Low expectations for Charlie on my part – am not enthused that he has failed to meet that height challenged standard. For Frank, however, who campaigned hard with TEA Party constituencies, the bar was higher – MUCH higher. Sigh….Today, I get to repeat my lament: why isn’t your name among the other Conservatives that voted against spending more? Oh, to be sure, I got both eBlasts about H.R. 4628:
- Charlie’s: Earlier today, the House passed, on a bipartisan vote, legislation to extend the current student loan interest rate of 3.4 percent for one year. Without Congressional action, the rate would double on July 1st, making it even more difficult for students struggling to find jobs in such a weak economy to pay back their loans. I strongly supported this fully-offset, fiscally-responsible legislation and hope the Senate moves on it as soon as possible.
- Frank’s: Representative Frank Guinta (R, NH-01) today voted for the passage of H.R. 4628, the Interest Rate Reduction Act. It would extend the current 3.4 percent rate for college undergraduate recipients of Federal Direct Stafford loans. Without congressional action, that rate will double on July 1. The bill was approved in a 215 to 195 vote.
I note with no small irony that Obama has recently visited over 120 colleges and universities. My response concerning this out-and-out-pander vote back at Frank’s office (NH CD-2 is not my district and I’ve given up on Bass):
So, we’re taking money from a program that most of us want to kill, for which we had no money for it in the first place, to fund a program that Obama nationalized.
Er, where am I wrong here?