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Thursday, July 22, 2010
BREAKING NEWS: Shots Fired In Salisbury
Shots were fired at 716 East Road in Salisbury. Salisbury News also learned the Police were called to this same address earlier today. We've just been informed, (so far) that no one was hit. They do have a subject there with chest pain. More to come......
Breaking News
Roller Coaster Ride accident with injuries at Trimpers in Ocean City. More to come.......
UPDATE: There are four people injured.
UPDATE: There are four people injured.
Obamacare Repeal? 150 House Signatures Already
A plan that would enable members of the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal Obamacare – whether health care takeover advocate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants it or not – is continuing to gain momentum.
In just the last few days, another 17 names have been added to the discharge petition sponsored by U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.
With a total of 150 names now, King told WND the effort is moving forward as quickly as he could expect.
King told WND today the entire GOP leadership team in the House is on board, as well as the full delegations from California and Texas. He's working on obtaining the last few GOP signatures before turning his attention to the Democrats.
White House Backs Bill To Collect Employee Pay Information From Businesses
The Obama administration is backing legislation that includes regulations requiring U.S. businesses to provide to the government data about employee pay as it relates to the sex, race and national origin of employees.
In an orchestrated effort that included a statement by President Barack Obama and an event at the White House featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president and his cabinet endorsed the Paycheck Fairness Act.
The House approved the act in 2009, but the Senate did not approve it. In the 111th Congress, both the House and the Senate have offered legislation that covers a wide range of workplace requirements and regulations, including training girls and women to become better at negotiating pay and benefits, and the establishment of a data base of U.S. workers’ pay in both the public and private sector.
At the White House on Tuesday, Biden was the keynote speaker at a Middle Class Task Force event where he told invited guests that the Obama administration is “on the right side of history” by passing legislation to ensure women are paid the same as their male counterparts.
“Women make up nearly half of all workers on U.S. payrolls, and two-thirds of families with children are headed either by two working parents or by a single parent who works,” Biden said.
“Yet, the workplace has, for the most part, not changed to reflect these realities – and it must. Closing the gender pay gap, helping parents keep their jobs while balancing family responsibilities, and increasing workplace flexibility – these are not only women’s issues, they are issues of middle class economic security,” he said.
Biden said Congress should pass the bill, which includes language requiring employers to provide information about employee pay.
In an orchestrated effort that included a statement by President Barack Obama and an event at the White House featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president and his cabinet endorsed the Paycheck Fairness Act.
The House approved the act in 2009, but the Senate did not approve it. In the 111th Congress, both the House and the Senate have offered legislation that covers a wide range of workplace requirements and regulations, including training girls and women to become better at negotiating pay and benefits, and the establishment of a data base of U.S. workers’ pay in both the public and private sector.
At the White House on Tuesday, Biden was the keynote speaker at a Middle Class Task Force event where he told invited guests that the Obama administration is “on the right side of history” by passing legislation to ensure women are paid the same as their male counterparts.
“Women make up nearly half of all workers on U.S. payrolls, and two-thirds of families with children are headed either by two working parents or by a single parent who works,” Biden said.
“Yet, the workplace has, for the most part, not changed to reflect these realities – and it must. Closing the gender pay gap, helping parents keep their jobs while balancing family responsibilities, and increasing workplace flexibility – these are not only women’s issues, they are issues of middle class economic security,” he said.
Biden said Congress should pass the bill, which includes language requiring employers to provide information about employee pay.
Obamas Will Vacation On Gulf Coast
President has encouraged Americans to travel to region
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his family will vacation on Florida's Gulf Coast next month, the White House said Thursday.
The Obamas are scheduled to travel to the coast on Aug. 14 and stay the weekend. More details about precisely where they would stay were to be released later, the White House said.
Obama has made four trips to the Gulf region, including one overnight stay, since an underwater well began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico in April. First lady Michelle Obama is making her second visit to the area on Friday.
Both the president and first lady have made a point of encouraging people to visit those Gulf Coast beaches that are open and free of oil damage to help the local economy.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his family will vacation on Florida's Gulf Coast next month, the White House said Thursday.
The Obamas are scheduled to travel to the coast on Aug. 14 and stay the weekend. More details about precisely where they would stay were to be released later, the White House said.
Obama has made four trips to the Gulf region, including one overnight stay, since an underwater well began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico in April. First lady Michelle Obama is making her second visit to the area on Friday.
