Universal Health Care in California
They have voted out of the Assembly SB 900 and AB 1602 and they are now on their way to the Senate in California and we need to stop it!
This Bill is like the Public Option on the Federal side. With California sinking into bankruptcy this is the height of arrogance and fiscal irresponsibility.
Call your California Senators!
California State Senate-
REPUBLICANS
Sam Aenastad-Phone: (916) 651-4004,Fax: (916) 445-7750
Jeff Denham-Phone: (916) 651-4012,Fax: (916) 445-0773
Abel Maldonado-Phone: (916) 651-4015,Fax: (916) 445-8081
George Runner-Phone: (916) 651-4017,Fax: (916) 445-4662
Roy Ashburn-Phone: (916) 651-4018,Fax: (916) 322-3304
Tony Strickland-Phone: (916) 651-4019,Fax: (916) 324-7544
Alex Padilla-Phone: 916-651-4020,Fax: 916-324-6645
Bob Huff-Phone: (916) 651-4029,Fax: (916) 324-0922
Robert Dutton-Phone: (916) 651-4031,Fax: (916) 327-2272
Mimi Walters-Phone: (916) 651-4033,Fax: (916) 445-9754
Tom Harman-Phone: (916) 651-4035,Fax: (916) 445-9263
Dennis Hollingsworth-Phone: (916) 651-4036,Fax: (916) 447-9008
John Benoit-Phone: (916) 651-4037,Fax: (916) 327-2187
Mark Wyland-Phone: (916) 651-4038 ,Fax: (916) 446-7382
DEMOCRATS
Elaine Alquist-(916) 651-4013,(916) 324-0283 (Fax)
Ron Calderon- Phone: (916) 651-4030,Fax: (916) 327-8755
Gilbert Cedillo-Phone: (916) 651-4022, Fax: (916) 327-8817
Dave Cogdill- Phone: (916) 651-4014, Fax: (916) 327-3523
Ellen Corbett- Phone:(916) 651-4010, Fax: (916) 327-2433
Lou Correa- (916) 651-4034
Mark DeSaulnier-Phone: (916) 651-4007, Fax: (916) 445-2527
Denise Ducheny-Moreno (916) 651-4040, (916) 327-3522 fax
Dean Florez-Phone: (916) 651-4016,Fax: (916) 327-5989
Loni Hancock-Phone: (916) 651-4009, Fax: (916) 327-1997
Christine Kehoe-Phone: (916) 651-4039 Fax: (916) 327-2188
Mark Leno-Phone: (916) 651-4003, Fax: (916) 445-4722
Carol Liu-Phone: (916) 651-4021, Fax: (916) 324-7543
Allen S. Lowenthal-Phone: (916) 651-4027, Fax: (916) 327-9113
Gloria Negrete-McLeod-Phone: (916) 651-4032, Fax: (916) 445-0128
Jenny Oropeza-Phone: (916) 651-4028, Fax: (916) 323-6056
Alex Padilla-Phone: 916-651-4020, Fax: 916-324-6645
Fran Pavley-(916) 651-4023, Fax: (916) 324-4823
Curren Price-Phone: (916) 651-4026, Fax: (916) 445-8899
Gloria Romero-Phone: (916) 651-4024, Fax: (916) 445-0485
Joe Simitian-Phone: (916) 651-4011, Fax: (916) 323-4529
Darrell Steinberg-Phone: (916) 651-4006, Fax: (916) 323-2263
Patricia Wiggins-Phone: (916) 651-4002, Fax: (916) 323-6958
Lois Wolk-Phone: (916) 651-4005, Fax: (916) 323-2304
Roderick Wright- (916) 651-4025, Fax: (916) 445-3712
Leland Yee-Phone: (916) 651-4008, Fax: (916) 327-2186
August 23, 2010
Remember the DISCLOSE Act? Or, as we like to call it, the DISGRACE Act; the one in which the Reid-Pelosi-Obama team attempted to silence small, grassroots groups during elections, including the ones this November. Though it failed to pass in the Senate last month, Harry Reid has decided that he is going to try again. The only thing that stopped it before were the three usual suspects: Senators' Snowe, Collins, and Brown. Reid and Obama are pressuring them hard to change their votes to Yes. We must pressure them harder to continue voting NO.
