08 Jul 2008 Congressman Paul Broun Fights for Property Rights

Posted at 04:13h in Articles, Blog, Property Rights by

A note on the fight to protect property rights from National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Fellow R.J. Smith:

To all —

Once again freshman Congressman Paul Broun from Georgia’s 10th is on the House floor fighting for property rights.

Congress has been sending lots of bad Green Federal land grab bills to the floor under suspension of the rules, allowing no amendments, and very limited debate, and trying to sneak them by on a voice vote. This has given cover to a surprising number of GOP members, including supposed conservatives, who have been attempting to sneak some Green earmarked pork to their districts with no recorded vote.

Good ol’ Paul Broun is down there making certain there are recorded roll call votes taken. The strategy: Stop the bills if you can. Make people think twice with a recorded vote. Hold the RINOs’ feet to the fire.

If you haven’t visited Paul Broun’s website and seen his Congressional Property Rights Action Caucus and the weekly e-letter that his staffer Stephen Kraly sends out, do so. And get on the mailing list for the newsletter. And for those of you who remember Aloysius Hogan and all the great work he did with Senator Jim Inhofe: Aloysius is chief-of-staff for Rep. Broun. You’ve got some friends in an increasingly hostile Congress.

— RJ

R.J. Smith is a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research. To contact him directly, write him at [email protected].


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