Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) will host the 2012 Congressional Art Competition on Saturday, April 14th at the Foosaner Art Museum’s Harris Auditorium in Melbourne. Students can bring their artwork between 9 AM and 10 AM. No late entries will be accepted. Formal award ceremonies begin at 11:30 AM. The competition is being held in Congressional Districts across the nation.
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Today the President released his Fiscal Year 2013 budget plan calling for record $3.8 trillion in spending for Fiscal Year 2013, projecting another $1.3 trillion budget deficit for 2012, and a budget path that never balances and increases the overall national debt to $25 Trillion in 2022.
“This is not a serious plan to make Washington live within its means,” said Congressman Bill… Read more »
Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) released the following statement commending local groups for working to bring another World Boxing Organization (WBO) sanctioned boxing night to Palm Bay, Florida this year:
“It’s exciting that the Greater Palm Bay Chamber, the Space Coast TDC, and All Star Boxing are once again working with Telemundo to bring a second round of boxing entertainment… Read more »
While speaking at Disney World today, President Obama embraced the provisions of bipartisan legislation introduced this past September by U.S. Representatives Joe Heck (R-NV) and Bill Posey (R-FL) to help attract more international tourists to U.S. travel destinations. The Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act (H.R. 3039) currently has 35 cosponsors, including six… Read more »
Congressman Bill Posey released the following statement mourning the passing of Bob Lay:
“This is a sudden and tragic loss for our community,” said Congressman Posey. “Bob was a great guy, a true leader and someone who we all relied on to get us through the hurricanes, storms and other devastating events. Calm in a crisis, cool under pressure, there wasn’t a challenge he wasn’t ready… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a 1200-page omnibus spending bill for Fiscal Year 2012 bringing total discretionary spending to more than $1.053 trillion, several billion more than last year's spending level. Congressman Bill Posey voted against the legislation, which spends $31.6 billion more than the House passed budget plan and nearly $10 billion more than the… Read more »
With the support of Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge), the House of Representatives passed legislation to make high cost federal regulations subject to Congressional approval. The Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act or REINS Act provides a check on the authority of federal regulators to create rules and regulations found to have a major cost on the economy.
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Sadly, today the House failed to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution by a vote of 261 – 165. Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) supported the Amendment, however passage required a 2/3 majority. Below is Congressman Posey’s statement for the Congressional record:
“Nearly every state in the union is required to balance its budget each year, including my home state of… Read more »
The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), whose 10,000 members own more than 40% of all U.S. Hotels, has come out in support of Congressman Bill Posey’s (R-FL) bipartisan legislation (H.R. 1723) to aid economic recovery by preventing federal bank regulators from arbitrarily penalizing community banks for working with borrowers to modify their loans or accepting mortgage… Read more »
Congressman Posey is the lead sponsor of bipartisan legislation to aid job creation and economic recovery by preventing federal bank regulators from arbitrarily penalizing small community banks for working with borrowers to modify their loans or accepting mortgage payments from someone other than the borrower. Since the 2008 financial crisis, federal bank regulators have been… Read more »
