{"id":673,"date":"2006-10-05T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/10\/pearce-gets-vfw-nod-doesnt-address-dav-rating\/"},"modified":"2006-10-05T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T22:14:00","slug":"pearce-gets-vfw-nod-doesnt-address-dav-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/10\/pearce-gets-vfw-nod-doesnt-address-dav-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearce gets VFW nod, doesn&#8217;t address DAV rating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Pearce%2C%20Steve.11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/200\/Pearce%2C%20Steve.11.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>A day after being attacked by Democratic challenger Al Kissling and veterans who are upset with him, U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., announced that he has been endorsed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cDuring my years representing the 2nd Congressional District in Congress, we have achieved historic progress in areas such as concurrent receipt,\u201d Pearce said in a news release. \u201cYet, I am determined to fight on \u2013 holding the VA accountable for the bureaucratic inefficiency that keeps veterans from receiving the benefits they earned, while pushing for significant reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Kissling%2C%20Al.13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/200\/Kissling%2C%20Al.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u201cI am deeply grateful to the men and women of the VFW who have shown a strong commitment to our nation\u2019s veterans. Organizations like the VFW continue to renew the spirit of our great nation, and I am honored and humbled to have their support,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Many veterans are upset because they believe Pearce has voted against issues important to them. The Disabled American Veterans have given Pearce a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vote-smart.org\/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BS034009&#038;type=category&amp;category=Veterans%20Issues\" target=\"_blank\">rating of zero<\/a> (with 100 being the highest mark) three of the past four years for voting against the group\u2019s position on various bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A group delivered a letter to Pearce\u2019s office Wednesday asking him to debate veterans\u2019 issues and explain the DAV rating. I called Pearce\u2019s campaign after that event seeking comment and did not get a call back. After the news release was sent today, I sent an e-mail seeking comment on the DAV rating. I got a reply telling me to call if I had questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I did, but could reach nobody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pearce has not publicly addressed the request for a debate. His office told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/ci_4443226\" target=\"_blank\">Las Cruces Sun-News<\/a> the DAV ratings appeared to be skewed along party lines. If his office directly addressed Pearce\u2019s rating, the Sun-News did not include it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after being attacked by Democratic challenger Al Kissling and veterans who are upset with him, U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., announced that he has been endorsed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee. \u201cDuring my years representing the 2nd Congressional District in Congress, we have achieved historic progress in areas such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}