Just keeping tabs on the Congressional delegation through Plogress.
Rep. Visclosky is a sponsor of H.R. 4823: To establish a United States-Poland parliamentary youth exchange program and a co-sponsor of H.R. 4682: To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to ethics and lobbying disclosure and enforcement.
Rep. Souder is a co-sponsor of H.R. 4829 directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to regulate prescription drug packaging by mandating the incorporation of counterfeit-resistant technologies. Rep. Dan Burton is the sponsor of this bill. Rep. Souder is also a co-sponsor of H.R. 4807 requiring an investigation of the President’s proposed deal allowing the United Arab Emirates state-owned company to operate several of America’s major ports. Rep. Pence is also a co-sponsor.
Rep. Pence is a co-sponsor of H.Res 701 which would amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills. Rep. Chocola is also a co-sponsor of this bill.
Rep. Sodrel is a co-sponsor of H.Res 690 which would amend the Rules of the House to “curtail the growth of Government programs.” Specifically, it prevents the House from considering legislation that establishes a new program or adds functions to an existing program unless the legislation eliminates one or more existing programs of equal or greater cost. This sounds good, but first of all, what took so long? Fiscal restraint was supposed to be a strength of Republicans, but they’ve controlled Congress for 12 years and the White House for 5 years, and the more control they get, the higher the deficit grows. Correlation does not necessarily equal causation in all cases, but in this case, I think it does. Second, it does not apply to defense spending or Homeland Security spending, which constitutes huge chunks of the budget. Presumably they won’t default on our interest obligations on the National Debt. And I have a hard time believing they will do anything significant to cut Medicare or Social Security entitlements. With what is left over, this legislation is basically just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Rep. Hostettler and Rep. Burton are co-sponsors of H.R. 4867 “to provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico.
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