From the time the President was elected, I was urging them to remain independent and to be willing to push back against the President where they thought he was wrong, they've decided to stick with the President time and again, even where they disagree with him privately.

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The IRS takes your money. Congress uses our money to arm our enemies. The IRS takes more of your money. Congress uses that money to fight the enemies Congress just armed.

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fighting use enemy

I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty.

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liberty government principles

But I'm hopeful some of that will start to change. The public is more libertarian, the public is saying we want people who are going to be independent and not bow to leadership in either of the major parties.

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independent party people

I would rather keep all the levels lower and stick to the sequester, but there are people in leadership who live outside of reality and want to increase things that Republicans like and pretend Democrats don't exist.

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leadership reality people

Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability.

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accountability issues care

I don't have a particular go-to political blog.

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blogs particular political

Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional.

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legislation organization names

In the state of Michigan, where I served in the state Legislature, there was a lot of shuffling of money between one year and the other to balance the budget.

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michigan balance years

If you're going to vote yes and change the law. You have to know what's in it. You can't depend on other people.

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vote law people

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

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saws vote explaining

I haven't been in politics too long so that's a good thing.

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good-things havens long

Those of us who are pro-life should demand more from Congress. While we waste time on stuff like this, genuine legislation to protect life is ignored.

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pro-life demand stuff

To Brian Ellis, you owe my family and this community and apology for a disgusting and despicable smear campaign.

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apology campaigns community

I think something substantial will pass out of the House at some point during this term.

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immigration house thinking

There seems to be a lot of momentum behind immigration reform.

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momentum reform immigration

From a principled, moral position, she is making a mistake, if she believes, as I do, that there is impeachable conduct ... Then she should say so.

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politics

It's a big part of it. They're afraid they'll be attacked.

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politics

Most people don't have time to read a 448-page report, they expect their members of Congress to do the work for them. They want Speaker Pelosi to do the work. They want other members to do the work. And if she doesn't want to go forward, then we're going to have a big problem.

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politics

When I go back to my district people are coming up to me and saying,' Thank you for what you're doing,' people want open, honest representation. They want people to come to Congress and work with integrity.

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politics

I get people sending me text messages, people calling me, saying' thank you for what you're doing,'.

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politics