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Wall
Street Journal Editorial About Chocola's Work To Reign In Goverment
Spending
(6/16/2004)GOP Budget Revolt, June 16, 2004: Page A14- Most Americans
are cynical about politicians, and with cause. Congress wants to
spend and spend until taxes have to go up, and the only voter recourse
is to throw the bums out once in a while. If only somebody could
devise a system with more institutional checks and balances.
Well, a few far-sighted lawmakers are trying to do precisely that.
The rules governing Congress's annual budget process for the past
30 years have created a built-in bias toward waste and ever-larger
government.[MORE]
Chocola
Introduces Loser Pays To Stop Frivolous Lawsuits
(5/20/2004) Greedy trial lawyers would have to think twice before
filing a frivolous lawsuit if legislation introduced by Congressman
Chocola becomes law. The Legal Expense Equity Act of 2004, which
is companion legislation to Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC)
version, establishes a set of guidelines under which the either
party of a civil lawsuit in federal court could be required to pay
the opposing side’s attorney fees.. [MORE]
Chocola
Fights For Hoosier Veterans
(5/12/2004) Following the May 7 decision by Veterans Affairs (VA)
Secretary Anthony Principi regarding the Capital Asset Realignment
for Enhanced Services (CARES) report to modernize the VA’s
nationwide health care system, Congressmen Chris Chocola (R-IN)
and Mark Souder (R-IN) expressed grave concern over the decision
in a letter to Secretary Principi . [MORE]
Learn
more about the Medicare Presription Drug Benefit passed by Congress
After decades
of empty promises by politicians, Congress finally lived up to it
promise to our seniors of providing a prescription drug benefit
under Medicare. To learn more about this program visit
www.medicare.gov or call 1800-MEDICARE
(800-633-4227)
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