Last Day to Register to Vote   -    October 4, 2010 (moves to next business day, Monday)

First Day of Early Voting   -   October 13, 2010 (moves to next business day, Monday)

Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (received, not postmarked)    -    October 26, 2010

Wes Shahan, Kay Granger, Bobby Tutor

Wes Shahan of Fox Electric Ltd. and Bobby Tutor of Tutor Electrical Services for stopped by to visit with Kay.  The support of the Independent Electrical Contractors is greatly appreciated.

 Commitment to Small Businesses Clinches Important Constituency’s Support

Click here for the PDF version:  NFIB Press Release

 Contact: Stephanie Cathcart, 202-314-2056

 WASHINGTON, D.C., August 5, 2010 — Today the National Federation of Independent Business, America’s leading small business association, announced its full support and endorsement of Rep. Kay Granger in Texas’ 12^th District.

 Granger has been a strong advocate for small business in the 111^th Congress. During the healthcare debate, she stood on the side of small business and voted against the healthcare bill, a critical sign of support for Texas’ businesses.

 “In a time when there is a lot of focus on helping small business, some leaders just talk about it and others, like Congresswoman Granger, work to find ways to deliver on it,” said Lisa Goeas, NFIB’s vice president for political operations. “We commend her for voting against the healthcare bill, and NFIB will continue to work with her to find meaningful solutions to the most pressing issues for small businesses.”

 Granger is a strong and independent voice who understands that small businesses are vital to our economic recovery. As a former small business owner, Granger understands the burdens small businesses face and has been a strong leader voicing her concerns over the spending policies in Washington.

 There are thousands of NFIB small business owners in Texas, and even more small business employees and supporters, making this a significant endorsement in an important election year.

 The endorsement comes from NFIB’s Save America’s Free Enterprise Trust, the association’s political action committee, and is based on positions on key small business issues including healthcare, taxes, and labor and regulatory issues. With this endorsement, Granger gains the active grassroots and financial backing from Texas’ small business owners.

 Small business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB will encourage Texas’ members to help turn out the small business vote on Granger’s behalf on Election Day.

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Welcome to the official Kay Granger campaign website! This is the place to come for information on Congresswoman Granger as she leads the fight in Washington against the expansion of government, taxes and spending.

Check back often for commentaries and news updates about how Congresswoman Granger is fighting for your conservative values in Washington.

And your work has never been more important than it is today.  Right now in Washington, we are confronted with an administration that is convinced that the path to prosperity is paved with higher taxes, more regulation and bigger government.  Rather than empower people, they want to entitle them.  Instead of working to create private sector jobs, they are working to create government jobs.

But I want you to know that I am working hard every day to stand up against this administration.  I know that real growth and real jobs come from small businesses, many of which are owned and operated by women.  I know that people know how to spend their money better than the government does.  And I know that my health care is best left in the hands of my doctors, not bureaucrats in Washington.

So I will continue to fight for our common values of lower taxes, smaller government and greater individual freedom.  And I will continue to keep you updated as I do.

Thanks again for what you have done and what you are doing.  These are difficult times.  But working together, we are up to the challenge.

Kay

House Democrats’ promise of a government takeover of our health care system is one-step closer to becoming a reality. It is coming to the floor in the sleaziest, most underhanded way I have ever experienced since coming to Congress. Preliminary scores put the cost of the bill at $940 billion. The American people now can be assured that the Democratic Congress has not listened to them. House Democrats have listened to Obama and Pelosi rather than their constituents.

They anticipate the final bill is going to be so bad they are bending the rules to make sure their vulnerable members do not have to cast a vote for it.  This is an abysmal abuse of democracy.

