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Henry E. Brown, Jr.
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Blog - Postings by Archive DateXML Blog Postings via RSSAll Postings for:October 2009STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report Posted by: Brown Staff (October 30, 2009, 01:14 PM)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is promising that new figures being released Friday will be a more accurate showing of progress in President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. It aggressively defended an earlier, faulty count that overstated by thousands the jobs created or saved so far. Ed DeSeve, serving as Obama's stimulus overseer, said the administration has been working for weeks to correct mistakes in early counts that identified more than 30,000 jobs paid for with stimulus money. He said a new stimulus report Friday should correct many mistakes an Associated Press review found that showed the earlier report overstated thousands of stimulus jobs. "I think you'll see a pretty good degree of accuracy," DeSeve said in an interview. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs downplayed errors in job counts identified by the AP's review, telling reporters, "We're talking about 4,000, or a 5,000 error." Read more here. Posted in Economy | View Full Posting
BROWN HAILS THE ARRIVAL OF BOEING TO THE FIRST DISTRICT Posted by: Brown Staff (October 28, 2009, 05:25 PM)
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BROWN SAYS GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE IS A BAD DEAL FOR SENIORS Posted by: Brown Staff (October 27, 2009, 04:35 PM)
“I rise today to highlight the Democrat’s plan to pay for their government takeover of health care by cutting nearly 162 billion dollars from Medicare at the expense of our seniors. Across the nation, nearly 11 million seniors choose Medicare Advantage plans as their preferred coverage. Of those 11 million, over 11,000 seniors in the First District of South Carolina, an area with many retirees, may have their coverage dropped or benefits cut if the Democrats have it their way. Despite the president’s promise that ‘if you like your current plan you can keep it,’ it is clear that some seniors will eventually be forced into a government-run plan. Additionally, the CBO has said that the Democrats’ plan will increase seniors’ Medicare prescription drug costs by 20 percent over the next decade. As Medicare dangerously approaches bankruptcy, Democrats must open the process up to Republicans to work to repair this rapidly failing program and protect our seniors from rising drug costs, limited coverage and a reduced quality of care. Republicans vow to honor our seniors by blocking Washington bureaucrats from over regulating their health care and by providing options and the best quality coverage for all Americans.” To view this clip, click here. Posted in Health Care | View Full Posting
Criminals May have been Hired for Census Posted by: Brown Staff (October 09, 2009, 11:08 AM)
Errors by Census Bureau employees may have resulted in 200 people with criminal records being hired to conduct door-to-door canvassing. Posted in In Case You Missed It | View Full Posting
Brown Works to Prevent ACORN Sister Organization from Corrupting 2010 Census Posted by: Congressman Brown (October 06, 2009, 04:05 PM)
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In light of recent news that ACORN, a group closely involved in the federal 2010 census, has repeatedly misused federal funding and has been involved in illegal activity, I am proud to have signed onto a letter asking the U.S. Census Bureau take action to protect the public from the corruption of the 2010 Census.