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Few members of Congress have taken the task of cutting federal spending as personally as Rep. Paul Broun. Whether it’s going after the USDA’s vehicle fleet or weeding out the budget for the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Georgia Republican has been all over it. But for all the cries in the Republican House to tighten the money belt, Broun has gotten practically nowhere. The vast majority of Broun’s attempts to trim this line item or that pet project have gone down — often in flames. Since the start of the 112th Congress, he has offered more than three dozen amendments....

George Republican Rep. Paul Broun appears to have Tweeted this in response to President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night: "Mr. President, you don't believe in the Constitution. You believe in socialism." Among the other Tweets from Broun Tuesday night: "Democrats' policies have hurt the economy-not helped it," "Obama's policies kill free-enterprise," and "All children will be poor if we continue with Obama's policies."

WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson plans to sit with Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss expects to be next to Sen. Mark Warner, the Democrat from Virginia. ... Others are not. “I ... believe very firmly that it is a trap and a ruse that Democrats are proposing,” Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Athens said on a radio show when asked about plans for the symbolic sit-together some Democrats and Republicans are planning for the speech. "(Democrats) want silence from Republicans ... and sitting together being kissy-kissy is just another way to try to silence...

Rep. Broun wonders if Obama 'citizen' 'I don't know,' is his response to radio host's question Another member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., says he doesn't know if President Obama is a "citizen." Broun's comments came this week in an interview with host Pete Dominick on Sirius XM radio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNsN2NA381k&feature=player_embedded He responded, "I'm not going to get involved in that," at first when he was asked if he thinks the president is an "American citizen and a Christian." But he responded, "I don't know," when pressed over whether he thinks Obama is a citizen. "Is he a Christian?"...

The OPTION Act The Offering Patients True and Individualized Options Now Act You can follow the links below for information... Click Here for a summary of bill, and scroll down for the actual bill in PDF...

Three House Republicans are scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday morning to "make public a national security threat on Capitol Hill." Reps. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.) will hold a 10 a.m. press conference in the Capitol on the homeland security issue. The congressional daybook schedule does not provide further details. According to a source familiar with the issue, the press conference will focus on a non-profit group that has "known terrorist ties."

Congressman Dr Paul Broun will be on FOX Strategy Room Live Today at 4 pm Eastern time...

Suggesting that President Obama is creating a private army to seize complete control of the government and declare himself dictator might be considered fighting words in Democratic circles. But in Northeast Georgia, all it means is U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens, gave another speech. Local Democrats say Broun embarrasses them, and some Republicans say he's making them look bad, but in general, Broun's latest warning about Obama's alleged secret totalitarian plans elicited little more than a yawn. "He's really gone off the deep end," Democratic Party of Georgia Chairwoman Jane Kidd said. "People just say, 'Well, crazy Paul is talking...

CLARKESVILLE - U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens, walked into a North Georgia Technical College auditorium Tuesday evening to a standing ovation, holding three thick white binders. "Folks, this is Obamacare," he said, holding the binders over his head. "Let me start this by telling you what I think of this bill and Obamacare," he said, and slammed the binders on the ground. With that, Broun set the tone for a town hall meeting on health care reform. The Democrats' proposal is too expensive and will threaten millions of Georgians' jobs and lives, he said. "This is a stinking, rotten fish,...

Georgia Congressman Paul Broun warned attendees of a town hall event Tuesday that the Obama administration was planning to use a pandemic or a natural disaster to implement martial law in the United States. Speaking at the North Georgia Technical College auditorium, Broun said that the “socialistic elite,” as well as Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, were planning to exploit a crisis to create a favorable climate for their stalling political agenda. “They’re trying to develop an environment where they can take over,” he said. “We’ve seen that historically.” Broun’s warning arrives on the back of...

When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, 2009, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) hopes you'll be ringing in "the Year of the Bible." It's probably just wishful thinking. Broun's simple congressional resolution aimed at honoring the Good Book has produced a push-back of biblical proportion in the blogosphere, with critics dismissing it as either unconstitutional or a waste of time. Jews in Congress and atheist activists are dismissing the resolution, while none of the many Democrats in Congress who are Christian have bothered to sign on as co-sponsors. According to GovTrak.us, the resolution is among the most-blogged-about pieces of legislation,...

