Fredipedia v2.23: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
Posted on 04/22/2007 6:06:34 PM PDT by Josh Painter
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, has been selected to receive the 2000 "Restoring the Balance Award," presented by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). The award, given annually to national policymakers committed to federalism and its impact on issues involving state legislators, was presented to Thompson last night at the NCSL’s Leader to Leader Dinner in Washington.
"Fred Thompson has been a steadfast and dedicated friend of federalism," said NCSL President Jim Costa. "He has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to protecting state authority and to strengthening intergovernmental relations and program partnerships."
Thompson's dedication to the principles of federalism and sound government policy has resulted in the Committee’s advancement of the Federalism Accountability Act, and Senate passage of the Regulatory Right to Know Act, the Federal Financial Information Assistance Management Improvement Act, the Truth in Regulating Act, and revision of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
"Many of us who came to Washington carried a strong conviction about the wisdom of our constitutional federalism," said Thompson. "This conviction gets tested frequently, but it's worth fighting for. The diffusion of power and creative competition that spring from our federalism are fundamental to our democracy.
"Our challenge is to work together in a thoughtful and proactive way to help define the federal-state relationship in the Information Age," added Thompson. "Both Congress and the Administration have an important role in restoring the balance, and I look forward to working with them and the states to do so."
It would mean a great deal more if Senator Thompson had received the annual Thomas Jefferson Award from ALEC -- among the recipients of that award was Ronald Reagan.
Congressman Billybob
Fredhead BUMP!
CAGW PRAISES THOMPSON REPORT ON FEDERAL MISMANAGEMENT
Key excerpt: “Once again, Chairman Thompson deserves great credit for exposing the pervasive problems in the federal government,” CAGW President Tom Schatz said. “As CAGW has documented repeatedly, many federal agencies and programs are duplicative, unaccountable, nontransparent, get poor results, lose money, are mismanaged, and outdated. These problems have persisted for decades, and as this report indicates, are growing worse and require rapid action.”
http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_NewsRelease_06052001b
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CITIZEN GROUP SALUTES “TAXPAYERS’ FRIENDS” IN CONGRESS: JUST 36 LAWMAKERS RECEIVE AWARDS FOR SCORES ON NTU’S 2002 RATING
Key excerpt: “Not all Members of Congress fought day in and day out during 2002 for the principle of limited government that is the cornerstone of our country’s greatness,” said NTU President John Berthoud. “Fortunately, at least 36 allies in Congress demonstrated an unwavering commitment to taxpayers. We are proud to honor this fiscal ‘coalition of the willing.’”
http://www.ntu.org/main/press_release.php?PressID=113&org_name=NTU
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FRed ping.
Nice:)
Thanks. I am sick of the snarking. :)
There’s plenty more to come, Congressman Billybob. Perico, a member of the DraftFredThompson.com team, got so fed up with the Rudy Paul McRomney supporters falsely claiming that Fred Thompson’s eight years in the Senate was “unremarkable” that he decided to dig through the press releases, statements, speeches, position papers, etc. from Fred’s Senate career and catalogue it all, issue by issue.
This project is only in its infancy, but Perico has already had some good results. You can follow his progress at http://fredthompsonpresidency.blogspot.com/
I am proud to say that I have now jumped on the Fred Thompson Bandwagon. Go Fred!
DON’T BE MISLED-—WE’LL WIN WITH FRED
I’m a Thompson supporter but you really should put the date on the title since it is six year old news.
Maybe YOU can forget about "this guy". But regardless of Fred Thompson entering the race or not Tom Tancredo won’t make it past New Hampshire. Frankly I doubt he will make it past the Iowa caucuses.
I’ve been to that site- and would enjoy reading...but please let him know the black background with dark blue lettering is impossible:)
Agree, completely.
jackieaxe wrote: “Tom Tancredo was in NH yesterday and said Fred Thompson’s immigration position “sucks”. If that’s true, forget about this guy.”
