On Tuesday, November 30, 2010, Congressman Mike Conaway will co-host an event to inform Veterans, Soldiers, and beneficiaries of the process for applying for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay, which has a deadline of December 3, 2010.
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Representative Mike Conaway (R-TX) was named today to serve on the GOP Majority Transition Team. This 22-member team will work to ensure a seamless transition to a new Republican majority in the 112th Congress so that the House can get to work immediately in January to address the priorities of the American people. The team has been charged with implementing the reforms to Congress in the Pledge to America and looking for additional ways to reform Congress so that it is more transparent, cost-effective, and accountable to the people.
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I encourage everyone in the area to come out and visit with me about the different legislative issues that are effecting our nation. Please check back, as more events may be added. Thanks.
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Late last night, the U.S. House of Representatives adjourned until November 15th, leaving town a week early, with much work left undone. Congressman Mike Conaway joined Republicans in protesting adjournment until Congress addressed tax increases set to go into effect on January 1, 2011.
The motion to adjourn passed 210-209, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi casting a rare tie-breaking vote.
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Today, House Republicans unveiled a new governing agenda for the 111th Congress at Tart Lumber Company, a family-owned small business in Sterling, Virginia. The agenda includes specific plans on job creation, spending cuts, congressional reform and other priorities that were built through a process of listening to the American people through the America Speaking Out initiative.
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Members of the Texas Republican Congressional delegation today introduced legislation to repeal language in last month’s education funding bill that discriminates against only the state of Texas, and could prevent Texas from receiving its fair share of the federal education funding.
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives convened back in Washington during the August district work period to vote on H.R 1586, the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. As passed by the Senate, H.R. 1586 demands that the State of Texas maintains a specific level of State support for elementary and secondary education and higher education spending in order to receive any of the $10 billion in education funds under the bill. It also requires the Governor to “provide assurances to the Secretary” that the Texas Legislature will maintain that support not just for 2011, but also for 2012 and 2013. This language singles out Texas, violates the State’s constitution, and puts future State budgets in an indefensible position.
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Last week, The Washington Post unveiled its, “Top Secret America” series, detailing the billions of dollars in private, commercial intelligence operations that have formed since September 11, 2001, which the Post calls our "fourth branch" of government. The recent series of Washington Post articles investigating the US Intelligence Community has highlighted a critical issue facing our nation.
Yesterday, Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX-11) sent a letter urging Vivek Kundra, the Chief Information Officer of the Office of Management and Budget to help the Intelligence Community receive a clean financial audit on the annually appropriated National Intelligence Program funding.
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“This is yet another broken promise by the Obama Administration. After repeatedly saying that the President’s Executive Order would prevent the use of taxpayer-funded abortions, it is clear that was just another tactic to pass their government takeover of our nation’s health care system.”
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“Today’s announcement is yet another disappointment to every small business in District 11 and every family across the country who struggle to keep their business afloat and keep food on the table. President Obama continues to say that our economy is ‘getting stronger by the day’; however the American people are getting tired of the rhetoric and want to start seeing actual numbers. For the past year, hard-working taxpayers have been asking the President and the Democrat Leadership, “Where are the Jobs?” They have had enough. It is time to stop the spending and start working on a fiscally conservative, commonsense plan to lower the deficit and get Americans back to work.”
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