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John Kline Despite the Administration and Congressional Democrats' insistence that tax cuts do not help an ailing economy, Obama economic advisor Christina Romer recently confirmed what Republicans have been saying for years: "tax cuts have positive output effects."
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John Kline The Faribault Daily News wrote an article about my service as your Representative to Congress and my continued commitment to working for you.
www.faribault.com
Rep. John Kline’s star wasn’t exactly shining when he first made a run at representing the 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House. The Republican lost two consecutive races 1998 and 2000 before winning his current seat in the 2002 election.
John Kline Yesterday, the second most powerful Democrat in the House of Representatives, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (Md.), mocked suggestions that Congress should adopt reforms to prohibit the House from considering any bill that has not been publicly available on the Internet for at least three days. Hoyer called the idea - whi...ch has the support of the majority of Americans - “unreasonable” and “not relevant.”
readthebill.org
You asked for it and you got it: the financial reform package, the most sweeping set of Wall Street reforms since the Great Depression was online for 72 hours before being voted on in the House of Representatives - eventually the Senate will take up the bill as well.
John Kline Financial regulation, like health care and the President's other economic policies, injects even more uncertainty into the already struggling economy. As the New York Times reports, a number of the details have been left for regulators to work out, inevitably setting off confusion that could last for years.
www.nytimes.com
The law is a culmination of two years of lobbying and debate over how to respond to the excesses that caused the financial crisis.
John Kline According to a Washington newspaper, a group of House Democrats are criticizing their own party for failing to back specific deficit-reduction proposals. Finally, some Congressional Democrats agree their party leadership lacks the will to respond to Americans' call to cut spending.
thehill.com
Some Democrats are criticizing their party for failing to back specific deficit-reduction proposals. In what may be a preview of the fiscal battle to come, a group of House Democrats criticized their party on Tuesday for failing to back specific deficit-reduction proposals.
John Kline A new poll shows Americans would prefer Congress to reduce the deficit rather than increase spending to promote economic growth.
www.nationaljournal.com
As a divided Congress moves to extend jobless benefits this week, a narrow majority of the public says it is more important for government to reduce the budget deficit than to spend money or cut taxes to promote economic growth, according to the latest Society for Human Resource Management/National ...
John Kline This line from today's Roll Call tells you all you need to know about Obamacare: "A senior House Democratic aide said Members are particularly eager to tout passage of financial reform in their districts because, unlike health care, the public recognizes that it won’t suffer under it."
www.rollcall.com
President Barack Obama can finally chalk up a win when he signs financial reform legislation into law this week. The trick now is to spin that victory into electoral gains this November, and both the White House and Democratic leaders are coordinating on a strategy they hope will make that happen.
John Kline The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. lags far behind other nations in creating jobs, highlighting the inadequacy of the President’s economic and spending agenda.
online.wsj.com
One year into the global recovery, the U.S. is lagging far behind other major economies in restoring jobs lost in the recession, a Wall Street Journal analysis has found.
John Kline In a poll conducted last week on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 68 percent of small business owners say the government's regulations hurt the economy and job creation.
www.uschamber.com
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John Kline The Department of Health & Human Services is reportedly providing $160 million in taxpayer money to establish a new high-risk insurance pool program that would pay for abortions in Pennsylvania - breaking the President's promise that under Obamacare, "no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions."
www.americanthinker.com
John Kline I was pleased to be joined by more than 50 volunteers Saturday in Lakeville for the Pan-O-Prog parade. If you would like to join me this Sunday afternoon in Hastings for the Rivertown Days parade, please call my campaign office at 952.890.9430.
www.klineforcongress.com
John Kline Last week, the United States marked its third-largest single-day debt increase. The one-day increase for June 30 totaled $165,931,038,264.30 - bigger than the entire annual deficit for fiscal year 2007. The figure works out to nearly $1,500 for every U.S. household, or more than 10 times the median daily household income.
www.washingtontimes.com
The nation's debt leapt $166 billion in a single day last week, the third-largest increase in U.S. history, and it comes at a time when Congress is balking over higher spending and debt has become a key policy battleground.
John Kline The National Taxpayer Advocate Service said in a press release today the Internal Revenue Service, which will be responsible for administering major aspects of health insurance finance, is neither structured nor funded to effectively oversee social programs.
John Kline It seems Obamacare is causing more than indigestion: The White Castle hamburger chain says a single provision in the new health care law will consume nearly 55 percent of its annual net income after 2014.
www.cleveland.com
The White Castle hamburger chain fears that a health insurance reform law adopted earlier this year will put its profits on a downward slide.
John Kline Have a safe Independence Day weekend! If you'd like to join me at a parade in Eagan on Saturday, or Cannon Falls, Apple Valley, or Chanhassen on Sunday, please visit the link below.
klineforcongress.com
