Hello Americans,
People the liberal democrats have no intention of listening, or honoring your wish in health-care reform. This is not about health-care reform, it is about transforming our health-care system. It is about control, and let me tell you, you have already lost control. Nov. 2008 the election results saw obama as the winner of that contest. Since then he has been steam rolling his Socialist agenda. With the $787 billion Stimulus Bill obama took control of Americas finances, control the money you control the future. Look at the radicals, socialist, tax cheats that surround him, and who help make Americas policy now. Liberal democrats just rubber stamps what obama wants done and congress is powers less to stop it, and Americans are to uninformed and disassociated to get involved.
I received this notice today, does anyone care? Does anyone have an idea of what America will look like when obama is done 4 years from now? Does anyone care about the future of their children, or grand children's future?
Richard,
The Senate Finance Committee is currently in recess until tomorrow(Tuesday) morning at 9:30, when it is expected they will begin tomove what Sen. Mitch McConnell calls "a trillion-dollar experiment that cuts Medicare, raises taxes, and threatens the health care options that millions of Americans enjoy."
Yes, Richard, it is that bad.
A look at the amendments that were shot-down late last week should serve as warning that unless citizens--and especially seniors get involved it stands to get much worse.
Last Friday morning, Sen. Jon Kyl offered up an amendment prohibiting the federal government from limiting consumer choice. His amendment failed 9-14.
With the influx of amendments and changes to the bill, Sen. John Cornyn wanted the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) to re-score it for accuracy. His amendment failed 11-12.
Sen. John Ensign's amendment that any "czar" handling health care issues shall be subjected to the Senate confirmation process also failed 10-13.
From just these failed amendments, alone it's clear that this administration isn't interested in free market solutions, or our rights to choose what plan fits our personal needs. They aren't interested in accountability and transparency, or in working within the delicate balance of power created by the constitution. Instead, they are willing to use a health czar if need be to skirt the checks and balances!
Richard, everything about this plan is corrupt. Everything about this plan is designed to increase the federal government's control and power over you and I. And the ones who stand to lose the most?
Senior citizens will endure reduced benefits and fewer choices.
Working families who will see a sharp rise in insurance premiums (upwards of $4,500 for a family of four), and steep tax increases.
Small businesses will shoulder the burden of more than $420 billion in new taxes--hamstringing growth and slowing the economy even further.
+ + Action: Send a Message to the Senate Finance Committee!
This is not a plan for America, and as Americans it is our responsibility to tell law makers in Washington as much.
We can't allow Congress to hash out the details of thiscomplicated plan without being involved--every painful step of the way.
Respectfully Submitted
Richard Lewis
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
obama's appointed Czars and Salaries known
Hello Americans,
Welcome to the world of czars in obama nation:
Better Know a CzarWhite House-Deemed Czars (7 Confirmed)
1. Border Czar — Alan Bersin
2. Energy czar — Carol Browner $172,200
3. Urban Czar — Adolfo Carrion, Jr. $158,500
4. InfoTech/Information Czar — Vivek Kundra
5. Faith-Based Czar — Joshua DuBois $98,000
6. Health Reform Czar — Nancy-Ann DeParle $158,000
7. Stimulus Accountability Czar — Earl Devaney
8. Regulatory Czar — Cass Sunstein $172,200
9. Drug czar — Gil Kerlikowske (C)
10. Guantanamo Closure Czar — Daniel Fried
11. Salary/Pay/Compensation Czar — Kenneth Feinberg
12. Non-Proliferation/WMD Czar — Gary Samore
13. Terrorism Czar — John Brennan $172,200
14. New TARP Czar — Herb Allison (C)
15. Cyber Security Czar — OPEN
16. Technology Czar – Aneesh Chopra (C)
17. Car Czar — Ed Montgomery (Steve Rattner ?)
18. Economic Czar — Paul Volcker
19. Great Lakes Czar – Cameron Davis
20. Intelligence Czar – Dennis Blair (C)
21. Weather/Science Czar — John Holdren (C)
22. Green Jobs Czar — Van Jones
23. AIDS Czar —Jeffery Crowley $102,000
24. California Water Czar - David Hayes (C)
25. Domestic Violence Czar – Lynn Rosenthal
26. TARP Oversight Czar – Elizabeth Warren
27. Weapons Czar – Ashton Carter (C) dod
28. Copyright Czar - OPEN(C)
Senate Confirmed CzarsSpecial Envoy Czars:
29. Mideast Peace Czar George Mitchell
30. Af-Pak Richard Holbrooke $259,700/ office
31. Sudan Czar J. Scott Gration
32. Southwest Asia Czar Dennis Ross
33. Climate special Todd Stern
34. Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar $420,750/ office
**27 Un-Confirmed Czars** **34 Total Czars**
2NEW? - Healthcare Insurance Czar (7/7/09)
• President Barack Obama's congressional allies want to create a powerful insurance commissioner to oversee medical plans nationwide. State regulators say it would duplicate what they do without better protecting consumers
• The health choices commissioner would head an independent agency, as envisioned in the 800-page draft bill released by House Democratic leaders. The Health Choices Administration would regulate a revamped insurance marketplace and be expected to deliver Obama's promise of affordable coverage for all.
• Decisions made in the commissioner's office would reverberate not just through insurance company boardrooms, but family kitchens as well.
• State regulators, who traditionally have overseen the industry, say a federal commissioner is unnecessary.
• "We have concerns that a federal commissioner would not provide adequate protection for our consumers, and that the bill as drafted duplicates functions that exist in states across the nation," said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland.
History of American Czars:
George W. Bush• Reports of 14 Czars over 8 years (or 96 months)
Ronald Reagan• Reports of 3 Czars over 8 years (or 96 month)
Obama• Reports of 34 Czars over ½ year (or 6 months)
At this rate, we will have:272 czars in Obama’s fist term (48 months)
544 czars if he lasts two terms (96 months)
Respectfully submitted
Richard Lewis
Welcome to the world of czars in obama nation:
Better Know a CzarWhite House-Deemed Czars (7 Confirmed)
1. Border Czar — Alan Bersin
2. Energy czar — Carol Browner $172,200
3. Urban Czar — Adolfo Carrion, Jr. $158,500
4. InfoTech/Information Czar — Vivek Kundra
5. Faith-Based Czar — Joshua DuBois $98,000
6. Health Reform Czar — Nancy-Ann DeParle $158,000
7. Stimulus Accountability Czar — Earl Devaney
8. Regulatory Czar — Cass Sunstein $172,200
9. Drug czar — Gil Kerlikowske (C)
10. Guantanamo Closure Czar — Daniel Fried
11. Salary/Pay/Compensation Czar — Kenneth Feinberg
12. Non-Proliferation/WMD Czar — Gary Samore
13. Terrorism Czar — John Brennan $172,200
14. New TARP Czar — Herb Allison (C)
15. Cyber Security Czar — OPEN
16. Technology Czar – Aneesh Chopra (C)
17. Car Czar — Ed Montgomery (Steve Rattner ?)
18. Economic Czar — Paul Volcker
19. Great Lakes Czar – Cameron Davis
20. Intelligence Czar – Dennis Blair (C)
21. Weather/Science Czar — John Holdren (C)
22. Green Jobs Czar — Van Jones
23. AIDS Czar —Jeffery Crowley $102,000
24. California Water Czar - David Hayes (C)
25. Domestic Violence Czar – Lynn Rosenthal
26. TARP Oversight Czar – Elizabeth Warren
27. Weapons Czar – Ashton Carter (C) dod
28. Copyright Czar - OPEN(C)
Senate Confirmed CzarsSpecial Envoy Czars:
29. Mideast Peace Czar George Mitchell
30. Af-Pak Richard Holbrooke $259,700/ office
31. Sudan Czar J. Scott Gration
32. Southwest Asia Czar Dennis Ross
33. Climate special Todd Stern
34. Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar $420,750/ office
**27 Un-Confirmed Czars** **34 Total Czars**
2NEW? - Healthcare Insurance Czar (7/7/09)
• President Barack Obama's congressional allies want to create a powerful insurance commissioner to oversee medical plans nationwide. State regulators say it would duplicate what they do without better protecting consumers
• The health choices commissioner would head an independent agency, as envisioned in the 800-page draft bill released by House Democratic leaders. The Health Choices Administration would regulate a revamped insurance marketplace and be expected to deliver Obama's promise of affordable coverage for all.
• Decisions made in the commissioner's office would reverberate not just through insurance company boardrooms, but family kitchens as well.
• State regulators, who traditionally have overseen the industry, say a federal commissioner is unnecessary.
• "We have concerns that a federal commissioner would not provide adequate protection for our consumers, and that the bill as drafted duplicates functions that exist in states across the nation," said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland.
History of American Czars:
George W. Bush• Reports of 14 Czars over 8 years (or 96 months)
Ronald Reagan• Reports of 3 Czars over 8 years (or 96 month)
Obama• Reports of 34 Czars over ½ year (or 6 months)
At this rate, we will have:272 czars in Obama’s fist term (48 months)
544 czars if he lasts two terms (96 months)
Respectfully submitted
Richard Lewis
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Know how your Congress members are voting???
What is your biggest concern with the obama's presidency? yes____ no_____ undecided______
Friday, September 11, 2009
Ist Quarter House and Senate Legislative activity
Hello Americans,
Below is the activity of the Senate legislative body, also of the House of Represenativesfor the firs quarter Jan. 2009 to March 2009:
00118 31-Mar S.Con.Res. 13 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 739 Rejected Gregg Amdt. No. 739; To prohibit the consideration of any budget resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, that shows an increase in the public debt, for the period of the current fiscal year through the next 10 years, equal to or greater than the debt accumulated from 1789 to January 20, 2009.
00117 31-Mar S.Con.Res. 13 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 731 Agreed to Thune Amdt. No. 731; To amend the deficit-neutral reserve fund for climate change legislation to require that such legislation does not increase electricity or gasoline prices.
00116 31-Mar S.Con.Res. 13 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 749 Agreed to Boxer Amdt. No. 749; To require that certain legislation relating to clean energy technologies not increase electricity or gasoline prices or increase the overall burden on consumers.
00115 26-Mar H.R. 1388 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 1388 As Amended; Serve America Act
00114 26-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 705 Agreed to Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 705; To prohibit ACORN, or organizations affiliated or co-located with ACORN, from receiving assistance under this Act.
00113 26-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 716 Rejected Thune Amdt. No. 716; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.
00112 26-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 721 Agreed to Baucus Amdt. No. 721; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.
00111 25-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 715 Agreed to Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 715 As Modified; To clarify that nonprofit organizations assisted under the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program include certain crisis pregnancy centers, and organizations that serve battered women or victims of rape or incest.
00110 25-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Motion S.Amdt. 688 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Crapo Amdt. No. 688; To increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.
00109 25-Mar PN80 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney General
00108 23-Mar H.R. 1388 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1388; Serve America Act
00107 19-Mar PN67 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General
00106 19-Mar H.R. 146 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 146 as Amended; Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
00105 19-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 683 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 683; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.
00104 19-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 677 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 677; To require Federal agencies to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by each Federal agency and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land.
