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POLITICO: Debbie Stabenow, Mike Pompeo spar over wind energy tax credit

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST

By ANDREW RESTUCCIA | 4/24/13 9:02 AM EDT

Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Rep. Mike Pompeo clashed Wednesday over the future of a key wind energy tax credit, underscoring the many hurdles lawmakers face in their push to reform the tax code

Pompeo, a conservative Kansas Republican, criticized a deal to avert the fiscal cliff that extended the production tax credit for wind by one year — just one day after the credit expired.

“We got rid of the wind production tax credit. I worked really hard on it. We got rid of it for 23 hours,” Pompeo, a vocal critic of the tax credit, said during a POLITICO Pro's Deep Dive on energy and taxes. “But in the Senate they snuck it in — in the dark of night."

Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee’s energy panel, shot back, “There was a light in the room. It wasn’t dark.”

The sharp exchange underscored the wide gulf between Democrats and conservative Republicans on energy taxation. Democrats and some Republicans want to extend tax credits for wind and solar power, arguing the industries need short-term support to thrive. But conservative Republicans like Pompeo counter that renewables should stand on their own without government support.

“Wind, solar … let’s let them go compete. … What they don’t need is somebody else’s money,” Pompeo said during the event at the Newseum in Washington. He added that too many tax breaks go to “energy sources that have political patrons, not customers.”

But Stabenow said it’s the oil and gas industry that has benefited from nearly a century of tax breaks embedded in the tax code and that it’s time to level the playing field by eliminating breaks for the largest, most profitable companies.

“We’ve been picking winners for 100 years,” she told Pompeo, referring to deductions in the code for oil companies. “You’re right, we’ve got some special deals in the tax code.”

“We made a policy decision to pick a winner. We picked a winner. They won. And they’ve been doing great,” she said of the oil industry.

Stabenow said the wind production tax credit isn’t going to be eliminated without a fight.

“Now we have an opportunity when everybody is racing to clean energy technologies to win again,” she said. “I’m going to fight like crazy for that production tax credit.”

Summing up his position on Stabenow’s views, Pompeo said: “I disagree with just about everything.”

“This is where it gets interesting,” she said.

Original Story: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/stabenow-pompeo-wind-energy-tax-credit-90559.html#ixzz2TBmR7ooH

The HILL: Pompeo to Baucus: ObamaCare 'train wreck' is your fault

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST

By Sam Baker - 04/18/13 05:07 PM ET

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) was not impressed with Sen. Max Baucus's (D-Mont.) criticism of how the Obama administration has implemented its signature healthcare law.

Baucus said Wednesday that he fears the implementation will be a "huge train wreck" because people do not understand what the reform law does.

If it's a train wreck, Pompeo said, Baucus has no one to blame but himself.

"No one in the country bears more responsibility for the complexity of this law than you," Pompeo wrote in a letter to Baucus on Thursday.

Baucus, as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, was a key architect of the Affordable Care Act. Most of its major provisions were crafted in his committee, and the Finance draft was consistently treated as the primary bill even as other Senate and House committees worked on their own proposals.

"You drafted it, you twisted arms to get it passed, and, until now, you have lauded it as a model for all the world," Pompeo wrote to Baucus. "Your attempts to pass the buck to President Obama’s team will not work, nor will they absolve you of responsibility for the harm that you have brought via this law."

Baucus has a competitive reelection fight coming up next year — just months after the biggest pieces of ObamaCare are set to take effect. Republicans have already made clear that they plan to target Baucus over his role in getting the healthcare law passed, and problems with the implementation could make the GOP's job easier.

"Make no mistake. Unless you act before it’s too late, the American people are going to hold you personally responsible for the failings of this law that negatively impact their jobs, their health, and their families," Pompeo wrote.

