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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:44:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>HCF Announces Support for Two More Candidates</title>
<description>&#60;p&#62;Today the House Conservatives Fund is proud to announce that we are backing to more candidates in our efforts to Retake the House this November&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) is a 5th generation farmer who has been serving as the people of Kansas as a state Senator since 1996.  He has built a solid record as a leader and supporter of the conservative values that have made America strong.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;Robin Smith (TN-03) has a proven track record of service and leadership in Tennessee.  She is running to put her experience as a nurse, activist and small business owner to work in Washington.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;Both of these excellent candidates would be outstanding allies for the conservative cause in Congress, and we are glad to support them in their upcoming primaries.&#60;/p&#62;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:58:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>Tom Graves has another great showing in Georgia</title>
<description>&#60;p&#62;On a crowded ballot carrying 7 names, Tom Graves ended up the clear favorite last night with 49.5% of votes.  Voting data shows clear momentum for Tom, he carried 13 of 15 counties and received twice as many votes as he did to win the special election on June 8th.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;Despite a more than 12,000 vote margin between Tom and the second place challenger he was a mere 422 votes short of the total needed to avoid a runoff.  Georgia voters will have one more chance to support him before the November general when they vote (for the 4th time in 91 days!) on August 10th.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;We continue to be energized by the results from Georgia and look forward to keeping Tom on our side in the next Congress!&#60;/p&#62;</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:50:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>Martha Roby takes the Nomination in Alabama</title>
<description>Congratulations to Martha Roby for winning her primary runoff last week in Alabama.  Growing support in her district and an energized Republican base helped her to take more than 60% of the vote, and leave her in a great position to take on freshman Democrat Bobby Bright in November.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:52:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>How Would You Cut Federal Spending?</title>
<description>&#60;p&#62;Like the majority of Americans, we are concerned about the runaway spending of Democrats in Washington. Our deficits are soaring, yet our completely out-of-touch President Obama and his fellow Democrats in Congress insist on spending more and more! Despite public outcry, they are still planning to ram &#39;cap and trade&#39; down our throats and are working to pass a financial &#39;reform&#39; package that promises more damage to our economy while doing nothing to prevent another meltdown. Enough is enough!!&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;House Republicans have launched a project called YouCut- an effort to allow concerned Americans everywhere to make their voices heard on spending. Help us to find the best places to cut spending and vote on your favorite ideas.  Each week the most popular proposals will be introduced on the House floor.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;From the YouCut website:&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;blockquote&#62;YouCut &#226;АУ a first-of-its-kind project - is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact. Vote on this page today for your priorities and together we can begin to change Washington&#39;s culture of spending into a culture of savings. &#60;/blockquote&#62;

&#60;p&#62;Take a look at &#60;a href=&#226;АЭhttp://republicanwhip.house.gov/YouCut/&#226;АЭ&#62;YouCut and vote today!&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;


