‘Governors, go to Japan. Persuade them to make here what they sell here.’ So, off I flew to Tokyo to meet with Nissan executives who were deciding where to put their first U.S. manufacturing plant. I carried with me a photograph taken from a satellite showing the country at night with all of its lights on.

‘Where is Tennessee?’ the Nissan executives ask. ‘Right in the middle of the lights,’ I answered, pointing out that locating a plant in the population center reduces the cost of transporting cars to customers. That population center had migrated from the Midwest, where most U.S. auto plants were then, south to places like Kentucky and Tennessee.

Then the Japanese examined a second consideration: Tennessee has a right to work law and Kentucky does not. This meant that in Kentucky workers would have to join the United Auto Workers union. Workers in Tennessee had a choice.

Well, in 1980 Nissan chose Tennessee, a state with almost no auto jobs. Today auto assembly plants and suppliers provide one-third of Tennessee's manufacturing jobs. Tennessee is the home for production of the Leaf, Nissan's all-electric vehicle, and the batteries that power it. And recently Nissan announced that 85% of the cars and trucks it sells in the United States will be made in the United States, making it one of the largest ‘American’ auto companies.

So now the NLRB and unions want to make it illegal for a company that has experienced repeated strikes to move production to a state with a right to work law. What would this mean for the future of American auto jobs? Well, jobs would flee overseas as manufacturers look for a competitive environment in which to make and sell their products around the world.

It's happened before. David Halberstam's 1986 book, ‘The Reckoning,’ tells a story about the decline of the domestic auto industry. Halberstam quotes the President of American Motors, who criticized the ‘shared monopoly’ consisting of the Big Three Detroit auto manufacturers in the UAW.

‘There is nothing more vulnerable than entrenched success,’ he warned. Detroit ignored upstarts like Nissan who in the 1960’s began selling funny little cars to American consumers. We all know what happened to employment in the Big Three companies.

Even when Detroit sought greener pastures in a right to work state, its ‘partnership’ with United Auto Workers couldn’t compete. In 1985, General Motors located its $5 billion Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee; just 40 miles from Nissan, hoping that side by side competition would help the Americans beat the Japanese.

After 25 years, non-union Nissan operated the most efficient auto plant in North America. The Saturn / UAW partnership never made a profit. GM closed Saturn last year.

Nissan's success is one reason why Volkswagen last week opened its North American manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, and why Honda, and Toyota, BMW, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai and thousands of suppliers have chosen southeastern right to work states for their plants.

According to the chief of the Boeing company, 'An unintended consequence of the Boeing complaint is that forward thinking CEOs also would be reluctant to place new plants in unionized states -- lest they be forever restricted from placing future plants across the country.'

Boeing is America's largest exporter, but we want them to export airplanes, not jobs.

Our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs in this country. Giving workers the right to join or not to join a union helps to create a competitive environment in which more manufacturers like Nissan and Boeing can make here what they sell here. I'm Lamar Alexander, thanks for listening. ####

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John Boehner to President Obama: It’s clear from this morning’s jobs report, It’s Time to Get Serious About Spending Cuts, Job Growth VIDEO

WASHINGTON, DC (Jun 3) At a press conference with House GOP leaders reacting to today’s jobs report, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) urged President Obama to “get serious about cutting spending and dealing with America’s ailing economy.” Boehner also highlighted the GOP Plan for America’s Job Creators. Below is text of Boehner’s remarks:

It’s clear from this morning’s jobs report that the economy still isn’t creating enough jobs. If you talk to job creators around the country like we have, they’ll tell you all the over-taxing, over-regulating, and over-spending that’s going on in Washington is creating uncertainty and holding them back.

“This week, House Republicans met with the president, urged him to change course, and to work with us on our plan for new jobs and economic growth in our country. We hope he’ll take us up on our invitation.

“If we’re serious about creating jobs in America, we can’t raise taxes on the very people who create jobs, and keep spending money that we don’t have. Yesterday, Moody’s reinforced our point that an increase in the debt limit without major spending cuts will hurt our economy and destroy jobs. That’s why we’ve said that spending cuts must accompany any increase in the debt limit.

“One look at the jobs report should be enough to show the White House it’s time to get serious about cutting spending and dealing with our ailing economy.”

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Mitt Romney Announces Candidacy for President, Barack Obama has failed America VIDEO

Mitt Romney Announces Candidacy for President, Barack Obama has failed America.

Barack Obama has failed America.

When he took office, the economy was in recession. He made it worse. And he made it last longer. Three years later, over 16 million Americans are out of work or have just quit looking. Millions more are underemployed.

Three years later, unemployment is still above 8%, a figure he said his stimulus would keep from happening.

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Tim Scott reminds constituents of the Georgetown-Horry Town Hall to provide a Congressional update for First District residents Wednesday, June 8th

Rep. Tim Scott (SC-01) reminded his constituents of the Georgetown-Horry Town Hall to provide a Congressional update for First District residents. After his participation in the Military Appreciation Days parade on Saturday, May 28th, Scott said he is looking forward to meeting again with Grand Strand citizens.

The Town Hall meeting will be Wednesday, June 8th in the Burroughs & Chapin Auditorium on the Conway campus of Horry-Georgetown Technical College. This forum will provide area residents the opportunity to hear from their Congressional representative and get his responses to their inquiries. “While we rise to meet the challenges associated with the debt ceiling, our economy, and energy, I want area residents to know more about what we’re doing to limit the size and scope of the federal government,” Scott said, adding, “ I look forward to hearing my constituents’ perspectives and discussing the progress we’ve made thus far.” Areas of local interest will likely include I-73, our state’s ports, and tourism.

