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Fiscal cliff concerns
Monday, December 03, 2012
Preventing the fiscal cliff I am sure you have heard all about the “fiscal cliff” our country will face at the end of this year. If Congress does not act, the American people will be hit with a $494 billion tax increase. Americans are looking for bipartisan leadership and solutions to this problem, however I will not support a plan that raises taxes on middle class families or will increase unemployment. Republicans in the House have proposed a framework to avert the...
Continue ReadingTexas rice farmers await outcome of budget battle
Monday, December 03, 2012
My San Antonio: Texas rice farmers are approaching a fiscal cliff of their own as the lame-duck Congress ponders passage of a new farm bill or the extension of the old one… “One of the ongoing discussions I've had with tea party folks is you can't get everything you want all at once,” said Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, whose district includes a wide swath of the Texas rice belt. “But as long as you're moving in the right direction,...
Continue ReadingRep. Farenthold votes to curb the EPA’s regulatory power and express disapproval of the White House’s effort to waive aspects of the 1996 welfare refo…
Friday, September 21, 2012
H.R. 3409, Stop the War on Coal Act Summary: On Friday, the House passed the Stop the War on Coal Act to check the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) costly job-killing regulations in order to protect jobs, keep energy affordable and prevent the premature closure of coal plants. This Act limits surface mining regulations and requires regulatory analysis and a cumulative cost analysis of EPA’s rules. H.R. 3409 gives states the power to regulate coal ash and turns the power for setting...
Continue ReadingRep. Farenthold votes to fund federal operations for 6 months, to repeal the sequester and to phase out the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee prog…
Friday, September 14, 2012
H.J. Res. 117, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution Summary: The House passed legislation to ensure that discretionary federal operations will remain funded for six months. H. J. Res. 117 provides a six-month extension of appropriated funding for discretionary government operations through March 27, 2013. Under current law, appropriated funding for discretionary spending is set to expire after September 30, 2012: the end of the fiscal year. According to CBO, H.J.Res. 117 would provide $1.047 trillion in regular appropriated funding for government operations...
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