Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) points out that "Just days after the American taxpayer-funded Brooklyn Museum of Arts' showing of the Virgin Mary covered in excrement, 31 Republicans voted to increase funding for the National Endowment for the 'Arts' by an incredible $10,000,000!!" (Roll Call no. 473, passed 218-199, 10/4/99)

14 DEMOCRAT HEROES OPPOSE NEA INCREASES

The 14 Democrats who opposed the increase were:

31 REPUBLICANS (INCLUDING TOM DAVIS AND CHRIS SMITH) PANDER TO POWERFUL SUPPORTERS OF GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDIZED "ART"

The 31 Republicans who voted to increase funding for the NEA included:

Just before they adjourned for the August recess, the House of Representatives voted against Congressman Ron Paul's (R-Tex.) amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill which provided that "None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for -- (1) population control or population planning programs; (2) family planning activities; or (3) abortion procedures."

COX, DAVIS, ROHRABACHER, ROYCE, GILMAN, AND SUNUNU SUPPORT "POPULATION CONTROL"

Eric Schmitt reports (New York Times, 8/4/99, p. A6) that "The House today renewed limited economic ties with Vietnam for another year, a week after Washington and Hanoi reached a tentative trade accord that brings Vietnam a step closer to full trading privileges with the United States."

OPIC AND EX-IM SUBSIDIES FOR HANOI'S LENINIST AGENDA

"The vote was 297 to 130 to endorse President Clinton's waiver of a 1974 law. It allows American companies that do business with Vietnam to receive limited Government benefits like loans and guarantees from the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. ...

"Trade between the two countries is relatively small. Vietnam ships $650 million worth of goods to the United States each year. American companies send $350 million in products to Vietnam. ..."

WHY DO WE HELP A REGIME WHICH MISTREATED U.S. SOLDIERS?

"Critics contended that Vietnam had not fully cooperated in accounting for G.I.'s who were missing in action, persecuted its citizens for their religious beliefs and hampered the emigration of opponents of the Communist Government.

"'The average citizen in Vietnam must still pay $1,000 in bribes -- three times an annual salary -- for access to U.S. immigration programs,' said Representative Loretta Sanchez, a California Democrat whose Orange County district has one of the largest concentrations of Vietnamese people in the United States."

BUSINESS WHORES WIN AGAIN

"The debate paled in contrast to the fight over trade with China, but it evoked powerful emotions from many veterans. Representative Sam Johnson, a Texas Republican who served seven years in a Vietnamese prison after his Air Force jet had been shot down, urged rejection of the waiver."

The 123 Republicans voting with President Clinton (Roll Call no. 365, 297-130, 8/3/99) were:

The first indication that the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act coalition does not have America's best interests at heart is to look at its supporters. All of the usual suspects are on board: Chevron, Texaco, Chester Crocker, Lehman Brothers, Occidental, Caterpillar, Herman Cohen, David Dinkins, Maurice Tempelsman, and more of those who have placed profit ahead of the national interest, in Africa and elsewhere.

AFRICA'S PATRIARCHAL TRADITIONS CHALLENGED BY U.S. AID

The act provides in part that: [Sec. 2] "the United States seeks to assist sub-Saharan African countries, and the private sector in those countries, to achieve economic self-reliance by--(1) strengthening and expanding the private sector in sub-Saharan Africa, especially women-owned businesses....

"[Sec. 3] The Congress supports economic self-reliance for sub-Saharan African countries, particularly those committed to...the importance of women to economic growth and development. ..."

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WTO SOVEREIGNTY IS A PRECONDITION TO U.S. AID

"[Sec. 7b] It is the sense of the Congress that--

"(1) it would be to the mutual benefit of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the United States to ensure that the commitments of the World Trade Organization and associated agreements are faithfully implemented in each of the member countries, so as to lay the groundwork for sustained growth in textile and apparel exports and trade under agreed rules and disciplines;

"(2) reform of trade policies in sub-Saharan Africa with the objective of removing structural impediments to trade, consistent with obligations under the World Trade Organization, can assist the countries of the region in achieving greater and greater diversification of textile and apparel export commodities and products and export markets; and"

U.S. WOULD GIVE AID AND TRADE ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COMPETITORS

"(3) the President should support textile and apparel trade reform in sub-Saharan Africa by, among other measures, providing technical assistance, sharing of information to expand basic knowledge of how to trade with the United States, and encouraging business-to-business contacts with the region. ..."