00103 18-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 675 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 675; To prohibit the use of eminent domain and to ensure that no American has their property forcibly taken from them by authorities granted under this Act.
00102 18-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 679 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 679; To provide for the future energy needs of the United States and eliminate restrictions on the development of renewable energy.
00101 18-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 680 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 680; To ensure that the general public has full access to our national parks and to promote the health and safety of all visitors and employees of the National Park Service.
00100 18-Mar PN64-9 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be U.S. Trade Representative
00099 16-Mar H.R. 146 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 146; Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
00098 12-Mar PN71 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Thomas John Perrelli, Of Virginia, To be Associate Attorney General
00097 12-Mar PN68 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General
00096 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
00095 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 621 Agreed to Motion To Table Vitter Amdt. No. 621; To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
00094 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 615 Rejected Ensign Amdt. No. 615; To strike the restrictions on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.
00093 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 604 Agreed to Motion To Table Sessions Amdt. No. 604; To extend the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation established in title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1966 for 6 years.
00092 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 662 Rejected Thune Amdt. No. 662; To prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate the Fairness Doctrine.
00091 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 674 Rejected Cornyn Amdt. No. 674; To prohibit the use of funds to implement an Executive Order relating to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws.
00090 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 673 Rejected Cornyn Amdt. No. 673; To prevent collection of excessive contingency legal fees by lawyers hired to protect the public interest.
00089 09-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 668 Rejected Enzi Amdt. No. 668; To prohibit the use of funds to modify certain HIV/AIDS funding formulas.
00088 09-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 631 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 631; To require the Secretary of State to certify that funds made available for reconstruction efforts in Gaza will not be diverted to Hamas or entities controlled by Hamas.
00087 09-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 630 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 630; To require a report on counter-smuggling efforts in Gaza.
00086 09-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 593 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 593; To prohibit the use of funds provided in the bill.
00085 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 634 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 634; To prohibit the expenditure of amounts made available under this Act in a contract with any company that has a business presence in Iran's energy sector.
00084 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion S.Amdt. 635 Rejected Motion to Waive the CBA re: Thune Amdt. No. 635 as Modified; To provide funding for the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, with an offset.
00083 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 613 Rejected Inhofe Amdt. No. 613; To provide that no funds may be made available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary payment of the United Nations if the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.
00082 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 599 Rejected Murkowski Amdt. No. 599; To modify a provision relating to the repromulgation of final rules by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce.
00081 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 607 Rejected Wicker Amdt. No. 607 as Modified; To require that amounts appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
00080 04-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 623 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 623 as Modified; To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.
00079 04-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 610 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 610; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.
00078 04-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 608 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 608; To provide funds for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act from funds already provided for the Weed and Seed Program.
00077 04-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 596 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 596; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.
00076 03-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion Rejected Hutchison Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
00075 03-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion Rejected Ensign Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
00074 03-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 592 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 592; In the nature of a substitute.
00073 26-Feb S. 160 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 160 As Amended; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
00072 26-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 575 Agreed to Ensign Amdt. No. 575; To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
00071 26-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 573 Agreed to DeMint Amdt. No. 573; To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
00070 26-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 591 Agreed to Durbin Amdt. No. 591; To encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership, and to ensure that the public airwaves are used in the public interest.
00069 26-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 585 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 585; To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.
00068 25-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 581 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 581; In the nature of a substitute.
00067 25-Feb S. 160 On the Point of Order Not Well Taken Is The Constitutional Point of Order Well Taken?; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
00066 24-Feb PN64-18 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor
00065 24-Feb S. 160 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 160; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
00064 13-Feb H.R. 1 On the Conference Report Agreed to Conference Report; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
00063 13-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion Agreed to Motion to Waive Sec. 204(a)(5)(A) of S.Con.Res. 21, 110th Congress; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
00062 11-Feb PN65-11 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation William J. Lynn, III, of Virginia, to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
00061 10-Feb H.R. 1 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 1 as Amended; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
00060 10-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 570 Agreed to Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570; In the nature of a substitute.
00059 09-Feb H.R. 1 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 570 Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on Collins-Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 570 to H.R. 1; In the nature of a substitute.
00058 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 538 Rejected Motion to Waive Sec. 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Thune Amdt. No. 538; To replace all spending and tax provisions with a direct rebate to all Americans filing a tax return.
00057 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 531 Rejected Bunning Amdt. No. 531; To temporarily increase the limitations on offsetting ordinary income with capital losses and to strike the 5-year carry back of general business credits.
00056 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 107 Rejected Vitter Amdt. No. 107; Prohibiting direct or indirect use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
00055 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 274 Agreed to Motion to Waive CBA Re: Cantwell Amdt. No. 274; To improve provisions relating to energy tax incentives and provisions relating manufacturing tax incentives for energy property.
00054 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 297 Rejected Grassley Amdt. No. 297; To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period through June 2011 for receiving the increase.
00053 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 501 Rejected Graham Amdt. No. 501 As Modified; To limit wasteful spending, to fund a systematic program of foreclosure prevention, to be administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.
00052 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 176 Agreed to Coburn Amdt. No. 176; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.
00051 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 309 Agreed to Coburn Amdt. No. 309; To ensure that taxpayer money is not lost on wasteful and non-stimulative projects.
00050 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 176 Rejected Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 176; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.
00049 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 197 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Thune Amdt. No. 197; In the nature of a substitute.
00048 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 353 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Ensign Amdt. No. 353; In the nature of a substitute.
00047 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 189 Rejected DeMint Amdt. No. 189; To allow the free exercise of religion at institutions of higher education that receive funding under section 803 of division A.
00046 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 140 Rejected Feingold Amdt. No. 140; To provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring disclosure of lobbying by recipients of Federal funds.
00045 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 364 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA McCain Amdt. No. 364 As Modified; In the nature of a substitute.
00044 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 279 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 279; To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided by the Act.
00043 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 242 Rejected Motion to Waive Section 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Bunning Amdt. No. 242; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend for 2009 the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.
00042 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 277 Rejected Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 277; To reduce income taxes for all working taxpayers.
00041 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 262 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Inhofe Amdt. No. 262; To appropriate, with an offset, $5,232,000,000 for procurement for the Department of Defense to reconstitute military units to an acceptable readiness rating and to restock prepositioned assets and war reserve material.
00040 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 278 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: McCain Amdt. No. 278; To reimplement Gramm-Rudman-Hollings to require deficit reduction and spending cuts upon 2 consecutive quarters of positive GDP growth.
00039 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 238 Rejected Thune Amdt. No. 238; To ensure that the $1 trillion spending bill is not used to expand the scope of the Federal Government by adding new spending programs.
00038 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 168 Rejected Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Re: DeMint Amdt. No. 168; In the nature of a substitute.
00037 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 179 Rejected Vitter Amdt. No. 179; To eliminate unnecessary spending.
00036 03-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 112 Rejected Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Boxer Amdt. No. 112; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations for an additional year, and for other purposes.
00035 03-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 104 Agreed to Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Mikulski Amdt. 104; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.
00034 03-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 109 Agreed to Coburn Amdt. No. 109; To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.
00033 03-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 110 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Murray Amdt. No. 110 Emergency Designation; To strengthen the infrastructure investments made by the bill.
00032 02-Feb PN64-7 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General
00031 29-Jan H.R. 2 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 2 as Amended; Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
00030 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 93 Rejected Hutchison Amdt. No. 93; To provide assistance for States with percentages of children with no health insurance coverage above the national average.
00029 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 63 Agreed to Bingaman Amdt. No. 63 as Modified; To clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment option and that income may be determined by Express Lane agencies based on State income tax records or returns.
00028 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 86 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 86; To ensure that American children have high-quality health coverage that fits their individual needs.
00027 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 85 Rejected DeMint Amdt. No. 85; To provide an above-the-line Federal income tax deduction for health care costs of certain children in an amount comparable to the average federal share of the benefit provided to any non-citizen child for medical assistance or child health assistance.
00026 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 80 Rejected Hatch Amdt. No. 80; To codify regulations specifying that an unborn child is eligible for child health assistance.
00025 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 74 Agreed to Motion to Table Bunning Amdt. No. 74 as Modified; To eliminate any exceptions to the prohibition on States receiving an enhanced Federal matching rate for providing coverage to children whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line.
00024 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 47 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 47; To ensure that children do not lose their private insurance and that uninsured children can get access to private insurance.
00023 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 77 Rejected Murkowski Amdt. No. 77; To provide for the development of best practice recommendations and to ensure coverage of low income children.
00022 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 46 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 46; To reinstate the crowd out policy agreed to in section 116 of H.R. 3963 (CHIPRA II), as agreed to and passed by the House and Senate.
00021 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 75 Rejected Roberts Amdt. No. 75; To prohibit CHIP coverage for higher income children and to prohibit any payments to a State from its CHIP allotments for any fiscal year quarter in which the State Medicaid income eligibility level for children is greater than the income eligibility level for children under CHIP.
00020 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 67 Agreed to Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 67; To ensure redistributed funds go towards coverage of low-income children or outreach and enrollment of low-income children, rather than to States that will use the funds to cover children from higher income families.
00019 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 65 Rejected Martinez Amdt. No. 65; To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy").
00018 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 40 Rejected McConnell Amdt. No. 40; In the nature of a substitute.
00017 27-Jan PN65-17 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Daniel K. Tarullo, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
00016 27-Jan H.R. 2 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 43 Agreed to Motion to Table Demint Amdt. No. 43; To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line.
00015 26-Jan PN64-6 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury
00014 22-Jan S. 181 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 181; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
00013 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 34 Agreed to Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 34; To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
00012 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 37 Agreed to Motion to Table Isakson Amdt. No. 37; To limit the application of the Act to claims resulting from discriminatory compensation decisions that are adopted on or after the date of enactment of the Act.
00011 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 31 Agreed to Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 31; To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
00010 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 28 Agreed to Motion to Table Enzi Amdt. No. 28; To clarify standing.
00009 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 27 Agreed to Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 27; To limit the application of the bill to discriminatory compensation decisions.
00008 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 26 Agreed to Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 26; To provide a rule of construction.
00007 22-Jan S. 181 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 25 Rejected Hutchison Amendment No. 25; In the nature of a substitute.
00006 21-Jan PN64-1 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State
00005 15-Jan S.J.Res. 5 On the Joint Resolution Rejected S.J.Res. 5; A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
00004 15-Jan S. 181 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.181; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
00003 15-Jan S. 22 On Passage of the Bill Passed S.22 as Amended.; Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008
00002 14-Jan S. 22 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.22.; Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008
00001 11-Jan S. 22 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 22; Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 .
You can get to these web sites and pull up the voting records of your Senators and House of Representatives check the bill description (very confusing).
US Senators - click on United States Senate - then click Senators (upper left) scroll down to find your Senators. Click on legislation and Records to find votes upper left again. United States
House of Representatives - click on Representatives (a map will come up click on your state to findyour Representatives - Click on your Representative (district).
In the Senator and Representative home page you can e-mail them state your concerns, disapproval, or approval (be polite).
If they are not supporting the U.S. Constitution, protecting it and America, or are not representing your position tell them. Let them know you are watching, and let them know there will be a house cleaning in Nov. 2010.
