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November 2, 2011
Lee Co-Sponsors Reform to Eliminate Budget Gimmicks
Today, Senator Mike Lee will co-sponsor legislation that eliminates the most common budgetary gimmicks used by Congress to hide hundreds of billions of dollars in spending. In the past six years alone, the tricks addressed in the Honest Budget Act (S.1651) have enabled Congress to spend over $350 billion, money that the country simply doesn’t have.
November 1, 2011
Senate Still Committed to Growing Government Spending — Day Lee Briefing 11/01/2011
Today, the Senate voted down Senator Lee’s motion to maintain 2011 spending levels in certain areas of 2012 appropriations, including agriculture and commerce. This would have saved taxpayers roughly $10 billion in comparison to the spending levels that were ultimately passed, which Senator Lee voted against.
November 1, 2011
Lee: Failed Motion Shows Commitment to Big Spending Remains
Today, Senator Mike Lee’s motion to maintain certain 2012 spending appropriations at 2011 levels was voted down. The motion would have affected legislation that will authorize funding for several departments, including agriculture, commerce, and transportation.
October 31, 2011
Utah Tourism and the VISIT USA Act — Day Lee Briefing 10/31/2011
We are excited that Utah’s Senator Mike Lee has co-sponsored important tourism legislation – the VISIT USA Act will stimulate international business and leisure travel to the U.S. and improve U.S. visa process.
October 27, 2011
Lee Troubled By Proposed Rule Allowing Agencies to Mislead Public
Today, Senator Mike Lee reacted to reports that the Department of Justice may be attempting to allow federal agencies to provide misinformation about the existence of certain government documents. Senator Lee cautioned that the proposed rule could be a “slippery slope” toward making government unaccountable to the people.
October 25, 2011
Promises Made, Promises Broken
At a political fundraiser last night, President Obama said he kept “a little checklist” with his campaign promises, and that he believes he’s kept about 60 percent of his campaign promises. That might be news to those individuals who reviewed his 2008 health care platform, because Obamacare has done more to break candidate Obama’s campaign promises than to keep them.
October 21, 2011
Silence Surrounds the Demise of the CLASS Act — Day Lee Briefing 10/21/2011
We’ve previously commented about the deafening silence from prominent Democrats about the CLASS Act’s demise. But if these or other Democrats wish to revise and extend their earlier remarks about the program’s solvency, we’re all ears…
October 20, 2011
Lee, Schumer Introduce Immigration Reform Bill
With an excess of supply stalling a recovery in the U.S. housing market, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) announced today that they will offer a bipartisan proposal to boost demand for homes by luring foreign investors to purchase residences and live in the U.S. The concept is part of a broad immigration package aimed at boosting foreign travel and investment in the United States.
October 20, 2011
Clarifying Elements of the VISIT-USA Act
The purpose of this bill is to support a free market method of increasing demand for housing at a time when so many working-class Americans are underwater on their homes, are desperate for prices to rise again, and big-government programs have failed to work. I am sponsoring this bill because I know that it makes economic sense while protecting American citizens.
October 19, 2011
Obamacare and Jobs — Day Lee Briefing 10/19/2011
Today, Senator Lee will attend a Judiciary Committee hearing featuring Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and will host his weekly Jello Bar event at 3:30 PM. The senator will also attend a dinner hosted by Taiwanese Ambassador Jason C. Yuan.