Original Story: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/294895-gop-rep-to-baucus-obamacare-train-wreck-is-your-fault#ixzz2TBr5d0S5

Examiner.com: Pompeo receives Freedom Fighter Award from FreedomWorks

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST

FreedomWorks releases 2012 congressional scorecard, 2013 FreedomFighter awards

BY: CHRISTOPHER COLLINS - MARCH 17, 2013

The second annual FreedomWorks FreedomFighter award is given only to principled Senators and Representatives who fight for economic liberty, constitutionally-limited government, and who consistently voted in defense of economic freedom. Each recipient earned a minimum score of 90 percent on the FreedomWorks Congressional Scorecard during the 2012 legislative session, which often required legislators to cast politically unpopular votes inside the Beltway in order to defend liberty and strengthen the economy across the country.

FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe commented, “Our responsibility as engaged citizens is to hold politicians accountable for bad votes, but also to congratulate them for making the right votes. FreedomWorks applauds every recipient of the second annual ‘FreedomFighter Award,’ and encourages them to keep fighting for Americans’ civil liberties.”

The user-friendly technology allows activists the ability to track the votes of Members of Congress in ‘real time’ on key issues of economic freedom. Users have the option to search for their lawmakers’ scores by zip code, or to browse each year’s scores by name, state, political party, or score rankings.

“Democrats and Republicans are mutually responsible for America’s exploding national debt and the staggering unemployment rates in the US. It’s time we start holding all members accountable,” Kibbe continued. “FreedomWorks developed its Congressional Scorecard to help activists across the country track the legislation being voted on in Congress and to see which members protect the liberties and economic interests of the American people and which ones do not.”

In Georgia, Congressman, Paul Broun (GA-10) scored a 100% for the FreedomFighter award 2013 while Georgia 2012 runner-up winners were, Congressmen Tom Graves (GA-9) with a score of 95%, Tom Price (GA-6) scored a 90%, and Lynn Westmoreland (GA-3) scored a 95% for 2012.

FreedomWorks said the following winners received scores of 100% and are among this year’s “2013 FreedomFighter Award” winners:

Senators Jim DeMint (SC), Mike Lee (UT) and Rand Paul (KY); and Congressmen Justin Amash (MI-3), Paul Broun (GA-10), Jeff Duncan (SC-3), Jeff Flake (AZ-6), Tim Huelskamp (KS-1), Tom McClintock (CA-4), Mick Mulvaney (SC-5), and David Schweikert (AZ-5).

The other winners are:

Senators Michael Crapo (ID), Ron Johnson (WI), James Risch (ID), David Vitter (LA); and Congresswoman Diane Black (TN-6), Congressmen Michael Burgess (TX-26), Steve Chabot (OH-1), Jason Chaffetz (UT-3), Stephen Fincher (TN-8), Trent Franks (AZ-2), Scott Garrett (NJ-5), Louie Gohmert (TX-1), Paul Gosar (AZ-1), Trey Gowdy (SC-4), Jim Jordan (OH-4), Raul Labrador (ID-1), Doug Lamborn (CO-5), Randy Neugebauer (TX-19), Mike Pompeo (KS-4), Ben Quayle (AZ-3), Tim Scott (SC-1), James Sensenbrenner (WI-5), Joe Walsh (IL-8).

FreedomWorks tracks the votes of Members of Congress on key issues of economic freedom to make it easier for citizens to know how their representative is voting and can be viewed here.

Orignal Story: http://www.examiner.com/article/freedomworks-releases-2012-congressional-scorecard-2013-freedomfighter-awards

VIDEO: Pelosi Accuses Pompeo of Not Being on Team America

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST

After Pompeo, a Cold War veteran, called the Sequestration a "Home Run," Pelosi accused Pompeo of Not Being on Team America.

Washington Examiner: Pelosi Questions Pompeo's Patriotism

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST

Published by the Washington Examiner on February 28, 2013

Pelosi questions GOP Army veteran’s patriotism — suggests Rep. Pompeo is not ‘on Team America’

Written by Joel Gehrke

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested that the sequestration fight is revealing that some of her colleagues in Congress are not “on Team America,” based on a comment made by Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., that the sequester cuts are “a home run.”

“Democrats — we want solutions, Republicans want sequestration,” Pelosi said during her press briefing today. “Some of them have even called it a home run. That doesn’t sound like anybody on Team America if they think sequestration’s indiscriminate, mindless cuts across the board are a home run.”