Both the president and first lady have made a point of encouraging people to visit those Gulf Coast beaches that are open and free of oil damage to help the local economy.
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Vehicle Crashes Into Beebe Medical Outpatient Center
Location:
18941 John J Williams Highway Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
DATE and TIME:
Thursday July 22, 2010, 11:52 a.m.
Operator(s):
Robert H. Clark-79, Millsboro, De
Vehicle(s):
2001 Burgundy Ford Taurus
2006 Blue Kia Sportage (owner not in vehicle)
Injuries:
No Injuries
Resume:
Delaware State Police Thursday July 22, 2010 responded to 18941 John J Williams highway for a crash investigation. Robert H. Clark is the operator of a 2001 burgundy Ford Taurus which crashed into Beebe Medical Outpatient Center.
The investigation revealed that Robert H. Clark-79 of Millsboro was entering a parking space and instead of hitting the brake pressed the accelerator propelling his vehicle forward across a curb then striking a Handicap sign.
Clark appeared to panic and upon placing the car in reverse crashed into a 2006 blue Kia Sportage parked behind his intended space. Clark after this collision placed his vehicle into drive and accelerated forward across the curb a second time and crashed into the Beebe Medical Outpatient Center. The portion of the building the Ford Taurus entered was a hallway separating the waiting area and triage center. No one inside the building was injured or needed to be evacuated.
Clark was charged with Reckless Driving.
18941 John J Williams Highway Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
DATE and TIME:
Thursday July 22, 2010, 11:52 a.m.
Operator(s):
Robert H. Clark-79, Millsboro, De
Vehicle(s):
2001 Burgundy Ford Taurus
2006 Blue Kia Sportage (owner not in vehicle)
Injuries:
No Injuries
Resume:
Delaware State Police Thursday July 22, 2010 responded to 18941 John J Williams highway for a crash investigation. Robert H. Clark is the operator of a 2001 burgundy Ford Taurus which crashed into Beebe Medical Outpatient Center.
The investigation revealed that Robert H. Clark-79 of Millsboro was entering a parking space and instead of hitting the brake pressed the accelerator propelling his vehicle forward across a curb then striking a Handicap sign.
Clark appeared to panic and upon placing the car in reverse crashed into a 2006 blue Kia Sportage parked behind his intended space. Clark after this collision placed his vehicle into drive and accelerated forward across the curb a second time and crashed into the Beebe Medical Outpatient Center. The portion of the building the Ford Taurus entered was a hallway separating the waiting area and triage center. No one inside the building was injured or needed to be evacuated.
Clark was charged with Reckless Driving.
Senate Democrats Abandon Comprehensive Energy Bill
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats on Thursday abandoned plans to pass an energy bill that caps emissions of carbon dioxide, saying Republicans refuse to support the measure.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said no Republican was willing to back a comprehensive energy bill, a development he called "terribly disappointing."
Democrats have been trying for more than a year to pass a plan that charges utilities and other major polluters for their heat-trapping carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming. They're also abandoning a compromise plan to limit emissions only from utilities that also failed to attract the 60 votes needed to advance it in the 100-member Senate.
Reid and other Democrats said they would focus on a narrower bill that responds to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and improves energy efficiency.
"We've always known from day one that to pass comprehensive energy reform, you've got to have 60 votes," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the bill's lead sponsor. "As we stand here today we don't have one Republican vote."
GO HERE to read more.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said no Republican was willing to back a comprehensive energy bill, a development he called "terribly disappointing."
Democrats have been trying for more than a year to pass a plan that charges utilities and other major polluters for their heat-trapping carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming. They're also abandoning a compromise plan to limit emissions only from utilities that also failed to attract the 60 votes needed to advance it in the 100-member Senate.
Reid and other Democrats said they would focus on a narrower bill that responds to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and improves energy efficiency.
"We've always known from day one that to pass comprehensive energy reform, you've got to have 60 votes," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the bill's lead sponsor. "As we stand here today we don't have one Republican vote."
GO HERE to read more.
NJ Teachers SHOULD Give the Private Sector A Try
"If there's an invasion of Israel by the Netherlands, he will find a way to blame the NJEA for that," responds the union's executive director, Vincent Giordano.
In a Fox News interview in the union's building down the street from the statehouse, Giordano rejected Christie's attacks, saying they "aren't warranted."