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Below is the activity of the Senate legislative body, also of the House of Represenativesfor the firs quarter Jan. 2009 to March 2009:
00118 31-Mar S.Con.Res. 13 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 739 Rejected Gregg Amdt. No. 739; To prohibit the consideration of any budget resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, that shows an increase in the public debt, for the period of the current fiscal year through the next 10 years, equal to or greater than the debt accumulated from 1789 to January 20, 2009.
00117 31-Mar S.Con.Res. 13 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 731 Agreed to Thune Amdt. No. 731; To amend the deficit-neutral reserve fund for climate change legislation to require that such legislation does not increase electricity or gasoline prices.
00116 31-Mar S.Con.Res. 13 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 749 Agreed to Boxer Amdt. No. 749; To require that certain legislation relating to clean energy technologies not increase electricity or gasoline prices or increase the overall burden on consumers.
00115 26-Mar H.R. 1388 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 1388 As Amended; Serve America Act
00114 26-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 705 Agreed to Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 705; To prohibit ACORN, or organizations affiliated or co-located with ACORN, from receiving assistance under this Act.
00113 26-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 716 Rejected Thune Amdt. No. 716; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.
00112 26-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 721 Agreed to Baucus Amdt. No. 721; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.
00111 25-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 715 Agreed to Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 715 As Modified; To clarify that nonprofit organizations assisted under the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program include certain crisis pregnancy centers, and organizations that serve battered women or victims of rape or incest.
00110 25-Mar H.R. 1388 On the Motion S.Amdt. 688 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Crapo Amdt. No. 688; To increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.
00109 25-Mar PN80 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney General
00108 23-Mar H.R. 1388 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1388; Serve America Act
00107 19-Mar PN67 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General
00106 19-Mar H.R. 146 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 146 as Amended; Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
00105 19-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 683 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 683; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.
00104 19-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 677 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 677; To require Federal agencies to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by each Federal agency and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land.
00103 18-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 675 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 675; To prohibit the use of eminent domain and to ensure that no American has their property forcibly taken from them by authorities granted under this Act.
00102 18-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 679 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 679; To provide for the future energy needs of the United States and eliminate restrictions on the development of renewable energy.
00101 18-Mar H.R. 146 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 680 Agreed to Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 680; To ensure that the general public has full access to our national parks and to promote the health and safety of all visitors and employees of the National Park Service.
00100 18-Mar PN64-9 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be U.S. Trade Representative
00099 16-Mar H.R. 146 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 146; Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
00098 12-Mar PN71 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Thomas John Perrelli, Of Virginia, To be Associate Attorney General
00097 12-Mar PN68 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General
00096 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
00095 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 621 Agreed to Motion To Table Vitter Amdt. No. 621; To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
00094 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 615 Rejected Ensign Amdt. No. 615; To strike the restrictions on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.
00093 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 604 Agreed to Motion To Table Sessions Amdt. No. 604; To extend the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation established in title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1966 for 6 years.
00092 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 662 Rejected Thune Amdt. No. 662; To prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate the Fairness Doctrine.
00091 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 674 Rejected Cornyn Amdt. No. 674; To prohibit the use of funds to implement an Executive Order relating to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws.
00090 10-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 673 Rejected Cornyn Amdt. No. 673; To prevent collection of excessive contingency legal fees by lawyers hired to protect the public interest.
00089 09-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 668 Rejected Enzi Amdt. No. 668; To prohibit the use of funds to modify certain HIV/AIDS funding formulas.
00088 09-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 631 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 631; To require the Secretary of State to certify that funds made available for reconstruction efforts in Gaza will not be diverted to Hamas or entities controlled by Hamas.
00087 09-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 630 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 630; To require a report on counter-smuggling efforts in Gaza.
00086 09-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 593 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 593; To prohibit the use of funds provided in the bill.
00085 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 634 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 634; To prohibit the expenditure of amounts made available under this Act in a contract with any company that has a business presence in Iran's energy sector.
00084 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion S.Amdt. 635 Rejected Motion to Waive the CBA re: Thune Amdt. No. 635 as Modified; To provide funding for the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, with an offset.
00083 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 613 Rejected Inhofe Amdt. No. 613; To provide that no funds may be made available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary payment of the United Nations if the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.
00082 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 599 Rejected Murkowski Amdt. No. 599; To modify a provision relating to the repromulgation of final rules by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce.
00081 05-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 607 Rejected Wicker Amdt. No. 607 as Modified; To require that amounts appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
00080 04-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 623 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 623 as Modified; To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.
00079 04-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 610 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 610; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.
00078 04-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 608 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 608; To provide funds for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act from funds already provided for the Weed and Seed Program.
00077 04-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 596 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 596; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.
00076 03-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion Rejected Hutchison Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
00075 03-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Motion Rejected Ensign Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
00074 03-Mar H.R. 1105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 592 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 592; In the nature of a substitute.
00073 26-Feb S. 160 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 160 As Amended; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
00072 26-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 575 Agreed to Ensign Amdt. No. 575; To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
00071 26-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 573 Agreed to DeMint Amdt. No. 573; To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
00070 26-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 591 Agreed to Durbin Amdt. No. 591; To encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership, and to ensure that the public airwaves are used in the public interest.
00069 26-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 585 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 585; To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.
00068 25-Feb S. 160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 581 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 581; In the nature of a substitute.
00067 25-Feb S. 160 On the Point of Order Not Well Taken Is The Constitutional Point of Order Well Taken?; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
00066 24-Feb PN64-18 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor
00065 24-Feb S. 160 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 160; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
00064 13-Feb H.R. 1 On the Conference Report Agreed to Conference Report; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
00063 13-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion Agreed to Motion to Waive Sec. 204(a)(5)(A) of S.Con.Res. 21, 110th Congress; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
00062 11-Feb PN65-11 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation William J. Lynn, III, of Virginia, to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
00061 10-Feb H.R. 1 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 1 as Amended; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
00060 10-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 570 Agreed to Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570; In the nature of a substitute.
00059 09-Feb H.R. 1 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 570 Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on Collins-Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 570 to H.R. 1; In the nature of a substitute.
00058 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 538 Rejected Motion to Waive Sec. 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Thune Amdt. No. 538; To replace all spending and tax provisions with a direct rebate to all Americans filing a tax return.
00057 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 531 Rejected Bunning Amdt. No. 531; To temporarily increase the limitations on offsetting ordinary income with capital losses and to strike the 5-year carry back of general business credits.
00056 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 107 Rejected Vitter Amdt. No. 107; Prohibiting direct or indirect use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
00055 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 274 Agreed to Motion to Waive CBA Re: Cantwell Amdt. No. 274; To improve provisions relating to energy tax incentives and provisions relating manufacturing tax incentives for energy property.
00054 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 297 Rejected Grassley Amdt. No. 297; To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period through June 2011 for receiving the increase.
00053 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 501 Rejected Graham Amdt. No. 501 As Modified; To limit wasteful spending, to fund a systematic program of foreclosure prevention, to be administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.
00052 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 176 Agreed to Coburn Amdt. No. 176; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.
00051 06-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 309 Agreed to Coburn Amdt. No. 309; To ensure that taxpayer money is not lost on wasteful and non-stimulative projects.
00050 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 176 Rejected Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 176; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.
00049 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 197 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Thune Amdt. No. 197; In the nature of a substitute.
00048 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 353 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Ensign Amdt. No. 353; In the nature of a substitute.
00047 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 189 Rejected DeMint Amdt. No. 189; To allow the free exercise of religion at institutions of higher education that receive funding under section 803 of division A.
00046 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 140 Rejected Feingold Amdt. No. 140; To provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring disclosure of lobbying by recipients of Federal funds.
00045 05-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 364 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA McCain Amdt. No. 364 As Modified; In the nature of a substitute.
00044 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 279 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 279; To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided by the Act.
00043 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 242 Rejected Motion to Waive Section 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Bunning Amdt. No. 242; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend for 2009 the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.
00042 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 277 Rejected Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 277; To reduce income taxes for all working taxpayers.
00041 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 262 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Inhofe Amdt. No. 262; To appropriate, with an offset, $5,232,000,000 for procurement for the Department of Defense to reconstitute military units to an acceptable readiness rating and to restock prepositioned assets and war reserve material.
00040 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 278 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: McCain Amdt. No. 278; To reimplement Gramm-Rudman-Hollings to require deficit reduction and spending cuts upon 2 consecutive quarters of positive GDP growth.
00039 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 238 Rejected Thune Amdt. No. 238; To ensure that the $1 trillion spending bill is not used to expand the scope of the Federal Government by adding new spending programs.
00038 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 168 Rejected Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Re: DeMint Amdt. No. 168; In the nature of a substitute.
00037 04-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 179 Rejected Vitter Amdt. No. 179; To eliminate unnecessary spending.
00036 03-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 112 Rejected Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Boxer Amdt. No. 112; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations for an additional year, and for other purposes.
00035 03-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 104 Agreed to Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Mikulski Amdt. 104; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.
00034 03-Feb H.R. 1 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 109 Agreed to Coburn Amdt. No. 109; To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.
00033 03-Feb H.R. 1 On the Motion S.Amdt. 110 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Murray Amdt. No. 110 Emergency Designation; To strengthen the infrastructure investments made by the bill.
00032 02-Feb PN64-7 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General
00031 29-Jan H.R. 2 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 2 as Amended; Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
00030 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 93 Rejected Hutchison Amdt. No. 93; To provide assistance for States with percentages of children with no health insurance coverage above the national average.
00029 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 63 Agreed to Bingaman Amdt. No. 63 as Modified; To clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment option and that income may be determined by Express Lane agencies based on State income tax records or returns.
00028 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 86 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 86; To ensure that American children have high-quality health coverage that fits their individual needs.
00027 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 85 Rejected DeMint Amdt. No. 85; To provide an above-the-line Federal income tax deduction for health care costs of certain children in an amount comparable to the average federal share of the benefit provided to any non-citizen child for medical assistance or child health assistance.
00026 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 80 Rejected Hatch Amdt. No. 80; To codify regulations specifying that an unborn child is eligible for child health assistance.
00025 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 74 Agreed to Motion to Table Bunning Amdt. No. 74 as Modified; To eliminate any exceptions to the prohibition on States receiving an enhanced Federal matching rate for providing coverage to children whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line.
00024 29-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 47 Rejected Coburn Amdt. No. 47; To ensure that children do not lose their private insurance and that uninsured children can get access to private insurance.
00023 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 77 Rejected Murkowski Amdt. No. 77; To provide for the development of best practice recommendations and to ensure coverage of low income children.
00022 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 46 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 46; To reinstate the crowd out policy agreed to in section 116 of H.R. 3963 (CHIPRA II), as agreed to and passed by the House and Senate.
00021 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 75 Rejected Roberts Amdt. No. 75; To prohibit CHIP coverage for higher income children and to prohibit any payments to a State from its CHIP allotments for any fiscal year quarter in which the State Medicaid income eligibility level for children is greater than the income eligibility level for children under CHIP.
00020 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 67 Agreed to Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 67; To ensure redistributed funds go towards coverage of low-income children or outreach and enrollment of low-income children, rather than to States that will use the funds to cover children from higher income families.
