How did your DFL Congresswoman Betty McCollum represent you in Washington?
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Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act - Vote Passed (217-201, 14 Not Voting)
The House approved this bill that would provide $13 billion in payroll tax relief over 10 years for employers who hire unemployed workers and extend through 2010 a law that allows small businesses to deduct up to $250,000 in qualified expenses. The bill goes to the Senate.
Rep. Betty McCollum voted YES
Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act - Vote Passed(262-153, 16 Not Voting)
The House passed this legislation that would establish the first federal safety standards on seclusion and restraint in schools, allowing for restraints in cases when there is immediate danger to the student or others. The bill now heads to the Senate.
Rep. Betty McCollum voted YES
Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act - Vote Passed (217-201, 14 Not Voting)
The House approved this bill that would provide $13 billion in payroll tax relief over 10 years for employers who hire unemployed workers and extend through 2010 a law that allows small businesses to deduct up to $250,000 in qualified expenses. The bill goes to the Senate.
Rep. Betty McCollum voted YES
Temporary Extension Act of 2010 - Vote Passed (78-19, 3 Not Voting)
The Senate passed this bill that provides short-term extensions of a number of programs that expired February 28, including unemployment benefits and federal health care subsidies for jobless workers. The bill was quickly signed by the President.
Sen. Al Franken voted YES
Sen. Amy Klobuchar voted YES |
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Rep. Keith Ellison has written a letter to President Obama urging him to use diplomatic pressure to end Israel's blockade of Gaza. 50 members of the House have signed the letter, including Ellison's fellow Minnesotans Betty McCollum and James Oberstar.
More on this letter at: http://www.jrtelegraph.com/2010/02/antiisraeli-lobby-and-54-democrats-who-support-it.html?cid=6a00d83451af0469e201287773f982970c
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From the Opinion page of the Pioneer Press 1/21/2010 http://www.twincities.com/opinion
The Pioneer Press editorializes that, as to "government involvement" with the funding of health care reform, "The newest insult — in a long line of embarrassing deals, exemptions, and kickbacks — is special tax treatment for union members and state and government employees who enjoy 'Cadillac' health care plans" ("The health care cram-down continues," Jan. 17).
This particular federal government, controlled by the Democrats, has declared unions and government employees the winners.
Betty McCollum, our 4th District U.S. House representative is seeking re-election this year. The 50 percent of us American citizens who still pay federal income tax are eagerly awaiting "a position statement" from McCollum — so we will know for whom we should vote in November.
Gene Delaune, New Brighton
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On February 28, 2006 during the 109th Congress, fifty-five Democrat members of the House of Representatives signed a document entitled “House Democrats Release Historic Catholic Statement of Principles” (http://www.votesmart.org/speech_detail.php?sc_id=34128&keyword=abortion&phrase=&contain). In part, this document contained the following language:
“We envision a world in which every child belongs to a loving family and agree with the Catholic Church about the value of human life and the undesirability of abortion-we do not celebrate its practice. Each of us is committed to reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies and creating an environment with policies that encourage pregnancies to be carried to term. We believe this includes promoting alternatives to abortion, such as adoption, and improving access to children’s healthcare and child care, as well as policies that encourage paternal and maternal responsibility.”
Minnesotans who signed this Statement of Principles were Jim Oberstar (MN-8) and Betty McCollum (MN-4).
On November 7, 2009 during the 111th Congress, 194 Democrat House members voted against the Stupak-Pitts amendment to H.R. 3692, an amendment that prohibited abortion funding by the public health care option and through affordability credits which would be given to consumers to pay for health care plans that fund abortions (http://www.lifenews.com/nat5629.html). A vote against the Stupak-Pitts amendment was a vote for taxpayer-paid abortion.
Rep. Bart Stupak and 16 of his fellow Democrat House members signed the Statement of Principles and voted for the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. These included Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota.
Seventeen Democrat House members who signed the Statement of Principles voted against the Stupak-Pitts amendment and for taxpayer-paid abortion. These included Rep. Betty McCollum and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The Stupak-Pitts Amendment prohibiting taxpayer-paid abortion passed the House by 240 to 194 votes (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll884.xml).
During the 2010 election, which Betty will be campaigning? The 2006 pro-life Betty or the 2009 pro-abortion Betty? |
Memo to Democrats: Death should not be a taxable event
MN's Delegation was split 4 - 4 on the Death Tax which narrowly passed 225 - 200
While 26 Democrats bucked their party and sided with all Republicans to protect family businesses from the predatory IRS, Betty was not one of them.
This bill hurts countless small business owners, family farmers, and retired parents and grandparents. The CATO Foundation says profits from the death tax generate about 1.5% of the federal reserve once compliance, administrative and enforcement costs are thrown in. Repealing the tax would generate 1.5 million jobs. |
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