He says teachers make an average of about $65,000 a year, and "when you put it all together, teacher salaries in New Jersey are still well below the average salary of the private sector. When you include all of the ingredients...I don't think they are too high or too rich."
GIVE IT A TRY! See how life is when you CAN be fired for not doing your job. See how it is when you are compensated for PERFORMANCE rather than just showing up for work more years that someone who actually does a better job. Enjoy a job where you are grateful if your employer picks up HALF the cost of your healthcare benefits and where you get NO health benefits in retirement.
Christie is right on target! Americans are finally learning that public employees are actually earning more than their private sector counterparts. When you throw in benefits and job security, the gap is HUGE!
from Delmarva Dealings
HOT, HOT, HOT!
It's a very busy morning for me with Salisbury News so I'll keep this brief and deliver many more photos and information about Crisfield later today. One thing is for sure, it was HOT!
GM To Buy Auto Financing Company AmeriCredit
CEO says $3.5 billion deal makes GM more competitive in auto financing
DETROIT — General Motors Co. says it will acquire auto financing company AmeriCredit Corp. so it can increase leasing and make more loans to buyers with low credit scores.
The Detroit automaker says it will pay $3.5 billion to buy all of AmeriCredit's stock at $24.50 per share — a 24 percent premium over Wednesday's close.
It expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter.
GM CEO Ed Whitacre said Wednesday the deal will make GM more competitive in auto financing. GM executives have said their sales have been hurt by a lack of subprime and lease financing.
The company says that Ally Financial — formerly known as GMAC — will continue to finance GM's dealer inventory and make loans to buyers with good credit.
GM says it is not considering a purchase of Ally's auto financing unit.
GO HERE to read more.
DETROIT — General Motors Co. says it will acquire auto financing company AmeriCredit Corp. so it can increase leasing and make more loans to buyers with low credit scores.
The Detroit automaker says it will pay $3.5 billion to buy all of AmeriCredit's stock at $24.50 per share — a 24 percent premium over Wednesday's close.
It expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter.
GM CEO Ed Whitacre said Wednesday the deal will make GM more competitive in auto financing. GM executives have said their sales have been hurt by a lack of subprime and lease financing.
The company says that Ally Financial — formerly known as GMAC — will continue to finance GM's dealer inventory and make loans to buyers with good credit.
GM says it is not considering a purchase of Ally's auto financing unit.
GO HERE to read more.
Coming Up Soon On The Wicomico School Calendar
Wednesday, Aug. 4
5th Annual NAACP Back-to-School Rally
Salisbury Middle School
The Wicomico County Branch of the NAACP will hold its 5th annual Back-to-School Rally at Salisbury Middle School from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4. Every summer for the past five years, families and Wicomico County students in prekindergarten-grade 8 have had a chance to get pumped up and prepared for the coming school year at the rally. Students will be encouraged to begin the school year with a commitment to attend classes and succeed in all their course work and activities. Mark Thompson will be master of ceremonies for the program, which will include an inspiring presentation and entertainment. The community is invited to attend this and all NAACP events. Monetary donations and/or contributions are needed for this event, which aims to provide 300 students with school supplies. Needed items include pencils, spiral notebooks, paper, pens, tissue packs, hand sanitizer, etc. For information or to make a donation of funds or school supplies, please call the Wicomico County Chapter of the NAACP at 410-543-4187.
5th Annual NAACP Back-to-School Rally
Salisbury Middle School
The Wicomico County Branch of the NAACP will hold its 5th annual Back-to-School Rally at Salisbury Middle School from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4. Every summer for the past five years, families and Wicomico County students in prekindergarten-grade 8 have had a chance to get pumped up and prepared for the coming school year at the rally. Students will be encouraged to begin the school year with a commitment to attend classes and succeed in all their course work and activities. Mark Thompson will be master of ceremonies for the program, which will include an inspiring presentation and entertainment. The community is invited to attend this and all NAACP events. Monetary donations and/or contributions are needed for this event, which aims to provide 300 students with school supplies. Needed items include pencils, spiral notebooks, paper, pens, tissue packs, hand sanitizer, etc. For information or to make a donation of funds or school supplies, please call the Wicomico County Chapter of the NAACP at 410-543-4187.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Salisbury’s Animal control Officers ask that you please leave your pets at home while running errands or making quick trips to places that doesn’t allow pets.
