Posted on 08/10/2011 8:50:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
You are entitled to believe whatever you wish but I STILL believe these are extremely goo picks for the committee.
THIS IS THE MAN WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO BAN THE LIGHTBULB!!
Fred Upton's voting record:
BAILOUTS
Voted YES for TARP
Voted YES on the auto bailout
Voted YES on Cash for Clunkers
SPENDING
Voted NO on 7 of the last 9 RSC Budgets
Voted YES on the Farm Bill
Voted YES on the 2005 Highway Bill
Voted NO to cap farm subsidies
Voted YES four times to extend unemployment benefits
Voted NO to end milk subsidies
Voted NO to cut sugar subsidies
Voted NO to cut NEA spending
Voted NO to cut AMTRAK spending
Voted YES to increase funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Got a 53% on the Clubs 2009 RePORK Card
Got a 42% on the Clubs 2007 RePORK Card
TAXES
Voted YES on Patriot Tax a surtax on high income earners
REGULATIONS
Voted YES for Sarbanes-Oxley
Voted YES to increase the minimum wage
Voted YES on energy bill with new CAFÉ standards and tax hikes
Voted NO to waive Davis-Bacon
Voted YES to criminalize price-gouging
POLITICAL FREE SPEECH
Voted YES to force 527s to disclose their donors
Voted YES on McCain-Feingold
Voted YES on the 527 Reform Act
ENTITLEMENTS
Voted YES for SCHIP
GOVERNMENT REFORM
Voted NO to privatize postal service for 20 communities
Voted 7 of 9 times to increase congressional pay
SCHOOL CHOICE
Voted YES on No Child Left Behind
Glaringly missing is any Tea Party freshmen....
Are any of Boehner's or McConnell's picks identified with the Tea Party? That would be my guess as to why Paul Ryan wasn't picked.
I see the failure to include Paul Ryan or Eric Cantor as Boehner’s belated birfday gift to petulant little Barry
“Wanted: Men to save the economy of the free world’s last superpower. No adults need apply”
,,,,,,, shouldn’t be hard to get those 7 liberal votes IMO .
I am DISGUSTED! no...I’m FURIOUS!!!!
And the one who knows the most isn’t appointed - Ryan.
WTF?!?!?!??!
Ryan asked NOT to be on THIS committee....smart guy!
,,,,,,, shouldn’t be hard to get those 7 liberal votes IMO .
It looks like The path to Hell is well paved . . .
My first thought too. Why not Ryan. He is a budget genius.
I have a bad feeling about this. I hope the GOP realizes if they vote to increase taxes, they are dead to me.
Unconstitutional?? To make recommendations?? (which they will fail at by design)
When you use that word all the time it loses meaning, like the old story of :'The boy that cried unconstitutional"
He probably would have appointed Barney Frank if he could.
Glaringly missing is any Tea Party freshmen....
Upton is a RINO.
As the Michigander on this thread I have to say, I’m Sorry.
Fred Upton...total RINO
Hensarling...Boehner chose Hensarling over a true conservative, DeMint to chair the Republican Conference
And a Michigan republican who is a member of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership, who will be as useless as boobies on a male swine.
Upton is a HORRIBLE pick unless you like big governement. See post #22.
He’s more suited for the communist party than the Republican Party!
Damn, I guess this seals the deal that we are now royally %^&ked!
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