Friends,
Here is a rundown of the voting record of Rep. Jo Ann Emerson. These votes are in 2011! I keep hearing we need to keep calling and writing so that Rep. Emerson will vote more conservatively. The record speaks for itself. The fact is she is one of the most liberal Republican representatives in Washington and Heritage Action’s scorecard proves it!

Where did you see ANY of these votes in our media here in the 8th district? I wish they would report the record. Most voters are unaware of how they are truly being represented. We must get control of our spending. Rep. Emerson has voted for TARP twice. Cash for Clunkers twice. Voted to bailout the Union Pension funds with YOUR tax dollars, and voted to kill and research embryo’s with YOUR tax dollars! I will continue to expose this big government/big spending record. You will have a choice in the upcoming August primary. I sincerely ask for your support. Let’s stop this and send Washington a strong message, we have had enough. Time to balance the books. Please send this record to your friends and contacts. I need your to help get the message out.

Sincerely,
Bob Parker

Republican candidate for Congress in 2012
Missouri’s 8th district
www.electbobparker.com
Take America Back!!

The facts below are found on Heritage Action Scorecard, part of the Heritage Foundation.

With each vote cast in Congress, freedom either advances or recedes. Heritage Action’s new legislative scorecard allows Americans to see whether their Members of Congress are fighting for freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society. The scorecard is comprehensive, covering the full spectrum of conservatism, and includes legislative action on issues both large and small.
Heritage Action’s legislative scorecard isn’t graded on a curve;  it is tough and we don’t apologize. After all, we are conservatives, not tenured university professors. [From Heritage Action scorecard] see:

http://heritageactionscorecard.com/scorecard/index.html#h217-2011#vote

Rep. Jo Ann Emersons voting record that has earned her one of the lowest scores in the Republican House. She scored 48 out of 100. Only 10 House Republicans have a lower score!

Bill # hr1182-112 Emerson votes NO to stop bailouts to Fannie and Freddie Mack! Emerson’s plan? Bailouts for everyone!

GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection Act
End Taxpayer Bailouts of Fannie/Freddie: Legislation would end taxpayer funded bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and put both companies on the path towards privatization.

Bill # hr1167-112 Emerson votes NO to cap and reform welfare! Where does Emerson get all this money? From YOU and China!

Welfare Reform Act of 2011
Conservative Welfare Reform: Legislation would build on the successful reforms of 1996 and set a cap on total welfare spending.

Bill # hr750-112 Emerson votes NO to stop job killing global warming regulations!

Defending America’s Affordable Energy and Jobs Act
Stop All Job-Killing Global Warming Regulations: Legislation would prevent job-killing global warming regulations via Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.

Bill # hr2514-112 Emerson votes NO to stop federal intrusion into education!

A PLUS Act
Empower States to Make Education Decisions: A-PLUS Act would allow states to opt out of the bureaucracy of No Child Left Behind and provide greater flexibility to make decisions.

Vote # h103-2011 Emerson votes NO to cut spending by 11% in Congress!

Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Reduce Congress’ Spending by 11% and Other Cuts: Blackburn, R-Tenn., amendment that would reduce funding for the legislative branch by 11 percent and all other funding under the measure by 5.5 percent.

Vote # h143-2011 Emerson votes NO to cut spending to 2006 levels!

Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Reduce 2011 Federal Spending to 2006 Levels: Amendment would reduce 2011 discretionary spending to fiscal 2006 spending levels, with some exemptions.

Vote # h164-2011 Emerson voted YES to expand Obamacare! She said she wanted to repeal it, now she EXPANDS it?

Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011
Expand Obamacare Provision to Veterinarians: Legislation would expand a provision of Obamacare by making veterinary public health professionals eligible for public health workforce grants and loan repayment.

Vote # h179-2011 Emerson voted YES on ”Kick the Can” spending! Keep throwing the money at our problems Jo Ann!

Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011
Temporary “Kick the Can” Spending Measure: Legislation provided for the continuing appropriations for the federal government through April 8, 2011; a short-term funding measure that “kicked the can down the road.”

Vote # h275-2011 Emerson voted NO to balance the budget in 10 years!

Pass Alternate Conservative House Budget: Legislation – “Honest Solutions: Fiscal Year 2012 Budget” – would bring our country?s federal budget deficit in balance in less than ten years.

Vote # h424-2011 Emerson voted NO about stopping wasteful Ag spending.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012Cut $1.8 billion from Agriculture Appropriations: Chaffetz, R-Utah, amendment would cut $1.8 billion by reducing wasteful spending.

Vote # h538-2011 Emerson voted no to wasteful grants. When will the deficit spending stop?

