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  • 220 House Democrats Vote for IRS Surveillance of Americans' Bank Accounts

    11/22/2021 9:40:41 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 35 replies
    Townhall ^ | 11/22/2021 | Spencer Brown
    Democrat members of the House of Representatives killed a Republican motion on Sunday aimed at protecting Americans from IRS surveillance of their private finances in the latest instance of Nancy Pelosi's caucus seeking to give government a larger and more intrusive role in Americans' lives. The motion to recommit, brought to the House floor by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), would have stripped funding Democrats included in President Biden's budget bill to increase IRS enforcement and also prohibited the creation of an IRS program to spy on Americans' bank accounts.Speaking on the floor in support of his motion, Rep. Brady —...
  • GOP Governors Slash Unemployment Benefits as Businesses Plead for Workers

    05/10/2021 7:55:52 AM PDT · by xzins · 47 replies
    The Epoch Times ^ | May 9, 2021 | Isabel van Brugen
    GOP Governors Slash Unemployment Benefits as Businesses Plead for Workers By Updated: May 10, 2021 biggersmaller Print Expanded federal unemployment benefits that were implemented during last year’s pandemic relief efforts are ending earlier than scheduled in Arkansas, Montana, and South Carolina—and Florida is expected to follow suit as Republican governors nationwide respond to pleas from businesses to encourage Americans to return to work. “We absolutely can put more people to work,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told reporters during a press conference Wednesday, announcing that Floridians receiving the $300 weekly extra payments will soon have to provide proof that they’re...
  • 129 Republicans Disgrace Themselves in House Show Vote on Syria

    10/17/2019 6:39:19 AM PDT · by EyesOfTX · 52 replies
    DB Daily Update ^ | David Blackmon
    Remember those Republicans who supported Nancy Pelosi and betrayed the American voters with this vote. – I have very often been thoroughly disgusted with the behavior of spineless, disloyal Republicans in the U.S. Congress, but seldom as disgusted as I felt on Wednesday afternoon. That was when we got news that 129 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat caucus in a vote to condemn President Trump’s decision to pull U.S. military personnel out of harm’s way as the Turkish military invaded Northern Syria on Sunday. That decision involved about 50 U.S....
  • Here’s a Promising Plan to Finally Get a Grip on Federal Spending

    07/27/2019 11:06:12 AM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 43 replies
    The Daily Signal ^ | July 25, 2019 | Romina Boccia
    The massive spending deal, negotiated by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and agreed to by the president, looks poised to kill off the Budget Control Act of 2011—the law that was meant to restrain federal spending. With that law on the way out, the question arises: Where can fiscal conservatives turn to exert real and lasting fiscal discipline? Thankfully, two members of Congress have introduced a bill to do just that. The Maximizing America’s Prosperity Act—or MAP Act—is a bill proposed by Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., that would limit federal spending...
  • GOP chairman releases year-end tax package

    11/26/2018 8:59:44 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 25 replies
    The Hill ^ | 11/26/18 | Naomi Jagoda
    House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) late Monday released a 297-page tax and IRS package that would address a host of issues some lawmakers are interested in tackling in the lame-duck session. The legislation includes provisions to renew expired tax provisions, make technical fixes to last year's tax cut law, provide incentives for retirement savings, provide tax relief for disaster victims and make improvements to the IRS. It would provide for a resolution of a number of tax issues in the final weeks of the year while Republicans still control both chambers of Congress. The House Rules...
  • House lawmakers unveil 'Tax Reform 2.0' ahead of midterms

    09/10/2018 2:53:41 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 19 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/10/18 | Niv Elis
    House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) on Monday unveiled a package of three bills touted as a sequel to the 2017 GOP tax law. "Last year we said goodbye to America’s old, broken tax code," said Brady. "Under our new system, we’re seeing incredible job growth, bigger paychecks, and a tax code that works on behalf of families and American businesses. Now it’s the time to ensure we never let our tax code become so outdated again. We look forward to bringing these bills to the Committee soon.” The bills would make permanent some temporary aspects of...
  • Two Smart Changes Have Made the GOP Tax Bill Passable