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> Here is a refresher course on the DISCLOSE Act:
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> From our friends at Freedom Action about this speech violating bill-
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> Even if somehow the speech restrictions in this bill were constitutional, their uneven application would be a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection under the law. Even the left-leaning Sierra Club has labeled the DISCLOSE Act a two-tiered system that is “unfair and undemocratic" and that smaller grass-roots organizations would be disadvantaged because they lack the resources to cope with "the additional disclosure burdens." The unions and the big non-profit groups get to keep their free speech given to them in the January Supreme Court decision, but the corporations and small non-profits lose theirs under DISCLOSE.
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> Also, President Obama and some Democrats are dishonestly stating that the Court’s decision would “open the floodgates for special interest, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections.” However, current federal law and Federal Election Commission regulations already ban foreign corporations from participating directly or indirectly in American elections. (see 2 U.S.C. § 441e and 2 U.S.C. 437g).
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>
> An example of how this bill could affect your tea party group:
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> Exampleville, Ohio has two people running for U.S. Congress—Mr. A and Mr. B—in what promises to be a close race. Exampleville’s local Tea Party believes in Mr. B. The Tea Party wants to run ads highlighting Mr. B’s stance on cap and trade, federal spending, increased taxation, etc, but they don’t have enough money to fulfill the new highly complex reporting requirements from DISCLOSE. And DISCLOSE would force them to list their top donors, even if they are not necessarily the specific donors to the ads, in their ads. Besides, the disclaimers required could take up to 14 of a 30 second ad. The Tea Party gives up trying to run ads to support Mr. Republican.
>
> In contrast, Mr. A has some well-funded unions who want to see Exampleville’s factories unionized, so the unions run ads against Mr. B and ads for Mr. A. Also, the Sierra Club and the ACLU (groups actually opposed to DISCLOSE) want Mr. A to support their issues, so they also run ads for Mr. A. None of these ads are subject to DISCLOSE’s requirements.
>
> Guess who wins?
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> (For those interested, here’s a good link with information on the actual language and problems with the DISCLOSE bill, click here: http://www.gop.gov/bill/111/2/hr5175)
> Remind them that the DISCLOSE Act exempts unions and very large special interest groups!! And the little guy is left without a voice.
> We must start putting pressure on these three Senators, and tell them to vote NO.
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>
> This is SO important as the Left is running scared and are trying to minimize our efforts and impact this November. Please call the following Senators:
> Scott Brown (R-MA)
> http://scottbrown.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactme
> Washington DC: (T) (202) 224-4543, (F) (202) 228-2646
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> Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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> http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email
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> Washington DC: (T) (202) 224-5344, Toll free (800) 432-1599, (F) (202) 224-1946
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> Susan Collins (R-ME)
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> http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.EmailIssue&CFID=42880122&CFTOKEN=39747274
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> Washington DC: (T) (202) 224-2523, (F) (202) 224-2693
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ANOTHER SLUSH FUND CREATED WITH YOUR MONEY
Just last week the Obama administration signed another bailout into law. It was a $26 billion bailout, with $10 billion supposedly saving teacher's jobs that were never on the chopping block. Out of that $10 billion, about $40 million will go directly to the teacher's unions - just in time for the elections. Much of this money was "paid for" by dipping into the funding for food stamps - ironic since they always accuse us of wanting to "starve the children."
The corrupt Big Government politicians aren't done yet.
Now they want to cut** another $8 billion from the food stamps fund to pay for a child nutrition bill that is at the center of Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" Initiative. The First Lady's initiative is a massive financial boon to the SEIU (again, just in time for the November elections...). It creates goodies like a "Food Service Management Institute" and "an open-ended green cafeterias pilot program" through a reauthorization of legislation from Lyndon Johnson's Big Government agenda.
There are 400,000 workers who prepare and serve lunch to kids in the US and the SEIU represents tens of thousands of them. They now want to use this money to hire and unionize more employees by creating year-round breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for kids as well as beefing up their pay and benefits packages, all paid for by us. Whatever happened to parents making sure their kids are fed??
Big Labor already has a lot of money, and now because of these two new bills, they'll have tens of millions more to use for November. Tea Party Patriots is fighting hard to stop the spending and to stop the runaway growth of government, including public employees and their unions, but we can't do it without you.