On hot days as we are currently experiencing or on a warm day that may seem comfortable to us, the temperature in a parked car can reach levels that can endanger your pet. The interior temperature can easily rise to 120 degrees in a matter of minutes, even with the windows partially open. Because a dog can only attempt to cool itself by panting and sweating through its paws, it can succumb to high temperatures in a very short time. Lasting effects of exposure to high temperatures can include heat stroke brain damage or death.
For more information contact ACO Dave Shanks at 410-548-3165.
On hot days as we are currently experiencing or on a warm day that may seem comfortable to us, the temperature in a parked car can reach levels that can endanger your pet. The interior temperature can easily rise to 120 degrees in a matter of minutes, even with the windows partially open. Because a dog can only attempt to cool itself by panting and sweating through its paws, it can succumb to high temperatures in a very short time. Lasting effects of exposure to high temperatures can include heat stroke brain damage or death.
For more information contact ACO Dave Shanks at 410-548-3165.
PAC 14 Showcases Wicomico Schools In Three Upcoming Programs
The new James M. Bennett High School will open to students in August and demolition will begin soon on the old James M. Bennett High building. In the last days of the school that served so many students and families in the community from 1962-2010, PAC 14 presents a special edition of "One on One" with a last look back at old JMB.
"One on One: A Look Back at JMB" will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, on PAC 14. Host Phil Tilghman interviews Margaret Truitt Engler, who graduated from JMB in 1975 and who has stayed connected to the school through her children and through working as a volunteer with the annual Rock 'n' Roll Revival. This walk down memory lane includes some final footage and photographs from the school's last days, as well as photos from the yearbooks of 1975 and 1966.
Also debuting this Thursday, July 23 (6:30 p.m.) on PAC 14 is a summer edition of "Working Together for Children" in which the show looks back at some special events and activities from the end of the school year. Events include the packing of bags for Learning is in the Bag for rising kindergartners, the Blue Ribbon School celebration at Northwestern Elementary, dedication of the Pinehurst Everybody Playspace, Environmental Education Day at Pemberton Historical Park, the Arts Integration Parade at Willards Elementary, an Olympic gold medalist at Mardela Middle and High, STEM Discovery Day at Bennett Middle, Wicomico parents attending a parenting conference in Washington, and photo coverage of Flag Day at Charles H. Chipman Elementary, dedication of the Westside Intermediate Reading Garden, and the state championships of the inaugural Bocce season. The show will also air at noon Saturday.
In August, PAC 14 and Wicomico County Public Schools will team up to present a video walking tour of the new James M. Bennett High on a special edition of "Working Together for Children." Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Fredericksen will explore the new building with art teacher Michael Morris to learn more about its design and instructional technology, and how it will serve the students of today and the future.
"One on One: A Look Back at JMB" will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, on PAC 14. Host Phil Tilghman interviews Margaret Truitt Engler, who graduated from JMB in 1975 and who has stayed connected to the school through her children and through working as a volunteer with the annual Rock 'n' Roll Revival. This walk down memory lane includes some final footage and photographs from the school's last days, as well as photos from the yearbooks of 1975 and 1966.
Also debuting this Thursday, July 23 (6:30 p.m.) on PAC 14 is a summer edition of "Working Together for Children" in which the show looks back at some special events and activities from the end of the school year. Events include the packing of bags for Learning is in the Bag for rising kindergartners, the Blue Ribbon School celebration at Northwestern Elementary, dedication of the Pinehurst Everybody Playspace, Environmental Education Day at Pemberton Historical Park, the Arts Integration Parade at Willards Elementary, an Olympic gold medalist at Mardela Middle and High, STEM Discovery Day at Bennett Middle, Wicomico parents attending a parenting conference in Washington, and photo coverage of Flag Day at Charles H. Chipman Elementary, dedication of the Westside Intermediate Reading Garden, and the state championships of the inaugural Bocce season. The show will also air at noon Saturday.
In August, PAC 14 and Wicomico County Public Schools will team up to present a video walking tour of the new James M. Bennett High on a special edition of "Working Together for Children." Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Fredericksen will explore the new building with art teacher Michael Morris to learn more about its design and instructional technology, and how it will serve the students of today and the future.
While We're Speaking Of Irrelevance
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is calling for an apology from the Obama administration for ousting an Agriculture Department employee now at the center of a racially tinged firestorm.
Jackson said he talked to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack late Tuesday night before Vilsack said that he would reconsider his department's decision to ask Shirley Sherrod to leave her job.