00019 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 65 Rejected Martinez Amdt. No. 65; To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy").
00018 28-Jan H.R. 2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 40 Rejected McConnell Amdt. No. 40; In the nature of a substitute.
00017 27-Jan PN65-17 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Daniel K. Tarullo, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
00016 27-Jan H.R. 2 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 43 Agreed to Motion to Table Demint Amdt. No. 43; To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line.
00015 26-Jan PN64-6 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury
00014 22-Jan S. 181 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 181; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
00013 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 34 Agreed to Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 34; To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
00012 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 37 Agreed to Motion to Table Isakson Amdt. No. 37; To limit the application of the Act to claims resulting from discriminatory compensation decisions that are adopted on or after the date of enactment of the Act.
00011 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 31 Agreed to Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 31; To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
00010 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 28 Agreed to Motion to Table Enzi Amdt. No. 28; To clarify standing.
00009 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 27 Agreed to Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 27; To limit the application of the bill to discriminatory compensation decisions.
00008 22-Jan S. 181 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 26 Agreed to Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 26; To provide a rule of construction.
00007 22-Jan S. 181 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 25 Rejected Hutchison Amendment No. 25; In the nature of a substitute.
00006 21-Jan PN64-1 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State
00005 15-Jan S.J.Res. 5 On the Joint Resolution Rejected S.J.Res. 5; A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
00004 15-Jan S. 181 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.181; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
00003 15-Jan S. 22 On Passage of the Bill Passed S.22 as Amended.; Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008
00002 14-Jan S. 22 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.22.; Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008
00001 11-Jan S. 22 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 22; Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 .
You can get to these web sites and pull up the voting records of your Senators and House of Representatives check the bill description (very confusing).
US Senators - click on United States Senate - then click Senators (upper left) scroll down to find your Senators. Click on legislation and Records to find votes upper left again. United States
House of Representatives - click on Representatives (a map will come up click on your state to findyour Representatives - Click on your Representative (district).
In the Senator and Representative home page you can e-mail them state your concerns, disapproval, or approval (be polite).
If they are not supporting the U.S. Constitution, protecting it and America, or are not representing your position tell them. Let them know you are watching, and let them know there will be a house cleaning in Nov. 2010.
It is important you do this regularly thoughout the weeks, months, year. It is important you join with others for strength, power and to be heard.
It is Time to get involved. Watch the news to be informed, and for a complete picture besure Fox News is a part of that information list.
Also you might join info@ americansolutions.com, alert@grassfire.org, mikehuckabee@huchpac.com these will help keep you informed as well.
Join me in the fight to protect America.
Submitted by
Richard Lewis
Friday, September 4, 2009
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Fellow Americans;
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Font: 10pt 12pt 14pt 16pt 18pt 20pt 22pt Posted at 12:00 AM on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 by David Horowitz Boring From Within: Alinsky, Beck, Satan and Me, Part III
Conservatives think of war as a metaphor when applied to politics. For radicals the war is real. That is why partisans of the left set out to destroy their opponents, not just refute their arguments. It is also why they never speak the truth. Deception for them is a military tactic in a war that is designed to eliminate their opponents.
Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is first of all a broadside against the New Left. What Alinsky attacks about the New Left is its honesty -- something I've always regarded as its only redeeming feature. While American Communists -- the Old Left -- pretended to be Jeffersonian Democrats and "progressives" and formed "popular fronts" with liberals to "defend democracy," we in the New Left disdained their deception and regarded it as weakness. To distinguish ourselves from these Old Leftists, we said we were revolutionaries and proud of it.
"Up against the wall motherfucker" was a typical New Left slogan, telegraphing exactly how we felt about people who opposed us. The most basic principle of Alinsky's advice to radicals is, lie to your opponents and potential opponents and disarm them by pretending to be moderates, liberals. This has been the most potent weapon of the left since the end of the Sixties. Racists like Al Sharpton and Jeremiah Wright posing as civil rights activists, radicals like Henry Waxman and Barney Frank posing as liberals. The mark of their success is how conservatives collude in the deception. Even Fox's Megan Kelly, brilliant in all other things, still refers to the congressional socialists holding out for a total government takeover of the medical system as "liberals.")
Alinsky chides New Leftists for being "rhetorical radicals" rather than "realistic" ones. New Leftists scared people but didn't have the power to back up their threats. Alinsky's manual is designed to teach radicals how to manipulate the public into thinking they're harmless, in order to accumulate enough power to achieve the radical agenda -- to burn the system down and replace it with a socialist gulag.
Make no mistake, this -- a totalitarian future -- is the real objective of Alinsky and his radical disciples who call themselves liberals and bore from within. Alinsky writes of "the "revolutionary force" of the 1960s, that its activists were "one moment reminiscent of the idealistic early Christians yet they also urge violence and cry 'Burn the system down.!' They have no illusions about the system, but plenty of illusions about the way to change our world. It is to this point that I have written this book." Radicals who call for burning down America's democracy "have no illusions about the system"! They just don't know how to go about doing it.
Alinsky's book could be called Machiavellian Rules for Radicals, because it is all about deception, about keeping others in the dark about your intentions until it is too late. Alinsky even acknowledges Machiavelli as his model: "What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be." These are the famous lines that Michelle Obama made in her own Democratic Convention speech.
Alinsky continues: "The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. [I will have more to say about these Haves in the next blog.] Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away."
Alinsky's agenda is the same agenda as that of the radicals who called for "Revolution Now" in the 1960s. He just has a more clever way of doing it. If you want socialized medicine, don't say you want socialized medicine. Say you want "Medicare for all," as though transforming a partial government insurance for the indigent into a total system required for everyone wouldn't transform the program into a pillar of the totalitarian future.
Actually there's nothing new in Alinsky's strategy of appearing moderate in order to disarm your opposition. That was what Stalin's popular front was all about -- communists pretending to be democrats and forming allianaces with liberals in order to acquire enough power to shut the democracy down. And, in fact, it was Lenin's idea too, which is where Alinsky got it in the first place. Lenin is one of Alinsky's heroes -- Castro is another -- and he invokes the master in the course of chiding the rhetorical radicals of the New Left over a famous Sixties slogan, which was itself lifted from Mao. Mao's slogan said political power comes out of the barrel of a gun. Comments Alinsky:
"'Power comes out of the barrel of a gun' is an absurd rallying cry when the other side has all the guns. Lenin was a pragmatist; when he returned from what was then Petrograd from exile, he said that the Bolsheviks stood for getting power through the ballot but would reconsider after they got the guns."
In other words, vote for us now, but when we are the government it will be another story. One man, one vote, one time. This is the political credo of all totalitatarians, including Hitler, who was elected Chancellor and then made himself Fuerher and shut the voting booths down.
Lenin was not a pragmatist (how fatuous): he was a Machievellian monster who was engaged in a total war which justified every means to achieve its goals. Alinsky is marching to the same drummer. What he really means is that Lenin was a realist and understood how to use the power he had, and, when it was not enough to crush his opposition, to make up for its deficiencies with deception. "These rules [for radicals]" Alinsky explains, "make the difference between being a realistic radical and a being a rhetorical one who uses the tired old words and slogans, calls the police 'pig' or 'white fascist racist' or 'motherfucker' and has so stereotyped himself that others react by saying, 'Oh he's one of those' and promptly turn off." Get the power and then you can call them (and do with them) what you want.
"This failure of many of our younger activists to understand the art of communication has been disastrous," writes Alinsky. What he really means is their failure to understand the art of mis-communication. This is the art that teaches radicals who are trying impose a socialist health care system in a country whose people understand that socialism destroys freedom, not to sell it as socialism, but to sell it as a "public option," or as "Medicare for all."
What this adds up to is a call to revolutionaries who want to destroy the system, to first work within the system until you can accumulate enough power to destroy it. In the movement, we used to call this the strategy of "boring from within." Like termites, you eat away at the foundations until the building collapses.
Alinsky's advice is: Don't confront the system as an opposing army; join it and undermine it as a fifth column force: "'That means working within the system." That means that "any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people."
It is first necessary to sell the public on "change," the "audacity of hope," and "yes we can." You do this by proposing moderate changes which open the door to your radical agendas. Says Alinsky:
"Remember: once you organize people around something as commonly agreed upon as pollution, then an organized people is on the move. From there it's a short and natural step to political pollution, to Pentagon pollution."Not an accident that the new Green Czar appointed by Obama to jump start the anti-pollution revolution, Van Jones, is a self-described communist.
David Horowitz is the founder of The David Horowitz Freedom Center and author of the new book, One Party Classroom.
Please ask questions of your Senators, House of Representatives in Congress. Ask them what they are doing? Why are they fulfilling their oath of office - protecting America, the U.S. Constitution , and the American people from their enemies both domestic and foreign? Let them know you are holding accountable and that will become more evident as they come up for re-election in 2010.
Time to get serious Americans these are the most dangerous time in the last 50 years.
Submitted by
Richard Lewis
I came across this article by David Horowitz and frankly it scares the hell out of me. Look closely at it, does it remind you of anything.
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Font: 10pt 12pt 14pt 16pt 18pt 20pt 22pt Posted at 12:00 AM on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 by David Horowitz Boring From Within: Alinsky, Beck, Satan and Me, Part III
Conservatives think of war as a metaphor when applied to politics. For radicals the war is real. That is why partisans of the left set out to destroy their opponents, not just refute their arguments. It is also why they never speak the truth. Deception for them is a military tactic in a war that is designed to eliminate their opponents.
Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is first of all a broadside against the New Left. What Alinsky attacks about the New Left is its honesty -- something I've always regarded as its only redeeming feature. While American Communists -- the Old Left -- pretended to be Jeffersonian Democrats and "progressives" and formed "popular fronts" with liberals to "defend democracy," we in the New Left disdained their deception and regarded it as weakness. To distinguish ourselves from these Old Leftists, we said we were revolutionaries and proud of it.
"Up against the wall motherfucker" was a typical New Left slogan, telegraphing exactly how we felt about people who opposed us. The most basic principle of Alinsky's advice to radicals is, lie to your opponents and potential opponents and disarm them by pretending to be moderates, liberals. This has been the most potent weapon of the left since the end of the Sixties. Racists like Al Sharpton and Jeremiah Wright posing as civil rights activists, radicals like Henry Waxman and Barney Frank posing as liberals. The mark of their success is how conservatives collude in the deception. Even Fox's Megan Kelly, brilliant in all other things, still refers to the congressional socialists holding out for a total government takeover of the medical system as "liberals.")
Alinsky chides New Leftists for being "rhetorical radicals" rather than "realistic" ones. New Leftists scared people but didn't have the power to back up their threats. Alinsky's manual is designed to teach radicals how to manipulate the public into thinking they're harmless, in order to accumulate enough power to achieve the radical agenda -- to burn the system down and replace it with a socialist gulag.
Make no mistake, this -- a totalitarian future -- is the real objective of Alinsky and his radical disciples who call themselves liberals and bore from within. Alinsky writes of "the "revolutionary force" of the 1960s, that its activists were "one moment reminiscent of the idealistic early Christians yet they also urge violence and cry 'Burn the system down.!' They have no illusions about the system, but plenty of illusions about the way to change our world. It is to this point that I have written this book." Radicals who call for burning down America's democracy "have no illusions about the system"! They just don't know how to go about doing it.
