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House GOP moves to end money for new body scanners PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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Andrew TAYLOR, Associated Press

May 12, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans controlling the Transportation Security Administration's purse strings are moving to cut off funding for those advanced airport scanners that have sparked outrage over their revealing images of travelers' bodies.

Draft legislation released Thursday by the Appropriations homeland security subcommittee denies the Obama administration's $76 million request for an additional 275 of the scanners, which many travelers dislike because TSA employees can view full body images of travelers.

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GOP's Rep. Chaffetz irked over TSA child patdowns PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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Thursday, 12 May 2011 04:48 PM

By Martin Gould

Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz is demanding answers from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as outrage grows after a series of Images of airport security guards patting down young children appeared online.

One picture shows two Transportation Security Administration officers apparently laughing as they give a young baby a full body search as the child’s mother holds the tot in the air.

Chaffetz, the chairman of the National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations Subcommittee says the “enhanced procedures” go against the TSA’s own guidelines exempting kids under 13, the Daily Caller reports.

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It's time to pull out of Afghanistan PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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By Jason Chaffetz, Special to CNN
May 3, 2011 8:41 a.m. EDT

(CNN) -- At the conclusion of the decade-long manhunt for the world's most notorious terrorist, U.S. military forces are receiving well-deserved credit for a mission accomplished. The elimination of Osama bin Laden was made possible by a strong intelligence operation and well-trained special forces units under the Joint Special Operations Command.

In the global war on terror, the combination of actionable intelligence and highly mobile special forces has proven most effective against an enemy that is not limited to a single geographic location.

Amid the worldwide celebration of bin Laden's death, we must recognize that the nature of this war does not require the placement of 100,000 troops in one country. It was not the 100,000 troops that took out bin Laden. We can bring many of those troops home and still effectively fight terrorism around the world.

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Chaffetz rips U.S. disaster relief efforts PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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BY MATT CANHAM
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
May 11, 2011
Washington • House Republicans on Wednesday called U.S. disaster relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti "pathetic" and charged the nation’s foreign assistance agency with failing to track its money appropriately or monitor the results of its efforts.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, led the attack in a House hearing focused on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The hearing was an outgrowth of trips Chaffetz and other House members made to Haiti, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq — places where USAID has a major presence. He became frustrated with a lack of information and became convinced the agency had mismanaged its money.

"Americans are paying top dollar for foreign assistance. Unfortunately, the taxpayer is not getting top-dollar results," said Chaffetz, chairman of the House subcommittee on foreign affairs, pointing to USAID’s programs in Haiti where rubble and trash overwhelm many streets and many still have no electricity.

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Changing the Way Congress Does Business Starts with Spending PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the incoming Chairman of the National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations Subcommittee has vowed to protect taxpayers' dollars from Washington's out-of-control spending addiction that will begin with a new House rules reducing the amount of taxpayer dollars...
 
Republicans Plan to Challenge Obama's Reversal of Bush Wilderness Policy PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar watches geese fly overhead as Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey speaks about an initiative that would the BLM to designate and protect wilderness areas on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 outside of REI in Denver. (AP)The Obama administration's decision this week to reverse a Bush-era policy and restore eligibility for federal wilderness protection to millions of undeveloped acres of land has outraged Republicans who plan to challenge the move once they take control of the House next month.

"We all love surprises at Christmas time, but I am pretty sure this is not what any of us had in mind," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who says that more than two-thirds of his congressional district is owned or controlled by the federal government.

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Congressman Chaffetz on Cavuto - Dec. 14th, 2010 PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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Congressman Chaffetz and Neil CavutoInterviewed by Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel. Watch the interview here.
 
Democrats meet with Obama over tax cuts deal PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers weighed a temporary cut in Social Security taxes, eager to get a year-end agreement with Republicans to extend expiring income tax cuts to all Americans and renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.

Officials familiar with the discussions said the plan would reduce the payroll tax for workers from the current 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent. The proposal would replace a tax credit for middle- and low-income workers that ends Dec. 31.
 
Utahns' Scores On Waste PDF  | Print |  E-mail

UPDATE: Here is the Out of Context blog post with the correction about the earmark striking amendments:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogs/outofcontext/50088043-64/group-percent-amendments-congress.html.csp
 
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