Nan Hayworth

Yep... another "Nan-gram."

While my congresswoman does indeed visit Usually Right from time to time, I know it's too much to expect her to visit the blog daily or to review each and every one of my emails to her personal account in a timely fashion.

Hey... she's a U.S. Congresswoman! She's busy!

Therefore...

(*SMILE*)

I'm posting this "Nan-gram" in the knowledge that whether Nan herself googles her own name every day (which I'm assuming she does) or not, I have no doubt that members of her staff have her name "flagged" for internet alerts.

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Dear Nan,

Just came across the following WSJ piece, "Spending Bill Breeds Dissent in GOP Ranks", authored by reporter Naftali Bendavid:

Several Republicans say they will oppose the three-week spending bill House GOP leaders are offering Tuesday to avert a government shutdown...

Nan. I hope when the time comes you'll be with these Republicans!

Republican leaders remain confident the stopgap measure will pass, in part because they expect many Democrats to support it.

Nan... reading the above sentence does not fill me with confidence concerning our "leadership."

"Now is the time to draw a line in the sand," said freshman Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R., Kan.), one of those pledging a no vote.

Now that sounds like true leadership to me!

At least eight Republicans say they will vote against the short-term funding measure, including Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), who heads the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservatives that makes up more than half of all House Republicans.

As a member of the RSC, I hope you'll be standing with Jim Jordan.

The Heritage Foundation, Club For Growth and the Family Research Council - three conservative groups - came out against any further short-term spending measures.

I know that you - like me - have been reading Heritage Foundation analysis concerning this issue. Heritage makes clear that each continuation of "temporary spending authority" is playing right into the hands of ObamaCare advocates. Nan... Republicans need to walk the walk.

A bill before Congress this week would extend funding until April 8 and cut $6 billion from 2010 spending levels. ... Some Republicans are also unhappy that the three-week spending bill does not include "riders," measures that are designed to advance policy goals rather than simply cut spending.

Nan. I'm one of those Republicans. In fact, "unhappy" doesn't begin to describe my feelings having read the aforementioned Heritage analysis.

Reps. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) and Steve King (R., Iowa), for example, vow to oppose any spending measure that does not defund President Barack Obama's health overhaul.

And God bless Bachmann and King!

Nan. Please do the right thing.

BILL

***UPDATE***

Well... this is certainly disheartening...

From today's Times Herald-Record; reported by Chris McKenna:

The latest budget skirmish is expected to play out Tuesday when House members vote on a short-term measure to keep the government running for three weeks and cut $6 billion in spending - on top of $4 billion in cuts that lawmakers have already enacted.

Some House Republicans, impatient for deeper cuts, oppose the resolution. But Hayworth said she'll support it because the Democratic-controlled Senate is likely to approve it.

"We need to send the Senate a bill that we reasonably believe they can pass," she said.

Wow...

(*SIGH*)

Even worse... just moments before stumbling upon this news article I had called Nan's Washington office to inquire into whether my congresswoman had made up her mind yet.

Well... either the young lady (Caitlin) who answered the phone was simply ignorant... or else Dr. Hayworth has reconsidered her position as she outlined it to Mr. McKenna.

Caitlin (???) responded to my question with a non-answer. Rather than tell me that Congresswoman Hayworth was on the record as supporting yet another continuing resolution she simply told me that the situation was, quote, "fluid."

Nan... if you're reading this... you simply can't allow staff to mislead constituents.

***POSTSCRIPT***

Nan voted "yea" on the measure. Obviously I'm very disappointed.