Cut $3.25 billion from Energy Appropriations: McClintock, R-CA, amendment would reduce or eliminate funding for various programs for the Energy Department and independent agencies by $3.25 billion.

Vote # h633-2011 Emerson voted NO on cuts to depts of Interior and Environment. The Emerson plan? Keep spending your money!

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Cut $3 billion from Interior Appropriations: Huelskamp, R-KS., amendment would decrease funding for various programs in the bill by $3 billion and transfer the money to the bill’s spending reduction account.

Vote # h217-2011 Emerson votes YES for the UNIONS…again! Married to Democrat Union lobbyist husband Ronald C. Gladney!

FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act
Uphold Rules Change that Empowers Unions: Amendment would strike provision in FAA Reauthorization that overturns a National Mediation Board ruling that allows a minority (as opposed to a majority) of workers to create a union at airlines and railroads.

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Jo Ann Emerson is back in the news today as one of nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives sponsoring H.R. 3936, a $165 billion union pension bailout bill. But why?

It could be that the seven-term Republican elected in the 8th Congressional District of Southeast Missouri simply loves bailouts. After all, she did vote for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) and “Cash for Clunkers”. But I don’t think her love for bailouts is the main reason why she is behind the bill.

Instead, I think her sponsorship of the union bailout bill stems from the fact that she is married to Ron Gladney.

In a May 3 post, I pointed out that her second husband is both a Democrat and an labor union attorney for St. Louis-based Bartley Goffstein LLC and that, according to Federal Election Commission records, she has received campaign contributions from a variety of union entities, including the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). And that’s not all!

In a post one week later, I highlighted the fact that her husband represents 12 powerful labor unions, including the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers for whom he serves as general counsel.

Furthermore, I mentioned she backed funding for costly projects in her district — including the $170 million Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the $62 million Rush H. Limbaugh Federal Building — from which her husband’s union friends likely received great benefit.

So, the answer to the question is simple. Congressman Emerson believes in bringing home the bacon — err, uh, pork — and putting it straight into her own husband’s skillet.

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Republican Jo Ann Emerson Sponsoring Union Bailout Bill!
http://biggovernment.com/bmccarty/2010/05/26/republican-jo-ann-emerson-sponsoring-union-bailout-bill/

Jo Ann Emerson
http://bobmccarty.com/?s=%22jo+ann+emerson%22

Should Jo Ann Emerson Run as Independent?
http://bobmccarty.com/2010/05/03/should-jo-ann-emerson-run-as-independent/

Bartley Goffstein LLC
http://www.bgbllaw.com/about.html

RINO Congresswoman Thrives in the Boot Heel
http://bobmccarty.com/2010/05/10/rino-congresswoman-thrives-in-the-boot-heel/

This is why we have to elect people that have clue about how socialism and capitalism works.

Let’s see, give the bankers and insurance companies 700 BILLION DOLLARS because they failed!?! Thousands send faxes, emails, and make phone calls to try to stop Congress from doing it… We need to vote them ALL OUT — each and every one that voted FOR the wall street bailout, if we can. These are not the people we need to rebuild this country and take it back from the socialists!

My opponent, Representative JoAnn Emerson VOTED FOR THE BAILOUT, CASH FOR CLUNKERS, unbalanced budgets, NAIS FUNDING has all come through her AG Committee, TAX INCREASES, JOB DESTROYING TRADE AGREEMENTS, funding out of control regulatory agencies, and on and on!

Don’t be fooled again!

Most people are not aware of these facts, please pass this on to your friends. In my meetings around the district, I am finding even Republican committee people are not aware of these votes…

– Bob Parker

Dave Eberhart wrote an interesting article about Sen. John McCain’s appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” this weekend and revealed that he now regrets the Wall Street bailout.

McCain dropped a bombshell when revealing his thoughts on the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) that, among other things, green-lighted the federal government to bailout the floundering financial sector.

“What we’ve done, unfortunately, is we bailed out Wall Street, now they’re making billions, they’re making the deals, they’re giving the bonuses, and because they were too big to fail, we pumped – I don’t know, we still haven’t had a full accounting – into those major financial corporations and told financial institutions.”

In 2008 McCain voted for the TARP bailout, but now revealed his disappointment in how the bailout went down.

“We told them they were too big to fail,” McCain told King. “We told the guy on Central Avenue that just shut down his storefront that he’s too small to save. There’s something terribly wrong with that picture, and we were off on the wrong foot by bailing out these financial institutions instead of addressing the housing crisis. And Americans have figured it out and they’re very, very unhappy.”

For the full article: http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/mccain_bailout_vote_obama/2009/10/12/271235.html?s=al&promo_code=8BAC-1