Tag Archives: Bruce Poliquin

Mar 6 2015

United Nations Arms Trade Treaty

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives has sent a letter to the President protesting the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.  Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin is quoted in saying,

“As your Representative, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, especially the Second Amendment.

“Since its beginning, the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty has proposed serious concerns to our ability to provide defensive arms to our closest allies and our right to keep and to bear arms. Maine has a long tradition of responsibly using firearms to protect ourselves and property when in danger.

“Growing up in Maine, I understand the importance and necessity of the Second Amendment for our hard-working taxpayers and I am determined to protect that right.”

The full text of the letter is here: The letter is a reintroduction of a letter sent last session, which will explain why there are signatures from last session on the letter.  The sponsor, Mike Kelly, has not reposted it with the new signees.  Chellie Pingree has not signed the letter.

Mar 5 2015

The Baby and the Bath Water

Many Conservatives and Libertarians are frustrated with progress or lack thereof they are seeing in Washington.  With just a few weeks into the legislative session under their belts, Congressmen and women from U.S. House of Representatives are already taking flak from what is viewed as betrayal from a vote taken on the DHS spending bill.  Coupled with the failure to override the President’s veto on the Keystone Pipeline in the Senate, it has not been a good start to the week for Congress.

TMCV shares many of our readers’ disappointment with Bruce Poliquin on his vote on the DHS bill and we have expressed that to the Congressman, but we are not quite ready to throw the baby out with the bath water. While many in the Cain/Richardson camp are thrilled to jump up and claim the Poliquin term in office is an abject failure only a few weeks in, what this past week and a half has really showed to the American public is that the leadership of the Republican Party in both houses is incompetent.  Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are still in charge, they have their troops whipped into shape, and they disdain the Republicans as weak and irrelevant.  It is the opinion of TMCV that Mitch McConnel and John Boehner need to get their intestinal fortitude boosted or step out of the way to let someone with spine, that the Democrats fear, take over.

But here on the edge of the cliff where many are ready to take the plunge over this vote on DHS, lets take a step back, perhaps even a breath or two and examine just exactly what has Bruce voted for.  First, 26 States including Maine have blocked the President’s amnesty bill, which means the President has to take 26 States to court, starting with the 5th Circuit in Texas, in order to continue with his amnesty plan. Until he can win 26 suits, his amnesty plan is dead in the water.

Secondly in January, Poliquin voted for a bill to fund DHS that also defunded Obama’s unilateral executive action on immigration.  The Senate Democrats blocked vote on that bill and would not even negotiate with the House Republicans. Again, where is Mitch McConnel?

Poliquin has stated repeatedly and publicly that he opposes the President’s amnesty plan and will continue to fight it wherever he can.  Because of the grave dangers facing this Country, such as ISIS, he felt it irresponsible to leave the DHS unfunded.  It should be noted that 1500 personnel of DHS and their families in the State of Maine alone depend upon the agency for their paychecks.

Poliquin continues to issue calls for the amnesty bill to be defunded.  He continues to call for the President to honor the checks and balances of our Republic.  Unfortunately, the Congressman seems to be caught between a rock and hard place, with deaf ears on one side and weak knees on the other.  Let’s not toss the bath water out until we are sure what is in it first.

 

Mar 3 2015

Poliquin to Attend Speech, Pingree Will Not

Congressman Bruce Poliquin has indicated that he will attend the speech of Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, our closest Allie in the Middle East.  Poliquin stated his support in the following quote, “I will be in attendance and I’m looking forward to joining my colleagues in welcoming the Prime Minister to our House chamber. I believe that this reception presents a great opportunity for Americans to extend our support to one of our strongest allies, especially given the intense geopolitical climate of the Middle East today. Israel faces a countless number of threats on a continuing basis. I look forward to hearing the Prime Minister’s speech and continuing our nations’ strong and dependable relationship.”

Representative Chellie Pingree has indicated she will boycott the Prime Minister of Israel.

Mar 2 2015

The Right to Keep and Bear Ammo

Lost in the hubbub of all the maneuverings of last weeks legislative schedule in Washington was the news that Bruce Poliquin had signed on to a letter denouncing the President’s move to ban AR-15 ammo.  After signing on to the letter, Poliquin released a statement emphasizing,“It’s unconstitutional and overreaching for the President to use his federal agency to restrict our right to keep and bear arms. I will always fight to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and will make sure our hard-working and law-abiding Mainers are able to exercise their Second Amendment rights.”

The full text of the letter was also provided in the presser, entitled Right to Keep and Bear Ammo.  So far, the Congressman from Maine seems to be keeping his promise to defend the 2nd Amendment.