Opposed spending millions of taxpayer dollars on fish monitoring. Congressman Forbes voted to oppose the Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2010 (H.R.2288), which would spend millions of taxpayer dollars on fish population monitoring, fish stocking, and the control of non-native fish, among other things, in the Upper Colorado River and San Juan River.
This bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 264-122.
Voted against duplicative government spending. Congressman Forbes voted to oppose the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (H.R.5325), which would cost $48 billion in taxpayer money to fund existing science programs and created several new government programs. In addition, several key cost-reducing amendments were not included in the final version of the legislation.
This bill was did not achieve the necessary 2/3 votes for passage and failed by a vote of 261-148.
Supported a fiscally responsible economic recovery plan. Congressman Forbes agreed to cosponsor legislation (H.R. 5029) that would terminate the TARP program, repeal the remaining “stimulus” spending, and usher in several tax decreases by reducing the payroll tax in half for 2010, eliminating the capital gains tax, reducing the corporate tax rate to 12.5%, and permanently eliminating the death tax.
Supported responsible federal spending. Congressman Forbes supported an amendment to the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act (H.R.5116), to prevent federal employees who have been disciplined for viewing pornography at work from receiving salaries. The amendment would also lower the bill’s spending back to 2010 levels from the proposed increase.
This amendment passed the House by vote of 292-126.
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