Tea Party also warning about this and the gun lobby is at
it caving in.. posting 6 17 10 2pm .. please go to websites for more info on this..
DISCLOSE ACT - WE MUST DEFEAT THIS BILL
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Dear Fellow Tea Party Patriots,
We have received information from Capitol Hill regarding the "Disclose Act" and
we must work to defeat this bill. The vote is expected to take place tonight or tomorrow. On
April 29, 2010, Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced H.R. 5175, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on
Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. The bill is a direct response to Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
(McCain- Feingold) - a First Amendment victory in which the Supreme Court overturned the prohibition on corporations and unions
using treasury funds for independent expenditures supporting or opposing political candidates at any time of the year.
Simply put, the DISCLOSE Act will limit the political speech that was protected and encouraged by Citizens United. Speaker
Pelosi and the House Majority Leadership are making it a priority to pass this bill. This bill is designed to take away
the influence of Tea Party and other conservative groups in the upcoming November election. We feel like this bill will be
successfully challenged in the courts, but the ruling will not come before the November election. An
exemption has been carved out for the Labor Unions and other leftist advocacy groups. The NRA was also exempted so they
would not oppose it. Roll Call Magazine reports today that they have carved out even
deeper exemptions in order to assure passage and we believe it clearly shows the intent of the bill is to diminish the effectiveness
of Tea Party groups and other newer conservative advocacy groups. "Facing
wide-ranging blowback from an exemption tailored for the National Rifle Association, House Democratic leaders have decided
to expand the carve-out from disclosure requirements in a campaign finance measure they are trying to pass this week. The new standard lowers the membership requirement for outside groups from 1 million members to 500,000. Those groups would
still need to have members in 50 states, have existed for 10 years and can accept no more than 15 percent of their funding
from corporate or union sources. The broader bill, called the DISCLOSE Act, comes in response to the controversial Supreme
Court decision in January that struck down limits on corporate and union spending in elections. The bill would force groups
participating in elections to name their top donors, among other changes."
We
need you to make phone calls, send emails and faxes and urge the Congressmen listed below to vote no on this bill. If
you are a NRA member, we urge that you email the NRA and ask them to oppose this bill. Together,
we can make a difference! |
| NRA - CCox@NRAHQ.org and KeeneD@CarmenGroup.com Rep.
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration 202-225-2801 202-225-5823 Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09),
Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy 202-225-5315 202-226-6866 Rep. Jim Matheson (UT-02), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
202-225-3011 (202) 225-5638 Altmire, Jason (PA-04) 202-225-2565 202-226-2274 Baca, Joe (CA-43) 202-225-6161 202-225-8671
Barrow, John (GA-12) 202-225-2823 202-225-3377 Berry, Marion (AR-01) 202-225-4076 202-225-5602 Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
202-225-3631 202-225-2203 Boren, Dan (OK-02) 202-225-2701 202-225-3038 Boyd, Allen (FL-02) 202-225-5235
202-225-5615 Bright, Bobby (AL-02) 202-225-2901 202-225-8913 Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18) 202-225-6131 Carney,
Christopher (PA-10) 202-225-3731 Childers, Travis (MS-01) 202-225-4306 202-225-3549 Cooper, Jim (TN-05)
202-225-4311 202-226-1035 Costa, Jim (CA-20) 202-225-3341 202-225-9308 Cuellar, Henry (TX-28) 202-225-1640 202-225-1641
Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03) 202-225-5406 202-225-3103 Davis, Lincoln (TN-04) 202-225-6831 202-226-5172 Donnelly,
Joe (IN-02) 202-225-3915 202-225-6798 Gordon, Bart (TN-06) (202) 225-4231 Holden, Tim (PA-17) (202) 225-5546
(202) 226-0996 Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01) (202) 225-5311 (202) 225-0254 McIntyre, Mike (NC-07) (202) 225-2731 (202) 225-5773 Markey, Betsy (CO-04) 202.225.4676
202-225-5870 Marshall, Jim (GA-08) 202-225-6531 202-225-3013 Matheson,
Jim (UT-02) (202) 225-3011 (202) 225-5638 Melancon, Charlie (LA-03) (202) 225-4031 (202) 226-3944 Michaud, Mike