When the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, 2009, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) hopes you’ll be ringing in “the Year of the Bible.” It’s probably just wishful thinking. Broun’s simple congressional resolution aimed at honoring the Good Book has produced a push-back of biblical proportion in the blogosphere, with critics dismissing it as either unconstitutional or a waste of time. Jews in Congress and atheist activists are dismissing the resolution, while none of the many Democrats in Congress who are Christian have bothered to sign on as co-sponsors. According to GovTrak.us, the resolution is among the most-blogged-about pieces of legislation,...

Will 2010 be the year of the Bible? Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA] hopes so. He introduced what some are calling the Bible bill on May 7, 2009. While the H. Con. Res. 121 has 15 co-sponsors (all republicans), it has also stirred not so favorable reactions from atheists, Jews, and those of other faiths in the blogosphere. Critics of this resolution are dismissing it as unconstitutional and just a waste of time.

(Revolutionary War 1775 Flag) he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. (Hebrews 13: 5,6)

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, a board member of the National Rifle Association, announced Wednesday he will serve as co-chairman of a new task force on gun rights. "I am afraid we could witness a significant tilt to the left on gun issues in the current climate in Washington and that has me greatly concerned,” the Oklahoma Democrat said. "I believe members of the Second Amendment Task Force will serve a critical role in preventing overreaching by those who would seek to enact anti-gun policies.” Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia will be the group's Republican co-chairman. Boren said the...

On Friday the 13 of February 2009 both houses of the US Congress passed the largest spending bill in the history of our nation. The final amount of the bill is reported to be $787 Billion. Congressional staffers have been inundated with calls, emails, and faxes by Americans responding to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, otherwise known as the Stimulus Bill. The voters contacting Washington, DC have voiced clearly that they are against this bill for the past two weeks. Congressman Dr Broun of Georgia left Washington, DC Friday evening and caught a flight home. Once he...

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens, wants to give about $9,000 to every taxpayer in the United States to stimulate the economy, he said today. Broun has proposed spending President Barack Obama’s proposed $825 billion economic stimulus package on taxpayer rebates rather than a mix of spending and tax cuts. “I urge President Obama and Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi to skip the pork wish list and work with my colleagues on a true economic recovery program that provides tax relief to small businesses and families and offers incentive-based relief for job creators,” Broun said in a news release. Under Broun’s plan, every...

A first time gesture for a presidential inauguration continues to set Obama's election apart. *In a first for presidential inaugurations, Congressman Paul Broun of Georgia joined Reverend Rob Schenck of Faith and Action and others. Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, both based in Washington, DC, in a prayer service inside the US Capitol that included anointing the doorway President-Elect Barack Obama will pass through on his way to the platform to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on January 20. "Anointing with oil is a rich tradition both in the Bible and in the...

I had the opportunity to visit Fort Gordon today in Georgia. I talked to Congressman Broun on Sunday, and he told me he would be there to serve Thanksgiving Dinner to the troops. I asked if I coould join him, and he was kind enough to say yes! I have written about the events of the day on Digital Journal. I also was able to buy dinner for a few of the soldiers, and they were so sincerely appreciative. They do not take for granted any little bit of thankfulness we show them. It was an AWESOME event. What better...

Yesterday, a false report was posted with an "apology" from GA Rep. Paul Broun. Broun is the Congressman who called Obama a "Marxist" and warned of Hitler-like "dictatorship." Hume reported the false apology story which was also picked up in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, then they corrected by posting Broun's remarks DENYING any apology or recant of the "Marxist" charges. Hume has been caught not keeping up with Broun's official comments and broadcasting misinformation. Original thread on apology: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131033/posts Correction in Athens Banner-Herald: http://onlineathens.com/stories/111208/new_355191210.shtml False AJC story cited by Hume: http://www.ajc.com/search/content/shared-gen/ap/US_President_And_White_House_Advisers/Congressman_Obama_Marxist.html AJC's "retraction" of apology story by posting new story that...

(CNN) — Republican Paul Broun is sorry for calling President-elect Barack Obama a 'Marxist' and comparing him to Adolph Hitler, the Georgia Congressman said Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun's fear that President-elect Barack Obama might take Americans' guns and use a new national security force to declare himself dictator, as Hitler did in Nazi Germany, is a legitimate concern, the Athens Republican said Tuesday. A day after raising the possibility that Obama could be the next Hitler or a Soviet-style Marxist leader, Broun stood by his remarks and defended them as appropriate for a congressman. "I firmly believe that we must not fall victim to the 'it can't happen here' mentality," Broun said in a news release Tuesday. "I adhere to the adage 'eternal vigilance...

