Myrick A Taxpayer Hero

Article By Writer Sue Myrick Author: Sue Myrick
Published: July 19, 2007
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Scores 81 percent on CCAGW’s Congressional Ratings
Washington, D.C. – The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today honored Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) as a Taxpayer Hero for scoring 81 percent on its 2006 Congressional Ratings. The average for the entire House hit a new low at 29 percent, making Rep. Myrick’s achievement that much more impressive. Since 1991, CCAGW has tracked roll call votes to separate the taxpayer advocates in Congress from those who favor wasteful programs and pork-barrel spending. As one of 41 representatives with a score of 80 percent or higher, Rep. Myrick consistently voted to cut wasteful spending, reduce the tax burden, and make government more accountable to taxpayers.

“Actions speak louder than words,” CCAGW President Tom Schatz said. “The way a member chooses to vote is the best indicator of whether a professed commitment to fiscal discipline is real.”

The 2006 Congressional Ratings cover the voting year 2006, the second session of the 109th Congress. CCAGW rated 44 key votes in the House. Rep. Myrick supported several amendments in the House offered by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) that, if successful, would have removed $35.3 million worth of pork-barrel projects from appropriations bills. Other votes included: the legislative line-item veto, a tax reconciliation bill that would have extended about $70 billion in tax cuts over five years, a budget that would have saved $6.8 billion over five years by reducing the rate of growth in mandatory spending, a reduction in the estate tax, oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and “net neutrality.”

“Rep. Myrick puts the interests of taxpayers ahead of politics by recognizing the long-term consequences of excessive spending and working to reduce the enormous debt being left to future generations,” Schatz continued.

“When Congress had opportunities to vote for amendments that would have removed blatantly parochial special-interest projects and demonstrated that they were finally addressing spending and ethics problems, Rep. Myrick went against the grain and voted ‘yes.’ At the time that CCAGW ratings on cutting wasteful spending and taxes reached the abyss, Rep. Myrick gives taxpayers hope for the future,” Schatz concluded.

CCAGW’s website features the complete 2006 Congressional Ratings, including vote descriptions, scorecards for the House and Senate, personalized scorecards for each member of Congress, and averages by chamber, party, and state delegation. Visit www.ccagw.org.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, the nation’s largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.

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One Response to “Myrick A Taxpayer Hero”

jim patterson on January 13th, 2008 1:36 am

if ms myrick was truly the tax payers friend
then she would educate herslf and then her
constituents as to the true nature of the federal debt and offer ways to scale back the bankrupting of America !
I for one have watched Ms myrick since she first began in charlotte and am sorry to say that she is a terrible representative of the people . either sue myrick is afraid to speak
out or she is just another bought and sold
politician , either way she is not doing her
civic duty !
confused by what i’m saying ? okay , I’ll
challenge you . Turn off the TV and open the
books ! Your children’s future should be worth a few hours away from the fluff .
1. get a copy of the American constitution
and actually read it (yes you can download it) . read it - especially the parts that deal with congresses power to coin and regulate the value of money and what type of
money that the induvidual states can use in
tender of payment of debts (hint- we are not
currently doing this and this is a major factor as to why we as a republic are on the
slippery slope to financial -ell ! please -
you have a brain put it into gear . 58 trillion is the projected debt for programs
that are on the table presently . That equtes to $175,000 each for every man,woman and child and that is if we pay this today;
tomorrow it will be greater ! there are many
great articles about this on the web . goggle taxes ,federal reserve bank ,federal
debt, constitutional money, constitutional
taxes . com’on people, surely your children’s future is worth a little bit of
time away from sports and reality TV (there’s an oxymoron for you) . P.S. please tell Ms Sue Myrick to open the books also !