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May 08, 2006
The Phantom Tax Bill
By Robert Novak
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Charles Grassley last Tuesday cavalierly rejected a summons to meet in the Oval Office with George W. Bush about tax legislation. Grassley, Senate Finance Committee chairman, said he could not make it because of visiting constituents from back home in Iowa. The real reason […]

Cigarette tax increase waits in the wings
By Jason Embry, Corrie MacLaggan
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, May 05, 2006
A proposed $1-per-pack increase in the state’s cigarette tax stalled Thursday as lawmakers haggled over changes to the school finance system.
The delay gave a growing cigarette lobby more time to build its case against the increase.
Gov. Rick Perry proposed and the […]

Here’s the press statement from the Speaker on the Senate’s budget busting supplemental appropriations bill:
(Washington, D.C.) Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today made the following statement regarding a $109 billion emergency supplemental bill, which passed the Senate. The House in March passed its version, H.R. 4939, with a 348-71 vote.
“As it’s currently […]

For all you young FreedomWorks Oregon members who want to learn about effective leadership, come take advantage of the Youth Leadership School. Organized by the Leadership Institute, this opportunity is a great chance to gain political knowledge and to grow into the leaders of tomorrow.
Corvallis, OR
May 20-21, 2006
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Ryan C. Nichols
Youth Leadership School […]

Story here:
Dick Armey, Piper Rudnick Gray Cary The irascible former House majority leader is signed on to a plethora of his firm’s clients, but the Texan just might get GOP lawmakers’ more rapt attention in his role as chairman of FreedomWorks, the conservative grassroots group.

The Social Securities 2006 Trustees Report was released yesterday and, not suprisingly, they’re still won’t be enough money to pay the benefits we’re promising, we still have no legal ownership of the Social Security benefits we’re being promised, and we still can’t leave those promised checks to anyone but Uncle Sam, even if we die […]