Embarrassed White House Offers Apology, 'Unique' Job To Sherrod
Blasted by pundits on both ends of the political spectrum for its firing of a USDA worker who made racially tinged remarks, a chastened White House apologized while wooing her with a new job.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday he has apologized to ousted employee Shirley Sherrod and offered her a unique new position at the agency.
Sherrod, in an interview with The Associated Press, said she was considering it.
"They did make an offer," she said in a telephone interview. "I just told him I need to think about it."
Vilsack told reporters that Sherrod accepted his apology. He said, "She was extraordinarily gracious."
The new job offer comes after an embarrassed White House apologized to Sherrod Wednesday for ousting her over her remarks about race to an NAACP banquet in Georgia earlier this year. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the administration did not know all the facts when it acted.
When asked Wednesday if he had spoken with President Barack Obama, Vilsack said simply, "No."
Vilsack insisted that it had been his decision to seek her resignation and said he takes full responsibility.
"This is a good woman," Vilsack said. "She's been put through hell."
Sherrod resigned this week as state director of rural development in Georgia. She said she quit under pressure from the White House.
The extraordinary turn of events came less than 48 hours after a video depicting Sherrod talking about her experience with a white farmer went viral. While Sherrod emerged heroic for the treatment she received, the Obama administration appeared fearful, even panicky in dealing with a racially charged story.
Sherrod, who says her remarks had been selectively edited and taken out of context, told CNN that the White House "harassed" her to resign because the controversy was "going to be on Glenn Beck tonight."
When USDA officials contacted Sherrod saying the White House wanted her to resign, she says she tried to communicate that there was another side to the story.
Her videotaped remarks appeared to indicate she didn't give "the full force of what I could do" to a farmer because he was white. But she says the remarks were actually used to illustrate that people should not be judged based on race. The farmer has defended Sherrod, and credits her with saving his farm. But the administration officials wouldn't listen, she says.
"They were not interested in hearing the truth," Sherrod said of the administration. "No one wanted to hear the truth."
"The last time they asked me to pull over the side of the road and submit my resignation on my Blackberry, and that's what I did," Sherrod told The Associated Press.
Pundits on the left and right said Wednesday that the incident shows all the hallmarks of an administration panicked by free-falling approval numbers and negative coverage from conservative media.
The White House has denied any involvement in Sherrod's forced resignation, while acknowledging that they approved of Vilsack's decision once they were informed of it.
But Sherrod has indicated she was told the order came from the White House. And a report Wednesday morning by Politico's Ben Smith appears to support that account. Smith says three Democratic sources tell him that Deputy White House Chief of Staff Jim Messina praised the White House's initial response to the Sherrod incident at the daily 8:30 a.m. staff meeting on Tuesday. In those remarks, Messina said the White House had reacted quickly to the controversy.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday he has apologized to ousted employee Shirley Sherrod and offered her a unique new position at the agency.
Sherrod, in an interview with The Associated Press, said she was considering it.
"They did make an offer," she said in a telephone interview. "I just told him I need to think about it."
Vilsack told reporters that Sherrod accepted his apology. He said, "She was extraordinarily gracious."
The new job offer comes after an embarrassed White House apologized to Sherrod Wednesday for ousting her over her remarks about race to an NAACP banquet in Georgia earlier this year. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the administration did not know all the facts when it acted.
When asked Wednesday if he had spoken with President Barack Obama, Vilsack said simply, "No."
Vilsack insisted that it had been his decision to seek her resignation and said he takes full responsibility.
"This is a good woman," Vilsack said. "She's been put through hell."
Sherrod resigned this week as state director of rural development in Georgia. She said she quit under pressure from the White House.
The extraordinary turn of events came less than 48 hours after a video depicting Sherrod talking about her experience with a white farmer went viral. While Sherrod emerged heroic for the treatment she received, the Obama administration appeared fearful, even panicky in dealing with a racially charged story.
Sherrod, who says her remarks had been selectively edited and taken out of context, told CNN that the White House "harassed" her to resign because the controversy was "going to be on Glenn Beck tonight."
When USDA officials contacted Sherrod saying the White House wanted her to resign, she says she tried to communicate that there was another side to the story.
Her videotaped remarks appeared to indicate she didn't give "the full force of what I could do" to a farmer because he was white. But she says the remarks were actually used to illustrate that people should not be judged based on race. The farmer has defended Sherrod, and credits her with saving his farm. But the administration officials wouldn't listen, she says.
