DUST-UP
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| Also listed in: Licking County Pro-Active Citizens (www.licopac.org) | Ohio 12th Congressional District |
What's gotten into Pat Tiberi lately?
Our 12th District congressman, R-Delaware Co., is either in a funk or has his House voting button stuck on "No."
So much for the "merry month of May." According to www.Congress.org, which tracks major congressional votes, Tiberi in recent weeks has turned thumbs down on:
---The Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008, which provides $15 billion to states and municipalities for the purchase and rehab of foreclosed homes.
---A series of related housing foreclosure rescue bills allowing the FHA to help refinance up to $300 billion in subprime loans and help communities deal with the so-called mortgage meltdown.
---Legislation requiring the Department of Labor to issue occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust.
Now it's understandable that Tiberi, the born-again budget hawk since Republcans lost their majority, would oppose the expensive mortgage rescue measures sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass, even while some Republicans (including Deborah Pryce) went along.
Democratic sponsors say they want a bipartisan solution to the housing mess, but the package, now in the Senate, faces another Bush veto. And Tiberi, welded at the hip to the Bush White House, almost always goes along with The Decider.
But why in heaven's name would Tiberi oppose a measure (HR 5522) which appears to improve workplace safety?
The dust bill, now in the Senate, was adopted 247-165 in the House. Details can be found at:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.5522&congress=110
Tiberi (and other Ohio Republicans) may have had good reasons to oppose the dust measure, but it would be nice if he could explain these kind of decisions on his web site (http://tiberi.house.gov).
It's swell to know, as his web site reports, that the congressman has been honored by the Small Business Council of America.
But some of his constituents out here (which include me) are left wondering what justifies what appears to be a YES vote for allowing explosive dust-buildups in factories and mines.
Our 12th District congressman, R-Delaware Co., is either in a funk or has his House voting button stuck on "No."
So much for the "merry month of May." According to www.Congress.org, which tracks major congressional votes, Tiberi in recent weeks has turned thumbs down on:
---The Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008, which provides $15 billion to states and municipalities for the purchase and rehab of foreclosed homes.
---A series of related housing foreclosure rescue bills allowing the FHA to help refinance up to $300 billion in subprime loans and help communities deal with the so-called mortgage meltdown.
---Legislation requiring the Department of Labor to issue occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust.
Now it's understandable that Tiberi, the born-again budget hawk since Republcans lost their majority, would oppose the expensive mortgage rescue measures sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass, even while some Republicans (including Deborah Pryce) went along.
Democratic sponsors say they want a bipartisan solution to the housing mess, but the package, now in the Senate, faces another Bush veto. And Tiberi, welded at the hip to the Bush White House, almost always goes along with The Decider.
But why in heaven's name would Tiberi oppose a measure (HR 5522) which appears to improve workplace safety?
The dust bill, now in the Senate, was adopted 247-165 in the House. Details can be found at:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.5522&congress=110
Tiberi (and other Ohio Republicans) may have had good reasons to oppose the dust measure, but it would be nice if he could explain these kind of decisions on his web site (http://tiberi.house.gov).
It's swell to know, as his web site reports, that the congressman has been honored by the Small Business Council of America.
But some of his constituents out here (which include me) are left wondering what justifies what appears to be a YES vote for allowing explosive dust-buildups in factories and mines.
