Do these Votes Represent YOU?

[FayeforCure]

Faye...to spin this another way....has Mica ever voted for something you are in favor of?

Sure tufsu1, thanks for asking.

Back in 1999, Mica voted against the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act that allowed banks to sell stock and investments. Since 1933, safeguards had been put in place to prevent banks from combining bank operations with investment. These two activities had been kept separate to prevent another economic collapse and depression.

Mica was right to vote NO on the repeal of the Glass-Stegall act.

Recently Mica also recognized the fire hazard of lithium batteries in airtravel.

So, I am certainly able and willing to see reasonable votes from people who have a terrible voting record overall.

Unlike some of the heated rhetoric of the tea drinkers who as I do, believe government is corrupted,......I do not believe we need to do away with government altogether, we just need to make it work better.

That includes having government provide the oversight and accountability that would address the 21% fraud in Medicare, rather than cut physician pay by 21%.

[Ocklawaha]

Unlike some of the heated rhetoric of the tea drinkers who as I do, believe government is corrupted,......I do not believe we need to do away with government altogether, we just need to make it work better.

Yup, we all agree Faye, we just need to let YOU direct our lives. Screw tea BTW, whatever the hell that means, but you suspose I side with "them" or "anyone else", as I said, Unreconstructed. Maybe you should it up, BTW, "we" do have our own party.

In the Morning when you rise
Do you think of me and how you left me crying
Are you thinking of telephones and managers
And where you got to be at noon
You are living a reality I left years ago
It quite nearly killed me
In the long run it will make you cry
Make you crazy and old before your time
And the difference between me and you
I won't argue right or wrong
But I have time to cry my baby
You don't have to cry
I said cry my baby you don't have to cry
I said cry my baby you don't have to cry...

In the Morning when you rise
Do you think of me and how you left me crying
Are you thinking of telephones
and managers
And where you got to be at noon
You are living a reality I left years ago
It quite nearly killed me
In the long run it will make you cry
Make you crazy and old before your time
And the difference between me and you
I won't argue right or wrong
But I have time to cry my baby
You don't have to cry
I said cry my baby you don't have to cry
I said cry my baby you don't have to cry...

OCKLAWAHA

[FayeforCure]

Only 31 congressmen voted against the Firemen, including John Mica!!

House Passes Legislation Improving FIRE Act/SAFER Grant Programs 

November 18, 2009 â€" By a bipartisan vote of 395-31, on November 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3791, the FIRE Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009. The bill makes improvements to both the Assistance to Fire Fighters (FIRE Act) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant programs that will significantly benefit professional fire departments in the United States.

The House also adopted the Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act as an amendment to H.R. 3791. The amendment, offered by Representative Ed Permutter (D-CO) promotes fire department compliance with industry consensus standards -- a top IAFF priority. The amendment passed by a vote of 358-75.

“Reauthorizing the FIRE Act and SAFER and enacting the Perlmutter amendment are of critical importance to protecting the health and safety of IAFF members,” says IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger. “Passing both through the House brings us one step closer to ensuring our nation’s professional fire departments have the tools and support they need to protect public safety.”

H.R. 3791 would make important changes to the way FIRE Act grants are awarded to the benefit of professional fire departments. Specifically, the bill would significantly increase the amount of funding for which larger departments may apply, and reduce the local match from 20 percent to 10 percent. The proposal also allows the match to be waived for communities facing financial hardship, and eliminates the local match entirely for departments applying for a fire prevention grant.

Perhaps most importantly, the bill also guarantees professional and combination fire departments a minimum percentage of funding under the FIRE Act. To date, professional departments have enjoyed no such guarantee and have been significantly shortchanged in FIRE Act grants awards.

The bill also simplifies the rules governing SAFER, making it significantly easier for municipalities to commit to a SAFER grant. Amendments include shortening the grant period from five to three years, implementing an across-the-board 20 percent local match, and eliminating the current funding cap. It also makes permanent the temporary authorities enacted by the IAFF to waive the SAFER local match and other restrictions.

The U.S. Senate is currently working to craft companion legislation, which it is expected to consider before the new year.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives who did not support the IAFF and the nation's fire fighters in this vote are:

Todd Akin (R-MO)
Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Paul Broun (R-GA)
John Campbell (R-CA)
John Carter (R-TX)
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
Mike Coffman (R-CO)
Mike Conaway (R-TX)
John Culberson (R-TX)
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Trent Franks (R-AZ)
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Wally Herger (R-CA)
Bob Inglis (R-SC)
Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Jim Jordan (R-OH)
Steve King (R-IA)
Jack Kingston (R-GA)
Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
John Linder (R-GA)
Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Connie Mack (R-FL)
Tom McClintock (R-CA)
John Mica (R-FL)
Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Ron Paul (R-TX)
Ed Royce (R-CA)
James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
John Shadegg (R-AZ)
William Thornberry (R-TX)

http://www.iaff.org/09News/111809FIRE_SAFER.htm

[buckethead]

I had hoped you would be a fiesty and well informed leftist democrat, but you are looking more and more like a simple demogogue. You are better than this Faye.

[Ocklawaha]

So fay? You and Mica AGAIN, God, same old SHIT different day I guess... Someone needs to hit the delete key, I think we're all sick of this, even those who agree! Even if you keep up the hate attack, I would like to see you write something of your own for a change... There are only so many pages in the newspapers.

BTW, YES it does represent me, but you knew that.

OCKLAWAHA

[Reaper man]

Only 31 congressmen voted against the Firemen, including John Mica!!

Notice how all 31 of those were republicans. *shakes head*

[BridgeTroll]

Fayes goal is to make every single one of you dependent on the federal government.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2657.cfm

H.R. 3791 reauthorizes a grant program that has significant shortcomings:

•It continues a grant program that has failed to reduce fire-related deaths and injuries of firefighters and civilians.
•It is specifically designed to encourage local fire departments to become increasingly dependent on federal funding.
•As currently drafted, the legislation fails to reorient the fire grants toward fulfilling a federal homeland security function. Instead, fire grants will continue being almost solely focused on subsidizing the routine operations of basic fire services.