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Rep. Jo Ann Emerson’s 2011 voting record. One of the worst in the Republican house!

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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Bob Parker, the rancher from the small town of Raymondville, Missouri is throwing his hat in the 8th district congressional ring again. His 2010 bid for the seat earned him 35% of the Republican primary vote across the district against 15 year encumbent Rep. Jo Ann Emerson.

Republican Bob Parker standing by his Ford truck that he put 26,000 miles on during the 2010 campaign for Congess. He is getting ready to hit the campaign trail again in 2012.

Parker, who has been endorsed by the Tea Party, has spoken at many events across Southern Missouri with his message of cutting spending and restoring fiscal sanity back in Washington.

Parker explains “Enough is enough. America can do better. It seems the Washington professionals in both parties are just too ingrained with the special interests and refuse to listen to the people. As a businessman I know we are being regulated and trade dealed to death. It seems no one is really working for the little guy anymore. I want to stand up for what is good and right for America. We must have free markets. Let’s stop the bailouts and balance the budget and get to work putting America back to work.”

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Parker announces candidacy for Congress in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District

At the September meeting of the Texas county Republican party, Bob Parker, the rancher from Raymondville, announced he is again a candidate for Congress in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District, a seat that has been held by Rep. Jo Ann Emerson for the last 15 years. Parker, who ran against Emerson in the 2010 race, received 35% of the vote in the primary race, 4 times more votes than any other Republican challenger for this seat in the past. Parker has spoken at many tea party events and property rights meetings across the district in the past year. He was virtually unknown in many parts of the district before his campaign two years ago, but that is changing. Parker states, ”While I have been politically active locally for years, it is time to join the battle in Washington. We need someone who has run a business and actually lives in the 8th district to represent us in Congress. Wall Street bailouts, Cash for Clunkers, Union Pension bailouts, and raising the national debt limit even higher do not address the real problems of unemployment and our rampant national debt. Our current representative has voted for all of these. Washington is totally out of touch with rural America. Our businesses are being regulated and taxed to death. Our farmers and ranchers struggle under higher costs and thinner margins. President Obama’s tax, regulate, and spend policies continue to hurt the working class and are killing jobs in America. Enough is enough! ”

For more information about Bob Parker’s campaign log on to his website at www.electbobparker.com

Bob Parker, a Texas County rancher, looks out over his herd of Corriente cattle at his ranch near Raymondville, MO. Parker hopes to unseat Jo Ann Emerson as Missouri’s 8th District representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take everything you have.”

That famous quote by Thomas Jefferson has enjoyed a renewed popularity recently, in light of the massive growth of the federal government over the last few years. In fact, the quote sits at the top of the main page of Bob Parker’s campaign website, and if you had to summarize Parker’s campaign message into a few words, it would come very close to that quote by Thomas Jefferson. Parker believes that the U.S. government has grown too large and too intrusive, and he is on a mission to take his message to Washington.

The 53 year old rancher from Texas County is running for the United States Congress in Missouri’s 8th District, the position currently held by incumbent Jo Ann Emerson. Missouri’s 8th District is comprised of 28 Missouri counties, and is one of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives.

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by Bob McCarty

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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