TRANSFER OF U.S. TEXTILE JOBS TO AFRICA IS PROMOTED

"[Sec. 7c] (2)...The President shall continue the existing no quota policy for countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The President shall submit to the Congress, not later than March 31 of each year, a report on the growth in textiles and apparel exports to the United States from countries in sub-Saharan Africa...."

YOUR TAX DOLLARS LAUNDERED THROUGH IMF AND WORLD BANK TO SUBSIDIZE AFRICAN TEXTILE COMPETITORS

"[Sec. 9a] BETTER MECHANISMS TO FURTHER GOALS FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA--It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund, and the African Development Bank to use the voice and votes of the Executive Directors to encourage vigorously their respective institutions to develop enhanced mechanisms which further the following goals in eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa: .... Supporting deep debt reduction at the earliest possible date with the greatest amount of relief for eligible poorest countries under the 'Heavily Indebted Poor Countries' (HIPC) debt initiative."

"DEBT FORGIVENESS" MEANS YOUR TAXES PAY OFF THE BIG BANKS

"(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS--It is the sense of the Congress that relief provided to countries in sub-Saharan Africa which qualify for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries debt initiative should primarily be made through grants rather than through extended-term debt, and that interim relief or interim financing should be provided for eligible countries that establish a strong record of macroeconomic reform. ...

"[Sec. 10b] ...In addition to continuing bilateral and multilateral economic and development assistance, the President shall target technical assistance toward-- ...(B) bring[ing] their legal regimes into compliance with the standards of the World Trade Organization in conjunction with membership in that Organization. ..."

OPIC WILL BE A CONDUIT AND COMPONENT OF $500 MILLION SUBSIDY

"[Sec. 11a] It is the sense of the Congress that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation [OPIC] should exercise the authorities it has to initiate an equity fund or equity funds in support of projects in the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, in addition to the existing equity fund for sub-Saharan Africa created by the Corporation. ...

"(3) ... One or more of the funds, with combined assets of up to $500,000,000, should be used in support of infrastructure projects in countries of sub-Saharan Africa. ..."

AID AND EX-IM WILL MAKE MORE BAD LOANS WHICH YOU GUARANTEE

"[Sec. 12b] (1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA--Section 2(b) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:

"'(13)(A) The Board of Directors of the Bank shall take prompt measures, consistent with the credit standards otherwise required by law, to promote the expansion of the Bank's financial commitments in sub-Saharan Africa under the loan, guarantee, and insurance programs of the Bank. ...

"[Sec. 17b] (3) Assistance provided through the Development Fund for Africa will continue to support programs and activities that promote the long term economic development of sub-Saharan Africa. ..."

"REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH" IS OFFICIAL U.S. POLICY OBJECTIVE "GREAT SOCIETY" FASCISM TO BE IMPOSED ON AFRICA

"The African Development Foundation has a unique congressional mandate to empower the poor to participate fully in development and to increase opportunities for gainful employment, poverty alleviation, and more equitable income distribution in sub-Saharan Africa."

SAUL ALINSKY'S "CHANGE AGENTS" ARE EXPORTED TO AFRICA

"The African Development Foundation has worked successfully to enhance the role of women as agents of change, strengthen the informal sector with an emphasis on supporting micro and small sized enterprises, indigenous technologies, and mobilizing local financing. The African Development Foundation should develop and implement strategies for promoting participation in the socioeconomic development process of grassroots and informal sector groups such as nongovernmental organizations, cooperatives, artisans, and traders into the programs and initiatives established under this Act. ..."

136 HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR BILL TO EXPORT U.S. JOBS TO AFRICA/NAFTA REGIMES

"[Sec. 20] For purposes of this Act, the terms 'sub-Saharan Africa', 'sub-Saharan African country', 'country in sub-Saharan Africa', and 'countries in sub-Saharan Africa' refer to the following or any successor political entities:"

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Togo, Zimbabwe, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, Coaste d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.

The 136 House Republicans who voted to pass H.R. 434, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Roll Call no. 307, 234 to 163, 7/16/99), were:

"Four years after House Speaker-to-be Newt Gingrich's post-election prediction that GOP leadership would 'radically transform the way government works by Easter,' the federal government still does almost everything it did then. ..." (Source: Washington Post, 8/3/99, pp. A1, 6)

"'For those of us who came here with a zeal for limiting government, it's been a very frustrating 42 years,' said Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), one of the most outspoken conservatives in the historic GOP freshman class of 1994, which has already dwindled in the House from 73 to 49 members. 'We've been losing the battles, again and again.' ..."

