Not every elected official from Minnesota is a crazed, ballot-stuffing liberal!
Meet Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, an outspoken Republican hero from the confused state of Minnesota.
The Congresswoman found herself in plenty of hot water standing up for Republican values and against the socialism being spewed by Obama and Pelosi in the last election cycle. Thank goodness her constituents saw their way clear to reelect her as she will continue to be a Republican who is not afraid to stand up to the liberal Congress!
January 15th she takes on the Death Tax:
Democrat leadership in Congress and President-Elect Barack Obama have made it perfectly clear that they are dead set on renewing the Death Tax rather than letting it expire in 2010.
An editorial in the Wall Street Journal does a nice job detailing the ins-and-outs of the death tax and it's impact on the struggling middle-class businesses that Obama and the Democrats say they want to protect.
Democrats want to make the current death tax rate of 45% permanent, and while the Democrats like to portray the tax as targeted to those super-wealthy folks like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, that is simply not the case. According the WSJ piece:
"The death tax strikes most heavily at small- and medium-sized family-owned businesses that generate the majority of new American jobs. So hitting these family businesses with a multimillion dollar tax bill when the owner dies won't help job creation."
I am an original cosponsor of H.R. 205, the Death Tax Repeal Act, just reintroduced in the House. Don't let the them fool you with their messaging -- this tax isn't about the wealthy. It impacts family farms and businesses -- the lifeline of Main Street that is vital to a healthy economy. With the economy in such a fragile state, renewing this tax will continue to hamper the economic prospects of our nation. Let's let the death tax die, once and for all.
BIO
Elected in 2006, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is the first Republican woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota. In only her first term, Congresswoman Bachmann developed a reputation as a "principled reformer" who stays true to her conservative beliefs while pushing for real reform of the broken ways of Washington. And, her strong advocacy for her constituents earned her a second term in Congress in November 2008.
Congresswoman Ileana ROS-LEHTINEN, a Representative from Florida; born Ileana Ros in Havana, Cuba, July 15, 1952; A.A., Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Fla., 1972; B.A., Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 1975; M.S., Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 1987; Ed.D University of Miami, Miami, Fl., 2004; founder, Eastern Academy; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1982-1986; member of the Florida state senate, 1986-1989; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Claude D. Pepper; reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (August 29, 1989-present).
Congresswoman Ginny BROWN-WAITE, a Representative from Florida; born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 5, 1943; B.S., State University of New York, Albany, N.Y., 1976; M.S., Russell Sage College, Troy, N.Y., 1984; legislative director, New York state senate; Hernando County, Fla., commissioner, 1990-1992; member of the Florida state senate, 1992-2002; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-present).