Alinsky's book could be called Machiavellian Rules for Radicals, because it is all about deception, about keeping others in the dark about your intentions until it is too late. Alinsky even acknowledges Machiavelli as his model: "What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be." These are the famous lines that Michelle Obama made in her own Democratic Convention speech.
Alinsky continues: "The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. [I will have more to say about these Haves in the next blog.] Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away."
Alinsky's agenda is the same agenda as that of the radicals who called for "Revolution Now" in the 1960s. He just has a more clever way of doing it. If you want socialized medicine, don't say you want socialized medicine. Say you want "Medicare for all," as though transforming a partial government insurance for the indigent into a total system required for everyone wouldn't transform the program into a pillar of the totalitarian future.
Actually there's nothing new in Alinsky's strategy of appearing moderate in order to disarm your opposition. That was what Stalin's popular front was all about -- communists pretending to be democrats and forming allianaces with liberals in order to acquire enough power to shut the democracy down. And, in fact, it was Lenin's idea too, which is where Alinsky got it in the first place. Lenin is one of Alinsky's heroes -- Castro is another -- and he invokes the master in the course of chiding the rhetorical radicals of the New Left over a famous Sixties slogan, which was itself lifted from Mao. Mao's slogan said political power comes out of the barrel of a gun. Comments Alinsky:
"'Power comes out of the barrel of a gun' is an absurd rallying cry when the other side has all the guns. Lenin was a pragmatist; when he returned from what was then Petrograd from exile, he said that the Bolsheviks stood for getting power through the ballot but would reconsider after they got the guns."
In other words, vote for us now, but when we are the government it will be another story. One man, one vote, one time. This is the political credo of all totalitatarians, including Hitler, who was elected Chancellor and then made himself Fuerher and shut the voting booths down.
Lenin was not a pragmatist (how fatuous): he was a Machievellian monster who was engaged in a total war which justified every means to achieve its goals. Alinsky is marching to the same drummer. What he really means is that Lenin was a realist and understood how to use the power he had, and, when it was not enough to crush his opposition, to make up for its deficiencies with deception. "These rules [for radicals]" Alinsky explains, "make the difference between being a realistic radical and a being a rhetorical one who uses the tired old words and slogans, calls the police 'pig' or 'white fascist racist' or 'motherfucker' and has so stereotyped himself that others react by saying, 'Oh he's one of those' and promptly turn off." Get the power and then you can call them (and do with them) what you want.
"This failure of many of our younger activists to understand the art of communication has been disastrous," writes Alinsky. What he really means is their failure to understand the art of mis-communication. This is the art that teaches radicals who are trying impose a socialist health care system in a country whose people understand that socialism destroys freedom, not to sell it as socialism, but to sell it as a "public option," or as "Medicare for all."
What this adds up to is a call to revolutionaries who want to destroy the system, to first work within the system until you can accumulate enough power to destroy it. In the movement, we used to call this the strategy of "boring from within." Like termites, you eat away at the foundations until the building collapses.
Alinsky's advice is: Don't confront the system as an opposing army; join it and undermine it as a fifth column force: "'That means working within the system." That means that "any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people."
It is first necessary to sell the public on "change," the "audacity of hope," and "yes we can." You do this by proposing moderate changes which open the door to your radical agendas. Says Alinsky:
"Remember: once you organize people around something as commonly agreed upon as pollution, then an organized people is on the move. From there it's a short and natural step to political pollution, to Pentagon pollution."Not an accident that the new Green Czar appointed by Obama to jump start the anti-pollution revolution, Van Jones, is a self-described communist.
David Horowitz is the founder of The David Horowitz Freedom Center and author of the new book, One Party Classroom.
Please ask questions of your Senators, House of Representatives in Congress. Ask them what they are doing? Why are they fulfilling their oath of office - protecting America, the U.S. Constitution , and the American people from their enemies both domestic and foreign? Let them know you are holding accountable and that will become more evident as they come up for re-election in 2010.
Time to get serious Americans these are the most dangerous time in the last 50 years.
Submitted by
Richard Lewis
Monday, August 31, 2009
Class III Senators
Welcome fellow Americans below find the names of your respective Congressional Senators coming up for re-election in November 2010. Look up your respective Senator has been voting and if his position does not protect the U.S. Constitution, America's founding principles, protects America and the American people the Senator needs to be replaced. No question asked, No consideration for re-election permitted, your Country depends on you the voter to defend her.
Join with millions of others and stand now shoulder to shoulder and fight to preserve your Freedoms, Liberties, and Rights to pursue happiness. Rights given by God to be passed down to future generations. Right now you are the closest America has ever been to losing these Freedoms, Liberties, and Rights.
Do not by the lies coming from our government leaders and Washington.
Here are the Names:
Bayh, Evan - (D - IN) Class III 131 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5623 Web Form: bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/
Bennet, Michael F. - (D - CO) Class III 702 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5852 Web Form: bennet.senate.gov/contact/
Bennett, Robert F. - (R - UT) Class III 431 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5444 Web Form: bennett.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Bond, Christopher S. - (R - MO) Class III 274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5721 Web Form: bond.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.Con...
Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA) Class III 112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3553 Web Form: boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm
Brownback, Sam - (R - KS) Class III 303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6521 Web Form: brownback.senate.gov/public/contact/emailsam.cfm
Bunning, Jim - (R - KY) Class III 316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4343 Web Form: bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Co...
Burr, Richard - (R - NC) Class III 217 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3154 Web Form: burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Conta...
Burris, Roland W. - (D - IL) Class III 387 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2854 Web Form: burris.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Coburn, Tom - (R - OK) Class III 172 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5754 Web Form: coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSena...
Crapo, Mike - (R - ID) Class III 239 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6142 Web Form: crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
DeMint, Jim - (R - SC) Class III 340 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 Web Form: demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Dodd, Christopher J. - (D - CT) Class III 448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2823 Web Form: dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3130
Dorgan, Byron L. - (D - ND) Class III 322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2551 Web Form: dorgan.senate.gov/contact/contact_form.cfm
Feingold, Russell D. - (D - WI) Class III 506 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5323 Web Form: feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html
Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA) Class III 135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3744 Web Form: grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Gregg, Judd - (R - NH) Class III 201 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3324 Web Form: gregg.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Cont...
Inouye, Daniel K. - (D - HI) Class III 722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3934 Web Form: inouye.senate.gov/Contact/Email-Form.cfm
Isakson, Johnny - (R - GA) Class III 120 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3643 Web Form: isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Leahy, Patrick J. - (D - VT) Class III 433 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4242 Web Form: leahy.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Levin, Carl - (D - MI) Class II 269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6221 Web Form: levin.senate.gov/contact/
Lincoln, Blanche L. - (D - AR) Class III 355 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4843 Web Form: lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Martinez, Mel - (R - FL) Class III 356 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3041 Web Form: martinez.senate.gov/public/?p=EmailSenatorMartinez
McCain, John - (R - AZ) Class III 241 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2235 Web Form: mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Con...
Mikulski, Barbara A. - (D - MD) Class III 503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4654 Web Form: mikulski.senate.gov/Contact/contact.cfm
Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK) Class III 709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6665 Web Form: murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactM...
Murray, Patty - (D - WA) Class III 173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2621 Web Form: murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm
Reid, Harry - (D - NV) Class III 522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3542 Web Form: reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Schumer, Charles E. - (D - NY) Class III 313 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6542 Web Form: schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm
Shelby, Richard C. - (R - AL) Class III 304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5744 Web Form: shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSena...
Specter, Arlen - (D - PA) Class III 711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4254 Web Form: specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Co...
Thune, John - (R - SD) Class III 493 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2321 Web Form: thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email
Vitter, David - (R - LA) Class III 516 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4623 Web Form: vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Con...
Voinovich, George V. - (R - OH) Class III 524 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3353 Web Form: voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact....
Wyden, Ron - (D - OR) Class III 223 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5244 Web Form: wyden.senate.gov/contact/
At a later time based on my own view and study of these Senators I will give my list of those that failed to live up to their oath of office to protect the U.S. Constitution, America, American people, or to even use common sense in the performance of their duties in office.
It is time to get involved.
Thank you for reading take note get involved, or you lose.
Submitted by
Richard Lewis
Join with millions of others and stand now shoulder to shoulder and fight to preserve your Freedoms, Liberties, and Rights to pursue happiness. Rights given by God to be passed down to future generations. Right now you are the closest America has ever been to losing these Freedoms, Liberties, and Rights.
Do not by the lies coming from our government leaders and Washington.
Here are the Names:
Bayh, Evan - (D - IN) Class III 131 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5623 Web Form: bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/
Bennet, Michael F. - (D - CO) Class III 702 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5852 Web Form: bennet.senate.gov/contact/
Bennett, Robert F. - (R - UT) Class III 431 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5444 Web Form: bennett.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Bond, Christopher S. - (R - MO) Class III 274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5721 Web Form: bond.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.Con...
Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA) Class III 112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3553 Web Form: boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm
Brownback, Sam - (R - KS) Class III 303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6521 Web Form: brownback.senate.gov/public/contact/emailsam.cfm
Bunning, Jim - (R - KY) Class III 316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4343 Web Form: bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Co...
Burr, Richard - (R - NC) Class III 217 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3154 Web Form: burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Conta...
Burris, Roland W. - (D - IL) Class III 387 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2854 Web Form: burris.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Coburn, Tom - (R - OK) Class III 172 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5754 Web Form: coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSena...
Crapo, Mike - (R - ID) Class III 239 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6142 Web Form: crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
DeMint, Jim - (R - SC) Class III 340 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 Web Form: demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Dodd, Christopher J. - (D - CT) Class III 448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2823 Web Form: dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3130
Dorgan, Byron L. - (D - ND) Class III 322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2551 Web Form: dorgan.senate.gov/contact/contact_form.cfm
Feingold, Russell D. - (D - WI) Class III 506 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5323 Web Form: feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html
Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA) Class III 135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3744 Web Form: grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Gregg, Judd - (R - NH) Class III 201 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3324 Web Form: gregg.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Cont...
Inouye, Daniel K. - (D - HI) Class III 722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3934 Web Form: inouye.senate.gov/Contact/Email-Form.cfm
Isakson, Johnny - (R - GA) Class III 120 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3643 Web Form: isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Leahy, Patrick J. - (D - VT) Class III 433 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4242 Web Form: leahy.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Levin, Carl - (D - MI) Class II 269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6221 Web Form: levin.senate.gov/contact/
Lincoln, Blanche L. - (D - AR) Class III 355 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4843 Web Form: lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Martinez, Mel - (R - FL) Class III 356 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3041 Web Form: martinez.senate.gov/public/?p=EmailSenatorMartinez
McCain, John - (R - AZ) Class III 241 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2235 Web Form: mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Con...
Mikulski, Barbara A. - (D - MD) Class III 503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4654 Web Form: mikulski.senate.gov/Contact/contact.cfm
Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK) Class III 709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6665 Web Form: murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactM...