The 90-minute event will kick off at 6:00 PM and doors will open at 5:00. Scott will randomly answer questions submitted by attendees. “I firmly believe that a good economy makes all things possible,” Scott noted. “But, I recognize that many factors are responsible for creating such a positive environment. Together, we can move this country forward and realize our common goal of a smaller government with more individual liberty, states’ rights and significantly reduced federal spending.” For the Horry-Georgetown event, Scott will also accept questions sent to him via a Facebook message with the subject “townhall.” These questions will be combined with those submitted at the Town Hall for random selection.

Burroughs and Chapin Auditorium is part of the Horry-Georgetown Technical College’s Conway Campus located at 2050 Hwy 501 E.


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The President and his party’s leaders continue to use blatant falsehoods in attacking the House Republicans’ plan to protect and save Medicare VIDEO

In a web video last week, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan made clear: “Washington has not been honest with you about Medicare.” Nonpartisan, independent fact checkers agree.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the new chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, is the latest leading Democrat to distort and demagogue the only plan put forward that saves Medicare. Earlier this week, Wasserman Schultz falsely stated that seniors would be denied coverage under the Republican plan. This statement has no basis in fact, as made clear by a round of fact checkers:

• Politifact.com: “We rate her statement False” (Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Ryan Medicare plan would allow insurers to use pre-existing conditions as barrier to coverage – 6/1/2011)

• FactCheck.org: “She is simply wrong…” (DNC Chair Throws Truth to ‘Wolves’, 5/31/2011)

• The Fact Checker, Washington Post: Even an expert cited by the DNC called the comment “high-octane idiocy” (Wasserman Schultz’s bogus claim that the GOP Medicare plan will ‘throw you to the wolves’ – 6/1/2011)

Wasserman Schultz’s comments are the latest in a campaign built on a foundation of falsehoods and fear.

• Factcheck.org: “President Barack Obama misrepresented the House Republicans’ budget plan” (FactChecking Obama’s Budget Speech – 4/18/2011)

• Factcheck.org: “President Barack Obama has been hammering away at Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal, misrepresenting what it would mean for seniors.” (Obama Misrepresents Ryan Plan – 4/22/2011)

• PolitiFact.com: An attack ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is “a major exaggeration,” and given a “PANTS ON FIRE” rating (Democrats say Republicans voted to end Medicare and charge seniors $12,000 – 4/18/2011)

• PolitiFact.com: “Charges over Medicare have kicked into high gear” (Checking the attack lines on Medicare, 4/20/2011)

• The Fact Checker, Washington Post: Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “should be ashamed” (Kathleen Sebelius’s outrageous claim that cancer patients would ‘die sooner’ under the GOP Medicare plan – 5/9/2011)

The dishonest overreach is clearly an attempt to mask what the President and leading Democrats have already done to Medicare. While they have no plan to save Medicare, the President and leading Democrats already jammed into law a plan that imposes severe disruptions for current Medicare beneficiaries. The three-step Democrat plan on Medicare:

1. The President and leading Democrats cut over $500 billion from Medicare, raiding Medicare to fund Obamacare;

2. The President and leading Democrats empowered a panel of 15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in Washington to cut Medicare, restrict access and deny benefits for current seniors;

3. The President and leading Democrats, by refusing to work together to save this program, are committing Medicare to a bankrupt future.
   

The House Republicans’ plan to save Medicare:

• Stops the President’s raid on Medicare, repeals the President’s unelected Medicare board, and rejects the President’s commitment to Medicare’s bankruptcy.

• Ensures no changes for those 55 or older. Seniors should not be forced to reorganize their lives because of government’s mistakes.

• Offers a strengthened, personalized Medicare program that future generations can count on when they retire.Future beneficiaries would be empowered to choose from a list of guaranteed coverage options, similar to the system now enjoyed by Members of Congress, with less support for wealthy seniors and more support for those with lower incomes and greater health risks. These reforms are rooted in past bipartisan efforts to save Medicare.

• By encouraging true choice and competition, our plan is to give future seniors the power to deny business to inefficient providers. By imposing price controls and rationing, their plan is to give government the power to deny care to current seniors.

With their empty promises and false attacks, the President and leading Democrats are threatening the health security of America’s seniors and the economic security of American families. The American people deserve leaders who will tell them the truth and advance solutions that save Medicare.

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Ron Paul Talks About the Fed & Debt VIDEO

Twitter: @FinancialCmte: Congressman Ron Paul, chair of the Financial Services Monetary Policy Subcommittee, talks about the relationship between the Fed, inflation, and our national debt.

This hearing took place on Wednesday, May 11 and was entitled, ""Monetary Policy and the Debt Ceiling: Examining the Relationship Between the Federal Reserve and Government Debt." For more info: financialservices.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle TEXT IMAGE and VIDEO CREDIT: GOPFinancialServices

Spencer Bachus made the following statement after meeting with President Obama and House Republicans to discuss deficit reduction

Chairman Spencer Bachus Statement on House Republican Meeting with President Obama. Washington, Jun 1 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus made the following statement after meeting with President Obama and House Republicans at the White House this morning to discuss deficit reduction: “Several times during the meeting today, the President said he will not submit a plan to reduce the deficit that could be verified by the Congressional Budget Office. Republicans need to avoid negotiating against ourselves, but the President’s lack of leadership on this issue cannot deter us from moving forward

We should continue meeting with the President to try to negotiate a workable and verifiable agreement. Republicans have offered a plan that puts us on the path toward eliminating the deficit and reducing the national debt by making long-term structural changes. This could be the basis of an agreement that would pay immediate dividends in the credit markets, boost consumer confidence and be a plus for our economy and national security.

