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It is a fitting time to remind the millions of Americans who filed their taxes that their hard-earned money does not cover the cost of Washington doing business. This is not a revenue problem; it is a spending problem.
Recent political events have prompted average citizens to take a more active interest in their government, said Oklahoma Congressional District 3 Representative Frank Lucas during a Thursday afternoon town hall meeting.
Approximately 30 people attended the meeting held at Sapulpa City Hall.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Cattlemen say a "cow gas tax" could put some of them out of business after the Environmental Protection Agency began cracking down on harmful gases emitted not only from cars and factories, but farmland.
Congressman Frank Lucas held a town hall meeting Tuesday at High Plains Technology Center during which he said the economy will get better.
The annual Congressional Art Contest has kicked off, Congressman Frank Lucas announced.
A student from the Third District will be chosen to display a piece of his or her artwork in the U.S. Capitol and will receive three plane tickets to visit Washington, D.C., for an unveiling ceremony on June 25.
WASHINGTON — As lawmakers continued to react to constituents' rage over the AIG bonuses with a proposal for a hefty tax, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., on Thursday called for the removal of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted Thursday to slap a 90 percent tax on the bonuses paid to employees of the American International Group and other companies that received at least $5 billion in federal bailout money. Most of the Oklahoma House members voted against the bill.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) payment limitation and eligibility interim final rule (IFR) "goes far beyond congressional intent" and makes discretionary changes to the actively-engaged rule, House Agriculture Committee members Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Frank Lucas (R-OK) and 66 other House colleagues told Secretary Tom Vilsack in a bipartisan letter yesterday.