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California: Ed Royce

March 26, 2009 - 12:40 pm
NEWS FEED: CA Political News

Democrats Love to use Taxes Codes to Steal

What is the difference between taxing bonus money at 90% and taxing dividends (non "earned" money) at 90%.

The Democrats and other socialist believe that only labor is real wages, dividends, profits, bonuses are all theft of money from workers.

The Obama tax increase did have impressive GOP support--well known anti-taxers voted FOR the theft.  Tom McClintock, Ed Royce and Dana Rohrabacher all voted to confiscate the contracted bonuses.

How will they oppose a 90% rate on dividends and profits--the capital gains tax can now go up to 90% and they will have to support Obama.  Of course, that means investors will withdraw their investments in the United States.

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February 18, 2009 - 06:38 am
NEWS FEED: Sacramento Bee

AM Alert: Hollingsworth in, Cogdill out

By Shane Goldmacher

Senate Republicans have a new leader today after the caucus ousted Sen. Dave Cogdill and replaced him with Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth shortly after midnight.

Despite speculation that Senate Republicans may ask to reopen budget talks, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg insisted the change has absolutely no effect on his strategy to break the budget deadlock this week.

"We're going to maintain our focus towards solving the problem of getting one vote regardless of who the leader is," Steinberg said after his house took a recess around 1 a.m. "Leadership doesn't change the fact that there is no other idea put forward that would take $41 billion out of a budget deficit.

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Mon, 12/01/2008 - 18:08

Orange County congressmen disapprove of Obama administration picks

By James B. Gerber, PolitickerCA.com Reporter

President-elect Barack Obama's selection of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as secretary of Homeland Security drew sharp criticism Monday from two Orange County congressmen.

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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 19:18

Royce, Rohrabacher ask Bush to pardon ex-border patrol agents

By James B. Gerber, PolitickerCA.com Reporter

U.S. Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) joined a number of their congressional colleagues Friday in sending a letter to Ronald Rogers, President George W. Bush's pardon attorney, requesting pardons for ex-border patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

Ramos and Compean were convicted of illegally shooting an unarmed drug dealer as he fled near the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, in 2005. Compean's sister, Claudia Martinez, lives in Rohrabacher's district.

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Mon, 09/29/2008 - 16:43

O.C. Reps. split on bailout vote

By James B. Gerber, PolitickerCA.com Reporter

The five U.S. representatives who hail from Orange County were divided on the Monday vote for the emergency rescue package.

Reps. John Campbell (R-Irvine) and Ken Calvert (R-Corona) voted ford the bill, which would invest up to $700 billion in troubled financial companies. In a speech delivered from the house floor, Campbell urged his colleagues to support the legislation.

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