Hastert Countdown to Halloween: Democrats Are Haunting the House
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=55361 WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Office of Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert:
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In her remarks prepared for her press conference today, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) castigates Republican plans to reduce the federal budget. Pelosi says, "The federal budget should be a statement of our values, our national morals, and our priorities."
Yet she voted AGAINST the house budget plan to strengthen our families, small businesses, veterans and our Armed Forces. (House Roll Call Vote, No. 82)
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And that's to frighten the American people.
Yesterday, Leader Pelosi said: "The message from this budget is, not only is the federal government not going to be there for you, it's going to make matters worse for you..." (Pelosi Release, 10/19/05)
Democrats Are Trying to Mask Their Own Tax-and-Spend Ideas:
When asked on NBC's Meet the Press by host Tim Russert who pays for the Democrats liberal tax-and-spend agenda of new and larger government programs, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) responded: "The American people."
"House Democrats Have Obviously Gotten into the Spirit of Halloween. They're Choosing to Scare the American People," Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.