MORE FUNDING FOR "CULTURAL COMMUNISM" -- TOO LITTLE FOR DEFENSE

"[A] 'Return of the Living Dead' analysis by the libertarian Cato Institute suggests that the GOP's post-takeover declarations of a new era of budget austerity were vastly overblown. Since 1995, Cato found, spending has actually increased overall among the programs targeted for extinction in the original "Contract With America" budget, including hikes of 513 percent in school-to-work grants, 119 percent in the Goals 2000 education program, and 72 percent in bilingual education funding. The three Cabinet agencies on the GOP's 1995 hit list are alive and well; the Commerce Department's budget has grown by 40 percent."

On August 4, "The Senate approved a massive emergency aid package for America's struggling farmers...a record $7.4 billion....

"Congress passed an unprecedented $6 billion rescue package for farmers just last fall, a measure that was touted as an extraordinary one-time fix. But the Senate went even further yesterday, showering cash on farmers of grain, soybeans, livestock, dairy cows, tobacco, cotton and 'specialty crops' to compensate for historically depressed prices." (Source: Washington Post, 8/5/99, p. 1)

Eight United States Senators opposed additional agriculture subsidies (Roll Call no. 257, 8/4/99, 89-8). These were:

Ron Paul notes (Ron Paul News Release, 7/15/99) that "In classic Washington, DC form, the 'Religious Liberty Protection Act' (HR 1691) is nothing of the sort, and in fact just the opposite.

"Rep. Paul said the legislation flies in the face of the First Amendment's clear statement that Congress 'shall make no law' prohibiting the 'free exercise' of religion."

RLP (H.R. 1691) LETS BUREAUCRATS AND JUDGES RESTRICT "FREE EXERCISE"

"'However, HR 1691 specifically prevents free exercise whenever the government claims a "compelling interest." Of course, that compelling interest is not defined, so it could be literally anything.'

"Such loose language, said Dr. Paul, gives bureaucrats and the courts near-free reign over religious exercise in the United States."

FEDERAL CONTROL OF RELIGION WOULD BE DANGEROUSLY EXPANDED

"'Nowhere does the legislation actually enforce the spirit of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. Rather, its design is to impose a national standard of "religious liberty" beyond what the federal government is allowed to do under our Constitution,' said Rep. Paul. 'It is telling that one of the staunchest supporters of the measure is the liberal Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. On the other hand, opposing the legislation are such stalwarts of the conservative movement as Eagle Forum, the Religious Freedom Coalition, the Christian Action Network and the Home School Legal Defense Association, among many others not supporting it.'"

"...[T]he bill was propelled by a fierce lobbying effort led by conservative Christian groups such as the Family Research Council and the Christian Coalition, with help from a wide array of apolitical religious organizations and even some liberal groups such as People for the American Way and Americans for Democratic Action." (Washington Post, 7/16/99, p. A1)

REPUBLICAN-DEMOCRAT COALITION APPROVES RLP 306-118

Larry Witham reports (Washington Times, 7/16/99, p. A1) that "The Religious Liberty Protection Act, passed by a 306-118 vote....The act has a companion bill planned for the Senate -- to be introduced by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, before the August recess. It has received White House support. ..."

BOB BARR WARNS OF THREAT TO FIRST AMENDMENT

"[S]ome conservatives warned that it strengthens the big hand of government through interstate commerce powers. 'It will vastly increase the role of federal agencies and courts in determining which religions should be protected,' Rep. Bob Barr, Georgia Republican, said in a statement. ...Ninety-seven Democrats opposed it along with 20 Republicans...."

20 REPUBLICANS VOTE FOR ORIGINAL INTENT

The 20 Republicans who opposed H.R. 1691 were:

Thirty-six Republicans currying the favor of the homosexual lobby were instrumental in the 215 to 213 defeat on July 29 of Congressman Steve Largent's amendment to prohibit unmarried couples, including same sex couples from adopting children in D.C.

COULD NOT THE GOP LEADERSHIP SWITCH 2 VOTES?

You may wish to note well those Republicans who have placed themselves in the camp of those who reject the God-ordained family (House Roll Call no. 346, 213 to 215, 7/29/99):

By a margin of 150 to 71 (Roll Call no. 338, 260-170, 7/27/99) House Republicans voted to support Bill Clinton's extension of Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) status for Red China, which status results in a transfer of wealth from the American economy to the Chinese economy amounting to more than $60 billion per year.

The U.S.-derived resources secured to Communist China's command economy redound, directly and indirectly, to the advantage of Beijing's People's Liberation Army (PLA) and to the disadvantage of the national security of the United States.