Pompeo made his comment after the State of the Union. “It’s going to be a home run,” Pompeo told Politico. We are doing what the American people asked the US house t do in 2010 when I came here: we are reducing the size and scope of the federal government. I think the American people will have tremendous respect [for it]. I think the markets will respond very positively when we, for the first time, say ‘we have a spending reduction plan and we’re actually going to follow through on it.’”

Pompeo also disputed the idea that the sequester is “gutting every government program that has ever been created,” noting that sequestration only pares government spending back to 2008 levels. “Does anyone think that the federal government was too small in 2008 or 2009?” he asked.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney also attacked Pompeo over the ‘home run’ comment. “We certainly don’t think that’s a home run for ordinary Americans, even if that Congressman thinks it would be for him politically,” Carney said.

“I said that the sequester is a home run not because it is good politics, but because it begins to put America back on the right fiscal track,” Pompeo responded in a statement. “The President is choosing to make this minor reduction in spending painful—by furloughing people—in order to pursue his twin goals of raising taxes and increasing the size of the federal government . . . If it is really that bad, why has he not sent a different set of cuts? The President’s actions—claiming to be upset about the sequester and traveling to Virginia to confuse workers there—are at best disingenuous and at worst just plain mean.”

Team America: World Police is an R-rated cartoon movie that came out in 2004, but Pelosi’s use of that term to criticize Pompeo’s comment is a little awkward given that he” attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating first in his class in 1986,” according to his website, before serving “as a cavalry officer in the U.S. Army, leading troops as they patrolled the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

Pelosi made her comment before President Obama issued a veto threat against a Republican proposal that would ameliorate the mindlessness of the spending cuts by allowing Obama to decide what budgets to downsize.

Follow the link for the original story:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/pelosi-questions-gop-army-veterans-patriotism-suggests-rep.-pompeo-is-not-on-team-america/article/2522848

VIDEO: Hoyer Attacks Pompeo Over Sequestration

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST

KSN: Pompeo in War of Words with White House

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST

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American Spectator: Pompeo Fires Back at the White House

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST

Published by the American Spectator on February 26, 2013

Finally a Republican Talks Back — Rep. Pompeo Shows How

By Wlady Pleszczynski

Earlier today, aboard Air Force One, Obama press secretary Jay Carney called out Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo in these terms, regarding the pending sequester:

MR. CARNEY: … Unfortunately, on the other side of the ledger, we’ve seen comments, as we did from Congressman Pompeo, a Republican Congressman, that suggests a different course of action. He said it would be a home run politically for Republicans to see sequester implemented. I wonder if he would say that to the 90,000 Defense Department workers in Virginia who would see their pay cut because of furloughs, or the thousands of Virginians who would lose their jobs because of sequester if it were allowed to be implemented. We certainly don’t think that’s a home run for ordinary Americans, even if that Congressman thinks it would be for him politically.

Here’s the response Rep. Pompeo’s office has sent out:

What Rep. Pompeo Would Say To Government Workers Facing Furlough

Congressman Responds to Today’s Misguided White House Attacks

Washington—Today, White House Spokesman Jay Carney asked during a press briefing what Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, would say to defense workers facing furlough because of the President’s sequester plan. The following is his statement:

“Mr. Carney doesn’t understand that not every public official is willing to play games with lives of hard-working Americans for political gain like his boss, President Obama. I said that the sequester is a home run not because it is good politics, but because it begins to put America back on the right fiscal track.

“I would welcome the opportunity to tell the 90,000 furloughed workers, the ones President Obama is choosing to let go of, that they need to know several things:

“First, the sequester does not have to mean furloughs. The President is choosing to make this minor reduction in spending painful—by furloughing people—in order to pursue his twin goals of raising taxes and increasing the size of the federal government. The President wasted $1 trillion dollars of stimulus money that did nothing to grow our economy and create jobs. Now, he is needlessly using a decrease in federal spending amounting to less than a few percent to harm even more American workers and their families.