Murray, Patty - (D - WA) Class III 173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2621 Web Form: murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm
Reid, Harry - (D - NV) Class III 522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3542 Web Form: reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Schumer, Charles E. - (D - NY) Class III 313 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6542 Web Form: schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm
Shelby, Richard C. - (R - AL) Class III 304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5744 Web Form: shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSena...
Specter, Arlen - (D - PA) Class III 711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4254 Web Form: specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Co...
Thune, John - (R - SD) Class III 493 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2321 Web Form: thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email
Vitter, David - (R - LA) Class III 516 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4623 Web Form: vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Con...
Voinovich, George V. - (R - OH) Class III 524 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-3353 Web Form: voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact....
Wyden, Ron - (D - OR) Class III 223 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5244 Web Form: wyden.senate.gov/contact/
At a later time based on my own view and study of these Senators I will give my list of those that failed to live up to their oath of office to protect the U.S. Constitution, America, American people, or to even use common sense in the performance of their duties in office.
It is time to get involved.
Thank you for reading take note get involved, or you lose.
Submitted by
Richard Lewis
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Obama’s Imperial Decree: Target Oklahoma
I am passing on a clip by -Kevin Gutzman, an American historian and New York Times bestselling author. Reads as follows: "Remember the good old days, when one only had to watch out for the Federal Government’s twisted interpretation of the commerce clause to justify tyranny?
Well those days seem to be long gone. The Obama Administration has been employing an old tactic lately – what some might call an imperial threat – and they’re not doing it overseas, either.
STATES UNDER THREAT
The state of Oklahoma is now the target of a direct challenge from US Attorney General Eric Holder, who is using the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as justification to violate Oklahoma’s sovereignty as affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution.
In a letter written to the State Attorney General in April, the Federal government used aggressive language, bringing up the possibility of withholding Federal funds appropriated for Oklahoma. The reason? A proposed amendment to the State Constitution, which requires voter approval, that would make English the official language of the State.
“What it indicates is the Federal Government’s contempt for the states, in this case Oklahoma, and for the idea of federal - as opposed to national - government. AG Holder believes that Oklahoma is an administrative subdivision of the USA, and that it is perfectly right for him to coerce Oklahomans to do his will. Who cares whether he has ever been to Oklahoma, met an Oklahoman, or thought about Oklahoma?” said Kevin Gutzman, an American historian and New York Times bestselling author.
Oklahoma is not alone as a state challenged by central authority in recent months.
If we keep with our present apathy towards what government is doing soon we won't have to worry, because we will be like Nazi Germany and have no rights at all. We will have to keep our thoughts and opinions to ourselves and pray we are not thrown into slave camps.
Do we have anyone that is willing to stand up for our Constitution, Bill of Rgihts, America or is the work to hard for mosat of us to keep the Republic which we are charge with. God gave us this Country and these rights and now He is warning us we are about to lose them forever. Why have we ignored Him for so long.
Last Call!!
Submitted by
Richard Lewis
Well those days seem to be long gone. The Obama Administration has been employing an old tactic lately – what some might call an imperial threat – and they’re not doing it overseas, either.
STATES UNDER THREAT
The state of Oklahoma is now the target of a direct challenge from US Attorney General Eric Holder, who is using the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as justification to violate Oklahoma’s sovereignty as affirmed by the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution.
In a letter written to the State Attorney General in April, the Federal government used aggressive language, bringing up the possibility of withholding Federal funds appropriated for Oklahoma. The reason? A proposed amendment to the State Constitution, which requires voter approval, that would make English the official language of the State.
“What it indicates is the Federal Government’s contempt for the states, in this case Oklahoma, and for the idea of federal - as opposed to national - government. AG Holder believes that Oklahoma is an administrative subdivision of the USA, and that it is perfectly right for him to coerce Oklahomans to do his will. Who cares whether he has ever been to Oklahoma, met an Oklahoman, or thought about Oklahoma?” said Kevin Gutzman, an American historian and New York Times bestselling author.
Oklahoma is not alone as a state challenged by central authority in recent months.
If we keep with our present apathy towards what government is doing soon we won't have to worry, because we will be like Nazi Germany and have no rights at all. We will have to keep our thoughts and opinions to ourselves and pray we are not thrown into slave camps.
Do we have anyone that is willing to stand up for our Constitution, Bill of Rgihts, America or is the work to hard for mosat of us to keep the Republic which we are charge with. God gave us this Country and these rights and now He is warning us we are about to lose them forever. Why have we ignored Him for so long.
Last Call!!
Submitted by
Richard Lewis
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Industry Cash Flowed To Drafters of Reform
Health-care reform is a major issue facing our Congress and the American people today. Government, Oboma and his cohorts, and other economist say health cost is going to bankrupt America and this perhaps is true. However, instead of improving regulation and control governing health-care industry, drug makers, doctors, hospitals, and insurers to trim the costs (which they have already admitted being able to cut costs significantly, and where we should be focusing) Oboma wants to reinvent the wheel. Oboma will if we allow introduce you to socialized medicine, and government will decide your health-care needs, where you will receive that care, and if your value to life warrants the kind of care you need. Already government is saying that elderly people are not worth as much as young people. Imagine if you are diagnosed with cancer, or need a liver, kidney transplant, or some other life threatening condition, do you want the government making those decisions. If you answered yes, God help you. Sure our health-care has problems, but government will not fix those, it will erase them and in their place give you something where you have no choice. I have cancer and a pacemaker, but I am not ready to die, but under the government (Oboma health-care) I would have little value to life and be pushed aside to wait to die; I am only 68 years old. Is this the kind of change you voted for?
Here is a Senator who has sold your health-care out to the lobbyist for thousands of campaign dollars. This article is from The Washington Post July 21, 2009 written by Dan Eggen - read it for yourself. Is this the kind of representation you want in Congress?
As liberal protesters marched outside, Sen. Max Baucus sat down inside a San Francisco mansion for a dinner of chicken cordon bleu and a discussion of landmark health-care legislation under consideration by his Senate Finance Committee.
At the table on May 26 were about 20 donors willing to fork over $10,000 or more to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, including executives of major insurance companies, hospitals and other health-care firms.
"Most people there had an agenda; they wanted the ear of a senator, and they got it," said Aaron Roland, a San Francisco health-care activist who paid half price to attend the gathering. "Money gets you in the door. The only thing the other side can do is march around and protest outside."
As his committee has taken center stage in the battle over health-care reform, Chairman Baucus (D-Mont.) has emerged as a leading recipient of Senate campaign contributions from the hospitals, insurers and other medical interest groups hoping to shape the legislation to their advantage. Health-related companies and their employees gave Baucus's political committees nearly $1.5 million in 2007 and 2008, when he began holding hearings and making preparations for this year's reform debate.
Top health executives and lobbyists have continued to flock to the senator's often extravagant fundraising events in recent months. During a Senate break in late June, for example, Baucus held his 10th annual fly-fishing and golfing weekend in Big Sky, Mont., for a minimum donation of $2,500. Later this month comes "Camp Baucus," a "trip for the whole family" that adds horseback riding and hiking to the list of activities.
To avoid any appearance of favoritism, his aides say, Baucus quietly began refusing contributions from health-care political action committees after June 1. But the policy does not apply to lobbyists or corporate executives, who continued to make donations, disclosure records show.
Baucus declined requests to comment for this article. Spokesman Tyler Matsdorf said the senator "is only driven by one thing: what is right for Montana and the country. And he will continue his open process of working together with the president, his colleagues in Congress, and groups and individuals from across the nation to get this legislation passed."
Baucus's fundraising prowess underscores the enduring political strength of the health-care lobby, which led all other sectors in donations to federal candidates during the last election cycle and has shifted its giving to Democrats as the party has tightened its control of Congress.
The sector gave nearly $170 million to federal lawmakers in 2007 and 2008, with 54 percent going to Democrats, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in politics. The shift in parties was even more pronounced during the first three months of this year, when Democrats collected 60 percent of the $5.4 million donated by health-care companies and their employees, the data show.
Many of these contributions have been focused on Baucus, Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and other senators in the moderate camps of their respective parties, whose votes could prove crucial in a final health-care reform deal, as well as the leaders of five key committees leading the debate. Grassley, the Finance Committee's ranking Republican, received more than $2 million from the health and insurance sectors since 2003. House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) took in $1.6 million from the health sector and its employees over the past two years; ranking Republican Dave Camp (Mich.) received nearly $1 million.
But Baucus, a senator from a sparsely populated and conservative Western state who is serving his sixth term, stands out for the rising tide of health-care contributions to his campaign committee, Friends of Max Baucus, and his political-action committee, Glacier PAC. Baucus collected $3 million from the health and insurance sectors from 2003 to 2008, about 20 percent of the total, data show. Less than 10 percent of the money came from Montana.
Top out-of-state corporate contributors included Schering-Plough, New York Life Insurance, Amgen, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield; individual executives such as Richard T. Clark, chief executive and president of drugmaker Merck, have also made regular donations. Most of these companies, particularly major insurers, strongly oppose a public insurance option, which is favored by President Obama and top House Democrats but has not received support from Baucus's committee. Baucus is a longtime centrist in the Democratic caucus, and his committee chairmanship has made him a key broker in the health-reform debate. Many former Baucus staff members, including two chiefs of staff, lobby on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry and other health-care players and have been closely involved in negotiations on the legislation.
John Jonas, a Patton Boggs health-care lobbyist who has attended a Baucus fly-fishing event and other fundraisers, said the Montana senator is "key to getting anything done" when it comes to health-care legislation.
"This is not an overwhelmingly liberal Congress, and it's certainly not a liberal Senate," said Jonas, whose clients include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer and Northwestern Mutual. "I think Max is uniquely situated to try to accomplish that, because he's more of a centrist and moderate Democrat than others are."
But Jerry Flanagan, a health-care analyst with Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group, said the tide of campaign contributions amounts to "a huge down payment" by companies that expect favorable policies in return. "That is the cold reality of big-money politics," he said.
Baucus won easy reelection in the fall, but he has continued to hold fundraisers since then. In addition to the fly-fishing event, he held his "Eighth Annual Ski and Snowmobile Weekend" in Big Sky in February and celebrated the start of his sixth term with a $10,000-a-table dinner at the Washington Court Hotel later that month. Aides say another fundraiser scheduled for July 7 at Bistro Bis in Capitol Hill was scrapped.
Baucus's office declined to provide attendance and donation details about his fundraising events, and federal records laws do not require such disclosures. Starting in June, aides say, Baucus adopted an internal office policy to refuse contributions from health-care PACs and to continue doing so until after Congress passes reform legislation.
But new Federal Election Commission documents filed last week show that individual lobbyists and others with health-care connections continued to make contributions to Baucus committees throughout June. Examples from Baucus's Glacier PAC include $5,000 from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America and $2,500 from lobbyists with U.S. Strategies, which represents numerous health-care firms. Overall, half of the $110,000 in donations to the PAC from April to June came from health-care firms and lobbyists, including Schering-Plough, Medtronic and New York Life.
Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for the Public Citizen advocacy group, said the continued fundraising by Baucus during the health-care debate is "very troubling."
"He's doing all this fundraising right in the middle of this effort to mark up a bill," Holman said. "When you put these events close to matters concerning these lobbyists, clearly it's a signal. You are expected to show up with a check."
Baucus and his aides strongly dispute any assertion that campaign contributions have an impact on the senator's policy views and proposals. Aides say he has frequently backed policies opposed by health-care companies, including support for greater availability of generic drugs, allowing drug imports from Canada and cutting payments to the Medicare Advantage plan.
During an interview earlier this year with the Missoulian newspaper, Baucus said that "no one gets special treatment." He added: "Your word is your bond back there."
I ask you again is this Senator representing your interest. I think he sold his soul and the people from Montana, and the American people out to health-care Lobbyist and who knows who else for a few thousand dollars. I say When he is up, He is out.
I will watch his voting record and I will let the people of Montana, and the American People of his Voting Record. Remember a Leopard doesn't change his spots.
Thank you for reading be informed.
Submitted By
Richard Lewis
Here is a Senator who has sold your health-care out to the lobbyist for thousands of campaign dollars. This article is from The Washington Post July 21, 2009 written by Dan Eggen - read it for yourself. Is this the kind of representation you want in Congress?
As liberal protesters marched outside, Sen. Max Baucus sat down inside a San Francisco mansion for a dinner of chicken cordon bleu and a discussion of landmark health-care legislation under consideration by his Senate Finance Committee.
At the table on May 26 were about 20 donors willing to fork over $10,000 or more to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, including executives of major insurance companies, hospitals and other health-care firms.
"Most people there had an agenda; they wanted the ear of a senator, and they got it," said Aaron Roland, a San Francisco health-care activist who paid half price to attend the gathering. "Money gets you in the door. The only thing the other side can do is march around and protest outside."
As his committee has taken center stage in the battle over health-care reform, Chairman Baucus (D-Mont.) has emerged as a leading recipient of Senate campaign contributions from the hospitals, insurers and other medical interest groups hoping to shape the legislation to their advantage. Health-related companies and their employees gave Baucus's political committees nearly $1.5 million in 2007 and 2008, when he began holding hearings and making preparations for this year's reform debate.
Top health executives and lobbyists have continued to flock to the senator's often extravagant fundraising events in recent months. During a Senate break in late June, for example, Baucus held his 10th annual fly-fishing and golfing weekend in Big Sky, Mont., for a minimum donation of $2,500. Later this month comes "Camp Baucus," a "trip for the whole family" that adds horseback riding and hiking to the list of activities.
To avoid any appearance of favoritism, his aides say, Baucus quietly began refusing contributions from health-care political action committees after June 1. But the policy does not apply to lobbyists or corporate executives, who continued to make donations, disclosure records show.
Baucus declined requests to comment for this article. Spokesman Tyler Matsdorf said the senator "is only driven by one thing: what is right for Montana and the country. And he will continue his open process of working together with the president, his colleagues in Congress, and groups and individuals from across the nation to get this legislation passed."
Baucus's fundraising prowess underscores the enduring political strength of the health-care lobby, which led all other sectors in donations to federal candidates during the last election cycle and has shifted its giving to Democrats as the party has tightened its control of Congress.
The sector gave nearly $170 million to federal lawmakers in 2007 and 2008, with 54 percent going to Democrats, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in politics. The shift in parties was even more pronounced during the first three months of this year, when Democrats collected 60 percent of the $5.4 million donated by health-care companies and their employees, the data show.
Many of these contributions have been focused on Baucus, Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and other senators in the moderate camps of their respective parties, whose votes could prove crucial in a final health-care reform deal, as well as the leaders of five key committees leading the debate. Grassley, the Finance Committee's ranking Republican, received more than $2 million from the health and insurance sectors since 2003. House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) took in $1.6 million from the health sector and its employees over the past two years; ranking Republican Dave Camp (Mich.) received nearly $1 million.
But Baucus, a senator from a sparsely populated and conservative Western state who is serving his sixth term, stands out for the rising tide of health-care contributions to his campaign committee, Friends of Max Baucus, and his political-action committee, Glacier PAC. Baucus collected $3 million from the health and insurance sectors from 2003 to 2008, about 20 percent of the total, data show. Less than 10 percent of the money came from Montana.
Top out-of-state corporate contributors included Schering-Plough, New York Life Insurance, Amgen, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield; individual executives such as Richard T. Clark, chief executive and president of drugmaker Merck, have also made regular donations. Most of these companies, particularly major insurers, strongly oppose a public insurance option, which is favored by President Obama and top House Democrats but has not received support from Baucus's committee. Baucus is a longtime centrist in the Democratic caucus, and his committee chairmanship has made him a key broker in the health-reform debate. Many former Baucus staff members, including two chiefs of staff, lobby on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry and other health-care players and have been closely involved in negotiations on the legislation.
John Jonas, a Patton Boggs health-care lobbyist who has attended a Baucus fly-fishing event and other fundraisers, said the Montana senator is "key to getting anything done" when it comes to health-care legislation.
"This is not an overwhelmingly liberal Congress, and it's certainly not a liberal Senate," said Jonas, whose clients include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer and Northwestern Mutual. "I think Max is uniquely situated to try to accomplish that, because he's more of a centrist and moderate Democrat than others are."
But Jerry Flanagan, a health-care analyst with Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group, said the tide of campaign contributions amounts to "a huge down payment" by companies that expect favorable policies in return. "That is the cold reality of big-money politics," he said.
Baucus won easy reelection in the fall, but he has continued to hold fundraisers since then. In addition to the fly-fishing event, he held his "Eighth Annual Ski and Snowmobile Weekend" in Big Sky in February and celebrated the start of his sixth term with a $10,000-a-table dinner at the Washington Court Hotel later that month. Aides say another fundraiser scheduled for July 7 at Bistro Bis in Capitol Hill was scrapped.
Baucus's office declined to provide attendance and donation details about his fundraising events, and federal records laws do not require such disclosures. Starting in June, aides say, Baucus adopted an internal office policy to refuse contributions from health-care PACs and to continue doing so until after Congress passes reform legislation.
But new Federal Election Commission documents filed last week show that individual lobbyists and others with health-care connections continued to make contributions to Baucus committees throughout June. Examples from Baucus's Glacier PAC include $5,000 from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America and $2,500 from lobbyists with U.S. Strategies, which represents numerous health-care firms. Overall, half of the $110,000 in donations to the PAC from April to June came from health-care firms and lobbyists, including Schering-Plough, Medtronic and New York Life.
Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for the Public Citizen advocacy group, said the continued fundraising by Baucus during the health-care debate is "very troubling."
"He's doing all this fundraising right in the middle of this effort to mark up a bill," Holman said. "When you put these events close to matters concerning these lobbyists, clearly it's a signal. You are expected to show up with a check."
Baucus and his aides strongly dispute any assertion that campaign contributions have an impact on the senator's policy views and proposals. Aides say he has frequently backed policies opposed by health-care companies, including support for greater availability of generic drugs, allowing drug imports from Canada and cutting payments to the Medicare Advantage plan.
During an interview earlier this year with the Missoulian newspaper, Baucus said that "no one gets special treatment." He added: "Your word is your bond back there."
I ask you again is this Senator representing your interest. I think he sold his soul and the people from Montana, and the American people out to health-care Lobbyist and who knows who else for a few thousand dollars. I say When he is up, He is out.
I will watch his voting record and I will let the people of Montana, and the American People of his Voting Record. Remember a Leopard doesn't change his spots.
Thank you for reading be informed.
Submitted By
Richard Lewis
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
FINAL VOTE RESULTS H R 2918 YEA-AND-NAY 19-Jun-2009
Fellow Americans here is how your House of Representatives in Congress Voted on Bill H.R.2918 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch FY 2010. I have posted the contents ofthis bill on Craiglist for the past 3 days. If you feel that your representative did not do a good job in controlling spending, or failed to exercise fiscal responsibility make a note of this and next November election 2010 vote them out of office.
Consider the way Congress has been responding to their job of protecting the Constitution and the American People, to the way they blindly give Oboma everything he want and passing legislation bills without reading them. A good November Election Campaign is "if your up, your out".
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 413
(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)
H R 2918 YEA-AND-NAY 19-Jun-2009 1:09 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch FY 2010
Yeas Nays PRES NV
Democratic 214 27 14
Republican 18 151 9
Independent
TOTALS 232 178 23
---- YEAS 232 ---
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Blumenauer
Boccieri
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown,
Corrine
Butterfield
Cao
Capito
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Childers
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
FarrFilner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Gonzalez
Gordon (TN)
Grayson
Green, Al
Griffith
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kagen
Kaptur
Kildee
Kilroy
Kirk
Kissell
Klein (FL)
Kosmas
Kucinich
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Luján
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney
Markey (MA)
MatsuiMcCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McMahon
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murtha
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shuler
Simpson
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walz
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wexler
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
---- NAYS 178 ---
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Arcuri
Austria
Bachus
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bean
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Conaway
Costello
Culberson
Davis (KY)
DentDonnelly (IN)
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Ehlers
Fallin
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green, Gene
Guthrie
Hall (TX)
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hoekstra
Hunter
Inglis
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan (OH)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kline (MN)
Kratovil
Lamborn
Latta
Lee (NY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey (CO)
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Mica
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Minnick
Mitchell
Moran (KS)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Nye
Olson
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
Perriello
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Posey
Price (GA)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rehberg
Reichert
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schock
Sensenbrenner
Shimkus
Shuster
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Tanner
Taylor
Teague
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
---- NOT VOTING 23 ---
Bachmann
Barrett (SC)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Capuano
Davis (AL)
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
Fattah
Harman
Kanjorski
Kennedy
Kilpatrick (MI)
LaTourette
Lewis (GA)
Miller (FL)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sessions
Sestak
Shadegg
Sullivan
Velázquez
Westmoreland
I don't consider Not Voting acceptable behavior by my Congressional representatives. I elect them to protect the Constitution, my Rights and to read and pass legislation that benefits me, my Country, and fellow Americans. I don't vote them to grow government, trash the U. S. Constitution, and toss out my Rights for their self promoting benefit.
Remember IF THEY ARE UP, THEY ARE OUT particularly if they don't read, discuss and blindly follow Oboma's whims.
Submitted By
Richard Lewis
Consider the way Congress has been responding to their job of protecting the Constitution and the American People, to the way they blindly give Oboma everything he want and passing legislation bills without reading them. A good November Election Campaign is "if your up, your out".
