Short list of things I need to address:

** Ross' 'mixed' record of votes on national budget
** Ross' liberal votes re higher ed free market checks/balances
** Extra Credit: Cruz' voting record on these 2 matters
** Cf: university study on power vs people

* Ross (voting record, rankings) most conservative: integrity
* committee removal: integrity
* heavy hand letter response: integrity (My redaction wasn't published, but my blog entries were)
* Navigation chart: Statements by Reps. Ross, Paul, misc. letter, related bills on higher ed
* The Bubba effect: Statistics show people have a low view of Congress,
but usually always keep returning their own rep or senator.
* Adam Putnam bailout votes
* "Economic 2nd Amendment" & other arguments...

-- Is use of government monies to make or guarantee college loans even
permitted by the US Constitution?

-- Interest, late fees... (Thank you, BC Davis!!)

-- Rich college presidents, coaches, building projects.

-- I'm on IBR, and thus have no motive to change laws.

** Goal 1: Loan Equity (bankruptcy and ALL OTHER standard consumer protection) - scare off lenders
** Goal 2: End College Loans, and PARTIALLY replace them with grants (free education like other countries)
- the difference will force colleges to live within their means.


--- Ross' liberal votes re higher ed free market checks/balances
--- Extra Credit: Cruz' voting record on these 2 matters

H.R.3288 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
12/16/2009 Became Public Law No: 111-117
Passed in SENATE: 57-35-8 (1/2 Majority, e.g., 50% required) - Florida:	LeMieux (R-FL), Nay ; Nelson (D-FL), Yea 
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?&congress=111&session=1&vote=00374
Passed in HOUSE: 221-202-1(present)-2(no vote) (Dennis Ross was not yet in Congress then:
According to http://dennisross.house.gov/biography/ Rep. Dennis Ross was not yet elected to the US House until 2010,
which was after 12/16/2009, when it became Public Law No: 111-117
Note: Republicans opposed it, 0-174, with 3 no votes, and Democrats supported it 221-28 vote, with 1 present and 7 no votes.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll949.xml


H.R.1473 - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
04/15/2011 Became Public Law No: 112-10
Passed in SENATE: 81-19, Florida: Nelson (D-FL), Yea ; Rubio (R-FL), Nay
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?&congress=112&session=1&vote=00061
Passed in HOUSE: 260-167-6 (Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLA-15th, voted against it)
Note: Republicans supported it, 179-59, and Democrats opposed it with only 81-108 vote, with 3 no votes in each party (total 6)
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll268.xml


H.R.2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
12/23/2011 Became Public Law No: 112-74
Passed in SENATE: 67-32-1 (3/5 Majority, e.g., 60% required) - Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Yea ; Rubio (R-FL), Nay
www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00235
Passed in HOUSE: 296-121-16 (Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLA-15th, voted against it)
Note: Republicans supported it, 147-86, and Democrats supported it 149-35 vote, with 8 no votes in each party (total 16)
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll941.xml

H.R.933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013
03/26/2013 Became Public Law No: 113-6
Passed in SENATE: 73-26-1 (1/2 Majority, e.g., 50% required) - Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Yea ; Rubio (R-FL), Nay
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00044
Passed in HOUSE: 267-151-13, on passage (6-Mar-2013) (Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLA-15th, voted for it)
Note: Republicans supported it, 214-14-3, and Democrats opposed it 53-137-10
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll062.xml
Passed in HOUSE: 296-121-16, On Motion to Concur in the Senate
Amendments (21-Mar-2013) (Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLA-15th, voted for it)
Note: Republicans supported it, 203-27-1, and Democrats opposed it 115-82-3
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll089.xml

H.R.3547 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
01/17/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-76
Passed in SENATE: 72-26-2 (1/2 Majority, e.g., 50% required) - Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Yea ; Rubio (R-FL), Nay
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?&congress=113&session=2&vote=00013
Passed in HOUSE: 359-67-7 (Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLA-15th, voted for it)
Note: Republicans supported it, 166-64-3, and Democrats supported it 193-3-4
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll021.xml

H.R.83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
12/16/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-235
Passed in SENATE: 56-40-4 (1/2 Majority, e.g., 50% required) - Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Yea ; Rubio (R-FL), Nay
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00354
Passed in HOUSE: 219-206-10 (Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLA-15th, voted for it)
Note: Republicans supported it, 162-67-5, and Democrats opposed it 57-139-5
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll563.xml

H.R.2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
12/18/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-113
Passed in SENATE: 65-33-2 (1/2 Majority, e.g., 50% required) - Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Yea ; Rubio (R-FL), Not Voting
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00339
Passed in HOUSE: 318-109-6, On Concurring in Senate Amdt with Amdt Specified in Section 3(b)
of H.Res. 566 (17-Dec-2015)(Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLA-15th, voted for it)
Note: Republicans supported it, 241-3-1, and Democrats opposed it 77-106-5
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll703.xml
Passed in HOUSE: 316-113-5, On Concurring in Senate Amdt with Amdt Specified in Section 3(a)
of H.Res. 566 (18-Dec-2015)(Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLA-15th, voted for it)
Note: Republicans supported it, 150-95-1, and Democrats supported it 166-18-4
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll705.xml




-- gordon wayne Watts


http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0310-collinge-student-debt-bankruptcy-20160310-story.html

Even with all these liberal actions in a “very conservative” Polk, Fla. district, voters still
overwhelmingly voted in Dennis Ross, but they were a clueless electorate, and the same thing happened
when Adam Putnam, a VERY liberal Republican, voted for both the T.A.R.P. And Stimulus bailouts, both
very unpopular in Polk County—because “the redneck vote” turned out and voted for him—without first
inspecting his voting record. Observe:
 
** H R 1424: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, aka the 'Mortgage Bailout': Passed 263-171 in
the house, with apparently 1 vacant seat: Adam Putnam voted 'yea'
: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml and this passed into law:
 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/110-2008/h681
 
** HR 3997: Financial Asset Purchase Authority (Establishes the Troubled Asset Relief Program (T.A.R.P.) 
to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase troubled assets from any financial institution 
(Sec. 101) = VERY unpopular in conservative Polk County, Fla.). Failed in the House 205-228, but Adam Putnam 
still voted 'yes' for this 'liberal' bill: http://www.gop.gov/votes/110/2/674 
; http://votesmart.org/bill/8060/22428/12913/financial-asset-purchase-authority 
; http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/110-2008/h674