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Congressman Cole Endorses Doug Hoffman
Posted by: | CommentsDue to the vagaries of local politics two Republicans are on the ballot in the special election in NY-23. Doug Hoffman, the conservative, clearly represents the main stream values and positions of the Republican Party. He opposes the stimulus, cap and trade, card check, the Democratic health care bill and the Obama Administration’s reckless spending binge. He is a pro-life fiscal conservative who is committed to restraining the growth of government. And Hoffman is committed to fighting and winning the war in Afghanistan.
Doug Hoffman is right on the critical issues facing America — and he is the only Republican who can win this special election. For those reasons I have chosen to endorse Mr. Hoffman and my leadership PAC has contributed to his campaign. I look forward to working with Doug in Congress and welcoming him into the Republican Conference.
Congressman
Tom Cole
Fallin Looking Good!
Posted by: | CommentsBased on the latest poll numbers Congresswoman Fallin is looking good.
Fallin holds a double digit lead whether the opponent is Edmondson
(53%-37%) or Askins (54%-35%)
She has already secured strong support from base GOP voters. She has more than 80% support from Republicans, more than 60% support from conservatives.
Fallin has 61% favorable rating while Edmondson has a favorable rating of 50% and Askins has a favorable rating of 41%.
Tom Cole Says “No Way Jose”
Posted by: | CommentsCole Says “No” To Loaded War Supplemental
WASHINGTON – Today Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) issued the following
statement regarding the emergency War Supplemental. Despite the House and Senate previously passing clean versions of the bill, the final
version – the conference report – has been unnecessarily loaded with $108 billion in aid for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
“Last month, the House of Representatives passed a clean troop funding bill on a strong and bipartisan vote – I had hoped to be able to do so
again today,” Congressman Cole said. “But unfortunately the Administration and the Senate chose to load up an otherwise good bill with a $108 billion global bail out. This will permanently increase by
ten fold the IMF’s ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. And this comes at a time when our own national resources have been so depleted by
the Obama Administration’s spending spree, that we would have to borrow the money ourselves in order to make it available to the IMF. Something
is seriously wrong with the idea that the United States will essentially borrow money from China in order to establish a line of credit for an
international bank to make loans to foreign countries – some of whom are
our enemies.”
”I am strongly in favor of funding our troops in the field of battle.
But with the size of our troop commitment growing, and our new focus in Afghanistan unfolding, now is not the time to meddle with military
funding measures. Unfortunately the Majority in the House of Representatives decided to push through with this legislation, knowing that they would lose the support of dozens of Republicans. It’s clear
that the Majority has lost the mantle of bipartisanship on this issue. If they are going to talk-the-talk of bipartisanship – they should remember to also walk-the-walk.”
