Eric was quoted in the New York Times on the Democrat plan to raise your taxes.

“Charlie Rangel’s mother of all tax hikes is really the vision, I believe, that Nancy Pelosi and others have for the direction this country ought to go in over the next decade or so,” Representative Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, said on Thursday, referring to the House speaker. “And I think what you’re hearing from all of us, it’s a very frightening vision.”

Be sure to read Eric’s post on Red State on the Democrats’ tax hike – the largest tax hike in American history.

Regardless of where you stand on the issue of government-run healthcare, we can all agree that the tactics employed by Speaker Pelosi today are deplorable. Several Southern California Representatives, who are not supportive of the Speaker’s position, are back in their districts helping their communities respond to a massive natural disaster. Pelosi’s response – schedule a vote, which she has lost twice on the floor, knowing those Members would be absent.

This exploitation of a national tragedy will not be tolerated. In response, House Republicans will today grind all activity on the floor to a slow crawl – stay tuned for updates.

The House is voting today on FISA legislation, the Democrats have played petty politics with this bill. As currently written, many of America’s national security experts are concerned that it will limit their ability to protect this country. Let’s be clear, the intelligence agencies only wish to use the same investigative tools that have been used against organized crime for decades.

Today, we will be offering an amendment to the legislation to clarify that nothing in the bill “shall be construed to prohibit the intelligence community from conducting surveillance needed to prevent Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, or any other foreign terrorist organization…from attacking the United States or any United States person.”

Later today, on the House floor, let’s put all Members of Congress on the record – which do they care more about, pleasing their MoveOn.org liberal base or making sure America is safe and secure? Stay tuned for updates.

UPDATE:House Democrats are holding the FISA bill off the floor, scrambling to figure out how to respond. Why would they possibly want to avoid a vote that merely says we need to allow our intelligence agencies to keep America safe from terrorism?

UPDATE:House Democrats have pulled the FISA bill. They are so desperately against allowing our intelligence agencies to fight OBL and AQ, that they pulled the entire bill to prevent a vote.