In this alert:
1) Doctors & Patients Needed at Code Red Rallies in DC & other events.
2) House Members to Target with calls, faxes, emails.
3) Videos of physicians speaking out against government medicine.
Speaker Pelosi, President Obama, and Harry Reid have seemingly forgotten the forceful rejection in Massachusetts of their radical agenda. They are now using every strong arm tactic in their playbook, and even inventing some new ones, to push through healthcare “reform” against the wishes of the American people.
President Obama has postponed his trip to Asia while Speaker Pelosi’s lieutenants have drawn up the “Slaughter Solution”, an unconstitutional “smoke and mirrors” maneuver, to conjure up the votes she’ll need by the end of next week. Add to this mix the “on again off again” reports about what the Senate Parliamentarian has or has not said regarding whether the President must sign the bill before the Senate can act on a reconciliation measure to “fix” the bill to suit the House.
Other tactics are more psychological. Pelosi is doing her best to bluff the “Stupak 12” into believing that they and their pro-life stance against the Senate Bill are irrelevant and that she doesn’t need their votes anyhow.
According to the Politico, the tentative schedule for next week looks like this:
“After the CBO score lands [likely on Monday], the House Budget Committee must approve the use of reconciliation to make changes to the Senate bill. After that, the Rules Committee will draft a rule for considering the bill on the floor. That starts a 72-hour review process for members and anyone else interested to review the legislation. That means Friday is the first day Democrats could consider the bill and likely vote Friday or Saturday.” Meanwhile, the corporate machines and liberal “non-profits” across the country are already working up their plans to profit should the bill pass. Let’s tell them, “Not so fast!”
BELOW ARE ACTION STEPS THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE TO HELP FIGHT BACK THIS COMING WEEK!
1) Upcoming Events and Rallies:
Patients and Doctors Needed at March 16th Washington DC “Code Red” Rallies. The American Grassroots Coalition, Doctor Patient Medical Association, the Tea Party Express and other groups are calling patients and physicians to DC this March 16th for rallies and to make visits to congressional offices. A rally with Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Tom Price, and many others will be March 16, 2010 at 10:00 AM EST Capitol Hill, Taft Park, Washington D.C. For more information visit: http://www.doctorsandpatients.org/CODE_RED_RALLY_MAR.html and http://www.americangrassrootscoalition.org/ .
If you cannot make it to DC next week, there are many other opportunities for action in your local areas. You can learn about the nationwide “Honk Against Healthcare Takeover” at http://americansforprosperity.org/national-site. The calendar at http://www.teapartypatriots.org/Today.aspx is a good place to find a local event.
2) Contacting Targeted House Members:and that their votes against the Senate bill still do matter, despite what Nancy Pelosi would have them believe. A list of these representatives and links to their contact information can be found here: http://www.frc.org/washingtonupdate/pelosis-lifeless-folly . Also you can scroll down to the bottom of this alert for contact info for the 9 of these pro-life Democrats who are considering voting “yes.”
Tell the members of Rep. Stupak’s pro-life coalition to “vote NO,” not to cave in,
Visit http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/targets/ for a list of targeted members including links to obtain their contact information.
The Hill has published a list (CLICK HERE TO VIEW) of 34 Democrats who are a “Firm No, Leaning No, or Likely No” and 73 who are “Undecided.” Tell them to “VOTE NO” and that you will not stand for any unconstitutional ploys such as the “Slaughter Solution.” Please thank the “No” votes for making the right decision and remind them to stand firm and tell the undecideds to do the right thing and “vote NO.” Even if your Congressman is a democrat who is a firm “yes” vote make a call to remind them how the American people spoke firmly in the Massachusetts elections in January.
Americans for Prosperity also have an excellent online tool to send your House member a message.
More contact information can be found at http://www.contactingthecongress.org/ and http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml . The Capitol switchboard is: (202) 224-3121. You can call and tell the operator which office you would like to be connected to.
And the Tea Party Patriots have a target contact list that includes extensive district contact information. CLICK HERE to view their list .
Physicians in the below 5 videos explain to their patients and the country why the current schemes in DC need to be rejected. Please watch these videos and share them with your colleagues, friends, patients, family, etc. Videos #4 and #5 are courtesy of Doc4PatientCare and will be featured on the Drudge Report website on Monday.
3) Watch & Share Videos of Physicians telling it like it is:
- Doctors Across the US Speak Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOWRHd3c7XU
- Marcy Zwelling, MD asks Americans to Speak Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRf0xGl7ZxE
- Marcy Zwelling, MD asks Congress to “VOTE NO”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ghb2W3HgKI
- Scott Barbour, MD: Doctors Are Opposed to Obamacare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjKbi_LeoQ
- Fred Shessel, MD: Obamacare Threatens Patients and Doctors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D_e1osuomg
The 9 pro-life Democrats considering voting “yes” are the following:
Jason Altmire (PA-04); (202) 225-2565, (724) 378-0928, (724) 226-1304, FAX (202) 226-2274, FAX (724) 226-1308, (FAX) 724-378-6171
John Boccieri (OH-16); (202) 225-3876, (330) 489-4414, FAX (202) 225-3059, FAX (330) 489-4448
Steve Dreihaus (OH-01); (202) 225-2216, (513) 684-2723, FAX DC (202) 225-3012, FAX (513) 421-8722
Brad Ellsworth (IN-11); (202) 225-4636, (812) 465-6484, (812) 232-0523, FAX (202) 225-3284, FAX (812) 232-0526, FAX (812) 422-4761
Baron Hill (IN-09); (202) 225-5315, (812) 288-3999, (812) 336- 3000, FAX (202) 226-6866, FAX (812) 288-3873
Paul Kanjorski (PA-11); (202) 225-6511, (570) 825-2200, (570) 496-1011, (570) 895-4176 FAX (202) 225-0764; (FAX) (570) 825-8685
Marcy Kaptur (OH-09); (202) 225-4146, (419) 259-7500, FAX (202) 225-7711, FAX (419) 255-9623
James Langevin (RI-02); (202) 225-3011, (801) 486-1236, (435) 627-0880, (435) 636-3722, FAX (202) 225-5976, FAX (401) 737-2982
Charlie Wilson (OH-06); (202) 225-5705, (330) 533-7250, (740) 376-0868, (740) 633-5705, (740) 533-9423, (330) 532-3740, FAX (202) 225-5907, FAX (330) 533-7136, FAX (740) 376-0886, FAX (740) 633-5727, FAX (740) 533-9359