GOP LEADERS TURN A BLIND EYE TO COMMUNIST THREAT

Ninety-eight Democrats opposed MFN for Red China, as against 110 who supported it. The lone independent, Bernard Sanders, voted against MFN.

HASTERT, ARMEY, DAVIS, DeLAY, LARGENT, McCULLOM, WATTS BUY INTO "FREE TRADE" FANTASY

The 150 Republicans who voted with Clinton and against America's best interests were:

KEY CONTRIBUTORS PUSH FOR MFN

Eric Schmitt points out (New York Times, 7/28/99, p. A4) concerning House approval of MFN for China that "the critics never gained much traction, buffeted by an intensive lobbying campaign of business groups like the United States Chamber of Commerce and corporations with interests in China like General Motors, Boeing and Kodak. ..."

WTO MEMBERSHIP FOR RED CHINA WOULD MEAN PERMANENT MFN

"'China's accession to the World Trade Organization is the next key step, and one we hope Congress will take promptly, once a final market-opening trade agreement is reached,' Dana G. Mead, chairman of Tenneco and of the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executives, said in a statement."

Fortunately, an amendment by Connecticut Democrat Congressman Rosa DeLauro to H.R. 2490, Treasury-Postal Appropriations, was defeated 230 to 188 (Roll Call no. 301, 7/15/99). If it had succeeded, American taxpayers would have been required to indirectly pay for the cost of abortions performed on Federal employees, via their government-subsidized health insurance.

The bad news is that 28 House Republicans supported DeLauro in seeking to require you to underwrite the slaughter of unborn children.

On June 22, the Senate voted 97 to 2 (Roll Call No. 180) to pay the U.N. another $819 million. In addition, another $107 million of amounts the U.N. owes the United States was "to be forgiven".

An amendment introduced by Senator Bob Smith (R-N.H.) to uphold current law and prevent taxpayer-funded abortions at military hospitals passed the Senate on May 26, 1999, by a vote of 51-49 (Roll Call no. 148).

On a crucial 51 to 47 roll call vote (Senate Roll Call no. 111, 5/12/99) in which the Senate rejected mandatory background checks on private sales at gun shows, six Republicans almost gave Bill Clinton a first-round victory in his assault on our Second Amendment rights.

The next day, there were more defections as the Republican leadership switched sides, accepting the liberal argument that social stability requires the people of the U.S. to be denied their God-given right of self-defense.

Helen Dewar and Roberto Suro report (Washington Post, 5/14/99, p. 1) that "Stunned by an uproar over the Senate's refusal Wednesday to require mandatory background checks for all sales at gun shows, Republican leaders yesterday reversed course and said they now support legislation requiring the checks."

DEMOCRATS SAY "JUMP", REPUBLICANS ASK "HOW HIGH?"

"Democrats immediately denounced the new proposal, saying it would not cover all gun show sales and was still crammed with loopholes....

"The Republican turnabout followed a barrage of criticism from President Clinton, Attorney General Janet Reno and other Democrats, along with threats of a revolt from within their own ranks by a half-dozen or more Republicans who contended that the earlier vote was a mistake. ..."

NRA BOARD MEMBER LARRY CRAIG FLIP-FLOPS TO FAVOR FEDERAL CONTROL OF GUN SHOWS

"The new gun show proposal came from Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho), a National Rifle Association board member who led the fight against the mandatory background checks only the day before. On Wednesday, Craig succeeded in defeating, by a largely party-line vote, an amendment to a youth violence bill that would have required mandatory checks. ...

"Craig's latest proposal, which he said he hammered out after meetings with the NRA and restive Republicans, 'requires 24-hour background checks for all transfers of firearms at gun shows,' according to the official summary...."

NRA RETREATS ON MANDATORY GUN SHOW RESTRICTIONS

Reuters reports (Yahoo!.NEWS, 5/14/99) that "NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre said in a telephone interview that the organization has said it would accept the gun show background checks -- if the FBI records, which he said were illegal, were dropped.

"He also repeated the NRA attack on the Clinton administration for failing to enforce current laws while drafting new ones. ..."

JOHN ASHCROFT LEADS EFFORT TO CRIMINALIZE POSSESSION OF GUNS AND AMMO

"In another sign of Republican distress over the gun issue, GOP leaders broadened an earlier proposal banning possession of semi-automatic assault weapons by juveniles to include high-capacity ammunition clips, as proposed initially by Democrats. The proposal, offered by Sen. John D. Ashcroft (R-Mo.), was approved 96 to 2."

