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  • House Government-Run Health Care Bill Fails to Control Costs
    Nov 20, 2009  - According to a recent analysis by the chief actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the so-called Affordable Health Care for America Act—which narrowly passed the House earlier this month—would raise the costs of health care by $289 billion over the next ten years.  In fact,... More
  • Majority’s New Direction for America: Higher Unemployment and Phantom Jobs
    Nov 20, 2009  - In 2006, Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi stated that “Democrats are proposing a New Direction for America”.  However, nearly three years into Speaker Pelosi’s “New Direction,” jobs are down and unemployment, poverty, and misery are up.  Specifically, over the past three years the number of unemployed has... More
  • House Passes $210 Billion Doc-Fix Without Paying for It
    Nov 20, 2009  - On Thursday, the House passed a $210 billion stand-alone bill to protect doctors from scheduled cuts in Medicare payments over the next ten years, also known as a doc-fix.  In 1997, Congress attempted to control Medicare’s skyrocketing growth through a payment formula known as the sustainable growth... More
  • Fire Grants Reauthorization Act Overwhelmingly Approved by the House
    Nov 20, 2009  - With Congressman Miller’s strong support, the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation to reauthorize the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) programs within the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  Specifically, the leg... More
  • Congressman Miller Awards Bronze Star Medal to Vietnam Veteran
    Nov 20, 2009  - Congressman Miller was honored to present the Bronze Star Medal to Vietnam Veteran, Specialist Four Charles E. Seymour of the United States Army at last week’s Service Academy Night at the Richard Nixon Library.  Specialist Seymour was awarded the Bronze Star Medal on March 18, 1971 for meritorious ... More
  • Facts Are Stubborn Things: Implications of H.R. 3962
    Nov 7, 2009  - How H.R. 3962 Allows Coverage for Illegal Aliens: 1. Does Not Require Proof of Citizenship to Obtain Health Services:  While Sections 341 and 347 (pages 221-230) of the bill prohibit illegal aliens from receiving government-run health care, the bill does not include a specific requirement that a pe... More
  • Vote on Government-Run Health Care Bill Slated for Tomorrow
    Nov 6, 2009  - Sometime this weekend, the House is scheduled to consider and vote on H.R. 3962, the so-called Affordable Health Care for America Act.  To this end, Congressman Miller will be sending a special edition of Capitol Connection after the vote to discuss its outcome and implications.  In the meantime, th... More
  • As Administration and Congress Tout $1 Trillion Health Care Bill, Unemployment Soars
    Nov 6, 2009  - Despite the Administration’s claims that the purported economic stimulus package would create jobs immediately and prevent the unemployment rate from rising above 8 percent, new figures released today from the Department of Labor show the unemployment rate rising to 10.2 percent, the highest rate in... More
  • House Votes to Extend the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
    Nov 6, 2009  - This week, the House voted on legislation to extend the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit through April 30, 2010, which is currently set to expire December 1, 2009.  The bill also expands eligibility of the credit, raising the income eligibility cap on individuals to $125,000 and $225,000 for m... More
  • Job Killing Chemical Security Bill Approved by the House
    Nov 6, 2009  - The House on Friday voted for legislation to impose job killing mandates on U.S. businesses, hospitals, universities, and family farms by implementing unnecessary and significant changes and to impose an unproven government mandate on a chemical facility security program which has not been full impl... More