If you believe that we should fight back against these slush funds for the Left's favorite special interests; if you believe that our Republic is threatened by the absolute corruption and collusion that occurs between politicians and Big Labor unions, then please consider donating to Tea Party Patriots. Any donation, small or large, will help us stand up against groups like the SEIU.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/16/democrats-big-government-agenda-to-dip-into-food-stamp-program-again/
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/08/16/dems-hey-lets-raid-the-food-stamp-program-again-for-big-labor/
**Nancy Pelosi frequently uses the food stamp fund as her go-to fund to "cut" in order to abide by the PayGo rule. However, these "cuts" are scheduled to take place in the future and they know these cuts will never actually be made.
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There will be a vote tomorrow on the second Stimulus bill. Talking points and targeted Congressmen to contact are listed below.
Porkulus II: States Held Hostage
Why is Congress demanding governors and mayors fire teachers, cops, and firefighters before cutting ridiculous spending like this:
$120,000,000 spent on state-run liquor stores - Washington State
$39,608,662 spent on neighborhood & recreational services - Newark, New Jersey
$7,000,000 spent on museums - Oakland, California
$1,607,367 spent on awards and prizes at county fairs - Illinois
$1,000,000 spent on mural art - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$750,000 spent on the opera house - Baltimore, Maryland
The Porkulus II:
Forces states to take bailout dollars, bypassing Governors who refuse the money, and forbidding them from making necessary budget cuts.
Gives teachers unions roughly $50 - $100 million through trickle-down.
Will increase the deficit by $12.6 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Will result in a permanent tax increase of $9.7 billion for U.S. multinational companies - increasing the cost of doing business and risking jobs during the recession. (Interestingly, the revenue from these same tax increases have already been spent...twice, in two other pieces of legislation!)
The fact is the federal government cannot afford to bailout states who refuse to cut back spending. In case Nancy Pelosi forgot, the American people still fund the federal government. If states can't afford it, neither can the federal government. Bailing out states and extending failed stimulus programs only perpetuates states' reliance on the federal government.
State Bailouts
This week Speaker Pelosi has called the House of Representatives back to Congress. The intent is to spend another $26.1 Billion. The House of Representatives will vote on 2 bills this week:
1. HR 1586, which was originally a House FAA bill and has now been replaced as a $26.1 billion bailout that includes $10 billion to teacher salaries and $16.1 billion for extension of Federal Medicaid matching rates.
Read additional commentary by Heritage on the bill here.
Read commentary from the Evergreen Foundation about the State Bailouts here.
2. The House will take up the privileged resolution that Congressman Tom Price has introduced to insure there is not a lame duck session of Congress unless there is an emergency. It is our understanding that since this is a privileged resolution it cannot be blocked from being voted.
DEMS WHO VOTED NO STIMULUS 2009 (highlighted in red)
Blue Dog Members
Altmire, Jason (PA-04) ph: 202-225-2565, fx: 202-226-2274
Arcuri, Mike (NY-24) Ph: (202)225-3665 · Fx: (202)225-1891
Baca, Joe (CA-43) Ph(202)225-6161, Fx: (202)225-8671
Barrow, John (GA-12) p: (202) 225-2823, f: (202) 225-3377
Berry, Marion (AR-01) Ph (202) 225-4076, Fax(202) 225-5602
Bishop, Sanford (GA-02) Ph:(202) 225-3631 · Fax: (202) 225-2203
Boren, Dan (OK-02) Ph (202) 225-2701, fax (202) 225-3038
