Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) today joined a select group of three Republican leaders in developing a list of proposed federal budget cuts requested of House Republicans by President Barack Obama. After proposing over $4 trillion in new federal spending and borrowing over half of next year’s proposed budget, President Obama suggested that his administration would be willing to cut 0.0025 percent from federal spending. Jordan said that such a cut amounted to someone making $50,000 per year, w...
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Today, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) was recognized for his outstanding pro-taxpayer voting record last year. The 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU), a nonpartisan citizen group, has announced that Rep. Jordan is among only a few dozen 2008 “Taxpayers’ Friend Award” recipients out of the entire House of Representatives and Senate. “Given today’s economic climate, fiscal discipline is more important now than ever,” NTU President Duane Parde said. “Fortunately, taxpayers have a staunch all...
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Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) joined Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) in sending a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), with a copy sent to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, alerting them of a harmful consequence of the “Making Work Pay” tax credit that would give seniors a bigger tax bill at the end of the year. The oversight was brought to their attention after IRS officials released to employers the new withh...
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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) today introduced a fiscally-responsible, balanced budget alternative to what he called the big-spending proposal set forth by President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats. Jordan, a member of the House Budget Committee and Chairman of the Republican Study Committee Budget and Spending Task Force, said that there are two fundamental differences between the plans. First, Jordan said that his budget is balanced, while the Obama budget would double the nationa...
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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) stood on the side of the responsible homeowner in voting against H.R. 1106, the Democrats’ mortgage “cram-down” legislation which would allow bankruptcy law to include home mortgages. This bill gives bankruptcy courts the power to alter contracts by reducing mortgage principal and adjusting interest rates. Though intended to help American families, “cram-down” legislation rewards poor decisions made by individuals. Lenders across America have indicated that t...
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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) announced today that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved a $157,423 operations and safety grant for the First Consolidated Fire District in Caledonia. The funding is made available through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, through which DHS will award roughly $500 million to fire departments and other emergency responders across the nation this year. “This is outstanding news for Caledonia,” Jordan said. “Competition for fire...
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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) announced today that the Department of Homeland Security has approved $90,431 in operations and safety funding for Richland County’s Springfield Township Fire Department. The funding is made available through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, through which DHS will award roughly $500 million to fire departments and other emergency responders across the nation this year. “Competition for federal funding is always tough, and Springfield Township ...
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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) announced today that the Department of Homeland Security has approved $4,901 in operations and safety funding for the Vanlue Fire Department. The funding is made available through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, through which DHS will award roughly $500 million to fire departments and other emergency responders across the nation this year. “Competition for federal funding is always tough, and Vanlue is a most deserving recipient,” Jordan said...
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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) offered the following comments on tonight’s Presidential Address to the Joint Session of Congress: “I always appreciate the President’s eloquence, but I am still waiting to see the President act like the fiscal conservative he portrays himself as.” “If massive government spending was the answer to our economic problems, we’d have solved them long ago. Taxpayer-funded bailouts and expanded federal programs are the wrong way to go. We need to bring a sense of fisc...
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In his second term on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) was appointed as a Ranking Member on its Domestic Policy Subcommittee. The Subcommittee conducts oversight in government policy through investigations, hearings and reports. The Subcommittee sheds light on waste, fraud and abuse within the Federal Government. “I am honored to serve and examine the efficiency of our domestic policies,” said Rep. Jordan. “In the last Congress, I introduc...
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