“We must end the dangerous cycle of spending and borrowing that has pushed the federal government up against the debt limit and caused Standard and Poor’s to downgrade our credit rating outlook to ‘negative.’”

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John Boehner Tonight’s Debt Limit Vote Shows the House Is Listening to the American People

Speaker Boehner leads an event with House Republicans today unveiling A Plan for America’s Job Creators. The plan builds on the Pledge to Americaand is designed to foster innovation and investment, tackle our debt, and help business owners create jobs without raising taxes on working families and small businesses. May 26, 2011.

WASHINGTON, DC (May 31) House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement after the House of Representatives rejected a plan by President Obama that would threaten American jobs by raising the debt limit without making significant spending cuts and budget reforms: “Tonight’s vote shows the House is listening to the American people. The Obama Administration and congressional Democrats have repeatedly asked for a debt limit hike without any spending cuts and budget reforms, and the American people simply will not tolerate it. Raising the debt limit without major spending cuts and meaningful reforms would hurt our economy and destroy more jobs, adding to our debt crisis. Today the House stood with the American people and said very clearly that this course of action is unacceptable.

Republicans have passed a budget and outlined a pro-growth job creation plan that pays down our debt over time. We need to create a better environment for private-sector job growth by stopping Washington from spending money it doesn’t have, not by raising taxes and adding more debt onto the backs of our kids and grandkids.”

NOTE: According to Resurgent Republic, a recent survey showed “President Obama’s request to raise the federal debt limit without any preconditions related to limiting spending” is “opposed by 9 in 10 voters.” Stanford economist John B. Taylor says “linking the debt limit to spending reductions” is “essential to a credible return to sound fiscal policy and an end to the ongoing debt explosion.”

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ROLL CALL VOTE 379 H.R.1954 -- To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 379 (Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

H R 1954 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 31-May-2011 7:11 PM QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass BILL TITLE: To implement the President’s request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

	Yeas	Nays	PRES	NV
Republican		236		3
Democratic	97	82	7	6
Independent
TOTALS	97	318	7	9

---- YEAS 97 ---

Berman Blumenauer Brady (PA) Capuano Carson (IN) Clarke (MI) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Cohen Connolly (VA) Cooper Davis (IL) DeGette Dicks Dingell Doyle Edwards Ellison Engel Eshoo Farr Fattah Filner Frank (MA) Fudge Garamendi Gonzalez Green, Al Grijalva Gutierrez Hanabusa Heinrich

Himes Hirono Holt Honda Jackson (IL) Jackson Lee (TX) Johnson, E. B. Kildee Kucinich Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Lee (CA) Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Luján Lynch Maloney Markey Matsui McCarthy (NY) McCollum McDermott McGovern Miller (NC) Moore Moran Murphy (CT) Nadler Neal Olver Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Payne

Perlmutter Pingree (ME) Price (NC) Quigley Richmond Rothman (NJ) Roybal-Allard Ruppersberger Rush Sánchez, Linda T. Sarbanes Schakowsky Scott (VA) Serrano Sewell Sherman Sires Speier Stark Thompson (MS) Tonko Tsongas Velázquez Waters Watt Waxman Weiner Welch Wilson (FL) Woolsey Yarmuth

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Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander Altmire Amash Andrews Austria Baca Bachmann Bachus Baldwin Barletta Barrow Bartlett Barton (TX) Bass (CA) Bass (NH) Becerra Benishek Berg Berkley Biggert Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Bishop (UT) Black Blackburn Bonner Bono Mack Boren Boswell Boustany Brady (TX) Brooks Broun (GA) Brown (FL) Buchanan Bucshon Buerkle Burgess Burton (IN) Butterfield Calvert Camp Campbell Canseco Cantor Capito Capps Cardoza Carnahan Carney Carter Cassidy Castor (FL) Chabot Chaffetz Chandler Cicilline Clyburn Coble Coffman (CO) Cole Conaway Conyers Costa Costello Courtney Cravaack Crawford Crenshaw Critz Crowley Cuellar Culberson Cummings Davis (CA) Davis (KY) DeFazio DeLauro Denham Dent DesJarlais Deutch Diaz-Balart Dold Donnelly (IN) Dreier Duffy Duncan (TN) Ellmers Emerson Farenthold Fincher Fitzpatrick Flake Fleischmann Fleming Flores Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Franks (AZ)

Frelinghuysen Gallegly Gardner Garrett Gerlach Gibbs Gibson Gingrey (GA) Gohmert Goodlatte Gosar Gowdy Granger Graves (GA) Graves (MO) Green, Gene Griffin (AR) Griffith (VA) Grimm Guinta Guthrie Hall Hanna Harper Harris Hartzler Hastings (FL) Hastings (WA) Hayworth Heck Hensarling Herger Herrera Beutler Higgins Hinojosa Holden Hoyer Huelskamp Huizenga (MI) Hultgren Hunter Hurt Inslee Israel Issa Jenkins Johnson (IL) Johnson (OH) Johnson, Sam Jones Jordan Keating Kelly Kind King (IA) King (NY) Kingston Kinzinger (IL) Kissell Kline Labrador Lamborn Lance Landry Langevin Lankford Latham LaTourette Latta Levin Lewis (CA) Lewis (GA) Lipinski LoBiondo Loebsack Long Luetkemeyer Lummis Lungren, Daniel E. Mack Manzullo Marchant Marino Matheson McCarthy (CA) McCaul McClintock McCotter McHenry McIntyre McKeon McKinley McMorris Rodgers McNerney Meehan Mica Michaud Miller (FL) Miller (MI) Miller, Gary Miller, George Mulvaney Murphy (PA) Napolitano Neugebauer Noem