“Second, there are fewer Americans working in America today than when the President took office. I find it bizarre that Mr. Carney would ask me about talking to furloughed workers. I’ve been talking to and representing thousands of furloughed and laid-off workers in Kansas who have lost their livelihood because of this President’s failed economic policies and his consistent attacks on the general aviation industry. Before President Obama’s wreckless deficits, general aviation was a robust manufacturing jewel providing high-paying jobs in the Air Capital of the World. Today, he continues to cause it pain.

“Third, Mr. Carney says that this isn’t a home-run for average Americans. He is wrong. While there will surely be dislocations, the President’s $6 trillion in new federal debt have been a strikeout for our country. Most Americans understand the need to stop year-on-year trillion dollar deficits. For them, we should have done even more to reduce the size of our federal government. The sequester is a solid first step. Growing American prosperity will require us to hit a grand slam on reducing spending, taxation, and regulation. I look forward to being part of making that happen.

“Finally, the President proposed, signed, and threatened to veto changes to, the sequester. It was his plan. Not once, but twice, Congressional Republicans have provided alternatives. We have seen nothing from Carney’s boss. If it is really that bad, why has he not sent a different set of cuts? The President’s actions—claiming to be upset about the sequester and traveling to Virginia to confuse workers there—are at best disingenuous and at worst just plain mean.”

Here is the original post: http://spectator.org/blog/2013/02/26/finally-a-republican-talks-bac

National Journal: Pompeo 10th Most Conservative House Member

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST

Published in the National Journal on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Todd Akin, the Most Controversial Senate Candidate of 2012, Was Also the Most Conservative Member of the House

Although he may be gone from national politics, Todd Akin, R-Mo., will not soon be forgotten. After making a misguided comment about "legitimate rape" during his campaign for the Senate, he defied party higher-ups (including GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney) and remained in the contest. A Senate seat that seemed likely to be his swung back to Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill, and Democrats nationwide used the incident to advance the idea that Republicans were tone deaf on women's issues.

It's not surprising that Akin has topped National Journal's annual list of the most conservative representatives in the House. In the 111th Congress, he was one of the first legislators to join the Tea Party Caucus. Earlier in that term, he opposed the stimulus, health care reform, and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He has been consistently outspoken against abortion under any circumstance and has maintained an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association. In one of his final acts in Congress, he voted against the last-minute fiscal-cliff compromise.

Following Akin on the list is Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, who was elected president of the GOP freshman class in the 112th Congress.

See the complete list of the most conservative House members of 2012 below. Learn how the vote rankings are calculated here. A full breakdown of all House members' vote ratings will be made available on Thursday.

Graphic by Peter Bell; text by Brian Resnick

See the original story here: http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-voting-ratings/todd-akin-the-most-controversial-senate-candidate-of-2012-was-also-the-most-conservative-member-of-the-house-20130219

VIDEO: Sequester is a "Home Run"

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST

VIDEO: Pompeo Appointed to House Intelligence Committee

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST

Wichita Business Journal: Pompeo Wins Re-Election

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:00:00 EST

Published by the Wichita Business Journal on November 6, 2012

Election night: Pompeo re-elected, optimistic about fiscal cliff

By Bill Roy

Kansas 4th District Congressman Mike Pompeo Tuesday night watched as the returns came in. His race was not close, and he was declared the winner early in the evening, defeating Democrat Robert Leon Tillman. The presidential race, however, remained in doubt.

“I’m still optimistic,” Pompeo said, during an interview at 9:30 p.m. “I hope it’s the case that we elect someone who doesn’t have the track record that we’ve had the last four years. It just hasn’t been good for the folks in Kansas whether that’s out at Hawker or Spirit or at Cessna, these are places where we’ve had a president that has attacked the central industries here in Kansas, so I’m hoping the good people of Florida and Ohio carry the day for the White House.” Within 45 minutes the networks called the race for Obama.

Pompeo returns to Congress after his first re-election frustrated at the quality of leadership from Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid. Pompeo says instead of doing nothing, the Democrats, he said, should put something on the table and let the American people make their decision.

“If he does that, I bet we’ll find places where we can come together and accomplish what the American people need done,” Pompeo says. He feels confident Congress will take action to retreat from the fiscal cliff.