Reuters pointed out that "By a 96-2 vote, the Senate closed a loophole in a law that bans anyone under age 18 from buying a handgun. They extended that prohibition to youth purchases of semi-automatic assault weapons like Uzis or AK-47s. Two Republicans, Bob Smith of New Hampshire and Mike Enzi of Wyoming, voted no on the amendment by Missouri Republican John Ashcroft.

"They also accepted a Democratic ban on importing all high-capacity ammunition clips. Those clips, which let people fire scores of bullets without stopping to reload, cannot now be manufactured in the United States but are still imported. ..."

JUVENILE CRIME BILL VIOLATES TENTH AMENDMENT BY FEDERALIZATION OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

Frank Bruni points out (New York Times, 5/14/99, p. 1) that "The gun-control measures were being offered as amendments to the crime bill, which would create $1 billion in Federal grants to toughen prosecution and punishment of juvenile crime and, to a lesser extent, enhance programs to help troubled and violent children. ...

"It not only made sales of those weapons to those under 18 illegal, but also made possession of such weapons by children without parental consent a crime. That merely brings the Federal law on assault weapons into line with the law on handguns, which was more severe. ..."

UNPRINCIPLED PANIC AS "BIG TENT" PACHYDERMS ARE ROUTED

"More surprising, senators also approved, 59 to 39, an amendment by Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, to ban the import of ammunition clips that enabled assault weapons to fire more than 10 rounds at once. The manufacture of such clips in the United States is already illegal.

"Twenty Republicans joined 39 Democrats in favor of the amendment, while 4 Democrats joined 35 Republicans in opposition. Two Democrats were absent."

The anti-gun rights Republicans were:

OK TO VIOLATE SECOND AMENDMENT, BUT NOT FIRST

"' The Senate rejected, 60-39, a proposal by Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., to forbid the airing of violent programming during periods when children are likely to be watching. Critics expressed concern that it would violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, but Hollings said 'Hollywood lobbying' defeated it." (Source: USA TODAY, 5/14/99, p. 5A)

On March 23, the U.S. Senate passed S. CON. RES. 21: "Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President of the United States is authorized to conduct military air operations and missile strikes in cooperation with our NATO allies against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)." (Roll Call no. 57, passed 58 to 41, 3/23/99)

JOHN WARNER, JOHN McCAIN, AND MITCH McCONNELL JOIN THE CLINTON BOMB SQUAD

Mrs. Tillie Fowler, a Republican congressman from Florida, introduced an amendment to block U.S. intervention in Kosovo. On the March 11, 1999 roll call, the motion was defeated 237 to 178. Here follow some excerpts from the Fowler amendment, along with a list of the Republicans who voted to unconstitutionally authorize a Kosovo intervention:

A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT — AIDING REBELLION AGAINST A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT

"(1) President Clinton is contemplating the introduction of ground elements of the United States Armed Forces to Kosovo as part of a larger North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation to conduct peacemaking or peacekeeping between warring parties in Kosovo, and these Armed Forces may be subject to foreign command.

"(2) Such a deployment, if it were to occur, would in all likelihood require the commitment of United States ground forces for a minimum of 3 years and cost billions of dollars.

"(3) Kosovo, unlike Bosnia, is a province of the Republic of Serbia, a sovereign foreign state. ..."

BOSNIA HAS BEEN A TEN BILLION DOLLAR BIPARTISAN BUST

"(6) The deployment of United States ground forces to participate in the peacekeeping operation in Bosnia, which has resulted in the expenditure of more than $10,000,000,000 by United States taxpayers to date, which has already been extended past 2 previous withdrawal dates established by the administration, and which shows no sign of ending in the near future, clearly argues that the costs and duration of a deployment to Kosovo for peacekeeping purposes will be much heavier and much longer than initially foreseen."

U.S. TROOPS IN KOSOVO UNDERMINE DEFENSE OF U.S.

"(7) The substantial drain on military readiness of a deployment to Kosovo would be inconsistent with the need, recently acknowledged by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to reverse the trends which have already severely compromised the ability of the United States Armed Forces to carry out the basic National Military Strategy of the United States."

SPEAKER HASTERT VOTES FOR INTERVENTION

In a separate roll call vote (Roll Call no. 49, passed 219-191, 3/11/99), 44 Republicans voted to authorize President Clinton "to deploy United States Armed Forces personnel to Kosovo as part of a NATO peacekeeping operation implementing a Kosovo peace agreement."

Republicans who supported the intervention (in addition to those listed above) were: Dennis Hastert (Ill., Speaker of the House), George Radanovich (Calif.), Joe Skeen (N.M.), and Heather Wilson (N.M.).