Nugent Nunes Nunnelee Olson Owens Palazzo Pallone Paul Paulsen Pearce Pelosi Pence Peters Peterson Petri Pitts Platts Poe (TX) Polis Pompeo Posey Price (GA) Quayle Rahall Rangel Reed Rehberg Reichert Renacci Reyes Ribble Richardson Rigell Rivera Roby Roe (TN) Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rogers (MI) Rohrabacher Rokita Rooney Ros-Lehtinen Roskam Ross (AR) Ross (FL) Royce Runyan Ryan (OH) Ryan (WI) Scalise Schiff Schilling Schmidt Schock Schrader Schweikert Scott (SC) Scott, Austin Scott, David Sensenbrenner Sessions Shimkus Shuler Shuster Simpson Slaughter Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (TX) Smith (WA) Southerland Stearns Stivers Stutzman Sullivan Sutton Terry Thompson (CA) Thompson (PA) Thornberry Tiberi Tipton Towns Turner Upton Van Hollen Visclosky Walberg Walden Walsh (IL) Wasserman Schultz Webster West Westmoreland Whitfield Wilson (SC) Wittman Wolf Womack Woodall Wu Yoder Young (AK) Young (FL) Young (IN)

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Ackerman Chu Doggett

Hinchey Johnson (GA) Kaptur

Meeks

---- NOT VOTING 9 ---

Braley (IA) Duncan (SC) Giffords

Lucas Myrick Sanchez, Loretta

Schwartz Tierney Walz (MN)

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Dave Camp:Floor Statement: H.R. 1954 - To Implement the Increase in the Debt Limit Required by the President’s Budget TEXT VIDEO

TEXT TRANSCRIPT: Camp Floor Statement: H.R. 1954 - To Implement the Increase in the Debt Limit Required by the President’s Budget Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Last December, the President’s own Fiscal Commission offered a plan to reign in our budget deficits and debt. While I did not support the final package – especially the tax increases it proposed – it did contain several meaningful suggestions for ways to get federal spending under control.

Yet last February, when the President submitted his budget for 2012, he ignored their advice and provided no plan to reign in deficits and debt. Last month, Standard and Poor’s downgraded the outlook for the U.S. credit rating because Washington appeared to have no plan to reign in our budget deficits and debt.

In recent weeks many Congressional Democrats were proving them right when over 100 of them called for an unconditional increase in the U.S. debt limit. They signed a letter calling on their colleagues to establish “the Democratic position in favor of a clean extension of the debt ceiling” – something Secretary Geithner has also repeatedly called for.

It is time to come clean with the American people about our deficits and debt. At over $14 trillion, our debt is as large as the entire U.S. economy and is putting the American Dream at risk for future generations. It has become an anchor on economic growth – costing us 1 million jobs at a time when the unemployment rate has not been this high for this long since the Great Depression.

Erskine Bowles, who chaired President Obama’s Fiscal Commission and served as Chief of Staff to President Clinton, has said that the era of debt denial is over. While it doesn’t appear that all of his Democrat colleagues have gotten the message, with today’s vote this House will declare to the American people and to the credit rating agencies that business as usual in Washington is over. Not only is the era of debt denial over, but so is Washington’s out of control spending.

Today, we are making clear that Republicans will not accept an increase in our nation’s debt limit without substantial spending cuts and real budgetary reforms.

This vote, a vote based on legislation I have introduced, will and must fail. Now, most Members aren’t happy when they bring a bill to the floor and it fails, but I consider defeating an unconditional increase to be a success, because it sends a clear and critical message that the Congress has finally recognized we must immediately begin to reign in America’s affection for deficit spending.

Research by international experts clearly demonstrates that spending reforms, not tax increases, are the most effective path to fiscal consolidation. That means that together, we must look for responsible ways to tackle our runaway spending. And though it is difficult, and not always popular, it requires us to deal with entitlement reforms that are the largest driver of America’s deficits – including health care spending programs like Medicare.

We all know that failing to act and address our debt head-on would be very similar to actually defaulting on our debt. In both cases, we would experience a significant downgrade in our credit rating, which increases interest rates making payments for things like a car and home loans more expensive. It would also increase the cost of imports, meaning higher gas prices. And, it would make an already shaky economy even worse – leading to less job creation.

The greatest threat to the U.S. economy and to international financial markets would be guaranteed simply increasing the debt limit, without cutting a penny of spending. This vote makes clear that deficit reduction will be part of any bill to increase the debt limit, and is a necessary part of this process.

A “no” vote today is a vote to put us on the path toward exactly what the markets – and the American people are demanding – an America that is a strong, reliable and secure financial investment for the future. I urge all my colleagues to vote “No” on this unconditional increase.

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Press Office: Ways and Means Press Office 1101 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 P: 202-226-4774 F: 202-225-2610.

H.R.1954 -- To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt TEXT FULL PDF

H.R.1954 -- To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

Floor Situation: On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 1954, a bill to implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt, under a suspension of the rules, requiring a two-thirds Majority vote. H.R. 1954 was introduced by Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) on May 24, 2011, and was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, which took no official action.

H.R.1954 -- To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt FULL TEXT in PDF FORMAT

Bill Summary & Status 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) H.R.1954

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 24, 2011 Mr. CAMP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

A BILL To implement the President’s request to increase the
statutory limit on the public debt.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. FINDING.
4 The Congress finds that the President’s budget pro
5 posal, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
6 Year 2012, necessitates an increase in the statutory debt
7 limit of $2,406,000,000,000.

2

1 SEC. 2. INCREASE IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC
2 DEBT.
3 Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United
4 States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limita
5 tion contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu
6 thereof ‘‘$16,700,000,000,000’’.

