DCCC Targeting Six GOPers on Tax Cuts

by: bill hedrick for congress

Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 16:41:48 PM PDT

The ads will target Republican members of Congress who opposed the middle class tax cut in President Obama's economic recovery act.  These ads are the DCCC's way of taking the message of middle class tax cuts and economic recovery directly to the public in radio ads called "Tax Man" that will run in the lead up to April 15th (tax day).

This is the DCCC's fourth phase of the "Putting Families First" campaign and we've been fortunate enough to be included in the other phases as well.

Here's a link to the DCCC site where you can hear the ad and read more about the campaign.  http://dccc.org/blog/archives/...

Calvert Putting Politics Before Families

by: bill hedrick for congress

Tue Mar 31, 2009 at 14:53:18 PM PDT

He had the gall to release a newsletter this week touting the fact that he's once again defied the new administration.

What was particularly appalling was his slam against what he calls the "Mortgage Cram-Down Bill" (H.R. 1106), saying it would allow judges to "cram down" the principle amount on home mortgages.

Has Mr. Calvert somehow forgotten that the largest city in his district (Riverside) now has the fourth largest foreclosure rate in the country?

In today's LA Times, there's an article on just how bad the housing market is.  The Los Angeles area market, which includes Orange County (again - Rep. Calvert's district), is down 39% from 2006.

What irks me the most is the fact that it was Calvert's own votes during the Bush administration that led to the housing market collapse and the current economic situation we're all in.

Calvert has voted against each and every part of the president's recovery plan and seems to be proud of that fact - even though he barely squeaked out a win himself in November.

During the 8 years of Bush, Calvert was a YES man voting with that administration 94.4% of the time yet in two short months under an Obama presidency, he's somehow joined the party of NO doing everything in his power to stall the country's recovery.

With every vote Mr. Calvert casts, he's helping my 2010 campaign.  Unfortunately, his help is coming at the expense of the working families he supposedly serves in this district.

Rep. Calvert's Hypocrisy

by: bill hedrick for congress

Wed Mar 11, 2009 at 21:57:24 PM PDT

When asked about adding those earmarks to the bill, Calvert said, "That doesn't obligate me to vote for the spending."

Calvert also voted against the Stimulus Bill and then came home for a series of town hall meetings where he touted the new projects and jobs the bill would bring.

"House Republicans are saying one thing in Washington and then something completely different in California. It's the height of hypocrisy," said Andy Stone, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

I'm getting tired of hearing Mr. Calvert complain about spending after he voted to bailout banks and corporate CEOs to the tune of $700 billion with no oversight, and who repeatedly voted to spend a budget-busting trillion dollars in Iraq.

The argument is ridiculous - eight years of out of control spending by the Republicans and suddenly they are the party of fiscal responsibility?  Do they honestly believe we will fall for that?