H.R.2 To repeal certain provisions of Passed Repealing the the Health Care Law Health Care and Education Act Reconciliation Act of 2010 H.R.127 To deauthorize appropriation of No to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care and the Act Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. H.R.605 To repeal several limitations on No Patients' Freedom to benefits in the Choose Act Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. H.R.371 To repeal title I of the No Health Care Choice Act Patient of 2011 Protection and Affordable Care and to amend the Act Public to provide for Health Service Act cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce. H.R.920 To eliminate automatic increases No Zero-Baseline Budget for inflation from CBO Act of 2011 projections for discretionary spending. H.R.937 To reduce the corporate tax rate No Rising Tides Act of 2011 and implement a more territorial method of taxing corporations. The chart demonstrates that Rep. Buerkle’s early activity place her squarely with the ideological space of the Tea Party. Six of the bills aim to strike at the healthcare reform effort. Also among the first bills she co-sponsored is the balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution, an enormous constraint on the spending power of the federal government. Another anti-spending measure was a bill that would prevent increases for inflation from CBO “automatic projections for discretionary spending.” Lastly, her early legislative record includes an attempt to lower the corporate tax rate. This agenda was clearly in line with a movement to reduce the size of government by reducing its ability to spend money.
H.R.2 Repealing the Health Care Law Act To repeal certain provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 Passed H.R.127 To deauthorize appropriation of to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. No H.R.605 Patients' Freedom to Choose Act To repeal several limitations on benefits in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. No H.R.371 Health Care Choice Act of 2011 To repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce. No H.R.920 Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2011 To eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO projections for discretionary spending. No H.R.937 Rising Tides Act of 2011 To reduce the corporate tax rate and implement a more territorial method of taxing corporations. No The chart demonstrates that Rep. Buerkle’s early activity place her squarely with the ideological space of the Tea Party. Six of the bills aim to strike at the healthcare reform effort. Also among the first bills she co-sponsored is the balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution, an enormous constraint on the spending power of the federal government. Another anti-spending measure was a bill that would prevent “automatic increases for inflation from CBO projections for discretionary spending.” Lastly, her early legislative record includes an attempt to lower the corporate tax rate. This agenda was clearly in line with a movement to reduce the size of government by reducing its ability to spend money.