In the News
May 24, 2012
By: Maureen Groppe
Congress is rejecting the Pentagon's plans to cut planes and personnel from the Air National Guard and to review all military bases for potential closure next year.
That should block for now changes that could have cost hundreds of jobs from the Michigan Air National Guard, including about 70 in Battle Creek.
June 20, 2012
By: John Jessup
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court banned school-sponsored prayer, the subject still stirs strong emotions on both sides.
The ban, however, fits into a larger debate about prayer in the public square.
Two-term Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg believes prayer is a part of America's DNA, pointing to the founding fathers who sought divine guidance as he himself does.
By: Bob Wheaton
JACKSON, MI -- U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg has introduced legislation to lower taxes that he says would bring more certainty for individuals and small business owners.
The legislation, House Resolution 6225, would make tax cuts permanent, eliminate the estate tax that's better known as the "death tax," index the capital gains tax for inflation and include an alternative minimum tax patch for 2012, according to a news release from Walberg.
By: Bob Wheaton
JACKSON, MI - Rep. Tim Walberg voted for a House Republican measure that would extend for one year tax cuts approved under the administration of President George W. Bush.
The legislation is opposed by most Democrats in the House and Senate, who are proposing to extend the cuts for most taxpayers, but not the wealthiest Americans.
The tax cut extension passed the House Wednesday by a vote of 256 to 171, largely along party lines.
By Patrick Hobin
By: Stephen Lee
The Michigan chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) announced today a television and radio ad campaign thanking congressmen Fred Upton (MI-6) and Tim Walberg (MI-7) for fighting to block federal regulations that cost small businesses thousands of dollars every year.
“Every politician claims to be a friend of small business. Fred Upton and Tim Walberg have been the walking the walk,” said NFIB State Director Charlie Owens. “On behalf of Michigan’s job creators, NFIB would like to thank them for their steady support.”
By: Eliza Carney
When visitors stop by his study in the Cannon House Office Building, Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) likes to show off a pair of framed photographs that hang one above the other to the right of his massive desk.
By: Holly Klaft
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg was among House Republicans who voted Friday in favor of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution that did not gain enough support to pass.
The amendment, which was touted by Republicans during debt ceiling talks, needed a two-thirds majority to pass. However, House Republicans could not convince enough Democratic colleagues to back the measure and it fell in a 261-165 vote.
By: Holly Klaft
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg joined his colleagues in Congress in an effort to block a measure that would allow federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of payments to contractors for goods and services.
Opponents of the withholding rule, which is scheduled to take effect in 2013, said it would put financial stress on businesses and hinder job creation. The U.S. House voted 405-16 in favor of repealing itlast week.