LEGISLATURE RETURNS – TIME FOR SOME GOP SOLIDARITY AND UNITY
With the legislature reconvening today in the State Capitol, it means that Assembly Republicans will all be back together for the first time since Fabian Nunez abruptly (and unwisely) adjourned the Assembly before a final budget was put on the Governor’s desk. Today would be a good day for Assembly Republicans to hold a press conference to make some key points.
- We stand in solidarity with our Republican colleagues in the Senate — the reforms for which they are holding out are important, and we believe the Democrats should be listening to them.
- We do not support the Governor’s efforts to go into the districts of our Republican colleagues to pressure them to give up on these important reforms.
- We call on all Senators to reject the proposed budget as long as the tax-cut package negotiated by Assembly Republican Leader Mike Villines is being held up by Don Perata.
- A strong statement that without that tax-cut package, there would not have been a budget passed out of the Assembly at all.
DO NOT MISS BOB NOVAK’S COLUMN TODAY
In his weekly column, renowned GOP analyst and pundit Bob Novak devotes an entire section to our California Republican Congressional Delegation. The issue? Pork barrel spending. California’s John Campbell, our FR Washington D.C. Beltway Correspondent, has been valiantly and bravely challenging the absolutely terrible status-quo on Capitol Hill that continues to push billions of dollars in outrageous and egregious pork spending at the federal level. While Campbell, a Californian, has emerged as one of the patriots in the House fighting this horrible ‘earmarking’ system that long-ago lost any credibility, one of the most passionate lard-defenders in Congress is another California Congressman, Jerry Lewis. Lewis recently scored a ZERO for voting against FIFTY different amendments on the floor to strip out egregious earmarks from spending bills (check out this video). This focus on this issue by Novak is part of a growing wave of GOP dissatisfaction for Republicans who are part of this horrible process. Republicans need to regain the majority in Congress, and GOPers who support this pork-system are a big stumbling block to getting there.
Once again, we invite any of our Congressmen to explain to FR readers why this pork-system is good for America. The silence is deafening from those who continue to vote for these shamelessly egregious earmarks…
Here’s what Novak has to say (read it online here):
**There is more – click the link**
August 20th, 2007 at 12:00 am
I don’t understand why some fellow Republicans have to wait until Jerry Lewis, Ken Calvert, or John Doolittle get indicted before they uncircle the wagons. I guess its because they have an “R” next to their name. How about sticking up for what is right guys?
August 20th, 2007 at 12:00 am
I firmly believe in scrutiny when making budget decisions, and I admire the GOP for their efforts to keep our budget in balance. I applaud their valiant steadfastness
Arnold has offered a compromise solution to use his blue pencil veto power to reduce 700 million in spending, and bring the operating budget to zero.