Great news: This weekend’s events were a huge success. OFA volunteers all over the country helped tens of thousands of voters in key districts speak out for reform.
Phones have been ringing off the hook in Capitol Hill offices for days, but with everything on the line and so little time left, we have to bring our voice to Congress through every possible channel.
So today, OFA supporters are taking the next step in the Final March for Reform: Writing to Congress. Using our online tool, it just takes a few minutes to write and send your own letter directly to your representative.
Right now, Congress is under attack from insurance lobbyists who are trying to drown us out, so we’re aiming to flood Capitol Hill with letters to make sure our message breaks through.
Can you help? Get started here. In the days ahead, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest news on health reform as it breaks — so keep checking your email. In the days ahead, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest news on health reform as it breaks — so keep checking your email. But right now, please make sure supporters of reform in Congress continue to hear our thanks for their efforts — and that everyone hears their constituents’ overwhelming support for reform. Click here to write your letter:
Tea Partiers are storming the Capitol tomorrow, and Democrats are preapring to roll out the red carpet.
In a memo sent to freshman and sophomore lawmakers, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the House leadership, urges lawmakers to make special accomodations to prepare for the protesters, ranging from refreshments to extra staff members.
“Activists are expected to begin arriving around 9am and they have been given instructions to wait in your office until they can have a meeting,” the memo says. “Please have an orderly process and enough staff and interns to welcome what could be a very large number of visitors throughout the day.”
Read the rest to see the actual memo to the staff- it’s a hoot!
I thought we were EVEEEL! Tea Coffee and cookies for the Angry Mob…oh my.
Our Subversive Founders A warning label on the Federalist Papers? It’s not such a crazy idea.
Recently my colleague Jay Nordlinger wrote about a new edition of the Federalist Papers that comes equipped with a disclaimer for unwary readers:
This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.
As the reader who tipped Jay off writes, “I will be rereading this work very carefully - it seems that the first few times through I’ve completely missed the sex!” To be sure, the Federalist Papers were written in the 1780s and embody the customs and beliefs of the times. “Man” is used generically to mean “person,” and the existence of slavery, while not endorsed, is accepted as a given (among other things, slavery was still legal in New York, whose citizens the papers were addressed to). If that bothers you, and your kids are sensitive and easily influenced, it might be a good idea to explain these points beforehand - subtly stressing the “sexuality” part if you want them to pay close attention.
Organized By: Kahryn Rombach and Brendan Steinhauser of FreedomWorks.org
If you can’t make it to DC for this important event, please visit the local office of your congressman. You can find the office location by visiting http://house.gov
The Washington Examiner reports that House Democrats appear poised to adopt a rule that would pass the Senate health care bill without actually voting on it.
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is preparing to pass the health care overhaul through the House of Representatives without a vote, as was originally reported by the National Journal’s Congress Daily. Mark Tapscott observes that such a maneuver would be the penultimate refutation of the people’s will.
Shortly before midnight on Sunday, Democrats released a 2,309 page health care bill that will start the process of reconciliation — but don’t let that fool you, it’s not the actual reconciliation bill with all the changes you’ve been reading about. Instead, as Rep. Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican member on the Budget Committee, explained to me last week, this is just the “shell” bill — the vehicle that Democrats need to get moving on health care. Once the bill gets approved (likely Monday), Democrats will send this phantom bill over to the Rules Committee, where it will be stripped, and then they’ll insert in all of the actual changes that they’ve negotiated.
Today, the House Budget Committee is to mark up a “reconciliation” vehicle, initiating the greatest expansion in government and entitlement spending in a generation through a partisan process to push “health-care reform” across the finish line.
Despite claims of transparency and calls for a “simple up-or-down vote,” there is nothing simple about this process. This convoluted legislative charade demonstrates how far the Democratic majority has wandered from real health-care reform and cost control, employing any means to achieve political victory.
…What we have here is a measure, that if Obama signed it, would immediately affect taxation, it would change rules of practice in the insurance industry, it would regulate 17% of the nation’s economy, and it would be done without any legal basis whatsoever!
The 2,309-page Demcare reconciliation bill “shell” — with the student loan nationalization plan folded in — has just been posted online. See PDF file here.
U.S Constitution, Article I, Section VII, Clause II.
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively…
A NATION WIDE EFFORT TO STAND TOGETHER WITH A NATION WIDE SHOWING OF SUPPORT OF ALL ARMED FORCES,VETERANS OF WAR,M.I.A.,P.O.W., AND THE FAMILY’S..ALONG WITH RAISING NEEDED FUNDS FOR OUR TROOPS & VETERANS
The Vision of Support will be known, be heard and seen through this Nation as these flags wave Free with a voice, and a showing of the Pride and Support we hold for the Freedom we gain because of these Brave~ ~ The chosen day is May 15 2010 (*Armed Forces Day*)
I was on the phone calling Congressmen for over two and a half hours this past Wednesday ~ as one pissed off Army Mom. Rep Kucinich and his little band of anti-war and anti-military progressives were on the House floor doing what they do best: Letting our troops know that they are not appreciated for what they are doing - all in the name of political gain.