“It’s a big deal,” he said. “We’ve got to get it right. We’ve got to fix it and I think people of goodwill from both parties will come together and walk us away from it.” Pompeo has a conference call Tuesday morning with other House Republicans, and he heads back to Washington in a week.

Follow link for the originial story: http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2012/11/election-night-pompeo-re-elected.html

RADIO: "Nick and Dad" - Pompeo for Congress

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:00:00 EST

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Praying for Those Affected By Sandy

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST

Team Pompeo,

Like Susan and me, you have surely seen the photos and footage of the damage by Superstorm Sandy to Americans on the east coast. The storm hit the coastline in New Jersey and is not over. Lives have been lost and homes have been burnt to the ground in New York when fires broke out after flooding. Our financial markets are closed and massive airport closures are stranding vacationers and business travelers around the world. Millions are without power.

In Kansas, we know how communities come together after nature upends our normal life routines. We have contacted our local American Red Cross Midway-Kansas Chapter and have learned that locally, the Red Cross has sent 11 people from Kansas and it anticipates sending more. Leaders at the Red Cross have asked us to convey their most urgent needs:

1. Blood and platelet donations: The Red Cross is in need of immediate donations. Approximately 300 Red Cross drives have been cancelled due to the storm and more are expected. If you are willing to donate blood, please call 316-265-6601 or stop by 707 N. Main, Wichita, KS or visit www.redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment.

2. Financial donations: We have a lot of work to do to get the east coast of America up and running. The Red Cross folks remind us that any amount helps. To donate, you can visit www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Contributions may also be sent to American Red Cross Midway-Chapter, 1900 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67214

Eleven volunteers from Kansas have responded to Hurricane Sandy to help with things like setting up this shelter in West Babylon, NY

The state of Kansas has sent an incident management team to Maryland to support emergency responders. The team traveled by air to Maryland and arrived Sunday evening to work in the Emergency Operations Center in Reisterstown, Md. The team will return to Kansas on Nov. 12.

Our entire nation will soon feel the effects of this massive storm. Here in Kansas, families with relatives displaced by the storm will be trying to figure out how to help them. Businesses, those who serve customers and those who are customers, will likely be impacted. Employers may have staff stranded for an extended period of time. If we may assist you, your family or business, please call our office at 316-262-8992.

The President has returned to the White House. Governor Romney has converted public appearances into food drives and is working to raise money for the Red Cross. Please consider how you might help.

Above all, Susan, Nick and I ask you to join us in prayer for the people affected including the responders and leaders working to restore order.

God Bless America,

Mike Pompeo

RADIO: Derby Chamber Candidate Forum - Pompeo For Congress

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST

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RADIO: "Ark City Intro" - Pompeo For Congress

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST

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RADIO: "Mr. President" - Pompeo For Congress

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST

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RADIO: "Doing the Right Thing" - Pompeo for Congress

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST

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"Doing The Right Thing" defines the choices facing our nation. We can either continue to move towards a welfare state and keep increasing the national debt OR as Kansans we can do the right thing by cutting debt and getting this country moving again....

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Walk with Team Pompeo in the Arkalalah Fall Festival Parade this Saturday

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST

Team Pompeo,

Join us Saturday in Arkansas City for the Arkalalah Fall Festival Parade:

Arkalalah Fall Festival Parade

Saturday, October 27th

Line up at 1:00 p.m. - Parade begins at 2:00 p.m.

Meet at Wilson Park - corner of Maple & Summit

Parade Captain: Grant Rains

(Need a ride? RV will leave campaign office at 11:45 a.m.)

Look for the Team Pompeo RV!
Wear your T-shirt. We will have extra t-shirts there if you need one!

For more information, call the campaign office at 316-633-4700 or stop by and visit the new office at 9340 E. Central, Suite M, Wichita, KS 67206 (click the address to view a map).

We hope you will join us at this parade on Saturday and be part of our team. Bring a friend...or bring 10 friends!

RADIO: "Kansas Values" - Pompeo For Congress

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST

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Leading by example, Congressman Mike Pompeo is out to make Washington more like Kansas...

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