Sources April 2011

April 28, 2011: Criminal Aliens: An Unaffordable Luxury

1.  Homeland Security. Secretary Napolitano Announces Record-breaking Immigration Enforcement Statistics Achieved under the Obama Administration. October 6, 2010. http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1286389936778.shtm, retrieved April 27, 2011.

2.  Ibid.

3.  United States General Accounting Office. Testimony. Criminal Aliens: INS Enforcement. Statement of Lowell Dodge, Director, Administration of Justice Issues. General Government Division. Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives. November 1, 1989. Summary Page.

4.  Ibid., p. 1.

5.  Ibid., p. 11.

6.  United States Government Accountability Office. Criminal Alien Statistics. Information on Incarceration, Arrests, and Costs. March 2011. Summary page.  What GAO Found.

7.  Ibid., p. 43.

8.  Ibid., p. 19.

9.  Ibid., Summary page. What GAO Found.

10. Ibid.

11. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Press Conference by President Obama, President Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada. Cabanas Cultural Center, Guadalajara, Mexico. August 10, 2009. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Press-Conference-by-President-Obama-President-Calderon-of-Mexico-and-Prime-Minister-Harper-of-Canada/, retrieved April 27, 2011.

April 24, 2011: Homeland Security’s Southwest Border Fantasy 

1.  Homeland Security. The Blog @ Homeland Security. The Southwest Border is Open for Business. March 24, 2011. http://blog.dhs.gov/2011/03/southwest-border-is-open-for-business.html.

2.  Homeland Security. Secure Border Initiative. July 23, 2009. http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/editorial_0868.shtm.

3.  Homeland Security. Remarks by Secretary Napolitano at the Border Security Conference. August 11, 2009. http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/speeches/sp_1250028863008.shtm.

4.  United States Government Accountability Office. Secure Border Initiative. Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fending Has Not Been Assessed. September 17, 2009. p. 3.

5.  United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Testimony of the Honorable Janet Napolitano. Secretary. Department of Homeland Security. December 9, 2009. http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=4192&wit_id=8358.

6.  Homeland Security. The Blog @ Homeland Security. The Southwest Border is Open for Business. March 24, 2011. http://blog.dhs.gov/2011/03/southwest-border-is-open-for-business.html.

7.  United States Government Accountability Office. Border Security. Preliminary Observations on Border Control Measures for the Southwest Border. February 15, 2011. p. 12.

8.  Ibid., What GAO Found.

9.  Homeland Security. The Blog @ Homeland Security. The Southwest Border is Open for Business. March 24, 2011. http://blog.dhs.gov/2011/03/southwest-border-is-open-for-business.html.

10. United States Government Accountability Office. February 15, 2011. op. cit. What GAO Found.

April 21, 2011: Small Government the Only Answer to Improper Payments

1. United States Government Accountability Office. IMPROPER PAYMENTS. Recent Efforts to Address Improper Payments and Remaining Challenges. April 15, 2011.  p. 3.

2. Ibid., Summary page. What GAO Found.

3. The White House. Office of Management and Budget. M-03-13, Improper Payments Information Act of 2002. Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies. May 21, 2003.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda_m03-13/.

4. United States Government Accountability Office. IMPROPER PAYMENTS. Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Estimating and Reducing Improper Payments. April 22, 2009. p. 3.

5. United States Government Accountability Office. IMPROPER PAYMENTS. Recent Efforts to Address Improper Payments and Remaining Challenges. April 15, 2011.  p. 3.

6. Public Law 111-204, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010.

April 17, 2011: Spending Cut Hoax or Not, Budget Process Is a Fraud

1. Speaker of the House John Boehner. Blog. MYTH VS. FACT: The Bipartisan Agreement to Cut Spending to Support Job Creation. April 13, 2011. http://www.speaker.gov/Blog/?postid=236209.

2. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President on Fiscal Policy. George Washington University. April 13, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/13/remarks-president-fiscal-policy.