Oh, I forgot about Tancredo a good while back. He’s a loose cannon and a one-note toon. His tendency to engage his mouth well before his brain has pretty much quashed any hopes he had for a presidential run. His idea of how to respond to an Islamofacist attack on the U.S. with a tactical nuke was to “take out Mecca.”
Before he was the “Immigration Guy,” Tom Tancredo was the “Term Limits Guy.” What got him elected in the first place was his support of term limits, including his personal pledge to adhere to them. “I made a pledge, I took the pledge, I will live up to the pledge,” said Tancredo in 2001 to the Rocky Mountain News, promising to serve only three terms in the House of Representatives. Tancredo broke his solemn oath and ran for a fourth term. He can’t be trusted to keep his word. Tancredo has no integrity.
Fred Thompson, in contrast, introduced Senate Joint Resolution 21 in 1995 proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms to two terms for Senators and three terms for Representatives. In a 2002 interview with TIME magazine, Fred said, “George Washington served eight years and left town, and I think his example ought to be more the rule than the exception.” True to his word, Thompson left the Senate after serving just one and a half terms. Unlike Tancredo, Fred Thompson has proven himself to be a man of his word and a man with real integrity.
Artemis, the date is right there on the line right under the headline. But I promise to put “Archive:” in front of future headlines of articles from Fred’s Senate career.
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Washington, DC - Today Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Fred Thompson (R-TN) hailed the passage of an amendment creating the new Department of Homeland Security, which the Senate adopted by a vote of 73 to 26. Final passage of the legislation, H.R. 5005, is expected later today.
The Thompson substitute amendment is identical to H.R. 5710, which was passed by the House of Representatives on November 13. With Senate passage of this bipartisan agreement, the legislation will be sent to President Bush to be signed into law...
The Thompson amendment also includes much needed reforms for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to promote stronger border security and immigration services. To address U.S. vulnerability to cyber attacks, the legislation includes language requiring federal agencies to utilize information security best practices to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of federal information systems...
http://hsgac.senate.gov/111902press2.htm
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The Immigration and Reform Act of 1986 was proposed by and passed during the Reagan administration, and it granted amnesty to illegal immigrants. It was a failure as far as reducing the flood of illegals across our borders.
Reagan, who was wise enough to learn from his mistakes, would not repeat this one if he had it to do over again, according to Ed Meese, one of his closest friends and advisors:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18399
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Fred Thompson has also learned from his part in this mistake. He now favors sealing the border before we try to do anything else about illegal immigration. He told Mike Wallace on Fox News Sunday:
“I’m concerned about the next 12 million or 20 million. So that’s why enforcement, and enforcement at the border, has to be primary.”
“I think most people feel disillusioned after 1986 when we had this deal offered to them before, and now we’re insisting that, you know, we solve the security problem first, and then we’ll talk about what to do with regard to other things — certainly no amnesty or nothing blanket like that.”
If we can make it nearly impossible for an invader to get a job and give the border patrol the authority and resources to arrest illegals and send them back where they came from, more than half the battle will have been won.
Thompson understands that if legal penalties are too high for employers to hire invaders and if government doesn’t give them free health care and a host of other undeserved benefits, there will be next to nothing left to attract them or keep them here. Again, FDT to Wallace:
“You know, if you have the right kind of policies, and you’re not encouraging people to come here and encouraging them to stay once they’re here, they’ll go back, many of them, of their own volition, instead of having to, you know, load up moving vans and rounding people up. That’s not going to happen.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258222,00.html
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The bottom line is this: The GOP race for the nomination will eventually shake out to just two candidates. Would supporters of stricter immigration policy be better off with Fred Thompson in the White House (who supports sealing the border before any other action is taken) or with Rudy Guiliani (who, like the Democrats, supports amnesty, sanctuary cties and ignoring the immigration laws currently on the books)?
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