Daily opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Doug was the Senate sponsor of a bill two years ago that gives children the opportunity every school day to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. He has also tried to make sure that our higher education tax dollars aren't being used to fund liberal
extremists like Ward Churchill. In fact, Doug sponsored a resolution that encouraged the C.U. Board of Regents to fire Churchill. Doug will work hard in Congress, to prohibit the ability of teacher's unions to negotiate contracts in secret.
Source: Campaign website, lambornforcongress.org, "Issues"
Nov 7, 2006
Vouchers & charters push public schools to do better
Doug believes there should be a limited role for the federal government in our nation's public education system. While there are some excellent public schools, Doug feels our public education system has slowly deteriorated because of lack of outside
competition. That is why Doug advocates public education alternatives such as school vouchers, charter schools, on-line education, and home schooling. These choices not only provide parents with options, they also push our public schools to do better.
Source: Campaign website, lambornforcongress.org, "Issues"
Nov 7, 2006
Voted NO on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects.
Veto override on the bill, the American Competitiveness Scholarship Act, the omnibus appropriations bill for the Departments of Departments of Education, Health & Human Services, and Labor. Original bill passed & was then vetoed by the President.
Proponents support voting YES because:
Rep. OBEY: This bill, more than any other, determines how willing we are to make the investment necessary to assure the future strength of this country and its working families. The President has chosen to cut the investments in this bill by more than $7.5 billion in real terms. This bill rejects most of those cuts.
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Rep. LEWIS: This bill reflects a fundamental difference in opinion on the level of funding necessary to support the Federal Government's role in education, health and workforce programs. The bill is $10.2 billion over the President's budget request. While many of these programs are popular on both sides of the aisle,
this bill contains what can rightly be considered lower priority & duplicative programs. For example, this legislation continues three different programs that deal with violence prevention. An omnibus bill is absolutely the wrong and fiscally reckless approach to completing this year's work. It would negate any semblance of fiscal discipline demonstrated by this body in recent years.
Veto message from President Bush:
This bill spends too much. It exceeds [by $10.2 billion] the reasonable and responsible levels for discretionary spending that I proposed to balance the budget by 2012. This bill continues to fund 56 programs that I proposed to terminate because they are duplicative, narrowly focused, or not producing results. This bill does not sufficiently fund programs that are delivering positive outcomes. This bill has too many earmarks--more than 2,200 earmarks totaling nearly $1 billion. I urge the Congress to send me a fiscally responsible bill that sets priorities.
