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Today, I released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s July jobs report:

Today’s jobs report once again reinforces how Washington Democrats’ policies continue to fail to create American jobs. With only 117,000 jobs created in July, this weak report once again shows that our lagging economy is well behind creating the 200,000 to 250,000 jobs per month needed over a period of time to drive down unemployment.

After months of meetings, speeches, threats and dire warnings of a US government debt default, Congress this week finally gave in to the pressure and passed another massive debt ceiling increase. It was a great show for the media and for the political class which followed every move like as if it were a Super Bowl game in progress, but in the end nothing really significant was accomplished.

The net result of this “grand compromise” is that the United States government will continue to spend itself into bankruptcy. Besides raising the debt ceiling

Today I announced I will support the Budget Control Act of 2011 and released this statement:

Last November the message from the American people was crystal clear: end reckless, out-of-control spending and return fiscal sanity to Washington. The American people made their voices heard, and their impact has been monumental.   Read more »

Regardless of who is declared the winner in the current debt ceiling debacle, the loser will be Obama for a simple reason, Obama owns the economy and the economy sucks. No matter how the mainstream media handicaps this, the reality is that Obamanomics has failed. If unemployment is still high in 2012 and the economy is sputtering, it will be hard for Obama to win. While many

NRCC - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s deficit plan is the only plan that at this point hasn’t passed a single house of Congress, and may not pass any house of Congress:

REID PLAN REJECTED BY THE HOUSE: (H.R. 2693, Sen. Harry Reid’s “Budget Control Act of 2011,” Rejected 7/30/2011)   Read more »

I read the threads from last night and this morning about whether as Allen West has, conservatives should accept the Boehner plan and abandon the tea party insistence that there should be NO debt increase without spending cuts that are immediate and greater than the amount of the increase, AND there should be the issuance to the states of a Balanced Budget Amendment to The Constitution. Conservatives, some say, should take what they have already gained, no tax increase and spending cuts above the debt-ceiling increase and move on: leave the rest to the responsibility of The Senate and the President.

As Congress continues to navigate this urgent and complicated debt crisis, you can count on me to do the right thing for the right reasons and to approach every vote as a free market, constitutional conservative. I have cosponsored a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution every session since 2001, and I am an original cosponsor of the Cut, Cap and Balance plan that puts America on track for a balanced budget. I will continue to strenuously oppose any tax increases, while pushing hard for massive spending cuts and enforceable spending caps.   Read more »

The House Judiciary Committee today passed a bill to help investigators track down dangerous pedophiles and protect children from sexual exploitation. The bill passed by a vote of 19-10. The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (H.R. 1981) directs Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to retain subscriber information for up to 12 months in order to assist federal law enforcement in online child pornography and child exploitation investigations. This is similar to existing federal law that requires telephone companies to retain caller information for up to 18 months.   Read more »

WASHINGTON (Thursday, July 28, 2011) – The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved bipartisan legislation authored by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that will give prosecutors new tools to identify, investigate, and prosecute criminal conduct by public officials.

The Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act (PCPIA) will strengthen existing federal criminal

No Disrespect intended to Jello when compared to Obama and Democrats (Party of No) 

Crying like an injured bride, President Obama said today that Speaker Boehner "Left me at the altar yet again." Mr. Speaker, that is exactly what we want you to do when the Spender-in-Chief asks you to raise job killing taxes. It appears in this case, Mr. Obama wanted to raise taxes on all Americans, including homeowners by eliminating the home mortgage tax deduction.

After a noticeably flustered President Obama finished his whining press conference, Speaker Boehner