Monday, January 10, 2011

THE WIDENING FIGHT against public-sector unions. About time.
GETTING STRICT: Now if we would just apply it to Congress ....
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: Why Americans like big cars. "When you have kids, you suddenly realize that [a small car] just isn't going to cut it. Car seats are big, and often mandated by law until children are quite old. Babies especially require lots of baggage and toys. And larger children require space. I shudder at the thought of a future in which I have to cram three non-infant children into the back of a Ford Focus."

Reality is tough.
MEMORIES: a climate of hate.
MY REALITY IS NOT YOUR REALITY: "Nancy Pelosi is busy trying to emphasize to the country that no, she really has been detached from reality these last four years. Here she mounts a vigorous defense of Obamacare, actually going so far as to say that they would have had to pass the bill to save money -- even if everyone in the country was perfectly happy with their health insurance. Why? Because it saves so much money!"

It must be tough having her ego crammed into the Minority Leader's office.
THE STRONGEST CLASS ENVY IN AMERICA "may be the resentment of those who were one club above you at Yale."

Read it all.
OBAMACARE MESS it the legacy of the Democrats' moment of power.

Moral: divided government is good government.
THE DEMOCRATS CONUNDRUM: If you want less income inequality, does that means fewer illegal immigrants?
A MESSAGE FROM THE NEW HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER

We began our new majority with a simple, but highly important act. For the first time in recent history, the House gathered together and actually read the Constitution. It served as an important reminder that this institution is the People's House.

We have also adopted new rules to establish a Constitution-focused House of Representatives. From this moment forward, every bill must be accompanied by a statement of Constitutional authority that permits it.

Our new Majority stands for a different and better way. We believe in a government that controls less and spends less. This Congress will be a "cut-and-grow" Congress. We are going to cut spending and job-killing government regulations, and grow the economy and private sector jobs. Click here to watch the Weekly Republican Address, in which I discuss where Congress needs to go.

For too long, families and small businesses across America tightened their belts while the federal government continued its spending spree. Therefore, our first piece of legislation was to cut our own Congressional budgets - saving the taxpayers millions of dollars in the first year alone.

It passed the House overwhelmingly and our first spending cut is now in effect.

This is only the beginning.

Regards,

Rep. Eric Cantor
House Majority Leader