•HR 1954 IH

Background from Chairman Dave Camp:

Camp: No Debt Limit Increase Without Spending Cuts. Introduction of “Clean” Debt Limit Legislation Sets Up Test Vote in House to Prove Reforms Must be Part of Any Deal to Raise the Debt Limit.

Dave Camp Ways and Means Chairman

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced the necessary legislation that allows the U.S. House of Representatives to reject a so-called clean increase in the nation's debt limit. The legislation, which Chairman Camp strongly opposes and is expected to be voted on as early as next week, would increase the debt limit by $2.4 trillion - the amount necessary under the President's budget to get through the end of 2012.

Chairman Camp, whose committee has jurisdiction over the debt limit, issued the following statement:

“Let me be clear: I do not support and will not vote for a debt limit increase that does not contain significant spending cuts and budgetary reforms. Our current path is unsustainable and unacceptable. We must force Washington to live within its means, and any deal on the debt limit should include real reforms including entitlement programs like Medicare.

“The President's budget calls for a $2.4 trillion increase in the debt limit through the end of next year. The legislation I filed today will allow the House to reject a clean increase in the debt limit proving to the American people, the financial markets and the Administration that we are serious about tackling our debt and deficit problems.

“Increasing the debt limit without showing that we can achieve real spending restraint would likely lead to very similar results as default: a lower credit rating, higher borrowing costs and more expensive imports. Such irresponsibility would most certainly increase the cost of oil and gas, making the pain at the pump that much worse. All of that is bad for the economy, bad for job creation and bad for American families.

“The ‘borrow now and pay later’ attitude that has prevailed for too long in Washington is threatening the American Dream. We simply aren't going to continue on that same reckless path any longer.”

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Michele Bachmann on 2012 Race Good Morning America 05/31/11 VIDEO

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John Fleming Time to Reform Entitlements is NOW Time to Reform Entitlements is NOW VIDEO

Congressman John Fleming, M.D. released the following statement responding to a Medicare Board of Trustees Report showing that the Medicare Trust Fund will run out money in 2024 - five years earlier than what was forecasted last year making it even more imperative to reform this entitlement so that it can be solvent moving forward. With healthcare costs surging and our debt spiraling out of control, reforming medicare is an essential step to getting us back on sound financial footing.

"This report underscores the need to reform entitlements NOW. But rather fixing this imminent catastrophe, Democrats and President Obama would rather play the "mediscare" game and push health care rationing," said Congressman Fleming. "I support real reforms to medicare that make it sustainable for the future while not changing benefits for participants over 55 years of age."

Congressman Fleming added, "As a practicing physician for over 30 years, I know firsthand the need for these reforms which is why I stood with Republicans to vote for and pass real medicare reforms that bring us back to financial sanity and put the patient first."

Dr. John Fleming is Chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs and is a member of the House Armed Services Committee. He is a physician and small business owner and represents the 4th Congressional District of Louisiana.

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Tim Pawlenty on ABC News This Week 05/29/11 VIDEO

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Eric Cantor Face the Nation VIDEO

Harry Smith spoke with House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on making the certain budget cuts necessary to provide aid to the tornado stricken Joplin, Mo., his support for Medicare reform, a recent jobs bill proposal, and the 2012 GOP presidential candidates

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Mitch McConnell Meet The Press "Doing nothing is not an option" TEXT VIDEO

MR. GREGORY: Good morning. The president returned last night from his six-day European trip and leaves the White House again this morning to travel to tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri, where he will visit with survivors and family members of that terrible storm. It hit a week ago and has left devastation all throughout the area; more than 120 people dead, more than 100 still missing. Here in Washington, meantime, no break this Memorial Day weekend from the intense debate over the budget, overhauling Medicare, and the upcoming vote on increasing the debt ceiling. All of this, of course, as the fast approaching 2012 presidential election year makes the climate in Congress even more contentious. Here this morning to tackle those issues and more, two key Senate leaders from each side of the

aisle: the Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky; and from the other side of the aisle, the senior senator from New York, Chuck Schumer. We will begin here in the studio with the leader of the Republicans in the Senate. Senator McConnell, welcome back to MEET THE PRESS.

SEN. McCONNELL: Good morning.

MR. GREGORY: I want to show you the scene from upstate New York, that special House selection. Kathy Hochul prevailed. And this is the scene which she won. The chant was " Medicare, Medicare." This was a key issue based on how the Republicans are trying to overhaul Medicare. And the question is this, has this become the new third rail of American politics, touch it and you get burned?

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, look, you know, we have had a regularly scheduled election in our country every two years since 1788 right on time. We're about a year and a half ahead of the next one. And at critical points throughout our history when we've really had to step up to the plate and tackle big issues, we've done it in spite of the fact that in America there's always an election coming up. Where are we? Well, we know that the co-chairman of the president's deficit reduction commission, Erskine Bowles, said that this is the most predictable crisis heading our way, that's our debt and deficit, the most predictable crisis in American history. We know the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, when asked what was the biggest national security threat to the United States, said the debt and deficit was our biggest threat. It's time to act, David, regardless of the election a year and a half from now. And, you know, the president, to his credit, is at the table through the discussions with the vice president and members of the House and Senate over the issue that is confronting our country. Look, Standard Poors recently sent us a warning signal they're about to downgrade the credit rating of the United States. We have a $14 trillion deficit -- debt the size of our economy, which makes us look like Greece; and, by the way, $50 trillion- plus in unfunded liabilities and popular entitlement programs.

MR. GREGORY: The problem is huge, and the entitlement program...

SEN. McCONNELL: Yeah.