(ME-02) 202-225-6306 202-225-2943 Minnick, Walt (ID-01) (202) 225-6611 202) 225-3029
Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05) (202) 225-2190 N/A Moore, Dennis (KS-03) (202) 225-2865
(202) 225-2807 Murphy, Scott (NY-20) (202) 225-5614 (202) 225-1168 Nye, Glenn (VA-02) (202) 225-4215 202) 225-4218
Peterson, Collin (MN-07) (202) 225-2165 202) 225-1593 Salazar, John (CO-03) 202-225-4761 202-226-9669 Scott,
David (GA-13) (202) 225-2939 202) 225-4628 Space, Zack (OH-18) (202) 225-6265 (202) 225-3394 Tanner, John
(TN-08) (202) 225-4714 (202) 225-1765 Taylor, Gene (MS-04) 202-225-5772 202.225.7074 |
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TWO INSIDIOUS EMAILS CAME IN YESTERDAY, AND I WAS SO TIRED I WENT TO BED. TODAY I AM GOING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY
AND WILL ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO CLUE YOU IN TO THE WAR ZONE ON FREE SPEECH KICKING IN. PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS MOMENT
PASS YOU BY. INFORM YOUR SENATOR AND REPS AND CONGRESSMEN YOU ARE MAD.. YOU WANT THIS REID STUFF TO GO AWAY AND DON'T
LET UP.. GIVE THEM A SWEATY BATTLE IN THE MUGGY HEAT OF WASHINGTON DC. JALDRICH, FIGHTING FOR FREE SPEECH EVERY DAY. Janet
- Sorry I couldn't get to talk with you this evening. I listened to your comments, though, and looked up
the bill on the Internet. Wow! Disgusting! I did find a good, easier to read and understand description
in a Chamber of Commerce site with some good words to use in my calls. I will call my Rep and our Senators tomorrow
and follow it up with emails and/or letters. Hope it does some good. I looked at the MCFL site first as you suggested.
Glad you are keeping us clued into this stuff. Then I clicked on some more posts that came up when I asked for
that bill. As a result, I found some more dastardly legislation on unionizing police and fire fighters all over the
country. Steve Forbes of Forbes magazine, a business/investor publication, has a petition against a bill to unionize
police and fire fighters across the country. The bill is S. 3194 and it's called "Public Employer-Employee Cooperation
Act" -- a tricky name again to make it sound just wonderful. But the other way to look at it is "the Police
and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill." A National Right to Work group is also going after this bill.
I signed the petition. This sort of thing should be kept to a local level, I think. They also had a couple of
examples where towns with unionized police/fire fighters have gone bankrupt with one case where nearly 75% of their budget
was for this one group (City of Vallejo, California). | | | The
Supreme Court struck down "incumbent protection" legislation in January, 2010. Now Obama and Congress are trying
to pass new legislation forbidding MCFL and other advocacy groups from informing the voters about voting records of incumbents.
The U.S. House of Representatives could take up the "DISCLOSE Act" (H.R.5175) as early as June 17th!
If the House passes the bill, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid has also promised quick action, perhaps in July - in
time to muzzle pro-life groups for the fall elections! It is vital that you call your Congressman and Senators
Brown and Kerry at once.
This is the message which you should leave in your own words, " I
urge you to oppose the so-called 'DISCLOSE Act' (H.R. 5175 in the House, S. 3295 in the Senate). I am strongly opposed to
incumbent politicians trying to restrict the free speech of organizations about the elected officials who are supposed to
represent us. I will be paying close attention to how the representative/senator votes on this legislation, which I view as
an attack on the First Amendment." It is fine to leave your message on a voice mail. Just be
sure to leave your name and address also. The vote may come as early as Thursday, so call now.
Call your own Congressman and both Senators. - Senator Scott Brown, 202-224-4543
- Senator John Kerry,
202-224-2742
- Congressman John W. Olver , 202-225-5335
- Congressman Richard E. Neal, 202-225-5601
- Congressman
James P. McGovern, 202-225-6101
- Congressman Barney Frank, 202-225-5931
- Congressman Niki Tsongas, 202-225-3411
- Congressman John F. Tierney, 202-225-8020
- Congressman Edward J. Markey, 202-225-2836
- Congressman
Michael Capuano, 202-225-5111
- Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, 202-225-8273
- Congressman William D. Delahunt,
202-225-3111
This is dreadful legislation! Please act quickly! Mighty thanks, Anne |
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