    11/14/2017 11:59:00 PM PST · by Oshkalaboomboom · 23 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | Nov 14, 2017 | Peter Roff
    Last week, Texas Republican Kevin Brady, using the power available to him as chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, introduced another of what's known as a "manager's amendment" to the tax reform bill. The changes that amendment made to the bill, which passed with ease, were both important and effective, making him perhaps the most influential House member since Jack Kemp on the subject of taxes. It is clear Chairman Brady had it in mind to mitigate controversy in order to produce the strongest, most passable conservative reform framework possible. Thanks to his efforts last week, it...
  • Cruz joins in Red River property dispute

    04/04/2016 5:11:08 AM PDT · by Elderberry · 33 replies
    My SS News ^ | 4/2/2016
    This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz joined an amicus brief on behalf of 22 members of the Texas congressional delegation in support of private landowners along the Red River. The Bureau of Land Management has recently made waves by claiming thousands of acres of privately owned Texas land along the Red River. It has done so by utilizing — in apparent violation of a nearly 100-year-old Supreme Court precedent and tradition — an arbitrary and bizarre gradient boundary survey method that has adversely impacted private landowners. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) joined Cruz in the brief...
  • The Battle for Chairman of Ways and Means Heats Up (DO NOT SUPPORT KEVIN BRADY)

    10/29/2015 7:19:09 PM PDT · by bestintxas · 9 replies
    human events ^ | 10/28/15 | Brian McNicoll
    As soon as Paul Ryan, R-Wis., becomes Speaker of the House, the race will be on for his current post, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. At present, it looks like Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, will square off with Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, to replace Ryan at Ways and Means, the House’s tax-writing committee. As soon as Paul Ryan, R-Wis., becomes Speaker of the House, the race will be on for his current post, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. At present, it looks like Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, will square off with Rep. Pat Tiberi,...
  • Time to Kill the Death Tax

    03/31/2015 8:31:37 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 22 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 31, 2015 | Grover Norquist
    For the first time in a decade, the U.S. House of Representatives may soon vote to kill the death tax. The death tax in the United States was born in the North and South as a way to pay for the Civil War. When the war ended, the tax lingered until 1870. It sprang back to life to fund World War I. The war ended and the tax shrank. It then grew to full fury during World War II. The tax has been cut back, then expanded. It even disappeared for one full year in 2010 before returning. But even...
  • Democrats Apologize to IRS Commissioner at Hearing on Lost Emails

    06/20/2014 9:39:29 AM PDT · by NYRepublican72 · 65 replies
    sharylattkisson.com/ ^ | 6/20/2014 | SHARYL ATTKISSON
    In his first Congressional appearance since news of the lost Lois Lerner emails, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was alternately attacked by Republicans and praised by Democrats who apologized to him for his treatment and called the investigation an “endless conspiracy theory” by Republicans. Under oath before the House Ways and Means Committee, Koskinen restated what Congress had been told privately: that emails of Lerner and six other relevant IRS officials have been irretrievably lost because of crashes of their hard drives and servers. Koskinen defended not telling Congress in numerous previous appearances about the email losses. In those appearances, he...
  • IRS chief: 'Whenever we can, we follow the law'

    09/10/2014 12:20:53 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 100 replies
    The Hill ^ | September 10, 2014 | Sarah Ferris
    During another grueling hearing on the ObamaCare rollout, the head of the Internal Revenue Service tried to offer lawmakers an assurance about the soon-to-open enrollment period. “Whenever we can, we follow the law,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the House Ways and Means subcommittee on health on Wednesday. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who leads the subcommittee, immediately expressed his concern with the remarks. “I encourage you to follow the law in all instances,” Brady said. Koskinen, who was confirmed as head of IRS last December, has repeatedly faced lawmakers' ire over the agency's targeting of conservative groups. Lawmakers spent a...
  • SOUND DOLLAR ACT INTRODUCED BY TX REP. KEVIN BRADY TO RESTORE STRONG DOLLAR

    03/17/2012 6:24:41 PM PDT · by SaveOurRepublicFromTyranny · 7 replies
    THE FREEDOM POST ^ | March 17, 2012 | Matthew Burke
    U.S. Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, has introduced the Sound Dollar Act - legislation that would transform the mission and operations of the Federal Reserve to lay the foundation for strong economic growth for America in the future. “America’s clear goal should be to preserve the strongest economy in the world throughout the 21st Century. To achieve that we need to get the role of the Federal Reserve right”, said Brady. “A sound dollar creates the strongest foundation for economic growth and output, while generating certainty and encouraging new business investment for job creation....
  • GOP staffers: Tax reform teed up for September

