What Did Congressman Bill McCollum Put On America's Credit Card?
Answer: $1 Trillion in New Debt
Recent news of Republican Party credit card scandals and lavish expenditures by GOP candidates only serves as a reminder of the outrageous sums Congressman Bill McCollum charged to the American taxpayers while in Washington.
"Big Spending Congressman Bill McCollum ran up the taxpayers' tab in Washington, supporting debt increases that cost over $1 trillion dollars in interest payments alone," said Eric Jotkoff, Florida Democratic Party spokesman. "Bill McCollum ran up the charges on America's credit card. How can we trust him with our tax dollars, seeing how much debt he heaped on our country in Congress?"
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At Wednesday's Associated Press Forum in Tallahassee, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum failed to explain, yet again, his insistent effort for financial deregulation that eventually led to the current economic crisis. And the $4.7 trillion question remains on the table, when will McCollum explain his repeated efforts to raise the national debt ceiling?
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Questions have arisen over Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Congressman Bill McCollum's recent claim to stand by his record in Washington with the exception of two votes: a vote to raise taxes and his opposition to observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (AP Editors Meeting, 01/27/10)
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On the eve of the anniversary of the signing of the landmark Family Medical Leave Act, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum faces questions about his opposition to this legislation in Congress: is Candidate McCollum still proud of this part of his Washington record?
For nearly two decades, the Family Medical Leave Act has guaranteed most Americans the right to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for health reasons, to care for a loved one or for the birth or adoption of a new baby.
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That's how long we've been hearing Attorney General "Bill McCollum not talking straight" about Congressman Bill McCollum's record in Washington.
3 days, 5 hours, 9 minutes.
That is how long candidate Bill McCollum has had to clear up his inconsistent statements about Congressman Bill McCollum's record. How much longer do Floridians have to wait?
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Tallahassee, FL - As Bill McCollum joins other Floridians in celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will former Congressman McCollum apologize for joining other fringe members in Congress in their opposition to Martin Luther King Jr. Day being a holiday?
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Former Congressman Bill McCollum continued his track record of trying to dismantle the American health care system today by joining an exercise in political rhetoric in arguing the constitutionality of current health care reform efforts. McCollum's arguments seem disingenuous at best given his own record in Washington.
"Congressman McCollum's argument is not just silly, it's insulting to the people of Florida given his record of trying to dismantle Social Security and Medicare every chance he could get," said Eric Jotkoff, Florida Democratic Party spokesman. "Under McCollum's flawed logic, Americans are "forced" to have Social Security and Medicare taxes deducted from their paychecks. Is McCollum declaring Social Security and Medicare 'unconstitutional?' Is that why he devoted so much of his Congressional career to undercutting them?"
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