FroshUpdate: Louisiana Freshman Proposes BP Legislation
FrumForum: Rep. Jeff Landry (LA-03) proposes two pieces of legislation: one to make BP pay for damages on a more forthcoming basis; another to mandate that there is a standby vessel within 12 miles of deepwater drilling facilities to provide for emergency evacuation: http://bit.ly/f5FxOz
Rep. Allen West (FL-22) said Tuesday on the Laura Ingraham Show that President Obama acts with "Third World dictator-like arrogance." http://bit.ly/f7p8aG
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is taking aim at 25 House Republicans in a new ad campaign, hitting them over their support for Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) 2012 budget. The effort will include radio ads, Web ads and automated calls into all 25 targeted House districts, including those of more than a dozen GOP House freshmen. http://bit.ly/gMVLQM
VIDEO: Billy Long: "I didn't join the tea party caucus because I don't have time to go to every caucus there is." http://bit.ly/fxTtuW
Billy Long told a group of about 100 senior citizens Tuesday morning that he's trying to curb federal spending and that seniors shouldn't expect a raise in Social Security benefits until the economy improves. http://bit.ly/hshtyY
Frank Guinta on spending: "You only have the House that believes, really, in cutting spending," he said. "If the President has one vote and the Senate has one vote and the House has one vote, then you're going to lose 2-1 every time." http://bit.ly/gueLY1
Rep. Reid Ribble (WI-08) went to his district on Monday in order to tour an area in which more than 160 homes had been damaged by a tornado. Ribble praised the people of the area for the quick cleanup and lack of reliance on federal disaster funds (which aren't available for a disaster of such small scale). http://bit.ly/ev89M4
Rep. Blake Farenthold (TX-27) told Business Spectator that the S&P's devaluation of the United States' debt trajectory was "a vindication of the Tea Party and their stance that we are spending too much." http://bit.ly/g9MhMZ
Chicagoist reports that Rep. Joe Walsh (IL-08) appeared at the head of a barnstorming Tea Party rally in Daley Plaza in Chicago Tuesday with presidential hopeful Herman Cain. http://bit.ly/ekbvgf
Video interview with Rep. Chris Gibson (NY-20) on his proposed restrictions on the president's ability to commit US troops without congressional approval http://bit.ly/gDlviy
Rep. David McKinley (WV-01) explains his opposition to the Ryan budget based on its steep cuts to Medicare for the seniors in his district. McKinley was one of only four Republicans to vote against the budget plan. http://slate.me/enc8ja
Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco (TX-23) dismisses car bomb gaffe (he said that car bombs had gone off in El Paso, when actually there was one such bombing in Juarez, on the other side of the Mexican border) as "a technicality". http://bit.ly/gQrtSl
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) was the featured speaker at a Tea Party rally in Salina, Kansas on Monday, saying that US debt threatens to "enslave our children for generations to come, to foreign nations." http://bit.ly/gLYuIo