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Strategy Shift in Iraq Shows Significant Progress in War on Terror
Posted by: Frank Lucas (08-20-2010, 02:53 PM)
Due to the great progress made by our brave men and women on the front lines, President Obama has announced the US mission in Iraq will shift from a combat role to an advisory and assistance mission for the Iraqi government and its security forces beginning August 31, 2010 and continuing for the next 17 months.
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security and Defense | View Full Posting
The Trouble with a Bailout
Posted by: Frank Lucas (08-13-2010, 02:30 PM)
President Obama and Speaker Pelosi have tried it their way for more than a year and a half now – expanding the size and scope of the federal government, dramatically increasing federal spending and growing the national debt, and squandering more than two trillion dollars on taxpayer funded bailouts and so-called stimulus bills filled with wasteful and unnecessary pork barrel spending. Yet as their promises of creating new jobs and resuscitating our stagnate economy continue, the facts prove those promises to be empty ones. Unemployment still hovers around 10 percent across the nation as employers shed more and more jobs – a number that would be even higher were it not for the 1.2 million workers who walked away from the labor force in the past three months because they are unable to find work. The latest reports show a downgrade of estimated economic growth in 2011. Consumer spending remains tepid and consumer credit recently dropped for the fifth straight month in June.
Posted in Economy | View Full Posting
Be All That You Can Be: Apply for One of Our Nation's Service Academies
Posted by: Frank Lucas (08-06-2010, 01:38 PM)
During the month of August, thousands of students will pile into their cars and begin a new life at an institute of higher education. Some will travel out of state, and some will stay here in Oklahoma. And a select few will the opportunity to not only get a first-rate education, but to also serve their country by attending one of our nation’s service academies.
Posted in Constituent Services | View Full Posting
The Largest Tax Hike in American History
Posted by: Frank Lucas (07-29-2010, 11:02 AM)
Beginning January 1, 2011, American families and small businesses will be saddled with a $3.8 trillion tax increase – the largest tax hike in American history. There are many in Washington who are claiming that these tax increases will only affect the wealthy. Simply put, this is inaccurate. Instead, they will increase the tax liability of almost every American who pays income taxes – including middle-income American families and small businesses owners.
Posted in Taxes | View Full Posting
Lame Duck Plan Is a Lame Idea
Posted by: Frank Lucas (07-26-2010, 11:47 AM)
It’s been a rocky year and a half for the American people, who have continued to suffer from high unemployment rates and a sagging economy. And rather than addressing these tough issues facing Americans, the 111th Congress has instead focused on controversial pieces of legislation, massive in size, dramatic in impact, and unfathomable in cost. With only a few full weeks of session scheduled before the end of the year, many Americans have begun breathing a sigh of relief that many of the most controversial pieces of legislation on Speaker Pelosi and President Obama’s agenda will most likely not have time to pass. Perhaps they shouldn’t breathe too quickly – discussions of a possible “lame duck” session have already begun to hit the airwaves.
Posted in Economy, Energy, General, Immigration, Taxes | View Full Posting
