As you drive around Moore County, you see them - sporadically, because he's never taken us very seriously - but they're there all the same. The signs: Our Congressman: Howard Coble.
But whose Congressman is he?
As you drive around Moore County, you see them - sporadically, because he's never taken us very seriously - but they're there all the same. The signs: Our Congressman: Howard Coble.
But whose Congressman is he?
When gas prices rose to the point where many of us had to choose between putting gas in the car or paying other bills, Rep. Coble voted against cracking down on the oil and gas industries prices gouging. (HR 3402, Vote #500, 9/28/2005)
Rep. Coble voted for the GOP energy bill that gave billions to oil, gas and nuclear industries. (HR6, vote #445 7/28/2005)
Over his career, Rep. Coble has accepted $62,400 from big oil and gas industries.
Whose Congressman is he?
Rep Coble voted to strip overtime protection from millions of American Workers. (HR 2660 vote #351, 7/10/2003)
In this election cycle alone, Howard Coble has raised more $385,000. 67% of that came from Big Business PACS.
Whose Congressman is he?
Howard Coble voted against allowing the re-importation of drugs from Canada - a measure that would have saved Americans on fixed incomes hundreds of dollars - even though the drugs were US made and patient safety was ensured.
Howard Coble voted for the disastrous Medicare Prescription Plan. (You know, the one that is such a failure, they graded themselves and gave it a "D".) One of the hidden features of this plan is that it prevents negotiation with the drug companies. Imagine! The biggest insurance group in the world, and they can't negotiate a better price. Also, this is the plan with the infamous "donut hole" - the gap that leaves millions of seniors on fixed incomes without coverage. My own mother was without coverage for nearly 6 months this year. Of course, she still had to pay the insurance premiums.
Pharmaceutical Companies and other big drug interests have donated $250,736 to Howard Coble over his career.
Whose Congressman is he?
Rubberstamp Howard Coble voted with Tom Delay 89% of the time (through 3/31/2006) even when Delay moved to weaken House Ethics rules. He's voted party line 95% of the time, and with the Bush Administration 81% of the time.
Whose Congressman is he?
Howard Coble voted to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon's own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor's costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
Howard Coble opposed extending the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of Reservists and National Guard members, even though thousands of reservists between the age of 19 and 35 have no health care coverage.
Howard Coble voted against a bonus of $1500 to every American service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, including National Guard and Reserve forces.
Whose Congressman is he?
Howard's Sharp Pencil PAC has made donations to various candidates that he supports - here are some of my favorites: Charles Taylor (NC), Vernon Robinson (NC), Robin Hayes (NC), and George Allen (VA). When you total all of the Republican candidates to which Sharp Pencil has donated, the sum doesn't seem like much. A mere $58,000. But that's more money that many of Howard's constituents will ever see in a year.
Whose Congressman is he?
In 1995, he voted for Term Limits, which would have limited him to 12 years in office. He voted the same way in 1997. If he followed his own "advice", he would have left office in 1996.
Whose Congressman is he? Not mine.