"They were not interested in hearing the truth," Sherrod said of the administration. "No one wanted to hear the truth."
"The last time they asked me to pull over the side of the road and submit my resignation on my Blackberry, and that's what I did," Sherrod told The Associated Press.
Pundits on the left and right said Wednesday that the incident shows all the hallmarks of an administration panicked by free-falling approval numbers and negative coverage from conservative media.
The White House has denied any involvement in Sherrod's forced resignation, while acknowledging that they approved of Vilsack's decision once they were informed of it.
But Sherrod has indicated she was told the order came from the White House. And a report Wednesday morning by Politico's Ben Smith appears to support that account. Smith says three Democratic sources tell him that Deputy White House Chief of Staff Jim Messina praised the White House's initial response to the Sherrod incident at the daily 8:30 a.m. staff meeting on Tuesday. In those remarks, Messina said the White House had reacted quickly to the controversy.
Mike Pence On White House Stimulus Jobs Numbers…. "Really?"
U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference delivered the following remarks on the House floor July 15th:
“In the worst economy in a quarter of a century, American families are hurting, businesses are struggling in the city and on the farm. And that's obvious to almost everyone in this country except the Obama Administration.
“Remarkably, yesterday, the White House issued a report saying that the stimulus bill that passed a year and a half ago, had ‘saved or created 2.5 to 3.6 million jobs.’
"As my three teenagers might say to me in like circumstances, ‘Really?’
"Two point five to 3.6 million jobs? Unemployment was 7.5 percent when the stimulus was passed, it's 9.5 percent today.
“It's important the American people know that the report, issued by the administration yesterday, isn't even based on actual numbers. It comes from what economists say is a highly-inflated projection of how much economic growth is created for every government dollar that's spent.
The facts come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They speak for themselves.
“Since the stimulus was enacted, more than 3 million jobs have been lost in this country. A net job loss of 2.4 million jobs.
"Enough with the talk. The stimulus bill has failed. It's time for new ideas. Across the board tax relief and fiscal discipline now.”
“In the worst economy in a quarter of a century, American families are hurting, businesses are struggling in the city and on the farm. And that's obvious to almost everyone in this country except the Obama Administration.
“Remarkably, yesterday, the White House issued a report saying that the stimulus bill that passed a year and a half ago, had ‘saved or created 2.5 to 3.6 million jobs.’
"As my three teenagers might say to me in like circumstances, ‘Really?’
"Two point five to 3.6 million jobs? Unemployment was 7.5 percent when the stimulus was passed, it's 9.5 percent today.
“It's important the American people know that the report, issued by the administration yesterday, isn't even based on actual numbers. It comes from what economists say is a highly-inflated projection of how much economic growth is created for every government dollar that's spent.
The facts come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They speak for themselves.
“Since the stimulus was enacted, more than 3 million jobs have been lost in this country. A net job loss of 2.4 million jobs.
"Enough with the talk. The stimulus bill has failed. It's time for new ideas. Across the board tax relief and fiscal discipline now.”
(To view the video, click here.)
Bachmann: 24 Lawmakers Attend Tea Party Caucus
Rep. Michele Bachmann says she founded the Tea Party Caucus so it could be a "receptacle" for the views of average citizens — not to push an agenda.
“We are not the mouthpiece of the Tea Party. We are not taking the Tea Party and controlling it from Washington, D.C.,” Bachmann said at a press conference at the Capitol following the meeting.
“I am not the head of the Tea Party,” said the conservative Minnesotan, noting that none of the other lawmakers are either.
She says Congress is not listening to the Tea Party movement and her caucus is designed to clear the way so that members can.
Bachmann says the just-formed caucus has 24 members, including the third-ranking GOP member of the House, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana. She says she also hopes Democrats will join the caucus, according to the Associated Press, and has invited House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio has declined to join the caucus.
“We are not the mouthpiece of the Tea Party. We are not taking the Tea Party and controlling it from Washington, D.C.,” Bachmann said at a press conference at the Capitol following the meeting.
“I am not the head of the Tea Party,” said the conservative Minnesotan, noting that none of the other lawmakers are either.
She says Congress is not listening to the Tea Party movement and her caucus is designed to clear the way so that members can.
Bachmann says the just-formed caucus has 24 members, including the third-ranking GOP member of the House, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana. She says she also hopes Democrats will join the caucus, according to the Associated Press, and has invited House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio has declined to join the caucus.
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