March Session

Welcome back to the blog!

There is much to be said this week so I'm just going to skip a thought out introduction and just move right into the topics....

....First off, Rep. Walter Jones has announced his plan to create a bill that would impeach President Obama and the hardcore right wing constituents from the district have made sure that their voices were going to be heard about this. Am I a fan of President Obama? Absolutely not. Do I believe that impeaching him right now is impossible? Yes. In my opinion this plan will fail almost immediately when brought to the respected committee. Even if it did pass the committee and passed through the house, the Senate majority is democratic and there is no way they would vote to impeach a president of their own part, especially during an election year. I welcome comments and questions on this topic.

Yesterday Rep. Paul Ryan, the Chairman of the Budget Committee, released his proposed budget deal to the house. This is a phenomenal thing on both partisan sides of the spectrum since we have not had a budget in over 1,000 days (since Obama took office). I took the time over the last couple of days to read over the budget. In a nut shell its going to cut the government spending to protect tax paying citizens (pretty obvious solution for a budget), works to hold our government officials accountable in their spending so we can afford to put money towards our obligations to financially support our troops, levels the playing field so to speak in order to benefit small business owners to restore our economy, takes away from government bureaucrats to spend towards health and retirement securities, and reforms our tax code in order to boost the economy by lowering rates and closing loopholes. To learn more about the budget or read the full plan go to budget.house.gov

Recently we sent out newsletters to our constituents about the bills that Congressman Ross is working on passing into law. These include freezing congressional salaries, banning insider trading, and abolishing sweetheart pensions. What this means is the bills are working to hold congressional members accountable to A. help the economy, and B. remind them of why they were elected and who they actually work for (the PEOPLE). Needless to say our constituents have called in rather happily to voice their support.

IF THERE IS ANY THING YOU WISH TO KNOW ABOUT IN REGARDS TO CAPITOL HILL OR CURRENT EVENTS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

Aside from the job, as busy and exciting as it is, I have other news to discuss that's irrelevant to the job....The cherry blossoms are beginning to bloom due to the last 2 weeks being beautiful and in the 70's, so expect photos soon of the cherry blossom festival.

This week I took the time to just sit down and reflect on my semester thus far. So far this has been a wonderful experience. Along with the job comes menial work such as answering phones and handling constituent mail, however, nothing can compare to what you can learn from going to committee hearings and legislative briefing, sitting in on meetings, and talking to the staff members on Capitol Hill. Though this semester has flown by I can honestly say it has already made a lasting impression on me.

Until next time thank you and God bless...

Gage Nicholas