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Blunt: America is Safer Because of House and Senate FISA Passage
Jul 9, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today after the Senate sent the compromise foreign terrorist surveillance legislation - passed by the House last month - to the president to become law:
“With the Senate’s vote and the president’s expected signature, our nati...
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Blunt: Republican Security Agenda Protects America for Future Generations
Jun 26, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement this morning after House Republicans unveiled their security agenda for the American people:
“Our nation is faced with a wide array of threats today. Not only must we stand guard against terro...
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Blunt: Troop Funding Bill a Victory for Soldiers and Their Families
Jun 19, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a negotiated emergency spending bill for our troops:
“After months of delay, Democrats finally reached out to Republicans to produce a must-pass ...
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Blunt: Congress Right to Commemorate Sacrifices of American POWs
May 20, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today during debate on H. Res. 986 – legislation recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those who were held as prisoners of war (POWs) during the Vietnam War. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) was among those prisoners released 35 years a...
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Blue Dogs Threaten to Bite Over FISA Delay
May 8, 2008
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Before the Senate passed bipartisan legislation designed to update our nation’s foreign surveillance laws – known as FISA – a group of 21 Blue Dog Democrats sent Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) a letter saying “it will be necessary for the House to quickly consider FISA legislation to get a bill to th...
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Democrats in Disarray Over Must-Pass Supplemental
May 1, 2008
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Agreeing with House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) that short-circuiting the open committee process for political gain and smoke-filled rooms is no way to pass vital funding measures for our troops, Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer (Md.) conceded today that Republicans had proper grounds to be disap...
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Why are House Democrats so Afraid of an Open Debate?
Apr 30, 2008
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In November 2006, soon-to-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that her “leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.” Now, almost a year and a half after she issued that proclamation, today might be a good time to remind her of that promise to the American...
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Blunt: GOP Petition Would Force Democrats to Bring Bipartisan Terrorist Surveillance Bill to the Floor
Apr 23, 2008
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today as a petition calling on House Democrats to bring forth vital terrorist surveillance legislation introduced by Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) – the text of which earned the broad support of Republicans and Democrats in the Sen...
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Democrats Leave Door Open to Larding Up Supplemental
Apr 3, 2008
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The House Democratic Leader told Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) during today’s colloquy that Democrats could use a critical troop funding bill to pass unrelated pork projects.
“There are obviously needs in addition to Iraq that are being discussed, and I would tell my friend that those discussi...
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Blunt: Republicans Make Progress to Secure Border
Mar 14, 2008
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WASHINGTON – The discharge petition filed this week by Rep. Thelma Drake (Va.) seeking to force floor action on the bipartisan Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act has been signed by 181 members of Congress as of Friday afternoon, House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) said....
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