Congressman Posey is a co-sponsor of the Spending Reform Act of 2009, which caps discretionary spending, eliminates wasteful and duplicative agencies, reforms entitlement programs and reforms the congressional earmark process.
The Spending Reform Act of 2009 is a starting point for both parties to work together to cut wasteful spending, begin balancing the federal budget and address… Read more »
Congressman Posey is a co-sponsor of H.R. 156, the Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act, a bill to prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustment in 2010.
Members of Congress automatically recieve a cost of living increase every year. This year a Congressional salary increases by $4,700. Congressman Posey pledged to return this year's increase to the United… Read more »
On April 2, 2009, Congressman Posey introduced the American Space Access Act as one way Congress can act to address the space gap. Specifically the American Space Access Act extends the life of the space shuttle through 2015 or until either NASA’s next generation space system, Constellation, comes online or a domestic supplier is certified by NASA as capable of taking humans into space… Read more »
Congressman Posey is a cosponsor of the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act, legislation which expresses the sense of Congress that individuals currently detained at Guantanamo Bay should not be transferred or released into the United States. Rep Posey also opposes using any tax dollars to transport Guantanamo detainees into the U.S.
The legislation prohibits the President from… Read more »
Congressman Posey joined with Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas in introducing H.R. 2259, the Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act which would double the “cooling off” period before former members of the U.S. House of Representatives can begin lobbying Congress. Currently, House members are only required to wait one year before beginning to lobby their former colleagues, while Senators… Read more »
Congressman Posey is a cosponsor of H.R. 25, the Fair Tax Act of 2009 which repeals the income tax and other taxes, abolishes the Internal Revenue Service and replaces it with a national sales tax to be administered by the states. Congressman Posey is also a cosponsor of H.J. Res. 16, which proposes an amendment to the Constitution to repeal the 16th Amendment, which authorizes Congress… Read more »
Congressman Posey is a cosponsor of H.R. 301, legislation to make permanent the tax cut provisions passed by Congress in 2001 and 2003 including income tax reductions for all taxpayers, reductions in dividend and capital gain tax rates, deductions for state and local sales taxes, deductions for tuition and related expenses and increased expensing for depreciable business assets.
The… Read more »
Congressman Posey introduced H.R. 1027, the Thrift Store Protection Act, to exempt certain products sold by second hand sellers and charities from over-regulation stemming from legislation passed by Congress. He was joined by Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL) in introducing this bill. Specifically, the Thrift Store Protection Act would exempt second-hand sellers from Public Law 110-314’s (The… Read more »
Congressman Posey is an Original Cosponsor of the H.R. 1207, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, which to would eliminate restrictions on Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits of the Federal Reserve and open Federal Reserve operations to enhanced scrutiny. By opening all Federal Reserve operations to a GAO audit and calling for such an audit to be completed by the end of 2010, the… Read more »
Congressman Posey is a cosponsor of H. Res. 111, a House Resolution to establish a special committee dedicated to American soldier Prisoners of War and those soldiers missing in action. Specifically, this select committee’s mission to “conduct a full investigation of all unresolved matters relating to any United States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, the Korean conflict,… Read more »
