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Congressman Geoff Davis : Serving Kentucky's Fourth District

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  • Geoff Davis speaks out against pay cuts and layoffs if tax rates rise
    Dec 3, 2010  - The U.S. House passed Democrats' plan to extend Bush-era tax cuts for middle-income taxpayers over the objections of Republicans who say it would harm the economy by raising taxes for people with higher incomes. The vote was 234-188 for the measure, which would permanently extend lower rates and... More
  • KY delegation has partisan split on tax cuts but united on censure of Rangel
    Dec 3, 2010  - Kentucky’s six representatives split on Thursday afternoon over legislation to extend tax cuts to individuals who make less than $200,000 a year and couples who earn less than $250,000. Democratic Reps. Ben Chandler of Versailles and John Yarmuth of Louisville voted with most of the Democrats an... More
  • GOP’s DeMint, Davis paint target on regulations.
    Dec 2, 2010  - Earlier this year, Sen. Jim DeMint, a conservative South Carolina Republican, introduced a bill that would require major rules proposed by federal agencies to be approved by the House, Senate, and the president. Called the REINS Act, the bill had no chance of going anywhere with Democrats in charge ... More
  • REGULATIONS: GOP lawmakers optimistic on bill that gives Congress final say
    Dec 2, 2010  - The Republican sponsors of a bill that would give Congress the final word on major agency regulations are increasingly optimistic that the legislation will come up for a vote in the 112th Congress. "I think with the new Congress, we'll have the chance to push it through the House, and then the S... More
  • Letter to the Editor: Bully Who Always Wins: Unelected Regulatory State
    Nov 29, 2010  - In response to the Wall Stree Journal recent article, “The EPA Permitorium,” James Valvo, from Americans for Prosperity had the following letter to the editor published in today’s WSJ: You rightly profile EPA's aggressive overreach but you incorrectly conclude by stating that "a key task for the... More
  • Congressman impressed with NKU’s treatment of veterans
    Nov 17, 2010  - The Northerner | By Claire Higgins The sun was shining and the air was cool as the American flag waved over Northern Kentucky University on Nov. 11, Veterans Day. NKU V.E.T.S. presented the on-campus Veterans Day activities with a flag-raising and Veterans Recognition Luncheon. The flag-raising ... More
  • Tyranny of the unelected
    Oct 11, 2010  - By Wayne Crews | Washington Times The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. - Tacitus, A.D. 56-120 Congress passed and the president signed 125 bills into law in 2009. Your tireless federal regulatory agencies were even busier: They issued 3,503 rules and regulations. Regulations... More
  • Proposed bill seeks to improve security collaboration
    Sep 30, 2010  - Rep. Ike Skelton took part in the debate that led to Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, which established the joint military command to overcome rivalry among the four branches. Now Skelton, the Missouri Democrat who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, wants to make a similar change to the nat... More
  • Davis & Driehaus ask Southwest to add service to CVG
    Sep 30, 2010  - Two of the area’s congressmen – who normally are on opposite sides of the partisan aisles – have joined in the fray to attract Southwest Airlines to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, appealing directly to the carrier’s top executive in a jointly written letter released Thursday... More
  • EDITORIAL: Time to curb red tape
    Sep 23, 2010  - Washington Times Editorial The American people are desperate for a Congress that reins in the federal bureaucracy. Yesterday, 13 senators and a House member introduced legislation called the REINS Act to do just that. It is legislation that desperately needs to be passed. REINS stands for Regul... More