Congress

Does John McCain Care More About Dead Boxers than Kids?

Anita Christy

Some senators/presidential candidates weren’t fooled by the majority opinion that the ESSA (S1177 Every Student Succeeds Act) returns educational decisions to local school districts and the states.    Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul voted NAY for cloture on 12/8/2015.  Paul again voted NAY to the bill on 12/9/2015.  Senator Jeff Flake flip-flopped, initially voting YEA on Tuesday, and NAY on Wednesday.  

Senator Cruz stated:  The bill "continues to propagate the large and ever-growing role of the federal government in our education system—the same federal government that sold us failed top-down standards like Common Core."  

Senator Paul stated:  "While the Senate bill goes a long way to remove federal mandates, it also continues a large federal intrusion into education, therefore I will oppose it."  

Senator John McCain voted YEA both days.  Maybe it was because he finally, after 10 years of trying, got his special wish.  

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Ted Cruz, John McCain, John Boehner: Which Guy do YOU Want to Be?

Anita Christy

Pictures are worth thousands of words.  

 

"WE have seen Ted Cruz KNEELING in prayer in the front of the White House. We have seen Ted Cruz STANDING all night, and all alone against Obamacare. WE have seen Ted Cruz SITTING, while others applauded revealing their soullessness, and utter contempt for the American people. In each instance Ted Cruz was alone in his statesmanship decorum. TRUTH in a decadent day usually stands alone. Those who are standing, and applauding are what our founders feared. Ted Cruz is what our founders dreamed of."  Author unknown.

Quisling John Boehner, selling out Republicans. 

"Any immigration reform should improve the lives, the incomes, and the opportunities of those who are lawfully in America."  Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation.

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John McCain rips Tea Party, Fox News, calls Hillary Clinton a ‘rock star’

Anita Christy

Remember this article from 2013?  

When asked about Hillary Clinton, John McCain stated:

"I think she did a fine job," he said of Clinton’s performance as Secretary of State despite the scandal surrounding the Benghazi terror attack.

"She’s a rock star. She has, maybe not glamour, but certainly the aura of someone widely regarded throughout the world. I do think it is interesting that the issues where John Kerry is engaging is where Hillary Clinton did not engage in, that those decisions were left to the White House and the National Security Council," he added.

What if Hillary ran against Rand Paul in 2016:

"It’s gonna be a tough choice," he said, laughing.

He clarified his remark, saying Paul "represents a segment of the GOP, just like his father. And I think he is trying to expand that, intelligently, to make it larger."

He called Rand Paul and Ted Cruz "wacko birds."  

He said Obama has "grown" in office, especially since the president has reached out to him and Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who is often at McCain’s side on issues like immigration. McCain praised Graham, saying he "is like a son to me."

Fox News is "schizophrenic."

About the TEA Party:  "Many in this group didn’t come to power to get things done. They came to power to keep things from getting done," he said.

John McCain also stated:  Kelly Ayotte, I am very close to. Chuck Schumer (Democrat). Carl Levin (Democrat) and I are as close as two people can be.

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McCain-Assisting PAC Misleads Voters about Conservative Opponent Kelli Ward

Anita Christy

by Patrick O’Malley and Anita Christy

The Arizona Grassroots Action PAC has been running a negative ad about Kelli Ward for weeks on radio stations and FaceBook. The ad claims she failed to support our military with the funding needed to pay the troops. It also claims she sponsored a bill to prevent law enforcement in Arizona from cooperating with the feds to prevent terrorism.

Both claims are false.  

Every year, Congress passes a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fund the military.  A serious criticism of the 2013 NDAA was that it continued to include a provision that allows the military to detain individuals, including US citizens, indefinitely and without trial, as part of the war on terror.  

Kelli Ward was a State Senator and couldn’t vote on the NDAA, but she was asked about the bill and specifically about the indefinite detention of individuals issue on a talk radio show. The show is Love, Guns, and Freedom with Luca Zanna, and the discussion about the NDAA with Kelli Ward is part of the December 1, 2013 show.  That’s where the quote “I don’t support the bill” comes from. It was in response to a direct question about the indefinite detention provision.  

