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PA09 Shuster stands with big oil!!!

September 18th, 2008, posted by dvilledem2

This summer Congressman Bill Shuster spent a few weeks traveling the district hawking his “comprehensive energy plan” because “The time for Congress to act is now.”
H.R.6899 is just exactly the “all of the above” kind of bill that Mr. Shuster claimed to have been advocating.
Well, last night, (September 16th 2008) “the time to act” came and went and Bill Shuster voted with big oil. (H.R. 6899 Roll Call vote #599, 16 Sept 2008)
September 16, 2008, Rep. Shuster voted against the Comprehensive American Energy Security & Consumer Protection Act which will:
• Allow drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf and increase domestic oil production in Alaska  read more »

PA09 Bill Shuster (R PA09) parties with "Hookers and Blow"

September 1st, 2008, posted by dvilledem2

As residents of New Orleans were fleeing Hurricane Gustav, top Republican Party officials donned pink boas and swigged vodka shots at a wild whirl of corporate and lobbyist-paid parties this weekend in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Sunday night lobbyists with ties to criminally indicted lawmaker Tom DeLay, put on a raucous six-hour party at a downtown bar featuring music by the band “Hookers and Blow.” There was no evidence of any actual prostitutes or cocaine.

Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA), a GOP House deputy whip, was seen meeting with a group of lobbyists, who bemoaned McCain’s call to tone down the parties which had already been paid for.  read more »

PA09 Let's build something!

July 23rd, 2008, posted by dvilledem2

While Congressional and Senate Republicans stand in the way of Democratic Party initiatives to solve America’s economic woes and Bill Shuster complains about the ineffectiveness of inactivity, 9th District Congressional Candidate Tony Barr works toward real solutions for working people in Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District. In a statement released on Wednesday July 23rd, The Democratic Party Challenger offers a series of proposals intended to aid Central Pennsylvania’s economic woes.  read more »

PA09 Don't count your bills, Bill

July 7th, 2008, posted by dvilledem2

Bill Shuster has spent the last couple of days being driven around the 9th District talking up his “Energy Independence act”. Flashy title aside, HR 6421 is quite probably deader than fried chicken. The Bill was introduced to the floor of Congress on June 29th without a single co-sponsor. That means that no one in Congress, not even any republicans, would attach their name to it. The last energy-related bill that got out of Committee had some 198 co-sponsors.  read more »

Responding to Bill Shuster's Energy plan

June 30th, 2008, posted by dvilledem2

Recently, in an op-ed piece,Bill Shuster outlined his energy policy.

When Congressman Bill Shuster advises voters to blame Congress for gas prices, we agree. Congress is to blame for much of the present situation. The point raises one question; Mr. Shuster, aren’t you a member of Congress?

Bill Shuster wants to blame Congress for its inability to act but when Congress did act; it was Bill Shuster standing in the way. The voters should remember that Bill Shuster, as recently as this past February, voted against the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008, (roll call vote #84 on 02/27/08).

In 2005, Bill Shuster voted to send $2.6 Billion of your tax dollars to oil companies, (HR 6, Vote #445 on 7/28/05).  read more »

PA09 setting up an upset

April 24th, 2008, posted by dvilledem2

According to the website of the Commonwealth Department of State election returns, Democratic challenger Tony Barr received more votes in the April 22nd primary than did the incumbent Bill Shuster (R PA09). Tony Barr received 57,489 votes, while Shuster received only 56,921 votes. While hardly a landslide, the 1% Barr edge going into the general election makes an upset in the 9th District a distinct possibility.

“Obviously, we have a lot of work to do” Barr said, “but we are eager to bring our message to the voters in the 9th District. The Bush/Shuster era hasn’t been good for the 9th District and we are confident that the voters are looking to make a change, but we still have some work to do”  read more »

PA09 Shuster must go!

March 11th, 2008, posted by dvilledem2

The American heritage dictionary defines the word evil as causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful. How else but evil would one characterize a member of congress who willfully disregards the expressed will of his constituents? What other word but evil would describe the following:

voting against The Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act,
voting against overtime protection for American workers
voting against housing assistance for Native Amercians,
voting against creating long term energy alternatives,
voting against tax incentives for clean renewable energy
voting against raising the minimum wage,
voting against the prosecution of hate crimes,
Voting against expanding healthcare coverage to National Guard members and reservists who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan  read more »

Shuster must Go!

The American heritage dictionary defines the word evil as causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful. How else but evil would one characterize a member of congress who willfully disregards the expressed will of his constituents? What other word but evil would describe the following:

voting against The Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act,
voting against overtime protection for American workers
voting against housing assistance for Native Amercians,
voting against creating long term energy alternatives,
voting against tax incentives for clean renewable energy
voting against raising the minimum wage,
voting against the prosecution of hate crimes,
Voting against expanding healthcare coverage to National Guard members and reservists who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan
voting against granting a bonus to grant a $1,500 bonus to every American service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, including National Guard and Reserve forces.
voting against the responsible redeployment of American troops from Iraq
Voting against the re-authorization of children’s healthcare,
Voting against the Children’s health and Medicare protection act of 2007

But according to the Congressional record via the Library of Congress, this member of congress doesn’t just vote “nay”, he voted “Yea” on a few things, for example;

voting to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon’s own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor’s costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
Voting to give billions to oil companies
Voting to give billions to drug companies
Voting for what ever Tom Delay told him to 97% of the time

According to Project VoteSmart this member of Congress was given a low grades from such public watchdog groups as;
National Education Association
National Parent Teacher Association
Children’s Defense fund
Alliance for Retired Americans
Retired Enlisted Association
Disabled American Veterans
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy

Who is this villain, you might ask? What kind of person would call himself a representative of the people and still advocate the privatization of Social Security, the elimination of the AMT, and the continuation of the War in Iraq? The answer is sadly the PA-09th’s own Bill Shuster.

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