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GOPer Sensenbrenner: The Lesson In Ford's Death Is ... To Cut Spending
The news of Gerald Ford's death is less than a day old, but one politician has already stepped forward to exploit Ford's death to advance his own issues. And the politican in question is a Republican. The Wisconsin political site WisPolitics has posted a press release from Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a leading House GOP firebrand, arguing that the lesson in Ford's death is that Congress needs to cut spending, an issue that has long been close to Sensenbrenner's heart. Key quote from the release:
Yet his service in Congress taught him that overspending would poison our economy and cost many Americans their jobs. His numerous vetoes of bills passed by Congress which spent too much money is a lesson my colleagues and I should remember.
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But it's open checkbook for Republican military adventures.
At least Ford didn't start any wars. But his administration spawned the driving force of the Bush Administration: Cheney and Rumsfeld.
December 27, 2006 6:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
From the PR: "Gerald Ford encouraged me to run for Congress in 1978. He told me that since I would represent a safe district once elected, I could have a major impact on legislation and the direction our country would take..."
The 10 Worse Congressmen
#2 THE DICTATOR
JAMES SENSENBRENNER JR. (R-WIS.)
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/2
No politician better embodies the zealotry of the 109th Congress than Sensenbrenner, chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee. His solution to hot-button issues is always the same: Lock 'em up. Sensenbrenner has proposed legislation that would turn 12 million undocumented immigrants into felons, subject any adult selling a joint to a teenager to at least ten years in prison, and incarcerate college kids for failing to narc on their hallmates. He also wants to prosecute anyone who utters an obscenity on the air. Big fines just aren't tough enough for indecent broadcasts: As Sensenbrenner told a group of cable executives last year, "I'd prefer using the criminal process rather than the regulatory process."
In addition to his assault on free speech, Sensenbrenner has also played a major role in curtailing civil liberties. He was the lead House sponsor of the Patriot Act, which gives the government broad powers to spy on Americans. Although the measure was intended to stop terrorists, Sensenbrenner insists it should also be used in routine criminal cases.
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December 29, 2006 10:02 AM | Reply | Permalink