Mike Lee, The Debt Ceiling, and DC Scare Tactics

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With Mike Lee, Utah’s Freshman Senator and many other Freshman Congressmen declaring their intent to vote against raising the Federal Debt Ceiling at all hazard, many in DC are declaring how taking that approach could spell doom and destruction for our nation and it’s triple A Credit Rating.

What does that really mean for Washington and for US Citizens? Listen in as we talk about the reality of where we are, how we got her, and what we should do to prevent it from happening again.

Senator Bennett’s Earmarks and TARP

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Senator Bob Bennett is in his last days as an official representative of the great state of Utah. As a result he has garnered some special attention from the press, asking him about his tenure in office and the positions that he had taken during that time.

The most interesting comment he made must have been that the TARP Legislation was one of Congress’s finest moments.

This position is interesting seeing as it was this issue which probably cost him more political capital with his constituents than possibly any other legislative action over his 18 years in office.

Was this Congress’s finest moment? Or is this comment simply Sour Grapes from this outgoing Senator? Listen in to find out.

State Budget, Education, and Earmarks

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The Governor of Utah announced his proposed $11.9B yesterday and hailed it as a solution to our economic woes, as it did not contain any “Tax Increases.”

Soon after the budget was announced, State house members began shooting holes in the governors proposal.

Listen in as we discuss this topic and more…

Senators Term

How long is a Senator’s term of office? [Read more]

Senatorial Citizenship

Before a person can become a U.S. Senator, how long must they be a citizen – three years, five years, or nine years? [Read more]

Resident Senators

In England, a person can represent a district regardless of where he lives. In the United States, could a Senator be elected to represent a state even though he lived in another state? [Read more]

The First Female Senator

Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia was the first woman to serve in the Senate. How old was she when her term began – thirty-six, sixty-two, or eighty-seven? [Read more]

Barry Goldwater – Mr. Conservative

“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!” ~ B. Goldwater

Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party‘s nominee for President in the 1964 election. He was also a Major General in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He was known as “Mr. Conservative.”

Goldwater is the politician most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement.^[1]

Goldwater rejected the legacy of the New Deal and fought inside the conservative coalition to defeat the New Deal coalition. He lost the 1964 presidential election by a large margin to incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson. The Johnson campaign and other critics painted him as a reactionary, while supporters praised his crusades against the federal government, labor unions, and the welfare state. His defeat allowed Lyndon Johnson and the Democrats in Congress to pass the Great Society programs, but the defeat of so many older Republicans in 1964 also cleared the way for a younger generation of American conservatives to mobilize. Goldwater was much less active as a national leader of conservatives after 1964; his supporters mostly rallied behind Ronald Reagan, who became governor of California in 1967 and President of the United States in 1981.

By the 1980s, the increasing influence of the Christian Right on the Republican Party so conflicted with Goldwater’s libertarian views that he became a vocal opponent of the religious right on issues such as abortion, gay rights, and the role of religion in public life.^[2] Goldwater concentrated on his Senate duties, especially passage of the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986.

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