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Second protest at Gibson's Kinderhook office

Jul 27, 2011 5:00 am
For the second time in two weeks, since congressional Republicans voted for the "Cut, Cap, and Balance Bill," a small group of protesters gathered outside of the Kinderhook office of freshman Congressman Chris Gibson Tue., July 26. The hastily organized protest involved a number of groups, but was primarily organized by Moveon.org. Unlike last week's protest, these folks, mostly senior citizens, were quite loud, angry, and emotional. They went into the congressman’s office, and filed an official complaint with his staff. Neither Congressman Gibson or a spokesperson were available for comment, but they did provide a written response what said: “I have already voted for a bill that raised the debt ceiling while making the long-term structural changes necessary to ensure our nation's fiscal health, with no cuts to Medicare or Social Security. This is an approach, cut, cap and balance that two-thirds of Americans support, based on a CNN poll conducted last week, and that passed the House with 234 votes." The Congressman's statement concluded saying, “I will review every provision carefully to determine if it is an approach I can support. Additionally, I'm willing to consider new sources of revenues from closing tax loopholes – a tax reform approach I already voted for in April.”