A Familiar Name Surfaces in San Antonio Politics
John Bustamante, a San Antonio patent lawyer who is the son of former U.S. Rep. Albert Bustamante, D-San Antonio, will run for Congress next year. He's seeking the Democratic nomination for the CD-23 seat now held by first-term U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio.
That could be a busy primary. Former U.S. Rep Ciro Rodriguez, the Democrat who lost the seat to Canseco last November, is nosing around. Others could get in, too; state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, is among those who've been mentioned as possible candidates, and he says he's considering it ...
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E.n. Ramirez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Rep. Canseco is doing a great job in D.C.
Wilkins Micawber
Lookee there, there's Representative Francisco Canseco's signature on the Pledge of Allegiance to Grover Norquist.
Representative Canseco, the Congressional Record for February 18, 2011 shows that you took the Oath of Office, and pledged "to support and defend the Constitution of the United States" and "to bear true faith and allegiance to the same."
Article I Section 8 of the Constitution grants to Congress the “Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States…[and] To borrow Money on the credit of the United States.”
The pledge of allegiance to Grover Norquist abrogates one of your important Constitutional responsibilities. This pledge places limits on your ability to execute the Constitutional responsibility granted to Congress by Article I Section 8.
Just as you cannot serve God and Mammon, you cannot serve the Constitution with an oath to Grover Norquist.
I hope you will think seriously about about this. I am sure Mr. Bustamante will.