In 2014, many brave conservatives joined Ted Cruz in opposing this tyranny for the same reason given by Kelli Ward.  See Ted Cruz: Indefinite Detention Retained in NDAA 2014.  

The second issue concerns Arizona SB1156 in 2014.  Dr. Ward was the prime sponsor, along with 13 co-sponsors. The Grassroots Action PAC claims the bill would restrict Arizona law enforcement from cooperating with the feds to fight terrorism. Do you remember back when we found out the NSA was monitoring our phone calls? That it wasn’t just suspected terrorists’ international calls like we’d been told? It was everybody’s calls all the time? And people were wondering what had happened to their Fourth Amendment protections from search and seizure? SB1156 stated that the NSA and other federal agencies that wanted cooperation from local law enforcement in their investigations and wanted to collect information in Arizona had to get a warrant. No cooperation without a warrant.   

The AZ Grassroots Action PAC was organized in 2014 supposedly to support or oppose multiple federal candidates and is classified as an independent expenditure committee.

Not quite.   According to an article in Politico titled McCain’s big purge: 

 

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Congressional Hearing on IRS Abuse and EPA Overreach: Mesa, Aug. 22.

Anita Christy

On August 22, from 3:30 – 7:30 pm, please attend a Congressional Hearing on IRS Abuse and EPA Overreach. The hearing will be held at the Mesa Arts Center (Virginia G. Piper Repertory Theater) at 1 East Main Street.  Here is a link to the event flyer.  

The public is encouraged to attend and speak.

Paul Gosar (AZ-04) stated, "It is important, now more than ever, that we hold this intrusive government accountable. Please join us and let us know how you feel about the IRS’s illegal targeting of conservative organizations and the EPA’s unlawful actions."  

Paul Gosar (AZ-04) will be joined by Congressmen Matt Salmon (AZ-05), David Schweikert (AZ-06) and Trent Franks (AZ-08).  The purpose is to take testimony from constituents in regards to problems or concerns they have with the IRS or EPA.  Witnesses will also offer testimony on the impact a closure of the Navajo Generating Station would have on Arizona.  These issues not only impact Arizonans, but also affect Americans across the country.  

Attorney General Tom Horne and State Representative Brenda Barton will offer testimony. Representatives from Tea Party groups, industry associations, and businesses will testify as well.

According to Rep. Paul Gosar (CD4), "Salt River Project, operator of Navajo Generating Station, recently announced it would shut down 33 percent of the plant with an agreement that will likely shut the entire plant by 2044. The dismantling of the electric plant is due to the Obama Environmental Protection Agency’s unnatural fixation with destroying the coal industry. President Barack Obama stated publicly that he will see to it that coal plants are taxed or regulated out of existence. The president is now using the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to attack carbon fuels."

Read more here:  Obama’s EPA to Blame as your Energy Costs Rise. 

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Congress Sends Letters to Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell

Anita Christy

On August 14, 2015, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent letters to both Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, and to Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, demanding answers.  

Click HERE to read the letter to Secretary Burwell .  Click HERE to read the letter to Ms. Richards. 

See below for the wording of request #4 to Burwell and request #7 to Richards.  They are identical, and very interesting.   

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Matt Salmon – Not Kirk Adams – Tells the Truth

Anita Christy

Recently, an email was forwarded to me that Kirk Adams’ wife, JaNae, sent to her friends. In that 8/22/2012 email, Ms. Adams repeated the following falsehoods that have been repeated continuously by Kirk Adams and his campaign.

Ms. Adams stated:

“Here are the facts:
1. Matt Salmon lobbied for Obamacare.
2. Publicly available disclosure documents prove this fact.
3. The Salmon campaign has not disputed the veracity of these documents. Instead, they’ve chosen to personally attack my husband.”

I will continue calling out these lies as long as Mr. and Mrs. Adams and the Kirk Adams campaign keep repeating them.

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