Bob McCarty Writes

Nothing to do this weekend?  Spend a few hours on the phone calling “Blue Dog Democrats” and letting them know you oppose any plan that puts the federal government in charge of your health care.
Missourians who traveled to Washington, D.C., to share that message with members of Congress in face-to-face fashion informed me tonight that [...]

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Though the attention of most Americans has been diverted by coverage of health care reform, cap-and-trade legislation, and shootings at Fort Hood and in Orlando, at least one other dangerous piece of legislation is creeping its way around the nation’s capitol.  Thanks to a statement from the folks at the American Petroleum Institute, I’m able [...]

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Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) uses a just-released video (below) to point out what happened at 3:09 a.m. (Eastern) on June 26 as most Americans were sleeping:  Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives were creating a nightmare.
“In the early morning hours,” he explains, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her deputies were pushing the largest tax [...]

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a narrow margin earlier this week a piece of legislation known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (a.k.a., “Waxman-Markey”). As a result, it’s too late for them to benefit from doses of INCONVENIENT TRUTH SERUM.  When it comes to their counterparts in [...]

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One week ago today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act. Incredibly, the measure — which passed by a vote of 321-105 — prohibits participation as a volunteer by anyone involved in religious activities.
Sec. 125 of the measure outlines ten separate types of activities in which a participant in [...]

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