WHY CONSERVATIVE PATRIOT NO LONGER SUPPORTS SEN DEAN HELLER

Porker of the Month: Sen. Dean Heller

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) Porker of the Month for using immigration legislation to solidify federal tourism subsidies for his home state.  In what CAGW has dubbed the “Sin City Sweetener,” Sen. Heller inserted a provision into the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act that will deliver millions of dollars to Nevada by indefinitely extending matching government funds for a federally chartered tourism promotion program known as Brand USA. What’s more, in an effort to secure additional federal law enforcement money for his state, Sen. Heller introduced amendment #1227 to the immigration bill, which would include a representative from Nevada on the Southern Border Security Commission, despite the fact that Nevada is not a border state. For attempting to force taxpayers to gamble on Sin City’s advertisements and for trying to re-draw the border far from Mexico, Sen. Heller is the June, 2013 Porker of the Month. Read more about the Porker of the Month.