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The 109th Congress Takes a Vacation After Doing What?
Added: (Mon Aug 28 2006)
West Palm Beach, FL – August 25, 2006 - Today, Webster Brooks, Independent Vice-Presidential candidate on the Imperato for President 2008 ticket, asked why 109th Congress is taking its five week vacation this August. "After working 80 days this session, what do they have to present to the American people who are going to the polls in two months to vote on Congressional and Senate races?" Brooks said.
In response to a national demands, marches, and demonstrations that Congress secure our borders and deal with illegal immigration, both parties responded by doing nothing. Presented with a Report Card of mostly failing grades on its progress in implementing the 911 Commission's recommendations to improve homeland security, the 109th responded by doing nothing. In response to record gas prices and dramatic increases in home heating oil prices, Congress did nothing to ease the mounting costs of energy that ripped into hard working Americans pocket books.
Brooks said, "One could easily call the 109th Congress 'A Do Nothing Congress', but that wouldn't be true. They continued their out of control spending by raising the debt limit above the $8.8 trillion mark. They called the $260 billion annual deficit "real progress" because their original estimate was $318 billion. That's not counting the $100 billion plus-they borrowed (stole) from Social Security and $27 billion of pork barrel projects they put in the budget. And, they pushed spending on the Iraq War over the $300 billion mark this year. "
Brooks said, “At a time when the demand for a highly educated workforce is growing and college tuition costs are skyrocketing, this Congress cut $13 billion in college-student aid." He also pointed out that the new bankruptcy laws drafted by the credit card companies are a slap in the face to American consumers reeling under the medical costs of catastrophic and unforeseen illnesses. Finally, Brooks said Congress passed the CAFTA and Oman Free Trade Agreements that will do nothing to enhance or protect good paying jobs in America.
If the November 2006 mid-term elections run true to form, almost 97% of the incumbents will be returned to office, and life in Washington D.C. Will return to the status quo. Brooks said "Congress can labor under the illusions that there will be no price to pay for their incompetence and failures to provide good government. But times are changing and the American people are watching. The Independent and centrist movements are gathering force; building a new political alternative on the shoulders of all the people that the two-party system is leaving behind. At the top of our agenda is sending these status quo politicians on an extended vacation."
About Daniel Imperato, Presidential Candidate, (www.imperatobrooks.com)�
Daniel was born in Boston, Mass (1958), and began his business career in 1977 transforming the manufacturing facilities in Israel through adapting them to the global marketplace along with bringing financing to the factories for global expansion. He also operated a trading company in Singapore and owned a manufacturing company in Belgium. Daniel brings over thirty years of experience in global business planning and development and has personal relationships at high levels around the world. Daniel has consulted for Fortune 500 corporations, with a mix of product lines, consisting of telecommunications products and services, telecommunications equipment including v-sat terminals and handheld mobile satellite telephones, along with passport and identification cards services and secure documents for foreign governments around the world. He is currently a Papal Knight with honors from the Vatican, and a board member for the African Center Foundation, a United Nations NGO, and the founder of Imperiali Organization (www.imperiali.org). Presently, he has organized a Presidential Committee in order to organize support for a run at the White House in 2008.
About Webster Brooks, Vice Presidential Candidate
Webster Brooks was born in Colorado (1956) to an Army family and was raised in Detroit. In Detroit, Brooks saw the pride and spirit of Middle America growing up in a town that was heavily influenced by the auto industry and Motown music. Twenty Four years later, he ran for Mayor of Washington DC in 1990 as independent, and then worked with many democrats, republicans and independent in politics. In 2002, Brooks’ organization, The National Black Republican Network, became the most popular public forum for Black conservatives and Republicans, but included independents as well. Brooks was named as one of ‘The 20 Most Influential Black Conservatives’ by Headway Magazine and an ‘Intellectual Tour de Force’ by the Detroit News. During this time, Brooks chaired the National Congress of Black Conservatives and the National Black Coalition for School Choice. He currently resides in Hartford, CT with his loving family.
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