How Did MV’s Representative Vote?

Here’s a report forwarded to this blog on how Mission Viejo’s Congressional representative voted last week. He added, “How many people are following what’s going on in Congress? If voters knew some of these things, maybe they’d be more interested in voting in the November election. Only 35 percent of Mission Viejo voters took part in the June 8 primary, and we need to do better than that to turn things around.”

Last week in Congress:
Unemployment Insurance Extension: On July 22, the House passed H.R. 4213, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. The bill provides an extension of the emergency unemployment compensation program and 100 percent of the federal funding for the extended benefit program. The bill is unpaid for and will add $34 billion to the deficit. The voting record shows Congressman Gary Miller opposed it.

This week, Congress will either consider or vote on War Supplemental Appropriations, Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations, Transportation/Housing Appropriations, Oil Spill Legislation and the Small Business Jobs Bill.

Other summaries:
The 2001 and 2003 tax cuts are expiring, causing a $3.8 trillion tax increase that will affect every American.

The federal deficit in June surpassed the $1 trillion mark for the second straight year. The annual deficit is on pace to be only slightly lower than 2009’s $1.4 trillion record.

Conclusion:
Americans cannot continue supporting out-of-control government spending on any level.