What timing! We have Troops in one of the worst places in Afghanistan kicking butt and gaining the trust of the Afghans and we have this little know nothing putting up a Resolution declaring that our troops must be brought home and that we “owe it to them to question the mission at any time”. More Grandstanding by the inept. What do you even know about their mission??
I called Rep Kucinich’s office telling the staff person I was the Mom of two Soldiers and knew Moms of Fallen Warriors and we DO NOT appreciate our kids being used as props, that his using the Fallen as a political prop was absolutely despicable and needs to stop right now. I did not receive much of a response from the person - in fact, there was nothing much more than silence on the other end. I wish more MilMoms would do so too! Or MilDads or MilSupporters!
Even though he spoke out against this resolution, Rep Johnson from GA spoke of “the wasted years in Iraq” in his speech at @ 3:19. I called his office and let his staffperson know that our troops did not waste their time in Iraq and I didn’t appreciate the Congressman’s comments. My son-in-law was in Iraq during a rather intense time and his time was not wasted - not one minute. Our troops who did their duty and fought so bravely do not need to hear this from a Congressman - ever!
Sheila Jackson Lee, (6:20) Jane Harmon, Barbara Lee, Sam Farr, my former Rep. (8:00) all got up to prove once again that they have absolutely no understanding of our Military. (You can see it all at MoxNews) It’s not the Troops they care about but their left-left base and the money they give to their campaigns.
Amazing how all those who spent so much time being against the Surge in Iraq, are now behind thispresident’s surge.)
Yes, some voted against this resolution ~ not in support of the troops and their mission, as they don’t believe in it ~ but against the timing of this resolution. Apparently, they will not tolerate anything that goes against this president’s agenda. Do not throw a negative light on The One ~ ever! Bad Kucinich!
If you don’t watch any of the other videos, please watch all of this video ~ Rep Grayson makes a total donkey of himself and Rep Duncan answers as only a Marine can: (Semper Fi, Rep. Hunter)
Our Troops are NOT Victims!!!
I also called Hunter’s office in appreciation ~ had a really nice talk with the staffperson there. Grayson just wasn’t worth my phone time - you just can’t fix stoopid…
Calling a few more Reps., both for and against, I was told that there weren’t many phone calls on the positive side supporting our troops, but many in support of the resolution. Now why would that be??
I have put all this up (and I really hope you watch as many of the Congress critters as you can) because I am so frustrated with the lack of attention in this country to our Military and how this Congress, Administration and media are screwing our Active Duty and Veterans over and over again by this sort of nonsense on the floor or ignoring all the positives that our military have and are accomplishing (with their hands tied behind their backs).
I have been blogging about our military and the wars and our Veterans for over 5 years now and it seems that still too few people in this country are standing up for our military and against those who would demoralize and weaken those who fight the fight.
Do you even care? Too many of our Troops and Veterans don’t think you do ~ still.
Where are the parents of those in uniform? How can anyone who loves this country and appreciate all the Military does, stay quiet and not call these elected elitists on their reprehensible BS??
Our kids are coming home from war and finding protesters screaming about the “occupying warmongers” and “babykillers” and Congressmen speaking of them as “broken” or even more disgusting, “cold-blooded murderers”. This has been going on for over eight years now. When are we going to let them know this is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it any longer?
Those who need medical attention are thrown into the broken VA Dept Bureaucratic nightmare, waiting 6+ months to just have their case file looked at, some waiting over a year after that to get their disability rating. The game at the VA is to refuse the application first thing and then the Vet has to go through the appeal process which can take another year or more.
Seems that we have been to this movie before. Do you know any Gulf Vets? I bet you do but just don’t know it. Do you know if you neighbor is a Vietnam vet? Do you know if the folks you come in contact with in your daily life are Vets ~ or have loved ones in uniform?
Why the silence?
Please, after watching these videos, go over to We The Veterans and get behind some Vets that have had a helluva time since they came home. They don’t want pity ~ they want help in getting their voices heard.
And pass this link on to any Vets you may know who have been through the VA debacle.
With a majority in Congress such as we have now, our kids are going to need all the help they can get.
Please call your representatives and let them know you won’t tolerate them shortcutting our Military ~ or thank them for standing up for them.
For those who do visit We The Veterans (and pls sign the guestbook) Thank YOU!!
Most politicians, and probably most Americans, see health care as a right. Thus, whether a person has the means to pay for medical services or not, he is nonetheless entitled to them. Let’s ask ourselves a few questions about this vision…
