Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Kagen Tracks, Together We Will

From the Wall Street Journal
Let us track some of the things congress has done since 2007. Steve Kagen took office on January 3, 2007. Steve Kagen promised us to get things done in Washington. What has he and the 110th Congress done for the people of the 8th district of Wisconsin. Together we will do what?

" Idaho Potato Commission's 70th anniversary and recognized soil as an "essential natural resource"

"May 5-9 as National Substitute Teacher Recognition Week"

"Set July 28 as the Day of the American Cowboy."

"National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day."

"July as National Watermelon Month."

"Resolution recognizing America's Christmas-tree industry."

Congress, which won't return to session until September, has yet to pass any 2009 appropriations bills, even though funding the federal budget is its official function.


Steve Kagen is running on his record. His record shows he has done nothing in congress and nothing for the 8th district of Wisconsin.

Read the article from the WSJ to see what our congress is doing or not doing for us.
"PAGE ONE

As U.S. Economic Problems Loom,
House, Senate Sweat the Small Stuff
Members of Congress Love a Good Resolution;
Watermelons and Undertakers Fit the Bill

By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
August 19, 2008; Page A1

WASHINGTON -- The 110th Congress, whose term officially ends in January, hasn't passed any spending bills or attacked high gasoline prices. But it has used its powers to celebrate watermelons and to decree the origins of the word "baseball."" As U.S. Economic Problems Loom, House, Senate Sweat the Small Stuff - WSJ.com


And today Steve Kagen's own words from JSOnline

""During the past two years, I've seen how tough it is to change Washington," Kagen said in a statement. "We all know we need to move our country in a new direction, but insiders will not give up their special privileges without a fight." Kagen kicks off campaign - All Politics


So we have to send Steve Kagen back to Washington to get things done? He got nothing done the last year and a half but wants the voters to send him back again? A vote for Steve Kagen is a vote for $5.50 gasoline and lost jobs across the 8th district. The economic problems loom and Steve Kagen can only talk. From Steve Kagen's own web site he claims, "Together We Will", will what? Together he is making us pay more for everything we touch.

It's time to send Steve Kagen back to private practice.

Cross posted to Berry Laker

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