Ellison Votes Against Continuing Resolution
The 5th District congressman didn’t agree with the cuts in the sequester.
Fifth District Rep. Keith Ellison protested the sequester cuts by voting against the continuing resolution that the House passed Thursday.
The act funds the government for the next six months and keeps the government from shutting down later this month. The House passed the act on a 318-109 vote. The Senate passed it Wednesday.
Following Thursday’s passage in the House, Ellison issued the following statement:
“While I believe Congress has a basic responsibility to keep the government running, I voted against this bill to protest the deep cuts to everything from education funding to medical research known as the ‘sequester.’ The Sequester does nothing to improve the continuing jobs crisis in Minnesota and the country. Today’s legislation will cut funding for kids on Head Start, essential medical research, and repairing our roads and bridges. Under sequester, nearly 9,000 women and children in Minnesota will lose nutrition assistance, nearly 14,000 Minnesotans will lose job training, and 500 Minnesotans performing innovative health research will lose their jobs.
“It's time we eliminated the haphazard cuts in the sequester. Last month, I introduced the Balancing Act, which closes tax loopholes so that the most vulnerable do not bear the brunt of reducing the deficit. This week I introduced the Back to Work Budget to reduce the deficit by $4.4 trillion by cutting what we don’t need—like loopholes for oil companies and hedge fund managers—and investing in the things we do need.”
Do you agree with Ellison's vote? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Fabuladico
2:28 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Not surprising. Keith Ellison is Obama's lap dog, not likely to vote for anything his master doesn't approve.
Mike B.
3:43 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Keith Ellison is the last person on Earth who has standing to comment on the federal budget. Mr. Ellison has never held a real job in his life, much like President Obama, and has absolutely no idea of free enterprise.
I don't blame Mr. Ellison as much as the City of Minneapolis residents who voted this guy into office. After all, Ellison couldn't even keep track of his traffic tickets! How in the heck could he have any comprehension of the federal budget?
Mike B.
8:45 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Or even more accurately, the Democrat Party's lap dog, as the Democrat Party has driven out all the moderate members of its party over the years. The Democrat "Blue Dogs" are no longer around, Colin Peterson being one of the very few example that doesn't say "how high" when Nancy Pelosi says "jump."
The liberal media would have its followers believe that it's the Republicans who all think alike. Actually, it's the Democrats who line up like lemmings behind Nancy Pelosi, "Dingey Harry" Reid, and the others. And having an official "Congressional Black Caucus" is in itself an insult to voters by Democrats. I sure as heck don't see a Catholic caucus, a Polish caucus, or a white caucus.
mike savick
10:56 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Actually Representative Ellison had a law practice. What have you and MIke B done?
John Anderson
6:50 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
"...reduce the deficit by $4.4 trillion..." Hello?!? The deficit has been hovering between $1.3 trillion and $1 trillion for the last few years. Only in Mr. Ellison's dreams would we spend enough to have a deficit of $4.4 trillion. In a rational world, I wouldn't believe that we have a representative who doesn't know the difference between deficit and debt, but sadly, seeing how ordinary people manage their own finances, it is not surprising.
mike savick
10:59 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Only if the State Department asks him to go like President George Bush asked him to go as a good will ambassador.
guy davidson
11:51 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013
its march - isn't he supposed to be in Somalia as usual.
mike savick
11:01 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
So it is not OK for black members of congress to work together on common issues but OK for the white tea party to get together or NRA members to work together?
Mike B.
6:19 am on Thursday, April 11, 2013
I am guessing you post just so that you can get angry replies.
The Tea Party and NRA have many black members, and all races all welcome. These are not racially-oriented groups; the Congressional Black Caucus of course is.
mike savick
1:36 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
There are hundreds of sanctioned Congressional caucuses from political views, trade groups, and specific issues including many that are directed at the interessts of specific regional and ethnic groups including eurocentric caucuses: Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, Congressional Caucus on the Netherlands,Congressional Croatian Caucus ,Congressional Czech Caucus ,Congressional Friends of Denmark, Friends of Norway Caucus, House Friends of Scotland Caucus, Senate Friends of Scotland Caucus, Friends of Switzerland Caucus, German-American Caucus, Hungarian American Caucus, TEX-21 Congressional Caucus, U.S.-New Zealand Congressional Caucus, etc.
guy davidson
12:45 am on Thursday, April 11, 2013
what a piece of work...