Dean Heller Blog & News tagged 'Fiscal Responsibility'

Tax Day

deanheller@gmail.com — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Author, revolutionary, and one of our nation's Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine once said "When a government is just, taxes are few." Paine warned of largess in government and excessive taxes. In 2007, more than 200 years later, Americans surrendered nearly 30% of their income to federal and state governments. I would venture this tax rate is not what Paine and many of the Founding Fathers had in mind.

As Americans work harder to make ends meet, we have one more bill to pay in April -- [...]

LV Review-Journal Endorses Dean's Citizenship Verification Plan For Health Care Bill

deanheller+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Las Vegas Review-Journal endorsed Congressman Heller's amendment to the Democrats' health care bill requiring the use to citizenship verification tools to determine eligibility for taxpayer-funded health care benefits:

President Obama's frenzied attempt to nationalize health care has hit a few snags, despite the best efforts of liberal congressional Democrats.

But it's worth noting at least one success the far left has scored when it comes to health care refor [...]

Bringing Fiscal Responsibility To The Halls Of Congress

deanheller+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

With federal spending out of control, Dean is leading the fight to make Congress lead by example on fiscal responsibility:

A handful of House Republicans have introduced a bill to freeze Members' Representational Allowances during times of high unemployment and national debt.

The move comes just weeks after the House passed a spending bill that increases MRAs -- the Congressional office budgets -- by 8 percent for fiscal 2010.

Rep. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) i [...]

Energy Tax Will Hurt Americans

deanheller@gmail.com — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed in The Hill. -Staff

Cap and trade equals energy tax. That is why I strongly oppose and voted against H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act. In fact, as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee which has jurisdiction over tax issues, I helped lead the debate in opposition to this bill. This new energy tax will affect every man, woman, and child in our country. Every time you turn on a light, cook your family d [...]

Dean: No Taxpayer Money To Hire Illegal Immigrants

deanheller+staff@gmail.com — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Congressman Heller introduced legislation to prevent federal tax dollars from being used to employ illegal immigrants on Tuesday.

The Nevada Appeal reports:

Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., has proposed an amendment to toughen the controls designed to prevent illegal immigrants from getting jobs with companies doing business with the federal government.

He said the amendment to the Homeland Security Appropriations Act would require any business contracting with [...]

Dean Works To Cut Congress's Own Spending

deanheller+staff@gmail.com — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Last week, Congressman Heller introduced legislation in Congress to bring fiscal responsibility to the halls of Congress, quite literally. Dean called for Congress to slash its own budget next year by $51 million, eliminating a proposed 8% increase in spending by Congress.

Watch Dean's speech calling for Congress to cut its own budget.

The Nevada Appeal reported on Dean's efforts:

He said his proposed amendment would eliminate the 8 percent increa [...]

Dean Joins Thousands At Carson City Tea Party

deanheller+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

As the only Nevada delegation to vote against the Wall Street bailout, Congressman Heller proudly joined 2,000 grassroots activists demanding fiscal responsibility in Washington at the Carson City Tea Party today:

Thousands of Nevadans in Carson City and Las Vegas rallied Wednesday as part of nationwide tax day "tea parties," joining demonstrators across the country in expressing frustration and demanding fiscal responsibility from government.

An estimated 2,000 [...]

A Missed Chance

deanheller@gmail.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed in the The Ely Times. -Staff

I don't need to tell Nevadans that our economy is struggling.

Congress can help hasten an economic recovery by embracing pro-growth policies that place more money in the pockets of Americans. At the same time, we need to assist those who have lost their jobs and need help.

Unfortunately, Congress recently passed a $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill that invests in big government instead of the [...]

Dean Votes Against Wall Street Bailout

deanheller+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Congressman Heller was the only member of the Nevada delegation to vote against the Wall Street bailout today.

Dean opposed the bailout bill because the plan lacks oversight and accountability for taxpayer funds, and puts Nevadans on the hook for the $700 billion in deficit spending:

The core of this legislation is still flawed and puts Nevada's taxpayer on the hook to pay for a massive bailout of Wall Street.

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