Georgia Democrats attack the comments made by Congressman Paul Broun of Athens. Broun has been calling the President-elect a Marxist... and warned he would form a domestic security force like Hitler did. A Democratic party spokesman calls the comments ridiculous and undignified. He says Broun is proving to be part of an extremist political fringe. Of course, that's what Republicans said about Rep. Cynthia McKinney a few years back. She generated national headlines when she claimed that President Bush may have been in on the 9-11 attacks. Rep. Broun raised eyebrows with his comments at a civic luncheon. And he...

A Georgia congressman, Paul Broun of Athens, has accused Barack Obama of being a Marxist with secret plans to take over the country, abolish all rights and rule as dictator just as Hitler did. That’s a U.S. congressman, yes. From Georgia. Broun might as well have claimed that he had been abducted by aliens and appointed queen of their planet Bogusia. It’s a claim with just as much basis in fact as what he actually said, and it probably wouldn’t have done more damage to what remained of Broun’s credibility. I don’t doubt for a moment that Broun feels threatened...

WASHINGTON -- A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship. "It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may -- may not, I hope not -- but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism." Watch out,...

His positions. FAIRTAX America desperately needs tax reform. The current income tax code is so complex that even the IRS does not understand it. Our so-called progressive income tax punishes individual success. NATIONALSECURITY As a young man, I had a strong desire to serve in the military. The day that I became a U.S. Marine was one of the proudest days of my life. Later, I also served as a Navy medical officer. As a Marine, I took an oath to defend the United States. Keeping that oath is a sacred obligation.

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.</p> <p>"It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism."</p>

Congressman Broun applies the following four-way test to every piece of legislation: 1. Is it Constitutional and a proper function of government? 2. Is it morally right? 3. Is it something we need? 4. Can we afford it?

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - A Republican congressman from Georgia is calling President-elect Obama a Marxist and warning that he might be planning to form a Gestapo-like security force so he can rule as a dictator. Two-term Rep. Paul Broun of Athens cited a July speech that has circulated on the Internet in which Obama called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.

Last July, Paul Broun shocked Georgia pundits when the poorly funded physician narrowly defeated a longtime legislative leader in a GOP primary for a special election in an overwhelmingly Republican U.S. House seat. Party grandees were convinced Dr. Broun's victory was a fluke and this year backed a challenge from state Rep. Barry Fleming, who hails from the district's population center of Augusta. Mr. Fleming promptly raised nearly $1 million and proceeded to throw the kitchen sink at Dr. Broun, including mailers chiding him for failing to bring home earmarks for the district. Well, Dr. Broun will be going back...

April 25, 2008 Atlanta Journal Constitution Washington - Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., has introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of "sexually explicit" material at military installations. "Our troops should not see their honor sullied so that the moguls behind magazines like Playboy and Penthouse can profit," Broun said in a statement. Broun said his bill, titled "The Military Honor and Decency Act," is needed to close a loophole in current law that allows the sale and rental of sexually explicit material on military bases both in the United States and abroad. "Allowing the sale of pornography on military bases...

Broun has big lead March 17th, 2008 by Buzz Brockway The Tarrance Group conducted a poll that shows Paul Broun with a commanding lead: “Of course, I am very pleased with the results of the poll,” Broun declared, “It really confirms what we have been confident of internally for some time. The people are happy with the job that I have been doing to represent them. They know that I have kept my promises, that I am working hard for positive change in Washington, and that I am providing leadership on issues like illegal immigration and cutting government spending.” Congressman...

Two ultra-conservative right-wingers. One open seat for the House of Representatives. By Sarah Twombly (more from this author) 7/17/2007, 12:02 PM From coast-to-coast, the Republican Party is engaged in an angst-ridden identity crisis -- rejecting President Bush's policies like a bad kidney, while desperately seeking a leader who can chew gum and not commit an act of corruption at the same time. Everywhere, Republicans are questioning their purpose. Well, that is, everywhere except Georgia's 10th District, where voters are going to the polls today in a special election to fill the seat vacated by the untimely death of Rep. Charlie...

ATLANTA (AP) - Republican Paul Broun emerged today as Jim Whitehead's likely runoff challenger in the Tenth congressional district. Democrat James Marlow, who trailed Broun by just 187 votes in the race for second place, issued a statement saying had congratulated the two Republicans. But Marlow, an Internet businessman from Lincolnton, stopped short of conceding. He said his campaign will watch the final returns come in. Military and overseas ballot must arrive by Friday to be counted in the race. The secretary of state must then certify the results within 14 days. If Marlow trails Broun by a margin of...