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Per Wiki:

Scarborough received a 95 percent lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union. He signed the Contract with America. Scarborough served on the Armed Services, Judiciary, Government Reform, and Education committees. In 1998, he was named Chairman of the Civil Service Committee.

Scarborough was one of a group of about 40 freshmen Republican legislators who dubbed themselves the “New Federalists” after The Federalist Papers. Scarborough was elected Political Director of the incoming legislators. The New Federalists called for sweeping cuts in the U.S. government, including plans to “privatize, localize, consolidate, [or] eliminate”[14] the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy and Housing and Urban Development. Gingrich tapped Scarborough to head a Republican task force on education, and Scarborough declared, “Our goal is to get as much money, power and authority out of Washington and get as much money, power and authority into the classroom as possible.”[6] Rep. John Kasich (R-Ohio), then Chairman of the House Budget Committee, adopted Scarborough’s language eliminating the federal Department of Education in the 1996 House Budget Resolution.[15] The budget passed the House by a vote of 238–193.[16]

Scarborough supported a number of pro-life positions while in Congress, including the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, that made it a crime to harm a fetus during the commission of other crimes.[17][18]

Scarborough sponsored a bill to force the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations after a four-year transition[14] and voted to make the Corporation for Public Broadcasting self-sufficient[19] by eliminating federal funding. He also voted for the “Medicare Preservation act of 1995,”[20] which cut the projected growth of Medicare by $270 billion over ten years, and against the “Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996,”[21] which raised the minimum wage to $5.15. Scarborough had a conservative voting record on economic, social, and foreign policy issues, but was seen as moderate on environmental issues and human rights causes, including supporting the closure of the School of the Americas and defending accused terrorist Lori Berenson.[6][22]

While in Congress, Scarborough received a number of awards, including the “Friend of the Taxpayer Award” from Americans for Tax Reform; the “Guardian of Small Business Award” from the National Federation of Independent Business; the “Spirit of Enterprise Award” from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; the “Taxpayer’s Hero Award” from the Citizens Against Government Waste; and the “Guardian of Seniors’ Rights Award” from the 60 Plus Association


3 posted on 06/30/2017 12:04:03 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: tired&retired

A reminder that Joe started out as one of the good guys before he became a presstitute for the deep state.


5 posted on 06/30/2017 12:07:01 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: tired&retired

That was BEFORE they had photos of him chocking an intern, I guess (an anonymous source told me they did)


9 posted on 06/30/2017 12:13:06 PM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: tired&retired

And he was divorced in a rather messy affair. He got to D.C. and loved the power. Just because he and Johnny said the words don’t mean jack. Paul Ryan mouths the same tripe


15 posted on 06/30/2017 12:32:22 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: tired&retired

That was Scarborough then, not he’s a piece of s*i*


17 posted on 06/30/2017 12:34:19 PM PDT by heights
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To: tired&retired

And Ted Bundy worked at a Suicide Prevention Hotline.


18 posted on 06/30/2017 12:37:01 PM PDT by heights
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