MR. GREGORY: ...is really the heart of it. But I ask the same question, which is, is Medicare the third rail? Look, you said, reportedly, to the speaker of the House John Boehner, "I wouldn't push this Ryan proposal because poetical it's going to hurt the party."

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, I don't know where that quote came from. But the point is, what are we going to do about the problem? We, we know that -- what -- let's -- oh, you want to talk about Medicare? The president says Medicare needs to be on the table, the vice president says Medicare needs to be on the table. Steny Hoyer, the number two Democrat in the House, says Medicare needs to be on the table. It is on the table in the discussions related to the debt ceiling. So...

MR. GREGORY: But not in its current form. If it passes...

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, look, we're...

MR. GREGORY: ...as part of the debt ceiling vote...

SEN. McCONNELL: The Democrats...

MR. GREGORY: ...it's got to be different, does it not, than the Ryan plan?

SEN. McCONNELL: As you pointed out from my comments in the lead-in, the Democrats have no plan at all. We had, we had four votes in the Senate this week...

MR. GREGORY: Fair enough. But, leader, my question is if there's going to be a deal on the debt ceiling on Medicare reform...

SEN. McCONNELL: Mm-hmm.

MR. GREGORY: ...would you concede it's got to look a lot different than the Ryan plan?

SEN. McCONNELL: No! I -- it's on the table. We're going to discuss what ought to be done. Everybody agrees something ought to be done, except the Democrats in the Senate, who have no plan at all.

MR. GREGORY: But you're not even...

SEN. McCONNELL: We had four...

MR. GREGORY: ...you haven't even said publicly whether you're for the Ryan plan. So you're not behind that version of Medicare reform.

SEN. McCONNELL: I voted for the -- I, I voted for the Ryan budget this week.

MR. GREGORY: You didn't whip up your colleagues, though. You didn't try to get additional support.

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, we, we had, we had competing versions in the Senate. Senator Toomey, a Republican senator in the Senate, had a plan. Senator Paul had a plan. The only people who didn't vote for any plan at all -- we -- by the way, we had a vote on the president's budget, didn't get a single solitary vote. Not a single Democratic senator voted for the president's budget.

MR. GREGORY: Fair -- but do you support Ryan's reforms?

SEN. McCONNELL: And the guy, the guy that you're going to have on after me thinks that all we're doing right now is positioning for the 2012 election. What about the country? What about the next generation, not the next election?

MR. GREGORY: I'm just trying to understand where you are particularly on how to change Medicare so...

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, let me tell you.

MR. GREGORY: You're not -- you don't believe that the Ryan plan is the basis of where you're going get agreement.

SEN. McCONNELL: I, I voted for the Ryan budget this week.

MR. GREGORY: But do you believe it's really the big -- because it failed.

SEN. McCONNELL: What I'm not going to do...

MR. GREGORY: It's not going anywhere.

SEN. McCONNELL: ...is negotiate the deal with you, David, with all due respect. The president of the United States, the only person in America who can sign a bill into law, is at the table through the vice president, and we are discussing a package that will begin to deal with deficit and debt in connection...

MR. GREGORY: But, leader, I'm not asking you to negotiate. I'm just asking you to help in the interest of what I assume you want, which is building some kind of political consensus around reform. Having a discussion publicly on television like this and saying, what are the contours of that that could actually get some Democratic support?

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, this is not the place to do that. The place to do it is in the discussions with the one individual out of 307 million Americans who can sign a bill into law. And those discussions are under way, and I can assure you, David, that to get my vote to raise the debt ceiling, for whatever that's worth, my one vote, Medicare will be a part of it. The details of that are yet to be negotiated with the guy who can sign something into law.

MR. GREGORY: But do you have to keep the basis of the Medicare program in place? Is that your view? Because that's not what Ryan is proposing. And then you could do other things.

SEN. McCONNELL: And no matter how many times you ask me to, to kind of craft what the Medicare fix should be like, I'm not going to give that answer to you today because that's a subject to be negotiated with the president of the United States.

MR. GREGORY: But do you understand that the currents here in the Republican Party-- when Newt Gingrich was on this program and called Ryan's plan right-wing social engineering, conservatives flocked to his aid and said, "No, no, the Ryan plan is a litmus test for conservatives in America." What you're saying is not that. You voted for it, but you didn't rally your colleagues behind it and it failed. So there seems to be a split in the party about what it is should constitute actual reform.

SEN. McCONNELL: Actually, there's very little split in the party at all. We all know Medicare's going to change. It's got to change. David, the trustees of Medicare and Social Security, who are appointed by the president of the United States, that includes some members of his own Cabinet, just said a couple of weeks ago that Medicare's going broke. The one thing we know we can't do is nothing. And our Democratic friends in the Senate have no plan at all. The president, to his credit, is at the table discussing with us the way in which you save Medicare. Medicare is going down. Doing nothing is not a plan. And we're going to negotiate the contours of the plan in these negotiations. I'm personally very comfortable with the way Paul Ryan would structure it in the out years. But we have a Democratic president. We're going to have to negotiate with him on the terms of changing Medicare so we can save Medicare.

MR. GREGORY: Are you confident that the debt ceiling will ultimately be raised?

SEN. McCONNELL: I'm confident that unless we do something really significant about debt and deficit, it's not going to be raised. It's not going to get my vote unless we deal with the problem raised by the request of the president to raise the debt ceiling. In other words...

MR. GREGORY: Does Medicare-- is it...

SEN. McCONNELL: This is, this is an opportunity.

MR. GREGORY: Yeah.

