McHenry RSS Articles http://mchenry.house.gov/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Last week, Congressman McHenry polled constituents on a simple question: Are you confident that President Obama put forth the best plan to move our country in the right direction? In this week's video blog, he reveals the poll results, talks about new spending and debt this week in Congress, and asks for your questions to be answered in next week's video. http://mchenry.house.gov/Blog/?postid=169525 http://mchenry.house.gov/Blog/?postid=169525 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Congress voted today to raise the national debt limit to $14.3 trillion, or $121,982 for every household in America. The vote is the third debt increase Congress has passed in the last twelve months. Since the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007, they have raised the debt limit by $5.33 trillion. President Obama recently proposed a budget that would add $1.6 trillion to the national debt next year alone. http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=169457 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=169457 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Last night, the House of Representatives voted to pass H. Res. 957, Honoring Jimmie Johnson, 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion. Introduced by Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), this resolution commemorates Jimmie Johnson becoming the first driver in NASCAR history to win the Championship in four consecutive seasons, surpassing the previous record of three straight by Cale Yarborough. http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=169105 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=169105 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Tonight, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement in response to President Obama's State of the Union address. http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=168060 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=168060 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Four members of the North Carolina House delegation sent a letter today urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi not to burden North Carolinians with over a billion dollars in new Medicaid costs and to make sure the state is treated equally in the final version of the bill. http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=167058 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=167058 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Congressman Patrick McHenry released the following statement on the results of tonight’s Massachusetts special election: http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=167155 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=167155 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) released the following statement on House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns’ (D-NY) decision to hold hearings on the growing American International Group (AIG) disclosure controversy. http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=165788 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=165788 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Last week, Congressman Patrick McHenry introduced the Commission On Reforming Entitlement (CORE) Spending Act, H.R. 4249. This legislation establishes a commission to examine entitlement program reform and report to Congress with a comprehensive solution that does not include any new taxes or tax increases. http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=161840 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=161840 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) called on North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan to oppose Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s government-run healthcare plan. http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=161466 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=161466 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) voted for H.R. 3791, which reauthorizes a total of approximately $9.8 billion over five years to fund both the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155943 http://mchenry.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155943 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT