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Archive for January, 2011

Good Guy Carl Dickman, former state rep from Fairfield, dies at 84

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Former multi-term selectman and state representative Carl Dickman, a good-natured Republican from Fairfield, who once described on the floor of the House of how he was so hooked on cigarettes that he was smoking while on the stretcher as EMTs were taking him to the hospital after a heart attack, died Sunday at age 84. The world today is lacking something and there’s officially more for the rest of us to do. Carl, an occasional advisor to the Blogster, recently called to say that after years away from the General Assembly, the huge backlog in the state’s pension program only just got to him, sending him a very small check, a few hundred bucks, for under-estimating his meager legislative pension.

Donovan taking a look at U.S. Rep. Murphy’s vacancy

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U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy of the Fifth District is running for the 2012 U.S. Senate vacancy when Joe Lieberman moves on. Speaker of the House Chris Donovan, D-Meriden: “It’s early but I am interested,” Donovan told the Blogster. “It’s something I am looking at.”

Lawlor, former lawmaker now in Malloy’s budget office, gets $23 million on to the State Bond Commission agenda

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 Governor Dannel P. Malloy today defended his planned $8 million investment in upgrades to the criminal justice system scheduled for next week’s State Bond Commission. The issue dates back to 2008, when lawmakers were stumbling over each other to try to react to the Cheshire home invasion that left a mother and her two daughters murder victims. Finally, the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS), will link together different agencies so they can share information on offenders electronically.

“These critical reforms were the result of input from the state’s top police, prosecutors, victim advocates and others who were asked what tools they needed to send repeat violent offenders to prison for as long as possible,” Malloy said in a statement today.  “Not only will it have a public safety impact by increasing the ability for crime officials to send files to each other, but after its implementation will begin saving the state money through efficiencies – a great example of how the state can do more with less. ”

Lawlor, the former Judiciary Committee chairman, said in the same statement that the system is a long time in fruition. “Implementation of the system will allow police, court officials, prosecutors, probation and parole officers, and prison administrators to create a centralized database on offenders – including electronic files such as audio and video – that can be instantly updated, accessed and utilized when officials need to make important decisions on the fate of offenders as they move through the system,” said Lawlor, who is undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning in the Office of Policy and Management. “Giving one hand the ability to know what the other is doing is critical when dealing with offenders, and we must provide our state’s frontline criminal justice professionals the tools to ensure that the system works to its greatest ability.”

An additional $15 million is also on the bond agenda to replace the 30-year-old computerized inmate tracking system in the Dept. of Corrections.“The infrastructure to modernize the woefully outdated, inadequate system of documenting these types of criminal files is long overdue and over the long-term will create the kinds of efficiencies that we need to begin making in state government,” Malloy said.

Malloy was recipient of unexpected star-power reflections at SOTU

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Gov. Dannel Malloy, who expected to sit on the House floor Tuesday as US Rep. John Larson’s guest for the State of the Union speech, had a change of plans.

 “I was on the aisle. I didn’t sit on the floor,” he said earlier today. “More members showed up than originally anticipated. I sat in the first row of the balcony, I don’t know, about 20 seats down from the First Lady, next to one of the doctors who treated Gabby (Giffords, the Arizona congressperson who escaped death earlier this month during a shooting spree than killed six). As I’ve explained to you before Gabby became a friend…or an acquaintance of both my wife and myself and I considered it a great honor to sit next to one of the doctors who saved her life.”

Salary porn 2011. HRO, SDO, SRO, HDO!

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Here is the Blogster’s annual listing of staff salaries for House Democrats (HDO) Republicans (HRO)  Senate Ds and Rs (SDO) (SRO) and other offices.  AAC is African American Affairs Commission; LM is Legislative Management. But you already knew.

 

 

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AAC    Cassis, Glenn $106,200          

       
AAC Drummond, Denise        53,857
APC Havnurkar, Nakul        48,920
CAD Blanchard, Deborah A        72,902
CAD Booth, Pamela B.        70,010
CAD Finnegan, Mary E        83,888
CAD Henry, Beverley M        73,256
CAD Keane, Susan        83,888
CAD McCourt, Mariette S.        46,386
CCH Brooks, Thomas*       109,929
CCH Flood, Kevin*        71,292
CCH Homer-Bouthiette, Dawn*        98,193
CCH Lowndes, Mary Kate*        71,118
CCH Luciano, Edelmira*        53,858
CCH Zimmerman, Elaine*       131,338
COA Migneault, Deborah*        56,517
COA Norton, Robert*        76,183
COA Polun, Debra*        87,300
COA Starr, Julia Evans*       119,823
CSW Lopez, Rosemary        59,344
CSW Noehren, Michelle L.        60,413
CSW Palm, Christine        71,117
CSW Pierre, Natasha M.        99,149
CSW Younger, Teresa       108,263
HCO Barry, John N.        60,579
HCO Clark, Ann M        93,790
HCO D’Auria, Bryan        43,732
HCO DeLorenzo, Anita        60,579
HCO DeSorbo, Ann-Louise        67,604
HDO Alfonso, Amanda        35,000
HDO Bacewicz, Luke        39,000
HDO Baltimore, Richard        45,000
HDO Blancato, Allison        36,954
HDO Bohn, Jeremy        55,000
HDO Calabrese, Christopher        35,000
HDO Caron, Jacqueline        54,275
HDO Carson, James        50,000
HDO Chaput, John        37,713
HDO Chiara, Adam        35,000
HDO Cicero, Georgette        42,298
HDO Clarke, Maree        50,057
HDO Coatta, Nancy        50,000
HDO Collazo, Marta        43,671
HDO D’Angona, Aurora        35,000
HDO Daly, Mary Ann        49,399
HDO Das, Riju        38,000
HDO Douglas, Robert        76,324
HDO Feinmark, Russell        63,174
HDO Figueroa, Johnny        59,906
HDO Furlow, Andrea        35,000
HDO Gerratana, Gregory        35,000
HDO Gordon, Subira        40,000
HDO Greenfield, Jeffrey       116,223
HDO Gresko, Joseph        43,000
HDO Grimes, Lindsay        35,000
HDO Guilbert, Kellie        36,516
HDO Harasymiw, Raymond        42,928
HDO Hemingway, Sarah        35,000
HDO Higgins, Garland        48,845
HDO Hubbard, Barry        38,125
HDO Hubbard, Jesse        50,000
HDO Hughes, Mary Alice        51,341
HDO Johnson-Martin, Luwannia        38,000
HDO Johnston, Brie        36,440
HDO Knight, Jason        42,852
HDO Kubeck, Diane        45,000
HDO Macunas, Matthew        36,516
HDO Magnan, Maureen       110,000
HDO Maher, Stephen        82,054
HDO Marzik, Dawn        82,598
HDO Melita, Enrico        85,000
HDO Mounds, Laurie        61,510
HDO Murphy, Todd        79,260
HDO Murray, Christian        85,000
HDO Nassi, Joshua       110,000
HDO Neal, Jr, Ken        35,000
HDO Negron, Alberto        66,338
HDO Niles, Dawn        68,600
HDO Nunez, Paul        75,000
HDO Olechowski, Marcin        37,652
HDO Palmer, Diana        36,000
HDO Pantoja, Tanya        41,359
HDO Passaro, Cara        45,000
HDO Perosino, Larry        85,000
HDO Phillips, Jeanie        39,248
HDO Rosen, Justin        40,000
HDO Ryan, E. Rose        60,000
HDO Saccente, Kenneth        64,501
HDO Salvio, Kathleen        35,000
HDO Santiago, Jacqueline        42,066
HDO Scott, Christy       115,000
HDO Shaw, Jeffrey        37,611
HDO Skowera, Adam        37,878
HDO Smullen, Harold        42,212
HDO Spinella, Kevin        35,000
HDO Stula, Fred        41,212
HDO Torres-Ferguson, Mildred       110,000
HDO Tracey, Robin        46,346
HDO Trestman, Jody        35,000
HDO Tsarkov, Alex        36,440
HDO Turco, Gary        52,237
HDO Uhlinger, Daniel        45,000
HDO Velez, David        42,000
HDO Waterfall, Sara        40,000
HDO Weisselberg, Susan       135,000
HDO Whiting, Douglas       165,000
HDO Wilkinson, Tyler        35,000
HDO Zelaya, Ciro        37,685
HRO Adams, Christopher R        91,128
HRO Ayala, Antonio C        66,910
HRO Bazinet, Jamison        47,000
HRO Berner, Bree M.        87,700
HRO Blaney, Thomas        35,000
HRO Bookwalter, James        40,000
HRO Brett, Phyllis H.        77,000
HRO Clark, Sarah        42,500
HRO Conroy, Valerie        83,000
HRO Dooley, John        51,500
HRO Downes, Michael        70,000
HRO Evarts, Michael        77,189
HRO Ferrari, Mark        50,408
HRO Figueroa, Nellie A.        61,953
HRO Fryxell, Christopher        45,000
HRO Gallo, George       149,000
HRO Getsie, Dorothy J        65,000
HRO Heagney, Robert W.**        48,000
HRO Healey, John J        78,000
HRO Holbrook, Sarah        70,000
HRO Hutton, Deborah L       144,000
HRO Mancinelli, Tracy        42,000
HRO O’Neil, Patrick        97,000
HRO Rell, Michael L.        75,000
HRO Riley, Cliddie        45,000
HRO Roy, Lisa        57,500
HRO Roy, Susan E        43,391
HRO Schmitt, Jared        90,000
HRO Schuetz, Jason R        55,000
HRO Schweitzer, Marie        57,288
HRO Skehan, Jennifer        92,000
HRO Stark, Jason        70,000
HRO Sundie, Bryan        55,000
HRO Treadwell, Sheri        43,000
HRO Urso, Maureen        47,000
HRO Vamos, John        48,000
HRO Voccola, Elissa-Ann        35,000
HRO Wilde, Mark        40,000
HRO Williams, David J.        55,000
HRO Wolfe, Ryan        40,000
ITS Alderucci, Paul       105,228
ITS Allo, Jacquelyn M        96,327
ITS Beckman, David        82,290
ITS Caroti, Robert L        85,020
ITS Eigo, Gervacio        86,724
ITS Fede, Rebecca H       100,217
ITS Feole, Rino G.        95,000
ITS Galvin, Donna G        96,327
ITS Ganzman, Tatyana        85,214
ITS Gonzalez, Jose Daniel        61,900
ITS Gorborino, James E        70,464
ITS Grabka, Alfred        86,308
ITS Greene, Kenneth       130,820
ITS Hammon, Paula M.       113,521
ITS Jalbert, Daniel       113,521
ITS Johnson, Steven        80,813
ITS King, Zofia        67,604
ITS Listro, David        86,308
ITS Marsh, Susan D       113,521
ITS McKeone, Erik S        78,700
ITS Pennant, Ryan        76,594
ITS Pulsifer, Donna        78,472
ITS Putnam, Timothy W.       113,521
ITS Schyns, Roger       113,521
ITS Smith, Cheryl       113,521
LAC Cardone, Clarisa        46,904
LAC Goicoechea-Hernandez, Luzselenia        86,160
LAC Oyanadel, Werner       104,106
LCO Bannister, Heather        63,839
LCO Breyan, Maureen        40,359
LCO Caliendo, Diana        83,888
LCO Carroll, Anne Brennan       120,974
LCO Case, Max        51,912
LCO Colon, Miriam        53,858
LCO Cordima, Christopher        66,073
LCO Donovan, Arthur       143,648
LCO Giorgio, Audrey        38,994
LCO Gjede, Eric        66,073
LCO Hanratty, Jr., Richard        99,149
LCO Huertas, Evelyn        54,481
LCO Kruczek, Theresa        45,394
LCO LaChance, Amy        63,839
LCO Lawlor, Eileen        63,839
LCO Maley, Edwin        50,337
LCO Martin, Sally       143,648
LCO McCarthy, Shannon        81,890
LCO McGuire, Mary Ellen        55,953
LCO McKeen, Allison        66,073
LCO Morin, Deborah        37,675
LCO Nadeau, Louise       116,292
LCO Noble, Maria del Pilar        63,726
LCO O’Shea, William       111,990
LCO Padula, Jennifer        81,496
LCO Papallo-Slepski, Cynthia        46,053
LCO Rehm, Angela       106,467
LCO Roberts, Jo       129,028
LCO Sato, Kumi        63,839
LCO Scola, Marilyn        78,382
LCO Shapiro, Larry       167,228
LCO Taff, Richard       143,648
LCO Terrell, Vickey        48,060
LCO Towson, Bradford        99,149
LCO Upton, Jill W.        69,547
LCO Weidlich, Amy        38,994
OFA Arnold, Mary Evelyn        50,632
OFA Ashburn, Christine M.       120,740
OFA Ayers, Neil A.       116,101
OFA Calandro, Alan P.       147,215
OFA Chaffee Jr., Donald J.       107,754
OFA Gellman, Christina G.       122,884
OFA Hunt, Stephen        60,413
OFA Kelley, Kerry A.       116,101
OFA Kelly, Theresa A.        53,858
OFA Kiro, Lisa M.        67,604
OFA Lederman, William        82,283
OFA Miller, Linda L.       122,884
OFA Murphy, Thomas       113,253
OFA Perillo, Christopher       111,990
OFA Perillo, Sarah        82,283
OFA Picano, Marcy        78,739
OFA Planas, Felix J.       122,830
OFA Proto, Jennifer        50,632
OFA Shepard, Alan       122,884
OFA Shepard, Emily        78,739
OFA Soulsby, Joan M.       122,884
OFA Welch, Rachel        60,413
OFA Wetzel, Christopher        60,413
OFA Williams, Holly        50,632
OFA Wysock, Laurie        67,604
OFA Wysock, Robert J.       142,739
OFA Young, Phoenix        60,413
OLM Antinerella, Frances        45,041
OLM Bartolomeo, Melissa        97,428
OLM Bouchard, Diane M.        53,858
OLM Carlisle, Elouise M        75,396
OLM Cassidy, Karol O        59,280
OLM Connery, Eric N.        96,327
OLM Conroy, Elizabeth        44,498
OLM Drew, Joseph        63,397
OLM Ferruggiaro, Elizabeth        50,632
OLM Forte’, Sandra D.        75,396
OLM Gould, Christine        40,944
OLM Grayson, Lori        67,604
OLM Harnick, John       128,931
OLM Kula, Mary        59,061
OLM Martinez, Geraldo        39,503
OLM Maselek, Debra A.        65,048
OLM Matthews, Barbara        59,280
OLM Mazzocca, D’Ann D       189,769
OLM Mohr, Christina        78,739
OLM Peplau, Susan J.**        60,316
OLM Rhude, Kyle        84,755
OLM Richardson, Karen        67,912
OLM Scricca, Francine P        59,280
OLM Serrano, Nancy        40,358
OLM Tamburro, James E.       110,370
OLM Tracy, James P.       143,648
OLM Walker, Andrea M        99,149
OLM Waters, Beth        45,956
OLM Zaugg, Lisa W.**        44,460
OLR Adams, Terrance        60,413
OLR Bernier, Jennifer        93,967
OLR Chen, Duke        60,413
OLR Cohen, Robin        70,658
OLR Covey, Elizabeth        53,858
OLR Dube, Nicole        78,739
OLR Frechette, Dawn        46,110
OLR Frisman, Paul       106,211
OLR Graesser, Christine       102,619
OLR Hansen, Lee        60,413
OLR Holstead, Joseph        87,300
OLR Kaminski Leduc, Janet        99,149
OLR Kasprak, John       122,884
OLR Lohman, Judith       150,830
OLR McCarthy, Kevin       122,884
OLR Miller, Kristen        64,716
OLR Moran, John       106,211
OLR Norman-Eady, Sandra       150,830
OLR O’Neil, Ryan        52,037
OLR Orlando, James        64,716
OLR Otero, Tracey        70,010
OLR Pinho, Rute        62,527
OLR Price, Susan       109,927
OLR Rappa, John       129,028
OLR Reinhart, Christopher       120,042
OLR Rose, Carrie        78,739
OLR Rose, Veronica       129,028
OLR Stroman, Tangy        47,325
OLR Sullivan, Kristin        87,300
PRI Beisel, Brian       122,884
PRI Castillo, Michelle       122,884
PRI Conlin, Catherine       143,648
PRI Duffy, Maryellen       122,884
PRI Gray, Eric        50,632
PRI Jensen, Jill       143,057
PRI Kluger, Miriam       110,602
PRI Labbadia, Bonnine T        59,280
PRI Simoneau, Scott M       121,256
PRI Stevens, Janelle        78,739
PRI Vibert, Carrie       168,045
SCO Forzano, Frank A        60,286
SCO Joseph, Alice A        48,883
SCO Kehoe, Timothy B.        82,300
SCO Shonta, Michael        56,244
SCO Simmons, Renee        62,361
SDO Appleton, Timothy        38,004
SDO Beccaro, William P        60,045
SDO Berlyn, Dina B        75,000
SDO Bowsza, Jason        37,920
SDO Brathwaite, Shwana        39,144
SDO Breiner, Kirstin        34,894
SDO Buchanan, Linda S        65,242
SDO Buckley, Melissa        76,590
SDO Buffington, Deborah I        76,742
SDO Carillo, Chatham        55,562
SDO Cook, Lawrence        71,576
SDO Cullinan, Courtney        68,500
SDO Davis, Gregg        58,677
SDO Dorsey, Heather        38,004
SDO Driscoll, Susan        42,136
SDO Falkowski, Jaclyn        47,993
SDO Fritz, Wendy        46,742
SDO Gavigan, Teresa S        69,782
SDO Giannaros, Elizabeth        36,032
SDO Goldschmidt, Melissa P.        57,838
SDO Graff, Kevin P.       148,632
SDO Graham, Ellen        36,000
SDO Grotheer, Laurence        65,896
SDO Havelin, Robin        51,206
SDO Jones, Darcy        38,004
SDO Kelly, Robert        38,004
SDO Lopes, Richard        45,244
SDO MacDonald, David        35,854
SDO Mauro Jr., Vincent        99,500
SDO McHugh, Maureen        38,004
SDO Merisotis, Emanuel        57,678
SDO Michael, Eleanor        75,000
SDO Miller, William D        66,160
SDO Mongillo, Art        47,856
SDO Monteiro, Virginia        38,004
SDO O’Brien, Dean        48,768
SDO O’Brien, Leslie       115,000
SDO Palmer, Stephen        36,115
SDO Perras, Jimmy        76,745
SDO Quinn Jr, Joseph       172,425
SDO Rudikoff, Joel I       131,931
SDO Russell, Anna        29,232
SDO Salemi, Kathleen        39,626
SDO Scalettar, Ellen       137,967
SDO Severance, Mark        45,044
SDO Shea, Kathleen        34,894
SDO Sidorak, Steve        38,004
SDO Silverman, Phyllis        62,525
SDO Slap, Derek       119,000
SDO Smith, Carla C.        70,575
SDO Smith, Jemar        38,004
SDO Somerville, Taylor        40,711
SDO Spinella, Thomas        39,334
SDO Steuber, David        34,000
SDO Storm, Joshua        50,510
SDO Strand, Carl        34,894
SDO Tarbox, Paul        36,032
SDO Thomas, Kyle        38,004
SDO Toohey, Pamela        40,710
SDO Towbin, Linda M.        71,355
SDO Walker, Laneka        55,435
SDO Walker, Michele R        53,444
SDO Westerberg, Emily        49,000
SDO Wojcik, Joshua        52,500
SDO Wolf, Timothy D.       105,470
SDO Woodcock, G. Andrew**        37,050
SEC Acosta, Adrian        55,462
SEC Axson, Jamie        50,200
SEC Barter, Jeffrey        65,503
SEC Bermudez, Michael        50,200
SEC Boyle, Timothy        58,517
SEC Bruetsch, John        43,882
SEC Diaz, Reymundo        55,462
SEC Driscoll, Scott        55,462
SEC Giansanti Jr, James E.        49,836
SEC Gilgosky, Richard        45,185
SEC Hajdasz, Stephen        81,385
SEC Highter, Robert        43,882
SEC Horan, Janice        43,882
SEC Jones, Gordon        45,185
SEC Kacerguis, Matthew J.        76,322
SEC Lee Jr., Walter E.        88,017
SEC Lombardi, Anthony        61,573
SEC Longo, Paul S.        76,322
SEC Lynch, Peter        55,462
SEC Martinez, Anthony        43,882
SEC Morin, Tracey        49,230
SEC Norman, Gary        43,882
SEC Null, Thomas        55,462
SEC O’Connor, Erica        58,517
SEC O’Reilly, John        58,517
SEC Parker, James        55,462
SEC Richards, Glen        73,228
SEC Segovia, Armando        61,248
SEC Sinatro, Curtis        51,775
SEC Soudier, Thomas        57,404
SEC Sylvester, Jonathan        58,517
SEC Tranter, Todd N.        49,836
SEC Trudel, David        45,184
SEC Vaccaro, Jeffrey        55,462
SEC Wright, Gregory        57,404
SEC Zaniewski, James        57,404
SEC Zengel, Keith        62,951
SRO Askham, Patricia        38,000
SRO Cody, Brett       101,908
SRO Cogswell, Gregg        42,000
SRO Cronin, Michael J       101,314
SRO Deschenes, Peggy        87,200
SRO Diorio, Christopher        45,000
SRO Ferro, Jaclyn        48,500
SRO Fitzgerald, Jill        36,000
SRO Fleming, Yvette D.        68,578
SRO Fletcher, Christopher M.        48,000
SRO Fournier, Kelley        33,000
SRO Genovesi, Alexander        33,000
SRO Goodwine, Michael        42,069
SRO Hammersley, Lisa        82,000
SRO Higgins, Katelyn A        56,897
SRO Holleran, Lena A.        60,331
SRO Kenneally, Katherine        43,026
SRO Krautler, Patricia A.        69,717
SRO Latina, Jodi        70,000
SRO Lemieux Jr, Joseph        61,742
SRO Liegeot, Adam        79,000
SRO MacKenzie, Hugh        87,518
SRO Macierowski, Jennifer A       151,000
SRO Makuc, Jaime J        52,867
SRO Merritt, Schuyler        35,000
SRO O’Keefe, Mary Kathryn        57,200
SRO Pimentel, Paul       151,000
SRO Poudrier Jr., Robert A.        93,056
SRO Ruppar, Katherine        47,500
SRO Salamone, Pamela        35,000
SRO Shannon, John W       129,030
SRO Stewart, Erin        33,000
SRO Utter, Randa        68,671
SRO Vecchitto, John        63,704
SRO Zavagnin, Chris        38,000
     
     
     
     
*This salary represents payment for a full 40 hour workweek. However, due to
agency budget cuts, this employee has reduced their pay by utilizing the
 voluntary leave and schedule reduction program.  
     
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Malloy gives State Bond Commission his first snow job: postpones meeting until next Wednesday

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The governor has postponed the State Bond Commission meeting, which is usually on the last Friday of the month but had been rescheduled for tomorrow, until next Wednesday, because of the anticipated storm. So those final 38 rail cars that were so crucial to Gov. Rell’s legacy last month, but the procurement of which was postponed amid apparent Democratic intentions to get the credit for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, will roll into February, now.

Cool: more snow tonight. Maybe it’s a good time to oil your baseball glove(s)

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Because a month from today, Feb. 26, it’s mandatory reporting for all major league ball players. Voluntary spring training begins for pitchers and catchers on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. The Blogster thinks you should know.

Chris Healy, GOP state chief and the anti-Malloy, opines on the State of the Union delivery

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Here’s Healy’s react to last night’s doings in DC:

“President Obama and the Democrats continue to perpetuate the illusion that you can spend your way to prosperity. “

“After offering well chosen words for the need to tackle a $13 trillion deficit that he and the Democrats in Congress created, the President pivoted to ask for more spending dressed up in the word “investment.”

“The bottom line is the federal government is drowning our economic in red ink and leading to broken dreams and continued long-term unemployment.  The President should meet with Republicans and Democrats and work out a meaningful plan to reduce government operating costs and spare no department.”

“The President talks a good game about entitlement reform but until Democrats are ready to sit down and talk about reforming Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security rather than reverting to their “scare the poor and the elderly” playbook, the long-term debt of this country will never be erased.”

“Republicans were elected this past fall in record numbers because voters from all corners have had enough with the growing role of government in our lives. The President has the opportunity to truly be an historic leader by doing what the voters want – cut spending, reform entitlements and get people back to work.”

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