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
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agencies and programs are duplicative, unaccountable, nontransparent, get poor results, lose money, are mismanaged, and outdated.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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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!