Washington, DC – Congressman Steve King released the following statement after voting against the Fiscal Cliff deal late Tuesday night:
“I could not vote for this bill because, as a whole, it’s bad for our country,” said King. “There are a number of provisions in this bill that I support, such as those addressing the Alternative Minimum Tax, the Farm Bill extension, the Production Tax Credit for wind and biodiesel, and making certain tax policies permanent- but I’m not for the permanent and accelerated growth in our debt and deficit. This bill makes no effort to curb the out of control federal spending that’s to blame. In fact, it proactively puts off, for another two months, the sequestration – the only serious effort to begin reining in federal spending that’s currently on the table. This bill will ensure that the President has yet another opportunity two months from now to pressure Congress for more tax and revenue increases.
The President says he is for a balanced approach to deficit reduction, but this is nothing close to balanced. We cannot tax our way out of the spending dilemma we’ve created. The American people know that Washington has a spending problem, not a taxing problem. We must dramatically cut spending. I opposed this bill because it raises taxes without any plan to reduce the deficit. It simply kicks the can further down the road and ensures the President will have another crack at taxpayers’ wallets while offering no substantive solutions to stop this spending crisis.”
The outrage at the republicans for wanting to lower SS payments. I read an article today that reid was handed a change to the fiscal cliff bill from obama himself about lowering the SS payments. Reid was aparently so upset he burned the letter. Ried swore he would do whatever he could to block the vote, to me it sounds like the democrats are just as much at fault as the republicans.
King could have spoken up before. Douchebag.
instead of complaining about it why didn’t you do something about it. It’s been coming for a long time. You had a chance to address the issue. now quite complaining and passing the buck. Do some work for a change. King is such a loser. I can’t believe anyone voted for this moron
Happy, speaking of morons, I will call you a moron a huge moton, how does that feel to you? Feel like you are being “Bullied” like all the other Libs?
Here is what you said in your comment.
“instead of complaining about it why didn’t you do something about it. It’s been coming for a long time. You had a chance to address the issue.”
Steve King did do something and voted no to the bill, same as Harken, Grassley, and Latham. They all did so for pretty much the same reason, except for Harken, he voted no for a different reason.
Happy, if you want to talk politics, get your facts straight and know what you are talking about before you prove what a moron you are. Give me an example from your brilliant mind what Steve King should have “done about it,” more than what he has done. He is a watch dog for spending and that is why you don’t like him.
John give me one example of what King has done except vote over his 10 year career in the house. He is a watchdog alright. He is lead around the House on his leash by the teabaggers. If you or I did our jobs that bad we would be fired. All he does in the House is take up space and votes the way the teabaggers tell him to vote.
Why didn’t he introduce a bill. say 6 months ago, to help deal with the cliff? It’s not like it snuck up on him. Like I said he complains about the bill but offers nothing in return. He and his teabagger friends are why congress has a 9% approval rating. He is a moron. I can’t help that. It’s just who he is…a moron.
Now Johnny boy just what fact didn’t I get straight. I know how those other 3 voted too. But this article isn’t about them. It’s about our teabagger moron of a congressman King.
Also johnny see how I wrote all of this without calling you a name. When you start calling your fellow bloggers names it makes you look pretty stupid, doesn’t it?