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October 06, 2008 Continuing to help our city recover from Hurricane Ike

And Ted Poe is my Congressman so if you were inconvenienced in any way please retort. I still will not vote for you but my respectometer will rise a little. ...

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Source: The Tribune, TX


October 04, 2008 Majority of Houston delegates vote against bailout

Earmarks for everything from NASCAR race tracks, film and TV production and even the purchase of rum from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Rep. Ted Poe ...

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Source: Examiner.com


October 04, 2008 Congress looked ugly passing bailout bill, but system worked

"This is an abuse by lawmakers and a waste of American tax dollars," Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, said Friday. But with the sweeteners, notably tax breaks likely ...

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Source: Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA


October 04, 2008 Sean Six-Pack is forced to buck it up and no-one even says sorry

Colum Kenny wonders whether the risk is worth the odds IF TED Poe of Texas were Ireland's Minister for Finance, then Irish people might have more confidence ...

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Source: Irish Independent, Ireland


October 03, 2008 Bailout passes, commercial credit crunch not felt in Southeast Texas

Southeast Texas Republican Ted Poe, a US representative whose district includes Jefferson County, voted against the plan Friday. ...

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Source: Beaumont Enterprise, tx


October 02, 2008 Critics Upset With Pork In Bail-Out Bill

"None of these breaks solves our banking and financial crisis," said US Rep. Ted Poe. "Why are they in the bill?" The House of Representatives is set to ...

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Source: WXIA-TV, GA


October 02, 2008 Congressmen, locals speak out about bailout fallout

US Rep. Ted Poe called the failed proposal a “sellout” of the American people, whereby the mistakes of subprime-lending financial institutions would have ...

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Source: Pearland Journal, TX


October 01, 2008 A presidential pardon may be only hope

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, who intends to initiate legislation to clarify the section of law that imposed the 10-year mandatory sentence on the two agents said, ...

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Source: Sonoran News, AZ


September 30, 2008 ‘Mom-and-pop stores go out of business but fat cats expect Joe Six ...

Ted Poe, a Texas Republican congressman, objected to the bailout in a floor speech last week by noting that the $700 billion price tag meant $2000 for ...

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Source: The National, United Arab Emirates


September 30, 2008 Missouri delegation split on bailout

"The rich and famous Wall Street New York City fat cats expect Joe Six Pack to buck it up...and pay for all this nonsense," said Rep. Ted Poe of Texas. ...

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Source: KRCG, MO


September 30, 2008 Heat from home influenced vote

...leaders. "This is the same politics of fear we are hearing from the fat-cat financial bullies from Wall Street," said Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, who voted no. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., recalled how many people voted for hard-to-understand measures such as t

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Source: Columbus Dispatch


September 29, 2008 House members responded to voter reaction in rejecting bailout

"This is the same politics of fear we are hearing from the fat cat financial bullies from Wall Street," said Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, who voted no. Rep. ...

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Source: Kansas City Star, MO


September 29, 2008 For once, Congress heard as voters protested bailout plan

...Wall Street. "This is the same politics of fear we are hearing from the fat cat financial bullies from Wall Street," said Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, who voted no. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., recalled how many people voted for hard-to-understand measures such

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Source: McClatchy


September 29, 2008 House Republicans Lambaste Bailout Bill

...fellow representatives to shoot down the measure. “Madam Speaker I have this bill, it’s over 100 pages long,” said Rep. Ted Poe of Texas, raising a copy of the measure over his head and displaying a picture he had brought of a battered Uncle Sam.

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Source: The New York Times


September 28, 2008 Bailout votes an extraordinary risk for members of Congress

"I don't think the American people should have a financial gun put to their head," said Ted Poe, R-Texas. "If a mom and pop makes a bad financial decision, ...

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Source: Kansas City Star, MO


September 28, 2008 The question now: Will it work?

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, for example, says he's worried that Congress, in backing the rescue bill, will be falling victim to scare tactics. ...

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Source: USA Today


September 28, 2008 $700-billion Wall Street bailout plan is unveiled

...be helped. "These criminals have so much political power they can shut down the normal legislative process," she said. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) rose to compare the administration's urgings to rush a bailout plan to the pressure exerted on Congress to act

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Source: Malaysia Sun


September 28, 2008 Bailout votes an extraordinary risk for members of Congress

...say, "I told you so" if that happens. "I don't think the American people should have a financial gun put to their head," said Ted Poe, R-Texas. "If a mom and pop makes a bad financial decision, they go out of business." "Every American who has played it

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Source: McClatchy


September 26, 2008 Alaskans speak out on financial bailout

...congress on steroid charges, and baseball than on this $700 billion dollar rip-off of the American people," said Texas Rep. Ted Poe. Late Thursday afternoon negotiations broke down and the chairman of the Federal Reserve and treasury secretary went bac

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Source: KTUU


September 25, 2008 Liberty Memorial Could Get Name Change

The move comes a day after Texas Rep. Ted Poe filed legislation to create a memorial to World War I veterans on the National Mall in Washington DC ...

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Source: MyFox Kansas City, MO


September 25, 2008 Local utilities near end of restoration; a fifth of Houston still out

That's the utility scorecard for the Texas land mass that US Rep. Ted Poe likened to the size of New York State 12 days after Hurricane Ike. ...

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Source: Beaumont Enterprise, tx


September 25, 2008 Legislators Sound Off On Bailout Bill

... Congressional hearings on steroids in baseball than we have in discussing this $700 billion ripoff of the American people," said Rep. Ted Poe (R) Texas. ...

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Source: NBC4i.com, OH


September 25, 2008 Alaskans speak out on financial bailout

"We spent more time in congress on steroid charges, and baseball than on this $700 billion dollar rip-off of the American people," said Texas Rep. Ted Poe. ...

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Source: KTUU, AK


September 19, 2008 Fix Dollar, Markets Will Follow

...solved if Washington communicated to the markets a credible desire to stabilize the measuring rod of value that is the dollar. Rep. Ted Poe's legislation to define the dollar as 1/500th of an ounce of gold would for now and in the future constitute the

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Source: The New York Sun


September 18, 2008 Rice growers hit hard by Ike

The United States Rice Producers Association is working with Rep. Ted Poe to asses the economic loss to the region, according to the release, and will work ...

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Source: Beaumont Enterprise, tx


September 17, 2008 Pelosi promises Texas immediate hurricane aid

Ron Paul, John Culberson, Michael McCaul and Ted Poe also attended the meeting with Pelosi. Democratic Rep. Nick Lampson, whose district includes some of ...

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Source: Dallas Morning News, TX


September 17, 2008 FEMA disaster recovery centers are on the way

... officials have received assurances from state Rep. Allen Ritter and Congressman Ted Poe that recovery dollars will not be delayed or dispersed unfairly. ...

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Source: Beaumont Enterprise, tx


September 17, 2008 Bush visits storm-ravaged Texas areas

US Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, said the recovery is going "as well as could be expected," though he echoed complaints about slow distribution of food and water. ...

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Source: Dallas Morning News, TX


September 16, 2008 KITCO國際黃金特別評論:做好準備迎接Poe標準了嗎?

現在,我們知道德州的Rep. Ted Poe已提出了自己的一套關於如何扭轉美元病態趨勢的建議。他的提案旨åœ

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Source: 鉅亨網, Taiwan


September 15, 2008 KITCO国际:做好准备迎接Poe标准了吗?

现在,我们知道德州的Rep. Ted Poe已提出了自己的一套关于如何扭转美元病态趋势的建议。他的提案旨åœ

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Source: 新浪网, China


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