From the Carlsbad Current-Argus

Letter to the Editor

Posted: 07/22/2010 09:05:48 PM MDT

I wonder of the veracity of Congressman Teague who is up for re-election this November. Consider the following. He complains about greedy profit and is one of the wealthiest members of congress.

He attacks executives for taking million-dollar bonuses but gave himself a $3.3 million bonus from his company.

He attacks companies that drive up the cost of health care but he cancelled the health insurance for his companies after giving himself the $3.3 million bonus.  (He) said his companies did not have enough money to pay the insurance.

Less than 10 percent of his bonus would have paid the health insurance for 2 years.

He attacks special interests but gets well over half his money from unions, Washington PACs and trial lawyers outside New Mexico.

He attacks special interests but acknowledged when he voted for cap and trade he had worked a special interest deal with speaker Nancy Pelosi in exchange for his vote.

He maintains he voted against Obamacare, but voted for it in the five votes leading up to the final vote.

 By:  Jim on Sunday, July 25, 2010

News New Mexico KSNM 570

 Calls on Teague to Take a Position 

HOBBS, NM – Following the passage of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Steve Pearce said:

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

HOBBS, NM – "Congressman Teague mistakenly continues to try to convince people that jobs are being created when they are not.  After spending (and borrowing) trillions of dollars on big government programs, Harry Teague thinks things have gotten better. The reality is our economy is worse. Teague won't create jobs because apparently he doesn't think we need them," stated Jason Heffley, campaign spokesman.

According to numbers released by New Mexico's Department of Workforce Solutions, New Mexico's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is at 8.2%, which is up from 7.1% a year ago. 

We often hear of free trade but free trade is not always fair trade.  India imposes 100% duty on Harley but I seriously doubt we have 100% duty on any of India’s products that are sold in the US.

- Steve Pearce

 Harley opens first India dealerships

Harley-Davidson Inc. has opened its first dealerships in India as the Milwaukee motorcycle manufacturer attempts to tap into the world’s second-largest motorcycle market.

Harley-Davidson opened its first Indian dealership, in the city of Hyderabad, July 9. Two other dealerships, in Chandigarh and New Delhi, were expected to open the week of July 12.

The company first was granted permission to launch operations in India in 2007, but it had held off its plans because of an import duty of more 100 percent.

However, a growth in consumer purchasing power in India is driving interest in leisure motorcycle riding, according to Harley-Davidson management. Marketing experts, however, have said that the high price of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle will greatly limit the market size.

By: Associated Press

Retired state worker Joyce Pankey cast her absentee ballot in New Mexico's primary election last month thinking that she alone knew which of the candidates she favored.

Wrong.

For Pankey and hundreds of voters in New Mexico, and potentially those in a handful of other states, the secret ballot is not so secret. It's possible to learn the identities of voters and which candidates they supported by checking public records.Detailed election data, which that lawmakers have demanded to help them with their campaigns and redistricting, often is the culprit .

"It shocks the hell out of me," Pankey said when an Associated Press reporter recently told her how she had voted and how that could be determined. She was the only person to cast an absentee ballot in her Santa Fe precinct.

Ballot secrecy is a bedrock principle of the nation's electoral system, but it's compromised in places like New Mexico, Florida and California, where election results are broken down with precinct-by-precinct tallies for different types of ballots.

In New Mexico, there are absentee ballots that can be returned by mail, early in-person voting and Election Day balloting at polling locations.

Press Release

July 15, 2010

Pearce Has Raised Over $1.5 Million for Campaign.

 HOBBS, NM – The Pearce campaign announced today it raised $462, 665 between April 1st and June 30^th bringing its total over $1.5 million raised.  The campaign now has over $1 million on hand.   

For Immediate Release

July 8, 2010                  

 Will Teague Denounce Rationing?

 HOBBS, NM – The White House announced Tuesday that President Obama will circumvent the Senate and use a recess appointment to name Donald Berwick as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  Berwick in the past has professed an admiration of Britain’s National Health Service as an ‘example’ the United States should follow.

For Immediate Release 

June 24, 2010       

TEAGUE VOTES FOR DISCLOSE ACT

Remains Rubber Stamp for Unions

HOBBS, NM – Harry Teague is proving once again that he is a rubber stamp for unions and Washington special interests.  Teague voted in favor of the DISCLOSE Act today.

The DISCLOSE Act is the Democrats’ new campaign finance legislation which attempts to regulate free speech while protecting unions and Washington special interests.  Some of the provisions of the Act include:

 -         Exempting unions and special interests from new requirements designed to discourage certain organizations from engaging in political debate

-         Bans speech by government contractors and TARP recipients but not unions

-         Creates complex reporting requirements which will have high costs and disproportionate effects on small businesses

-         Imposes unfair limitations on coordinated communications between federal candidates

Immediate Release:

June 22, 2010

Democrat House Majority Fails to Pass 2010 Budget

HOBBS, NM – For the first time since the Congressional Budget Act was adopted in 1974, the Democrat House majority will fail to pass a budget in 2010.

“House Democrats will not pass a budget blueprint in 2010, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) will confirm in a speech on Tuesday.” (Jared Allen, “Dems won’t pass budget in 2010,” The Hill, 6/22/2010)

“New Mexicans are hungry for leadership in Washington. They want someone who will fight for them, their families and their future,” said former Congressman Steve Pearce.

Pearce continued, “Harry Teague and his Democrat colleagues would rather ignore the problems facing New Mexicans and attempt to hide the trillion dollar deficits they have racked up by not passing a budget than roll up their sleeves and do the hard work they were sent to Washington to do.”

“We need to create jobs and grow the economy by cutting taxes and reigning in the out of control spending. Harry Teague has failed to lead. I will not give up on New Mexicans and look forward to leading this effort,” said Pearce.