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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:58:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>Response to the Arizona Law Becomes Even More Disturbing</title>
<description>&#60;p&#62;The response from our President and other leaders to the new Arizona immigration law grows more disturbing by the day.&#194;&#160; Remember the facts of this case; border security in Arizona is barely functional.&#194;&#160;&#194;&#160;The all-out war between Mexican drug cartels and the government is increasingly spilling over the border.&#194;&#160; In March rancher Robert Krentz &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/27/national-guard-troops-wont-help-border-security-residents-say/?test=latestnews&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;was murdered while out repairing fences and water lines&#60;/a&#62;.&#194;&#160; Last week we learned that the US Fish and Wildlife Service &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/16/closes-park-land-mexico-border-americans/&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;closed a 3,500 acre section&#60;/a&#62; of Arizona parkland to American citizens due to unchecked and heavily armed drug smugglers and human traffickers.  Mexican drug cartels have even created a system of &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/22/mexican-gangs-permanent-lookouts-parkland/&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;permanent lookouts on US soil&#60;/a&#62; to monitor law enforcement and help traffickers move freely.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;In this broken environment, the State of Arizona passed a law giving new powers to law enforcement to deal with illegal immigration since the Federal Government has been unwilling or unable to enforce its own laws.  In response, Mexican President Calderon gave an address to a joint session of Congress where he attacked the law as racist; and received a standing ovation from Democrats!  (Watch the &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPmN7u4mKPU&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;video&#60;/a&#62;)  The Obama administration has been on the attack since the law was passed, although &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/13/holder-hasnt-read-ariz-law-he-criticized/&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;Attorney General Eric Holder&#60;/a&#62; and former Arizona Governor and current head of Homeland Security (responsible for border enforcement) &#60;a href=&#34;http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/17/napolitano-im-not-comfortable-with-this-arizona-law-that-i-havent-read-yet/&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;Janet Napolitano&#60;/a&#62; both admitted they hadn&#226;АЩt read the law!&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;In fact, in a telling exchange on Fox News, State Department spokesman PJ Crowley admits that &#60;em&#62;he&#60;/em&#62; hasn&#226;АЩt bothered to read the 10-page law while defending the State Department&#226;АЩs decision to use it in discussions with &#60;em&#62;China&#60;/em&#62; about human rights.  (Watch the &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPBFdUnJTD0&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;video&#60;/a&#62;)  China!  Our own State Department, tasked with pressuring the Chinese government on real human rights issues, effectively told them everything is fine- we have trouble too, look at those racists in Arizona!&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;It wasn&#226;АЩt until June 3rd that the President finally gave in to widespread criticism and agreed to even speak with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.  At that meeting he committed to send administration officials to the state within two weeks with details of plans to secure the border.  Those two weeks were up on June 17th, and no signs of a plan.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;Now the White House and Arizona Senator Jon Kyl &#60;a href=&#34;http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/21/wh-kyl-clash-on-securing-us-mexico-border/&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;are trading accusations&#60;/a&#62; over what transpired during a private meeting last week between the President and the Senator.  During the meeting Obama allegedly told Kyle that he won&#226;АЩt do anything more to improve border security, because it would jeopardize his ability to pass a &#226;АШcomprehensive&#226;АЩ immigration reform bill.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;The war between Arizona and the Obama administration is heating up now, after Secretary of State HIllary Clinton announced last week that the administration will definitely be filing a lawsuit to block the bill.  Not in a letter to State officials.  Not in a press conference in Washington.  No, &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20008066-503544.html&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;in an interview with a Ecuadorean television station&#60;/a&#62; she said &#226;АЬPresident Obama has spoken out against the law because he thinks that the federal government should be determining immigration policy, and the Justice Department, under his direction, will be bringing a lawsuit against the act.&#34;  The Justice Department later confirmed plans to bring suit.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;And once again, Mexico is intervening!  Today the Mexican government &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.startribune.com/nation/96904534.html&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;filed a brief in federal court&#60;/a&#62; in Arizona asking that the law be declared unconstitutional.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;The political grandstanding around the Arizona law has gotten out of hand.  Our border security is severely compromised, existing immigration law at the federal level is routinely ignored, and the President seems willing to use security as a bargaining chip to advance his own agenda.  Intervention by the Mexican government has not only been tolerated, but encouraged by lawmakers in Washington.  This is one more reason why we must &#60;strong&#62;Retake the House&#60;/strong&#62; in November.  Help us spread the word- each and every district matters, and every Democrat in the House should be made to fear for their reelection!&#60;/p&#62;
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:55:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>Harold Johnson wins NC primary runoff</title>
<description>&#60;p&#62;Harold Johnson, our endorsed candidate in the North Carolina 8th district primary, won his runoff election last night to take the Republican nomination.  After coming in behind businessman Tim D&#39;Annunzio in the primary election, Harold Johnson won 61 percent of yesterday&#39;s vote to D&#39;Annunzio&#39;s 39.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;He will face Democratic incumbent Larry Kissell and libertarian candidate Thomas Hill in November.&#60;/p&#62;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:06:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>Big victories in Nevada and Georgia last night</title>
<description>&#60;p&#62;Congratulations to Joe Heck and Tom Graves, who had big victories yesterday!&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;In a 4-way race for Nevada&#39;s 3rd district Republican nomination Joe Heck walked away with nearly 69% of the vote.  He now goes on to face incumbent Democrat Dina Titus in November, where we look forward to another victory.&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;Down in Georgia it was Tom Graves, facing a runoff in the special election to fill an empty seat.  He won easily (56-44) and will be joining the fight in Washington, but his campaign isn&#39;t over.  On July 20th Tom will face the same opponent in the primary for the November election.  We expect to hear more great news from Georgia as the summer continues!&#60;/p&#62;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:35:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>More good news from our endorsed candidates</title>
<description>&#60;p&#62;Congratulations to Steve Pearce (NM-01) who won his primary last week with a resounding 86.2 percent!&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;Also, congratulations to candidate Martha Roby, who finished first in her primary with 49 percent - more than 20 points more than her closest competitor.  We&#39;re confident Martha will prevail in the July 13 runoff.&#60;/p&#62;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:08:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>HCF Endorses Tom Graves in GA-09</title>
<description>The House Conservatives Fund is excited to announce that we have endorsed Tom Graves- a conservative Republican with a solid track record in the Georgia House of Representatives.  Tom resigned in March to qualify for the special election, after seven and a half years serving the people of Georgia well at the state level.

Proven conservatives like Tom Graves are &#60;em&#62;crucial&#60;/em&#62; to our efforts not only to Retake the House in November, but to make sure we can deliver on the critical reforms our nation needs.  Reforms that will stop the Obama/Pelosi rush towards financial calamity and build on the support to repeal the fatally flawed health care plan the Democrats forced on America earlier this year.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 11:45:00 EST</pubDate>
<title>HCF Endorsed Candidates Showing Strong Poll Numbers</title>
<description>&#60;p&#62;This has been a great week in the polls for several of our candidates!&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;In Ohio&#39;s 1st District, Steve Chabot has taken the lead over incumbent Democrat Driehause according to a Public Opinion Strategies poll:&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Steve Chabot (R) 53%&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Steve Driehause (D) 39%&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;And over in Ohio&#39;s 16th, a poll by Fabrizio, McLaughlin &#38; Assoc. shows Jim Renacci with a strong lead over his incumbent Democrat opponent:&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Jim Renacci (R) 47%&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
John Boccieri (D) 35%&#60;/p&#62;

&#60;p&#62;And in South Carolina, Mick Mulvaney &#60;a href=&#34;http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/05/spratt_challeng.php&#34; target=&#34;_new&#34;&#62;is climbing&#60;/a&#62; against House Budget Committee chairman John Spratt:&#60;br /&#62;
Spratt         43% (-5 from last, 10/09)&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;strong&#62;Mulvaney       41  (+6)&#60;/strong&#62;
&#60;/p&#62;</description>
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