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A Happy Ending

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

KTNV-TV (ABC 13 in Las Vegas) reports on Senator Ensign's effort to replace the vandalized flag of Las Vegas-area resident:

Charles Husband always has an American flag flying over his apartment.

But last week, he put out a special flag for Memorial Day and it was burned.

"Careless folks get out there and vandalize a flag, obviously it's very outrageous," says Senator John Ensign.

The senator heard about the incident, when a local veteran called his off [...]

Update On Gitmo

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Last Friday, Senator Ensign went to the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay to tour the detainee facilities and receive a briefing on detainee policy.

After touring the detainee facilities, Senator Ensign concluded that it would be irresponsible to bring the detainees to American soil:

After seeing firsthand the facilities at GITMO, it is unnerving to imagine housing these detainees on American soil.

Guantanamo Bay is the appropriate location because it has state-of-the [...]

About That DHS Report

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security withdrew the discredited "rightwing extremism" report issued last month.

Senator Ensign describes his effects to object to the report:

A few weeks back, a report was issued by the Department of Homeland Security stating that our servicemen and -women returning from active duty are candidates to commit terrorist attacks. While this is wildly absurd, this report raised some serious red flags about the mission of the Depar [...]

Fox News Sunday On Sunday

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign will be on Fox New Sunday this Sunday with Democrat Senator Dick Durbin.

Check your local listings for time and station here.

Please tune in.

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Transparent

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign has joined a bipartisan group of Senators working to make the U.S. Senate more transparent by making Senate roll call votes more accessible:

We are writing today to ask you to change the Senate's policy on the publishing of roll call votes so they are made available to the public in an XML format, in addition to what is provided on the Senate website today.

As Americans increasingly turn to the Internet to stay informed, the Senate as a body has a duty to pr [...]

Morning In America Tuesday

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign will be on Bill Bennett's radio show "Morning In America" on Tuesday tomorrow at 5:30 am PST with former Senator Rick Santorum as guest host.

Please tune in:

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Leading The Fight To Stop Card Check

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported yesterday that Senator Ensign "refuses to get complacent" and is continuing to lead the fight against card check:

The Employee Free Choice Act has lost several key congressional advocates, but Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., refuses to get complacent.

Ensign, who opposes the bill, said Tuesday that he believes it still enjoys solid prospects for passage.

"It definitely has lost support, but there's a caveat," Ensign [...]

Small Businesses Hurt By Card Check

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign met with smmall business owners across the state of Nevada over the past week to discuss the Employee "No" Choice Act.

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From KLAS, CBS 8, in Las Vegas:

Brent Husson is the owner of a small landscape shop in south Las Vegas. He has fears of closing down all because of the proposed bill. According to Brent, the bill makes it easier for workers to unionize and with his small shop of 50 workers, he s [...]

CNN State Of The Union This Sunday

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign will be appear on CNN's State Of The Union show this Sunday at 6:15 am PDT to discuss homeland security and border security.

Please tune in.

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Tax Day Budget Talk

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign met with community leaders, Chamber of Commerce members and business owners at a breakfast in Carson City where he discussed the economy yesterday. More from the Nevada Appeal.

Sen. John Ensign decried the huge projected deficits in the budget bill working its way through the U.S. Congress before a breakfast crowd at the Carson Nugget Wednesday morning.

"If you look at the budget bill as it stands, and take all of the debt built up from George Washington t [...]

Dear Tea Partiers

johnensignonline@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Dear Fellow Patriots:

Thank you for coming out today to make your voice heard. Throughout our history, it has been the fury of the citizens that has fueled great change and quieted poor policies.

Increased taxes, big government, and obscene spending are policies that should be dead on arrival. I support your efforts today and will continue to fight excessive taxing and spending in Washington, D.C. You are proof that the people of this great country are still in charge. Your me [...]

The Ed Morrissey Show Interview

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign was interviewed by Captain Ed Morrissey of Hot Air and The Ed Morrissey Show on the issues of the Employee "No" Choice Act, the Democrats' planned energy tax and more.

Here's a preview:

Some quick takeaways:

Ensign thinks that a business-Democrat alliance on health care may be overstated, and only temporary. The unions may opt for incrementalism on Card Check in order to get around the lack of support at the moment in the Senate, but they're not [...]

Obama's Cap-And-Trade Plan A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

johnensignonline@gmail.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama's cap-and-trade plan is really a national sales tax on energy with the stated purpose of driving up energy costs by thousands of dollars.

More from my op-ed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

President Barack Obama has been shockingly upfront about his heavy-handed plans to govern energy production across the country from Washington, D.C. His plan is known as cap-and-trade, but it amounts to a new national energy tax that will be detrimental to consumers' pocket [...]

Big Labor Not Giving Up On Card Check

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Yesterday, Senator Ensign discussed the issue of card check and the Employee "No" Choice Act with Human Events:

Republican leaders continued their campaign against the Democrats' "Employee Free Choice Act" -- their Orwellian name for legislation that will deny free elections in union organizing -- yesterday. Their aim is to kill off the legislation for at least this year. But before we breathe a sigh of relief and add Big Labor to the long and growing list of supp [...]

Tax Freedom Day

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Today is Tax Freedom Day -- the day Americans must work until they they have earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels.

Michelle Malkin reported on Tax Freedom Day and the question Senator Ensign posed on Twitter about future Tax Freedom Days:

It has finally arrived.

Sen. John Ensign asks a good question on Twitter this morning: "When will it come after Democrats pass their national energy sales tax?"

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Video: The Ed Morrissey Show Today

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign appeared on the Ed Morrissey to discuss the Employee "No" Choice Act and the binding arbitration rules included in the act. Captain Ed and Senator Ensign also discussed securing energy independence.

Also, help Senator Ensign stop the Employee "No" Choice Act by joining the Protect The Secret Ballot Facebook group.

Please listen and leave your thoughts in the comments.

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Obama's Budget Makes A Bad Situation Worse...

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Weekly Standard takes a look at the spiraling spending in President Obama's budget, and it concludes -- Obama's Budget Makes A Bad Situation Worse:

Well, it's about time. The Beltway is waking up to the realities of President Obama's budget plan, which taxes, spends, and borrows as far as the eye can see. The president's vast new commitments in the areas of health care, energy, and education have already spooked small-government Republicans and the foreign investors who help fina [...]

"Baggage Handlers For Ensign"

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Six TSA employees showed their support for Senator Ensign's legislation to protect our Second Amendment rights:

Sen. John Ensign's chief of staff had just returned to town from Nevada this week when he noticed a slip of paper tucked into his luggage.

John Lopez showed it to his boss. It was a handwritten note signed by a half dozen employees of the Transportation Security Administration thanking Ensign for pushing gun rights in the District of Columbia.

"To Sen. [...]

Hugh Hewitt Tonight

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign will be on Hugh Hewitt's radio show today at 3:30 pm PDT to discuss the budget.

Find your local station.

Please tune in.

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Video: Piling The Debt Burden

stan.olshefski+jestaff@gmail.com — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Ensign appeared on CNBC last Wednesday to discuss the fiscal impact of President Obama's budget:

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"We're mortgaging our children's future ... we should be a generation that says we want the next generation to have it better than we have it. And, you're not going to do that by piling this huge debt burden on them -- which means they're going to have pay a lot higher tax rates into the future."

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