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"Pledge to America" Unveiled by Republicans (Full Text)
CBS News ^ | Brian Montopoli

Posted on 09/22/2010 3:14:52 PM PDT by GOPinCa

House Republicans just released a draft of their legislative agenda for the next Congress, a 21-page "Pledge to America" that they will formally unveil Thursday morning at a Virginia hardware store.

"The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated," the introduction says.

It continues: "With this document, we pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of reconnecting our highest aspirations to the permanent truths of our founding by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on, the principles we stand for, and the priorities of our people. This is our Pledge to America."

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To: LomanBill

With taxpayer funds?


161 posted on 09/22/2010 10:55:13 PM PDT by takenoprisoner (Evils within America: Islam_Socialism_illegal immigration_Gangbangers_)
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To: GOPinCa

marker


162 posted on 09/22/2010 11:08:47 PM PDT by JDoutrider
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To: ex-snook
"how many jobs will this produce and how soon?"

Hopefully, it will END several thousand government positions....

163 posted on 09/22/2010 11:12:25 PM PDT by matthew fuller (2012: Bachman, Bolton, Brewer, Liz Cheney, Coburn, DeMint, Inhofe, Jindal, Palin and Pence.)
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To: GOPinCa

How about environmental regulation reform. It sure is needed.


164 posted on 09/22/2010 11:36:25 PM PDT by marsh2
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To: Kimberly GG

That is beyond the power of congress assuming they even took control of both houses.

It is not possible for them to achieve a large enough majority to overwrite a Veto.


165 posted on 09/23/2010 12:00:49 AM PDT by Monorprise
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To: airborne

Yep.

As I read through it, all I could think was “there’s a whole lot of talkin’ goin’ on here... and not a lot of movement.”

I seriously doubt that they’re ready to put action behind all these flowery words.

I NB that they are utterly silent on the corruption in the financial system.


166 posted on 09/23/2010 12:08:08 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Amen!


167 posted on 09/23/2010 12:12:52 AM PDT by rambo316
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To: rabscuttle385

I’m working on a fairly complex response to you. I’ll have it ready later today.


168 posted on 09/23/2010 1:27:58 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (All hail Prince Skid-mark, Barack Hussein Obama, constantly soiling himself and our nation.)
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To: pelican001

This is a draft, so perhaps they will heed your advice and correct it. It’s strange with all the millions they through around they don’t have someone on the payroll to proof read these important presentations.


169 posted on 09/23/2010 1:40:23 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: blues_guitarist

Your problem appears to be that you believe ONE individual working alone can make the changes necessary. they cannot. And before any changes are affected there must be a road map, a plan to use as a guide. What we see here is their “plan” and as it also says they are “committed to each other” to get it done, so that makes it a cooperative effort.


170 posted on 09/23/2010 1:46:32 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: blues_guitarist
You are exactly right.

They are ALL crooks.

171 posted on 09/23/2010 3:01:55 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: 101voodoo
"Your problem appears to be that you believe ONE individual working alone can make the changes necessary. they cannot. And before any changes are affected there must be a road map, a plan to use as a guide. What we see here is their “plan” and as it also says they are “committed to each other” to get it done, so that makes it a cooperative effort. "

No, my problem can be easily summed up in three letters . . . G.O.P!

The track record of the "GOP" says they are not to be trusted, en masse, with their "____________ with America" promises.

What I am saying is:



Anything else is just establishment/"progressive" smoke & mirrors.

172 posted on 09/23/2010 3:12:27 AM PDT by blues_guitarist (ISLAM=DEATH!! . . . . . . black & humble . . .)
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To: pelican001
It looks like a wonderful document in terms of the fumdamental ideas, but it’s clearly not up to the compositional standards of the Founding Documents. Why couldn’t they have avoided the phrases that ended with prepositions, such as this one: “by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on” ? This is pretty shabby for a document that could have been a classic. It should have said “by keeping faith with the values upon which our nation was founded.”

60+ years of NEA rot in the public schools and you are expecting proper English?

173 posted on 09/23/2010 3:34:02 AM PDT by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: kcvl
saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone and putting us on a path to balance the budget and pay down the debt.

$1.3 trillion in deficit and $100 billion in cuts???? Wow! This aught to do it!

174 posted on 09/23/2010 3:35:26 AM PDT by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: GOPinCa
If this happy horse sh*t is the best the Brain-Dead Party can come up with, then expect the dollar to collapse as we sail over the fiscal abyss...
175 posted on 09/23/2010 3:44:11 AM PDT by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: April Lexington; pelican001
It should have said “by keeping faith with the values upon which our nation was founded.”

Or even better, stripped of the values-orientation introduced by the Gang of Twenty-seven back in 1913, and about 24% fewer syllables: "by staying true to our nation's founding principles."
176 posted on 09/23/2010 3:52:28 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: penelopesire

Deserves repeating: “It looks like a good start to me. Excellent in fact. Especially love page 4. They are going to put the brakes on the balding marxist...Sustein and his secretive ‘shove’ regulations. That’s enough to get me excited..plus we all know the congressional investigations are coming if we win. All of the democrat’s abuse of powers, dereliction of duty and high crimes and misdemeanors are going to come spilling out into the public square!”


177 posted on 09/23/2010 5:02:13 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: GOPinCa

Am I missing the parts about defunding the oppressive Czars and their agencies? I would like to see theOne’s travel & entertainment budget reined in as well!


178 posted on 09/23/2010 5:17:45 AM PDT by liberateUS
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To: GOPinCa

why not pledge to recoup the money that was wasted by Obama and et al. Billions sent world wide for rebuilding mosques and oil drilling money for Mexico and Brazil, education for men in Africa to wash their genitalia after having coitus to prevent the spread of AIDS. More governmental waste has occurred under Obozo the kindergarten class president. Give him a pacifoer and Impeach the turd


179 posted on 09/23/2010 5:28:56 AM PDT by hondact200 ( Lincoln Freed the Enslaved. Obama Enslaves the Free. Obama is Americas Greatest Threat)
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To: GOPinCa

Obama can have 1000 negative reports of failure he has done this. Will this be un done?

Obama Endorses Global Taxes on Eve of U.N. Summit

http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212323981.shtml


180 posted on 09/23/2010 5:39:50 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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