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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. “This… Read more »

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 »

Congressman Posey introduced legislation to eliminate a generous death benefit set aside for the family of Members of Congress who pass away during the term of their service. The Congressional death gratuity was initially intended decades ago as a form of life insurance for families of Members of Congress. The benefit in the amount of an entire year’s salary is payable to the survivor of… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced legislation to ensure the timely payment of Social Security benefits to senior citizens by requiring that Social Security checks be sent to seniors even if the federal government reaches the statutory debt limit. The Social Security Check Guarantee Act is intended to reassure senior citizens that the government is obligated to pay their social security… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced the Senior Citizen Income Security Act to help senior citizens improve their economic well being and to restore some of the original promises that were made years ago through Social Security. The legislation implements the following: 1. Repeals the 1993 Clinton tax increase on Social Security benefits so that no senior is double taxed on their earned… Read more »

The RE-asserting American Leadership in Space Act, or REAL Space Act, sets a new course for NASA toward human space flight while keeping within current budgetary constraints. Specifically, the bipartisan legislation directs NASA to plan to return to the Moon by 2022 and develop a sustained human presence on the Moon as a stepping stone for the future exploration of Mars and other… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced the ASAP Act or the Assure Servicemembers Are Paid Act to require that in the event of a government shutdown, our military men and women defending our nation continue being paid without delay. The United States enjoys the benefits of an all volunteer, professional military force. Many of the families of junior enlisted service members are surviving paycheck to… Read more »