Boswell, Leonard (IA-03) Ph: (202) 225-3806, Fax: (202) 225-5608
Boyd, Allen (FL-02) P (202) 225-5235 · F (202) 225-5615
Bright, Bobby (AL-02) Ph; (202) 225-2901, Fax (202) 225-8913
Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18) Ph: (202) 225-6131
Carney, Christopher (PA-10) Ph: (202) 225-3731, Fx: (202) 225-9594
Chandler, Ben (KY-06) Ph: (202) 225-4706 | FAX: (202) 225-2122
Childers, Travis (MS-01) p. (202) 225-4306 · f. (202) 225-3549
Cooper, Jim (TN-05) Ph: 202-225-4311 · Fax: 202-226-1035
Costa, Jim (CA-20) Ph:202-225-3341,Fax: 202-225-9308
Cuellar, Henry (TX-28) ph: 202-225-1640, fax: 202-225-1641
Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03) Ph: (202) 225-5406, Fax: (202) 225-3103
Davis, Lincoln (TN-04) Ph: 202.225.6831 Fax: 202.226.5172
Donnelly, Joe (IN-02) Ph: (202) 225-3915, Fax: (202) 225-6798
Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08) Ph 202.225.4636 | F 202.225.3284
Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08) Ph: (202) 225-2542, Fax: (202) 225-0378
Gordon, Bart (TN-06) Ph: (202) 225-4231, Fax: (202) 225-6887
Harman, Jane (CA-36) Ph: (202) 225 8220, Fax: (202) 226 7290
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (SD) p: 202.225.2801 · f: 202.225.5823
Hill, Baron (IN-09) Ph (202) 225-5315, Fx (202) 226-6866
Holden, Tim (PA-17) Ph: (202) 225-5546 | FAX: (202) 226-0996
Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01) Ph: (202) 225-5311, Fax: (202) 225-0254
McIntyre, Mike (NC-07) Ph(202) 225-2731, fax (202) 225-5773
Markey, Betsy (CO-04) ph. 202.225.4676, f. 202.225.5870
Marshall, Jim (GA-08) Ph: 202/225-6531, Fax: 202/225-3013
Matheson, Jim (UT-02) Ph - (202) 225-3011, Fax - (202) 225-5638
Melancon, Charlie (LA-03) ph: (202) 225-4031, fx: (202) 226-3944
Michaud, Mike (ME-02) Ph: 202-225-6306, Fax: 202-225-2943
Minnick, Walt (ID-01) Ph: (202) 225-6611, Fax: (202) 225-3029
Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05) Ph (202) 225-2190
Moore, Dennis (KS-03) Ph: (202) 225-2865, FAX: (202) 225-2807
Murphy, Patrick (PA-08) Ph(202) 225-4276, Fax: (202) 225-9511
Murphy, Scott (NY-20) ph (202) 225-5614, f. (202) 225-1168
Nye, Glenn (VA-02) Ph: (202) 225-4215, Fax: (202) 225-4218
Peterson, Collin (MN-07) Ph (202) 225-2165, fax (202) 225-1593
Pomeroy, Earl (ND) Ph (202) 225-2611 | F (202) 226-0893
Ross, Mike (AR-04) Ph (202) 225-3772, Fax (202) 225-1314
Salazar, John (CO-03) Ph202-225-4761, fax 202-226-9669
Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47) Ph: (202) 225-2965 · Fax: (202) 225-5859
Schiff, Adam (CA-29) Ph: (202) 225-4176,Fax: (202) 225-5828
Schrader, Kurt (OR-05) Ph: (202) 225-5711, Fax: (202) 225-5699
Scott, David (GA-13) ph:(202) 225-2939, fax:(202) 225-4628
Shuler, Heath (NC-11) Ph: (202) 225-6401, Fax: (202) 226-6422
Space, Zack (OH-18) ph: (202) 225-6265, fax: (202) 225-3394
Tanner, John (TN-08) Ph: (202) 225-4714, Fax: (202) 225-1765
Taylor, Gene (MS-04) Ph: 202.225.5772, Fax: 202.225.7074
Thompson, Mike (CA-01) Ph: (202) 225-3311, Fax: (202) 225-4335
Wilson, Charles (OH-06) ph: (202) 225-5705,
fx: (202) 225-5907
Griffith,Parker (AL-05)
Ph: (202) 225-4801,Fax: (202) 225-4392
Kanjorski,Paul G. (PA-11)
ph: 202-225-6511, fx: 202-225-0764
4 ROGUE DEMS
Adler, John
Phone: (202) 225-4765
Fax: (202) 225-0778
Himes, Jim
Phone: (202) 225-5541
Fax: (202) 225-9629
Peters, Gary
Phone: (202) 225-5802
Fax: (202) 226-2356
Welch, Peter
Phone: (202) 225-4115
Harry Reid and the Democrats’ New McCarthyism -
Voting on the DISCLOSE Act in ONE HOUR!
The Democrats are running scared, fearful of the impact grassroots activists will have in November. With the DISCLOSE Act, which will go into effect almost immediately, in time for the November elections, they will be able to effectively and legally shut us down. The effort to silence us before the elections is tantamount to a witch hunt. Read this email carefully for more information about this bill and then please make some phone calls NOW and tell them to VOTE NO!!
INFORMATION
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
SENATORS TO CALL
From our friends at Freedom Action about this speech violating bill:
Even if somehow the speech restrictions in this bill were constitutional, their uneven application would be a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection under the law. Even the left-leaning Sierra Club has labeled the DISCLOSE Act a two-tiered system that is “unfair and undemocratic" and that smaller grass-roots organizations would be disadvantaged because they lack the resources to cope with "the additional disclosure burdens." The unions and the big non-profit groups get to keep their free speech given to them in the January Supreme Court decision, but the corporations and small non-profits lose theirs under DISCLOSE.
Also, President Obama and some Democrats are dishonestly stating that the Court’s decision would “open the floodgates for special interest, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections.” However, current federal law and Federal Election Commission regulations already ban foreign corporations from participating directly or indirectly in American elections. (see 2 U.S.C. § 441e and 2 U.S.C. 437g).
Exampleville, Ohio has two people running for U.S. Congress—Mr. A and Mr. B—in what promises to be a close race. Exampleville’s local Tea Party believes in Mr. B. The Tea Party wants to run ads highlighting Mr. B’s stance on cap and trade, federal spending, increased taxation, etc, but they don’t have enough money to fulfill the new highly complex reporting requirements from DISCLOSE. And DISCLOSE would force them to list their top donors, even if they are not necessarily the specific donors to the ads, in their ads. Besides, the disclaimers required could take up to 14 of a 30 second ad. The Tea Party gives up trying to run ads to support Mr. Republican.
In contrast, Mr. A has some well-funded unions who want to see Exampleville’s factories unionized, so the unions run ads against Mr. B and ads for Mr. A. Also, the Sierra Club and the ACLU (groups actually opposed to DISCLOSE) want Mr. A to support their issues, so they also run ads for Mr. A. None of these ads are subject to DISCLOSE’s requirements.
Guess who wins?
(For those interested, here’s a good link with information on the actual language and problems with the DISCLOSE bill, click here.)
The DISCLOSE Act exempts unions and very large special interest groups!! And the little guy is left without a voice.
Senators to call:
Scott Brown (R-MA)
http://scottbrown.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactme Washington DC: (T) (202) 224-4543, (F) (202) 228-2646
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email Washington DC: (T) (202) 224-5344, Toll free (800) 432-1599, (F) (202) 224-1946
Susan Collins (R-ME)
http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.EmailIssue&CFID=42880122&CFTOKEN=39747274 Washington DC: (T) (202) 224-2523, (F) (202) 224-2693
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
http://bennelson.senate.gov/email-issues.cfm
Washington DC: (T) (202) 224-6551, (F) (202) 228-0012
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/
Washington DC: (T) (202) 224-5623, (F) (202) 228-1377
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
https://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm
Washintong DC: (T) (202) 224-2043, (F) (202) 224-7776
WE CAN FIGHT CITY HALL!
MONDAY WE WILL BE FIGHTING CITY HALL IN SAN DIEGO
San Diego City Council will be voting Monday, July 26, 2010 at 2:00 pm with regards to putting another tax hike on the ballot for November. Please join us in fighting this in the chamber that day.
San Diego City Hall
The address is 202 C St., San Diego, CA 92101
12th Floor
There will be a press conference held by Councilmen DeMaio and Falconer at 1:00 pm if you wish to support them in this please arrive early.
Sarah and I will there to stand for the taxpayers and we hope as many that can come will.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137246586309707&ref=mf
If you can't make it to the City Hall Council Meeting today please call these council members and let them know how you feel about another tax increase:
PLEASE CALL THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAY NO TO TAX INCREASE
District 1: Sherri Lightner (she is believed to be the swing vote)
(619) 236-6611 and email SherriLightner@SanDiego.gov
District 3: Todd Gloria
(619) 236-6633 and email ToddGloria@SanDiego.gov
District 4: Tony Young
(619) 236-6644 and email AnthonyYoung@SanDiego.gov
District 6: Donna Frye
(619) 236-6616 and email DonnaFrye@SanDiego.gov
District 7: Marti Emerald
(619) 236-6677 and email MartiEmerald@SanDiego.gov
District 8: Ben Hueso
(619) 236-6688 and email BenHueso@SanDiego.gov