    08/28/2011 9:23:48 PM PDT · by martosko · 14 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | 08/29/2011 | John Rossomando
    Republican staffers tell The Daily Caller that new tax cuts and regulatory reforms aimed at jumpstarting the economy will be on the agenda in the House of Representatives when it returns from recess after Labor Day. Staffers say no specifics have been locked in yet. But a significant tax reform package could come this fall, they say, because nothing is likely to be accomplished after the 2012 election cycle begins in earnest. The conservative House Republican Study Committee is also reportedly planning to supplement the Cut, Cap, and Balance plan with a “growth” element including tax cuts and regulatory reforms....
  • Rep. Kevin Brady: $150 billion in budget slashes a start

    01/20/2011 7:30:44 AM PST · by jackspyder · 20 replies
    The Daily Caller / Yahoo News ^ | Jan. 20, 2011 | Matthew Boyle
    The federal workforce might first feel the wrath of the new GOP-run House’s budget cuts as a 10 percent reduction in the amount of government employees tops the list of $150 billion in slashes Congressman Kevin Brady, Texas Republican, is recommending. Brady’s cuts would shrink the annual budget deficit by about 12.5 percent. In his “Cut Unsustainable and Top-Heavy Spending (CUTS) Act of 2011,” Brady pushes for a “start” to spending cuts in Washington. Recommendation for spending cuts include the 10 percent Washington workforce reduction, immediate cuts to the White House and congressional Budgets and the elimination of several “obsolete”...
  • Chart of Dems Health Bill: "If the IRS and Medicare had a baby, it would look like this" - Video

    11/07/2009 2:32:43 PM PST · by Federalist Patriot · 4 replies · 414+ views
    Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | November 7, 2009 | BrianinMO
    Here is video of GOP Rep. Kevin Brady showing a chart they created to visualize the Pelosi Health Care Bill about to be passed by the House of Representatives. In describing it, Brady said: We developed this chart based on Nancy Pelosi’s new health care plan….The new chart shows more than 90 of these new mandates, commissions and agencies. The true number is well over 100, we simply ran out of space. In terms of sheer bureaucracy, if the IRS and Medicare had a baby, it would look like this. And the question is how is that going to make...
  • Kevin Brady Healthcare Town Hall - What can we do to stop this trainwreck?

    08/27/2009 6:26:01 AM PDT · by BornToBeAmerican · 5 replies · 466+ views
    Youtube ^ | 08/26/2009 | Kevin Brady
    Kevin Brady on Healthcare - Town Hall Meeting - Conroe Texas Aug 26, 2009 What can we do about this? Thank you yeehau for puting this up!!!
  • Kevin Brady to host Health Care Townhall metting.

    08/25/2009 6:57:03 AM PDT · by jen0517 · 22 replies · 660+ views
    The North Houston Tea Party Patriots ^ | 8/24/09 | Suzanne Guggenheim
    Congressman Kevin Brady is holding a “Come Get the Scoop on Healthcare” townhall this Wednesday, August 26, at 6:00pm at the Conroe Tower, at 300 West Davis, 6th floor. This meeting is open to the public, however the rumor is that there will be an organized group of Democratic Supporters of the Proposed Healthcare Bill in attendance with the intent to disrupt the meeting. Let’s get the word out to those who oppose the socialist Healthcare plan. Please arrive early . As you prepare to go, here is a good memo with the instructions given by moveOn.org to its member...
  • This bears repeating: Congressman Kevin Brady talks the absurdity of Obama's energy policies

    05/21/2009 5:30:01 AM PDT · by blessedtexan · 9 replies · 538+ views
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93nb8u6lShU
  • LETTER: Toll road battle continues

    08/17/2008 2:10:14 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 13 replies · 385+ views
    The Lufkin Daily News ^ | August 17, 2008 | Gary L. Smith, Sr.
    Lately I have heard from some of you, asking about the Corridor. Most folks believe it is over, dead, gone from our beautiful East Texas. I have been watching our government's actions on this subject. Did you know that in TxDOT's cover letter to the federal government it states they will only use existing highways to build their corridor? Did you know that TxDOT also stated that it may need to build in non-existing paths also, some time in the future. Citizens, I write you today to make sure you understand that the corridor issue in Trinity County has not...