3. Congressional Budget Office.  An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012. April 2011. p. vii.

4. Speaker of the House John Boehner. Blog. Op. cit.

April 16, 2011: Obama’s Plan is About Fleecing, Not Fairness

1. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. Representing the 9^th District of Illinois. Schakowsky Introduces Bill to Tax Millionaires and Billionaires. March 16, 2011.  http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2877&catid=22.

2. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President on Fiscal Policy. George Washington University. Washington, D.C. April 13, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/13/remarks-president-fiscal-policy.

3. Ibid.

4. Democrats.Senate.gov. Business And Civic Leaders Support Passage of Middle-Class Tax Cuts Extension. December 4, 2010. http://democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/.

April 10, 2011: Have Debt-Crazed Lawmakers Gone Insane?

1. Congressional Budget Office. Director’s Blog. Federal Budget Deficit Totals $830 Billion in the First Half of 2011. April 7, 2011.

2. The White Office. Office of the Press Secretary. Weekly Address: “Reducing Spending While Still Investing in the Future is Just Common Sense.” April 9, 2011.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/09/weekly-address-reducing-spending-while-still-investing-future-just-commo.

3. Payment Accuracy. High-Error Programs. http://paymentaccuracy.gov/high-priority-programs.

4. Congressional Research Service. Operation Odyssey Dawn (Libya): Background and Issues for Congress. Jeremiah Gertler, Coordinator. Specialist in Military Aviation. March 28, 2011. Summary page.

April 8, 2011: Government Shutdown Should Be a Trial Run

1. United States Senator for Nevada Harry Reid. Reid: GOP Leaders Must Decide if They Will Do What Tea Party Wants or What Country Needs. April 4, 2011. http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/.

2. The White House Blog. President Obama on the Ongoing Budget Negotiations. April 6, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/.

3. Mitch McConnell. Republican Leader, U.S. Senator for Kentucky. McConnell Responds to President’s Veto Threat of the Bipartisan Troop Funding Bill. April 7, 2011. http://mcconnell.senate.gov/public/.

April 6, 2011: Tea Party in the Way of Reid Spending the Cuts

1. United States Senator for Nevada Harry Reid. Reid: GOP Leaders Must Decide if They Will Do What Tea Party Wants Or What Country Needs. April 4, 2011. http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/.

2. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President After Meeting with House Republican and Senate Democratic Leadership. April 5, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/05/remarks-president-after-meeting-house-republican-and-senate-democratic-l.

3. United States Senator for Nevada Harry Reid. Reid Unveils Nevada Legislative Priorities for 112^th Congress. January 18, 2011. http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/.

4. United States Senator for Nevada Harry Reid. Reid: GOP Leaders Must Decide if They Will Do What Tea Party Wants Or What Country Needs. April 4, 2011. http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/.

5. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President After Meeting with House Republican and Senate Democratic Leadership. April 5, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/05/remarks-president-after-meeting-house-republican-and-senate-democratic-l.

April 3, 2011: Budget Stalemate Antics Make a Shutdown Welcome

1. John Boehner. 8^th District of Ohio. Press Release. Congressman Boehner On The Latest Unemployment Report: Washington Needs To Do More To End The Uncertainty Facing Job Creators. April 1, 2011. http://johnboehner.house.gov/News/.

2. Speaker of the House John Boehner. Press Release. Weekly Republican Address: Speaker Boehner on Cutting Spending & Tackling the Big Challenges Facing Job Creation. April 2, 2011. http://www.speaker.gov/News/.

3. The Office of Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer. Hoyer: Republicans Must Compromise on Long-Term CR to Cut Spending, Invest in the Future, Provide Certainty. March 11, 2011. http://www.democraticwhip.gov/content/.

4. Democrats.Senate.gov. Reid: Republicans Aim for Government Shutdown Without Negotiation, Despite $41 Billion In Cuts Democrats Have Already Brought To The Table. February 19, 2011. http://democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/.

5. John Boehner. 8^th District of Ohio. Press Release. Congressman Boehner On The Latest Unemployment Report: Washington Needs To Do More To End The Uncertainty Facing Job Creators. April 1, 2011. http://johnboehner.house.gov/News/.

6. The Office of Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer. Hoyer Statement on March Jobs Report. April 1, 2011. http://www.democraticwhip.gov/content/.