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 413
(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)
H R 2918 YEA-AND-NAY 19-Jun-2009 1:09 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch FY 2010
Yeas Nays PRES NV
Democratic 214 27 14
Republican 18 151 9
Independent
TOTALS 232 178 23
---- YEAS 232 ---
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Blumenauer
Boccieri
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown,
Corrine
Butterfield
Cao
Capito
Capps
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Carter
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Childers
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Courtney
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
FarrFilner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Gonzalez
Gordon (TN)
Grayson
Green, Al
Griffith
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kagen
Kaptur
Kildee
Kilroy
Kirk
Kissell
Klein (FL)
Kosmas
Kucinich
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Luján
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney
Markey (MA)
MatsuiMcCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McMahon
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murtha
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shuler
Simpson
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walz
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wexler
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
---- NAYS 178 ---
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Arcuri
Austria
Bachus
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Bean
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Conaway
Costello
Culberson
Davis (KY)
DentDonnelly (IN)
Dreier
Driehaus
Duncan
Ehlers
Fallin
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green, Gene
Guthrie
Hall (TX)
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Hoekstra
Hunter
Inglis
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan (OH)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kline (MN)
Kratovil
Lamborn
Latta
Lee (NY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey (CO)
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
Mica
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Minnick
Mitchell
Moran (KS)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Nye
Olson
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
Perriello
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Posey
Price (GA)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rehberg
Reichert
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schock
Sensenbrenner
Shimkus
Shuster
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Tanner
Taylor
Teague
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
---- NOT VOTING 23 ---
Bachmann
Barrett (SC)
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Capuano
Davis (AL)
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
Fattah
Harman
Kanjorski
Kennedy
Kilpatrick (MI)
LaTourette
Lewis (GA)
Miller (FL)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sessions
Sestak
Shadegg
Sullivan
Velázquez
Westmoreland
I don't consider Not Voting acceptable behavior by my Congressional representatives. I elect them to protect the Constitution, my Rights and to read and pass legislation that benefits me, my Country, and fellow Americans. I don't vote them to grow government, trash the U. S. Constitution, and toss out my Rights for their self promoting benefit.
Remember IF THEY ARE UP, THEY ARE OUT particularly if they don't read, discuss and blindly follow Oboma's whims.
Submitted By
Richard Lewis
Monday, July 20, 2009
H. R. 2918
[Report No. 111–160] (cont.)
This is the last pages of "Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes."
page 27 thru 36
HR 2918 RH
1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress
5 and the distribution of Congressional information in any
6 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
7 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly
8 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
9 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code);
10 printing and binding of Government publications author-
11 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and
12 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
13 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge
14 to the recipient, $93,296,000: Provided, That this appro-
15 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
16 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual
17 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
18 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code:
19 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
20 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
21 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years:
22 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
23 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code,
24 none of the funds appropriated or made available under
25 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and
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1 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of
2 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print
3 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
4 riod beginning on the date that such document, report,
5 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
6 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance
7 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided
8 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in
9 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding
10 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
11 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of
12 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees
13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
14 Senate.
15 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
19 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
20 ing of Government publications and their distribution to
21 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
22 cies, and designated depository and international exchange
23 libraries as authorized by law, $40,911,000: Provided,
24 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current
25 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis
26 eminating Congressional serial sets and other related
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1 publications for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to depository
2 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any
3 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac-
4 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may
5 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv-
6 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading,
7 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
8 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate.
9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
10 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re-
11 volving Fund, $12,000,000 for information technology de-
12 velopment and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
13 ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such
14 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in
15 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com-
16 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
17 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as
18 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
19 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year
20 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro-
21 vided further, That not more than $7,500 may be ex-
22 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
23 tion with official representation and reception expenses:
24 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
25 for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger
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1 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
2 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to
3 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out
4 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided
5 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem-
6 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of
7 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals
8 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
9 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
10 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities
11 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa-
12 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving
13 fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office
14 of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
15 penses’’ may not be used for contracted security services
16 at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia.
17 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19 For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
20 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
21 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of
22 the United States in connection with official representa-
23 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent
24 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
25 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily
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1 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of
2 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title;
3 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in
4 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title
5 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
6 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign
7 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8));
8 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
9 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
10 eign countries, $558,849,000: Provided, That not more
11 than $5,449,000 of payments received under section 782
12 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use
13 in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than
14 $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under section
15 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available
16 for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not
17 more than $7,423,000 of reimbursements received under
18 section 3521 of title 31, United States Code, shall be
19 available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further,
20 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
21 trative expenses of any other department or agency which
22 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit
23 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum
24 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either
25 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in-
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1 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
2 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the
3 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro-
4 priation from which costs involved are initially financed.
5 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST
6 FUND
7 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center
8 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World
9 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative
10 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151),
11 $9,000,000.
12 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
13 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
14 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
15 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under
16 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
17 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105),
18 $430,000.
19 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
20 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE
21 VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
22 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi-
23 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may
24 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities
25 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee
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1 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the
2 Committee on Rules and Administration.
3 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of
4 the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available
5 for obligation beyond fiscal year 2010 unless expressly so
6 provided in this Act.
7 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA-
8 TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not
9 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929
10 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of
11 compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
12 propriated for is different from that specifically estab-
13 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
14 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
15 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act
16 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
17 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
18 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of
19 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law
20 with respect thereto.
21 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure
22 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting
23 service through procurement contract, under section 3109
24 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those
25 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public
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1 record and available for public inspection, except where
2 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
3 Executive order issued under existing law.
4 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums
5 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
6 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
7 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to
8 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
9 section.
10 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available
11 for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity
12 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial
13 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on
14 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
15 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the
16 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared
17 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such
18 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter-
19 mine) may not exceed $2,000.
20 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi-
21 tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co-
22 lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land-
23 scape features, excluding streets, in the irregular shaped
24 grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the
25 northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on
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1 the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the
2 southeast.
3 SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the
4 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to
5 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
6 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made
7 by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other
8 appropriation Act.
9 SEC. 209. GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL.—
10 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the
11 funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in
12 this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours
13 of the United States Capitol which are led by employees
14 and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other
15 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate.
16 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or
17 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the
18 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the
19 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
20 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
21 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
22 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the
23 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of
24 the Capitol.
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative
2 Branch Appropriations Act, 2010’’.
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Union Calendar No. 79
111TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2918
[Report No. 111–160]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010,
and for other purposes.
JUNE 17, 2009
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Tomorrow I will sho you how the House of Representatives voted on this Bill, than on Wednesday I will show you the Senate vote.
I ask you to make note of those voteing for these Congressional leaders who fail to show restraint in wild, careless, reckless spending as well as governing. It certianly is not representing me, and the choices I want them making. Passing Bills and Amendments they don't even take time to read and debate on, and who wants to give up their Freedoms and Liberties for Socialism and Communist way of life.
Maybe Glenn Beck is right! "if you are up you are out." However, I would look at keeping those who fought to keep my Liberties and Freedoms for me, those those who fought hard against Oboma.
Submitted By
Richard Lewis
[Report No. 111–160] (cont.)
This is the last pages of "Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes."
page 27 thru 36
HR 2918 RH
1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress
5 and the distribution of Congressional information in any
6 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
7 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly
8 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
9 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code);
10 printing and binding of Government publications author-
11 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and
12 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
13 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge
14 to the recipient, $93,296,000: Provided, That this appro-
15 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
16 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual
17 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
18 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code:
19 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
20 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
21 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years:
22 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
23 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code,
24 none of the funds appropriated or made available under
25 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and
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1 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of
2 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print
3 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
4 riod beginning on the date that such document, report,
5 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
6 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance
7 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided
8 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in
9 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding
10 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
11 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of
12 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees
13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
14 Senate.
15 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
19 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
20 ing of Government publications and their distribution to
21 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
22 cies, and designated depository and international exchange
23 libraries as authorized by law, $40,911,000: Provided,
24 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current
25 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis
26 eminating Congressional serial sets and other related
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1 publications for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to depository
2 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any
3 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac-
4 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may
5 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv-
6 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading,
7 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
8 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate.
9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
10 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re-
11 volving Fund, $12,000,000 for information technology de-
12 velopment and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
13 ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such
14 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in
15 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com-
16 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
17 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as
18 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
19 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year
20 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro-
21 vided further, That not more than $7,500 may be ex-
22 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
23 tion with official representation and reception expenses:
24 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
25 for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger
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1 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
2 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to
3 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out
4 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided
5 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem-
6 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of
7 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals
8 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
9 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
10 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities
11 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa-
12 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving
13 fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office
14 of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
15 penses’’ may not be used for contracted security services
16 at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia.
17 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19 For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
20 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
21 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of
22 the United States in connection with official representa-
23 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent
24 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
25 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily
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1 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of
2 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title;
3 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in
4 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title
5 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
6 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign
7 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8));
8 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
9 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
10 eign countries, $558,849,000: Provided, That not more
11 than $5,449,000 of payments received under section 782
12 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use
13 in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than
14 $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under section
15 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available
16 for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not
17 more than $7,423,000 of reimbursements received under
18 section 3521 of title 31, United States Code, shall be
19 available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further,
20 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
21 trative expenses of any other department or agency which
22 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit
23 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum
24 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either
25 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in-
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1 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
2 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the
3 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro-
4 priation from which costs involved are initially financed.
5 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST
6 FUND
7 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center
8 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World
9 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative
10 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151),
11 $9,000,000.
12 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
13 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
14 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
15 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under
16 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
17 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105),
18 $430,000.
19 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
20 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE
21 VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
22 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi-
23 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may
24 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities
25 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee
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1 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the
2 Committee on Rules and Administration.
3 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of
4 the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available
5 for obligation beyond fiscal year 2010 unless expressly so
6 provided in this Act.
7 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA-
8 TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not
9 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929
10 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of
11 compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
12 propriated for is different from that specifically estab-
13 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
14 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
15 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act
16 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
17 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
18 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of
19 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law
20 with respect thereto.
21 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure
22 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting
23 service through procurement contract, under section 3109
24 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those
25 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public
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1 record and available for public inspection, except where
2 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
3 Executive order issued under existing law.
4 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums
5 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
6 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
7 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to
8 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
9 section.
10 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available
11 for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity
12 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial
13 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on
14 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
15 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the
16 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared
17 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such
18 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter-
19 mine) may not exceed $2,000.
20 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi-
21 tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co-
22 lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land-
23 scape features, excluding streets, in the irregular shaped
24 grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the
25 northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on
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1 the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the
2 southeast.
3 SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the
4 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to
5 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
6 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made
7 by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other
8 appropriation Act.
9 SEC. 209. GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL.—
10 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the
11 funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in
12 this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours
13 of the United States Capitol which are led by employees
14 and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other
15 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate.
16 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or
17 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the
18 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the
19 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
20 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
21 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
22 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the
23 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of
24 the Capitol.
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative
2 Branch Appropriations Act, 2010’’.
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Union Calendar No. 79
111TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2918
[Report No. 111–160]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010,
and for other purposes.
JUNE 17, 2009
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Tomorrow I will sho you how the House of Representatives voted on this Bill, than on Wednesday I will show you the Senate vote.
I ask you to make note of those voteing for these Congressional leaders who fail to show restraint in wild, careless, reckless spending as well as governing. It certianly is not representing me, and the choices I want them making. Passing Bills and Amendments they don't even take time to read and debate on, and who wants to give up their Freedoms and Liberties for Socialism and Communist way of life.
Maybe Glenn Beck is right! "if you are up you are out." However, I would look at keeping those who fought to keep my Liberties and Freedoms for me, those those who fought hard against Oboma.
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