Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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Hutchison AWOL from Senate Vote on ACORN
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Posted by:
Matt Lewis at
10:15 AM
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As I noted last night, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is failing to keep pace with Governor Rick Perry's endorsements.
Now, some are accusing her of failing to do her job as a U.S. Senator, as well.
Rick Perry's gubernatorial campaign has pointed out that Senator Hutchison was AWOL on an important vote to defund ACORN.
As the Dallas Morning News reports:
The Senate voted Monday to cut off funding for ACORN, the anti-poverty group that has become a target of the conservative talk radio and Fox TV. The vote was overwhelming, but Kay Bailey Hutchison didn't vote. And Rick Perry's campaign wants to know why.
Says Perry spokesman Mark Miner: "Less than one week after the Senate returned to work, Senator Hutchison skipped a key vote to prevent ACORN from receiving taxpayer funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is yet another example of Senator Hutchison failing to protect the taxpayers of Texas. The Senator made time to vote for a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street, but when it came time to prevent tax dollars from going to a liberal activist group, she was nowhere to be found."
Aside from the obvious point that ACORN has dominated conservative talk for the last week or so, the other problem for KBH is that going AWOL is not new for Senator Hutchison. The Dallas Morning News has previously reported on her missing key Senate Committee Hearings:
Hutchison has been absent from the committee's work on two top priorities of Congress: health care legislation and consumer protection. When she recently announced her departure from the Senate in the fall, she said she'd stay in Washington long enough to participate in the health legislation. [However,] Hutchison missed all four Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearings that explored problems with health insurers, including one that showed insurers "purge" small-business beneficiaries if their claims exceed underwriters' expectations.
It is inherently difficult to oust an incumbent, especially one in your own party. But this task is made nearly impossible when you fail to show up to work. It's hard to imagine her calculus on this ...
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That allows constituents to dock the pay of Senators who do not show up for work. You know, sort of like the rest of the American people. |
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That allows constituents to dock the pay of Senators who do not show up for work. You know, sort of like the rest of the American people. |
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The last thing Texans want is for someone to make Austin more like DC... Please don't try to infect us with your inside the beltway thinking |
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All the more reason to vote for Debra Medina. She announced her candidacy on Saturday Sept. 12th and went on to speak at the 912 rally in Fort Worth, TX. She is what Texas needs. It's time to kick both those RINO's to the curb. See Medina's speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsA601gCuwU |
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All the more reason to vote for Debra Medina. She announced her candidacy on Saturday Sept. 12th and went on to speak at the 912 rally in Fort Worth, TX. She is what Texas needs. It's time to kick both those RINO's to the curb. See Medina's speech here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsA601gCuwU |
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More like a nice tasty RINO, slow cooking on a spit.
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........
I'll ice down some brews........ |
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Make mine Newcastle Brown Ale. Thanks in advance.
RINO makes a fine meal. |
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http://biggovernment.com/2009/09/15/house-gop-to-call-for-t otal-cutoff-of-federal-funds-to-acorn/
House GOP to call for total cutoff of Federal Funds to ACORN by Publius
The Washington Examiner reports, Sep.15, 2009:
Today House Republicans will introduce a bill that would end all federal funding to ACORN and its affiliates. Republicans are also sending a letter to President Obama on the same subject.
The action comes after the release, on the website BigGovernment, of three undercover videos showing ACORN employees in Baltimore, Washington DC, and New York City offering advice on how to evade taxes, cover up prostitution activity, and abet the use of minors in prostitution. In the wake of those disclosures, the U.S. Census cut its ties with ACORN, and yesterday the Senate voted 83-7 to cut off housing funds for the organization.
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TEXANS ARE FOR RICK PERRY! |
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I don't like Perry...
And I like Hutch even less...
Don't know Medina well enough to make a decision yet... |
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is the Berkeley of Texas, or did you miss the memo? |
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Hutchison has demonstrated her unworthiness more than just this once. |
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The ACORN Senate Vote is being watched closely, as devotees of the social reform group are particularly worried about what this is going to mean. To read more, please visit http://personalmoneystore.com/Cash-Advance/ |
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http://personalmoneystore.com/Cash-Advance/
The ACORN Senate vote is being watched closely, as devotees of the social reform group are particularly worried about what this is going to mean. Well, the ACORN Senate vote did not go in their favor. The federal subsidy to ACORN Housing was summarily canceled. |
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