SEN. McCONNELL: You know, rather than play scare tactics about what if and, you know, what if you do this or what if you do that, the point is use this opportunity to come together on a bipartisan basis like Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill did in 1983 to save Social Security for another generation. They came together, made an important adjustment -- and, by the way, the -- you know, all this talk about next year's election, after participating in raising the age limit for Social Security, Reagan the next year carried 49 out of 50 states. Anything we agree to do together, David, will not be an issue in next year's election. But this is about the future of the country.

MR. GREGORY: Hm.

SEN. McCONNELL: Not about the election a year and a half from now.

MR. GREGORY: Let's ask about taxes. This is an area where Democrats and Republicans do not see eye to eye.

SEN. McCONNELL: Mm-hmm.

MR. GREGORY: And Republicans have been adamant that there aren't going to be any tax hikes as part of a global deal, a broad deal to bring the, the, the deficit down and to bring the, the budget into balance. Former President Clinton spoke this week about this issue, and suggested that that Republican hard-line seems to defy the, the course of history. This is what he said.

FMR. PRES. BILL CLINTON: The, the idea that the lower the tax rates are, the better everything'll be has been debunked now for 30 years both in positive terms when I was president, and in negative terms by quadrupling the debt once and then doubling it again. So, I mean, how many times do we have to see this movie before we know how it ends?

MR. GREGORY: Response?

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, you know, in that same appearance he also said that Medicare should be a part of the discussion and the Democrats should face up to it, as the president and vice president have.

MR. GREGORY: Yes, he did. But I'm asking you to respond to this piece.

SEN. McCONNELL: Yeah, look, you know, we just have a fundamental difference of opinion. If there's any issue which clearly divides Republicans and Democrats, it's taxes. We think we have this problem because we spend too much, not because we tax too little. And you've heard us have this debate over the years, we're going to have it again next year in the course of the election because the president wants the rates to go up again next year. We've got a two-year extension of current tax rates right now. I think we can stipulate this is an issue upon which there is deep-seated difference of opinion.

MR. GREGORY: But -- so here's, here's the issue that I, that I keep coming back to, which is aren't you Republican leaders guilty of the same thing that you accuse the president of on health care, which is not doing enough to build actual political consensus around these issues? If you're not going to give anything up on taxes but you want to bring the deficit down, you say, no, these are iron-clad principles. I mean, that's where the -- you said the president was on health care. How do we, how do we tackle real problems?

SEN. McCONNELL: But that's not where they are on, on the issue we were talking about earlier in the program. You've got the president, the vice president, President Clinton, Steny Hoyer all saying that Medicare has to change. So they're -- that's not something we don't agree on. We're going to, we're going to discuss...

MR. GREGORY: That's a long way from changing the Medicare program the way Paul Ryan wants to.

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, we're going to discuss how to do it. But what we're saying on taxes is it isn't necessary. I mean, we don't have this problem because we tax too little.

MR. GREGORY: Can I ask you two quick ones? Elizabeth Warren, who is supposed to head up this consumer bureau...

SEN. McCONNELL: Mm-hmm.

MR. GREGORY: ...the president's appointment to do that, would you back her, or would you join Republicans who -- to block her nomination?

SEN. McCONNELL: Well, we're pretty unenthusiastic about the possibility of Elizabeth Warren. We're pretty unenthusiastic, frankly, about this new agency, and we've sent a letter to the president saying that some changes need to made -- be made in the CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection Board, because as it's currently constituted, it answers to no one and, I think, could be a serious threat to our financial system.

MR. GREGORY: And what about politics? You have said that the big goal of the Republicans is to make this president a one-term president.

SEN. McCONNELL: Of course.

MR. GREGORY: Yet 22 percent of those polled indicate they've got no preference for any Republican running. Is not having a clear nominee a good thing, a bad thing or a normal thing?

SEN. McCONNELL: You know what I'm reminded of in -- how the Jimmy Carter White House was thinking in '79 and '80, they were pulling for Ronald Reagan. They thought he was too extreme and too old. And surely if he was the nominee, they'd be just fine. Somebody's going to get on a winning streak here on our side. And when you start winning, people start paying attention. This is going to be an extremely competitive contest for the president next year.

MR. GREGORY: And what impact will Sarah Palin have if she becomes a nominee?

SEN. McCONNELL: She'll go out there and compete like all the rest of them. It's going to be fun to watch.

MR. GREGORY: Maybe I'll just go back to asking you about Medicare. Senator, thank you very much.

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Eric Cantor Weekly Republican Address TEXT PODCAST VIDEO 05/28/11

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“Hello, I’m Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader from the 7th District of Virginia. “I’m happy to be with you this Memorial Day, as we spend time with family and friends in festive gatherings and thoughtful ceremonies to honor those brave Americans who gave their lives in service to our country.

It is their sacrifice that has kept America free and strong. Let us pay them tribute by renewing our resolve to promote lasting peace and liberty across the globe.

“As we spend time with family this weekend, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Joplin, Missouri, Oklahoma City, and other areas of our country that are facing unthinkable circumstances and terrible tragedy. Please know that Congress stands ready for a request for funding from President Obama to ensure that the resources are available to help these communities rebuild and recover.

“Americans have a rich history of standing tall in tough times and going the extra mile to propel ourselves forward. Whether it was the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution or the Internet Revolution: we are unique in our ability to apply creativity, intellect and leadership to solve any problem.

“Now we face new obstacles as this country finds itself at a crossroads. Before us is a choice about who we want to be as a country:

“Do we want a future with more taxes and more government? Or do we want to see more growth and more jobs?

“We saw the former when Democrat –controlled Washington enacted the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus program which drove up our debt and failed to get people back to work. And it took a sweeping Republican electoral victory to stop President Obama, Leader Reid, and Leader Pelosi from imposing one of the largest tax increases in America history.

