Another immigration battle brewing in congress

Bobby Eberle writing for The Loft gives a good overview:

Illegal immigration continues to be one of the top issues among conservatives and all Americans across the country, and why wouldn’t it be? Despite the rhetoric coming from some Washington leaders on the need to secure our borders and clamp down on the flow of illegal aliens, little to nothing has been done. Bills are passed calling for more border patrol agents — then, only a fraction is actually hired. Bills are passed calling for a security fence on America’s southern border — then, political moves are made to defund it and slow its construction. Now, another bill has emerged in Congress which actually has bipartisan support and addresses some of the core concerns of the American people. As the debate heats up, we will soon see which politicians are on the side of security and the rule of law and which need to be voted out in November.

Read his entire column here.

 

Will she or won’t she?

 Although rumors swirl, her website remains noncommittal.

Left vulnerable by the Left

The National Republican Congressional Committee has released an excellent televised spot regarding crucial national security legislation.

View it here.

The Democrat congressional majority has refused to bring this vital legislation to a floor vote. 

Let them hear from you.  Contact information is available through the congressional directory.

Is this the time?

House approves $50 Billion global assistance program

The Democrat controlled congress voted Wednesday to triple to more than $10 billion a year U.S. humanitarian spending on fighting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other stricken areas of the world.

About $41 billion of the $50 billion over five years would be devoted to AIDS, significantly expanding a program credited with saving more than 1 million lives in Africa alone in the largest U.S. investment ever against a single disease.

“This is irrational generosity,” said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, (R-CA), arguing that the country doesn’t have enough money to help veterans and the elderly. “This is benevolence gone wild.”

We are a nation at war. The economy is in crisis. Homes across the nation are in foreclosure, and gas prices are wreaking havoc among citizens worried about being able to afford their next fill-up. Health care costs continue to escalate and numerous Americans are still displaced after the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. Our dollar is losing power on the world markets, Wall Street is seeing unprecedented declines and American jobs are being shipped to foreign countries. Meanwhile, costs for power have soared, college tuitions are nearly unaffordable for average families and our foreign aid commitments are relentless. Grocery prices are not immune to the price spirals. The nation’s social security program is unsustainable. And major chain stores anchoring shopping malls are cutting back on merchandise in response to lagging sales.

Is fighting disease and poverty in undeveloped nations solely the moral obligation of the United States?

Individual congressional votes are available here.

McCain: I learned from the Keating Five scandal

Unprecedented political comeback

‘The Keating Five’ was the scornful name given to Sen. John McCain and four Democratic senators [Dennis DeConcini (AZ), Alan Cranston (CA), John Glenn (OH), and Don Riegle, (MI)], who were defendants in a 1990’s congressional ethics investigation of their connections to Charles Keating, a wealthy banker ultimately convicted of swindling investors

McCain is the only one still serving in the Senate. The group was accused of trying to intimidate regulators on behalf of Keating, a real estate developer in Arizona and owner of Lincoln Savings and Loan based.  Read today’s Washington Post coverage here.

Keating and his associates raised $1.3 million combined for the campaigns of all five. McCain’s campaign received $112,000. The banker’s attitude was summed up when a reporter asked whether his political donations to the senators encouraged their intervention on his behalf.  “I want to say in the most forceful way I can, I certainly hope so,” Keating replied.

Keating, convicted on fraud, racketeering and conspiracy charges involving the sale of worthless junk bonds to thousands of mostly elderly investors, spent four-and-a-half years in prison. His convictions were eventually overturned.

McCain has said lessons learned from this nearly disastrous political misadventure laid the foundation for the 2002 campaign finance reform measures he crafted with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI). Opponents have argued that the law violates First Amendment protections of free speech.

Conservative columnist George Will weighs in on the issue here.

GOP candidate Sydney Hay hits the airwaves

The conservative choice in Congressional District 1

Beginning on Sunday, March 16th, on Fox News Sunday and other news shows, the first television ad of the Congressional District One race will begin airing.

“I have a record of accomplishment that no other candidate in this race can match,” said Sydney. “It is important that from the very beginning of this race, I remind the voters of CD One about the successful advocate of conservative change that I have been throughout the past 20 years. On tax cuts, school choice, government ethics, small business, natural resources, and more, I have fought for and won significant victories. This television ad tells part of that story.”

After you watch the video, spend a bit of time checking out her the rest of her site.  Sydney Hay is sure to impress.

Monday’s Earmark Reform Taxpayer Rally Cancelled

For more info or to check for scheduling updates, contact Tom Jenney at tjenney@afphq.org or visit the Arizona blog page at www.aztaxpayers.org

Jeff Hatch-Miller opts out of CD 5 race

The Tribune covers it here.

Want to know where she stands?

Conservative Republican Sydney Hay, running for congress in District 1, has a video worth watching.

Her endorsements are as impressive as her credentials.

Not another one

Already crowded field grows

She’s back.