There are still several Texas congressional members that are planning on voting “yes” to this bill. Below is a list of these members and their office numbers.  I urge you to make calls to these members.   We have to do everything within our power to stop this legislation from becoming a reality.
Sincerely,

Kay

Henry Cuellar – Texas 28^th
202-225-1640 DC Office
210-271-2851 District Office

Lloyd Doggett – Texas 25^th

202-225-4865 DC Office

512-916-5921 District Office

Charles Gonzalez – Texas 20^th

202-225-3236 DC Office

210-472-6195 District Office

Al Green – Texas 9^th

202-225-7508 DC Office

713-383-9234 District Office

Gene Green – Texas 29^th

202-225-1688 DC Office

713-330-0761 District Office

Ruben Hinojosa – Texas 15^th

202-225-2531 DC Office

956-682-5545 District Office

Sheila Jackson Lee – Texas 18^th

202-225-3816 DC Office

713-655-0050 District Office

Eddie Bernice Johnson – Texas 30^th

202-225-8885 DC Office

214-922-8885 District Office

Solomon Ortiz – Texas 27^th

202-225-7742 DC Office

361-883-5868 District Office

Silvestre Reyes – Texas 16^th

202-225-4831 DC Office

915-534-4400 District Office

Ciro Rodriguez – Texas 23^rd

202-225-4511 DC Office

210-922-1874 District Office

  ]]> http://www.kaygranger.com/obamas-government-takeover-of-healthcare/feed/ 0 http://www.kaygranger.com/early-voting-and-election-day-information/ http://www.kaygranger.com/early-voting-and-election-day-information/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:42:28 +0000 mparker http://www.kaygranger.com/?p=319 Dear Friends,

Thanks to everyone for helping make March 2 such a special night.  Thanks to all the volunteers and voters.  You were a tremendous grassroots army.

Our huge victory at the polls shows that the people of District 12 know that I am fighting for them everyday in Washington.  And that’s exactly what I’ll keep doing.

So to everyone out there in District 12: thank you for your support.  This is your moment, this is your victory.

Now let’s get back to fighting for our conservative values in Washington.

Thank you,

Kay

Because U.S. Rep. Kay Granger helps control the purse strings for both the Defense Department and the State Department, it should not be surprising that Gen. David Petraeus might want to sit down with her to discuss operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the turmoil of the Middle East.

Except it was surprising to Granger, who is used to sharing her time with the U.S. Central Command leader with other congressmen.

“Astounding,” the Fort Worth Republican said after her one-hour meeting with Petraeus on Wednesday. “To say I was honored is an understatement.”

In a wide-ranging discussion with the four-star general, they covered the “surge” of troops to Afghanistan this year and their withdrawal, the importance of Pakistan, the danger of al Qaeda in Yemen and the American public’s appetite for more war. Granger, in fact, offered Petraeus advice for his scheduled speech next week in Dallas before the World Affairs Council.

“People are weary of war,” she said. “It’s been a long time, and there has been a lot of death. Americans are not as supportive as they were when we first went to Afghanistan. People always want to support our troops, but he needs to make the case” for Afghanistan.

Granger said Petraeus assuaged her concerns that U.S. troops would begin automatically withdrawing in July 2011, a date given by President Barack Obama.

Petraeus made clear, though, that progress in Afghanistan would be hard and costly, she said. “It will get worse before it gets better,” she said he told her.

But, she said, he also told her that when the Iraqi surge started, “Iraq was in much worse condition than Afghanistan is today.”

According to a CBS News poll, 54% disapprove and only 36% approve.

I’m not surprised. The American people know that we can’t lower the cost of health care by creating mandates and fines. And the American people know that we have too much government involvement in health care already. The answer to health care reform comes from common sense ideas I’ve been pushing in Congress for years, like providing tax incentives to families to buy and own their own health care.

Obamacare is bad medicine. And the American people know it. That’s why I am continuing to fight against it in Washington.

Really? I checked and found out that the Democratic health care bill includes:

1032 mentions of the word “require”
121 mentions of the word “penalty”
and 254 mentions of the word “tax”

Make no mistake about it: the bill that I fought against and that I continue to fight against will put huge new burdens, taxes and mandates on every citizen and every business in this country.