“Now, as the summer of 2011 approaches, far too many our family members, neighbors and friends are still out of work.

“To be strong, to lead, to grow, and to empower people - here’s what we’ve got to do.

“We’ve got to shift from a government that smothers new jobs and business growth to one that nurtures an environment for getting people back to work and back to what Americans do best: innovate, compete and lead.

“That’s why Republicans promised to focus on jobs in our Pledge to America and have been committed to economic growth and jobs since Day One. Beginning in January we adopted a two-track strategy we call ‘Cut and Grow.’

“The first part – ‘Cut’ – is obvious. We know that Washington has to stop spending money we don’t have and manage the money we do spend more wisely. Families are tightening their belts and sticking to a budget - and Washington should, too.

“But we also understand that cutting alone isn’t enough to address our debt crisis or get people back to work. We must also ‘Grow.’

“For too long, Washington has relied on gimmicks or government-knows-best solutions. No more.

“Now, more than ever, our nation needs small businesses and entrepreneurs to get people back to work.

“That’s why this week we continue to build on the Pledge to America and our work over the past five months by unveiling our plan to help the nation’s job creators grow the economy and start hiring.

“Our plan for America’s job creators injects a dose of commonsense, pro-growth economic policies to give our businessmen and women the tools they need to get the for-hire signs back in their windows again.

“First, we must fix the tax code and remove loopholes and giveaways to special interests. We achieve that by reducing the overall tax rate to no more than 25% for businesses and individuals – including small business owners. This makes the tax code simpler, flatter, and more fair.

“We’ll increase competitiveness for American manufacturers. The more that businesses export, the more they produce. The more they produce, the more workers they need. This means more available jobs. By enacting agreements with Colombia, South Korea, and Panama, which have been held up by President Obama, we can create hundreds of thousands of jobs. There is no excuse for delaying trade agreements that create jobs at home while our foreign competitors are making them.

“Next we will stop and repeal any onerous regulations that are barriers to growth and prosperity.

“Last week in my hometown of Richmond, I held a forum with job creators and business owners from all over Virginia. They made it clear to me that Washington is stopping them from innovating and hiring more workers by pursuing hundreds of onerous and unnecessary regulations.

“Frankly, this Administration’s regulators have gone on an ideological offensive against businesses that is costing our country billions of dollars and countless jobs. Yet this same Administration is telling America’s businessmen and women to create more jobs.

“Small business owners and entrepreneurs tell me that they want government to work WITH them rather than AGAINST them. Smart regulations are fine, as long as they help steer businesses into the black rather than into a tangle of red tape.

“Of course the summer months bring family travel and no doubt they are feeling the pain at the pump. So are small business owners, who are coping with crippling energy costs. Yet America lacks a realistic national energy strategy that will truly meet our country’s needs in the 21st Century.

“We cannot wait for this Administration or the Democrat-led Senate to act – they have had ample time and done nothing.

“So Republicans will take immediate action through our American Energy Initiative by passing bipartisan legislation to expand energy exploration and maximize domestic production. This will help create American jobs, grow our economy, and enhance our security.

“All of these elements will help encourage growth and long-term economic stability. By putting in place policies that encourage businesses to expand, innovators to innovate, and allows leaders to lead we will not only begin to put our budget on a path to balance, but we’ll get Americans working again.

“This Memorial Day, we are reminded that the true grit of Americans is passed from one generation to the next, so long as government remains limited and opportunity remains unlimited, through free markets and a fair playing field.

“Americans will out-work, out-hustle and, yes, ‘out-innovate the rest of the world.’

“Individual initiative in the private sector has been and always will be the source of America’s prosperity provided we don’t stifle it.

“In America, our parents taught us and their parents taught them that, ‘No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, everyone’s got a fair shot, not guaranteed success but the opportunity to work hard and get ahead.’

“Our history is rich with people who achieved greatness through hard work, thrift and faith without interference from an overbearing, over-burdensome government.

“Let’s get Washington out of the way. Let’s give our nation’s businessmen and women what they need to succeed. Let’s make sure that people out of work can find a job. And let’s get this great country back on the right track.

“If you have a spare moment, I’d encourage you to read more about our plan to create jobs at gop.gov/jobs. Thank you.”

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Herman Cain New Hampshire Republican Coffee and Conversation Event 05/30/11

Coffee and Conversation Event With Presidential Candidate Herman Cain.

5/30/2011 9am

Join Presidential Candidate Herman Cain for a Coffee and Conversation Event at the Beantown Cafe. Monday May 30th from am to 10:30am at the Beantowne Cafe 201 Rte 111 Hampstead, NH Please RSVP to Matt Murphy at matt.murphy@hermancain.com or 603-475-8435.

Address: Beantown Cafe 201 Rte 111 Hampstead, NH 03841 Contact: Matthew Murphy matt.murphy@hermancain.com 603-475-8435

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Rudy Giuliani New Hampshire Republican Chairman's Speaker Series Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Rudy Giuliani New Hampshire Republican Chairman's Speaker Series Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

NH GOP Chairman's Speaker Series - Mayor Rudy Giuliani 6/2/2011


Please Join Us for a Republican State Committee Fundraiser

“The Chairman’s Speaker Series” Featured Speaker: Mayor Rudy Giuliani

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 6:00-7:00pm Exclusive VIP Reception 7:00pm Reception / Speech At the home of Dan Philbrick Three River Farm Dover, NH

Donations:

$200.00 per person or $300.00 per couple VIP Reception / Speech Includes 1 photograph Or $75.00 per person Speech only

Space is limited. Please RSVP immediately.

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