http://dumpspratt.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:08:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More than 100 activists trekked to Columbia over the weekend to stand outside in the 100 degree weather and protest Vice-President Biden and Congressman John Spratt at a fundraiser.  Biden had the nerve to praise Spratt for the engineering of a balanced budget in 1997 while blaming our current deficits ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/07/25/activists-protest-biden-and-spratt/ http://dumpspratt.com/2010/07/10/ask-john-spratt-where-is-the-budget/ John Spratt is the chairman of the House Budget Committee.  He ushered through a budget with a $1.5 trillion deficit last year and is prepared to do the same again this year.  How can the man stand before his constituents and lecture to them about responsible spending? Speaking to a friendly ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/07/10/spratts-hypocrisy-on-spending/ HEALTH-CARE MANDATE: Voting 187 for and 230 against, the House on June 15 defeated a GOP bid to use HR 5486 (above) as a vehicle for repealing the new health law’s requirement that individuals who can afford it obtain medical insurance either at work or in a ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/06/20/spratt-gets-second-chance-on-health-care-and-blows-it/ Mick Mulvaney is catching Jack Spratt.  A new poll out shows Spratt with only 43% and Mulvaney with 41%.  A few months ago a PPP poll showed Mulvaney trailing by seven. Republicans are touting a new poll that shows GOP challenger Mick Mulvaney in a virtual tie with 14-term Democratic ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/05/27/spratt-and-mulvaney-in-statistical-tie/ Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will visit Rock Hill next month to headline a fundraiser for Republican U.S. House candidate Mick Mulvaney. Pawlenty, widely mentioned as a possible presidential contender in 2012, will speak during a breakfast reception at the downtown City Club. Tickets are $100. Mulvaney, a state senator from Indian Land, ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/04/24/minnesota-governor-to-headline-mulvaney-fundraiser/ John Spratt has been listed among those being targeted by the tea party movement in a CNN article today. On the House side, Tea Party activists said they are taking aim at Democratic Reps. Betsey Markey of Colorado, Alan Grayson of Florida, Baron Hill of Indiana, Barney Frank of ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/04/15/spratt-targeted-by-tea-party/ As many of us have said over and over, health care reform was never about lifting the uninsured up to the same level of care as everyone else. It was about dragging the rest of us down in order to accommodate them. The new ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/04/13/u-s-faces-shortage-of-doctors/ A lot of hay has been made over the past few days since President Obama arrived in Charlotte with Jack Spratt at his side.  The resulting photo-op is supposed to be symbolic, painting a picture for the people of the power the Congressman holds.  I guess that's supposed to be ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/04/06/spratts-presidential-photo-op/ Predictably, John Spratt defied his constituents once again and decided to placate San Francisco liberals and his gate keeper Nancy Pelosi.  He of course voted in favor of the health care destruction bill.  Despite his coyness, Spratt intended all along to vote for the bill.  He was never undecided or ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/03/22/spratt-destroyed-your-health-care-last-night/