53 Days to Defund Obamacare : and Sen. Tom Coburn needs to hear from you

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53 Days to Defund Obamacare

The Washington Free Beacon identifies two prominent Senators who oppose the defund-Obamacare-in-the-continuing-resolution strategy, but offering no viable alternatives. And it is especially unfortunate that Tom Coburn, a physician, is one of them: 

Several Republican senators have come out against the effort to defund.

“The strategy that has been laid out is a good way for Republicans to lose the House,” Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) has said.

Coburn said the idea “will not work,” while Sen. Richard Burr (R., N.C.) has called the idea “the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard.” 

“The public is not supportive of shutting down the government in order to defund the law,” Roy said of what he believes are political liabilities in the plan. [emphases added]

GET WITH THE PROGRAM: The whole point of Sen. Cruz’s strategy is to NOT shut down the government, but instead to defund Obamacare as a provision of passing the Continuing Resolution that keeps the government funded.

Click here for previous CTPP blogs with contact details for Sen. Rob Portman and Speaker John Boehner. Other legislators you can add to your list to call/ mail / fax are

Sen. Tom Coburn
Washington D.C.:
Main: 202-224-5754
Fax: 202-224-6008

1800 South Baltimore
Suite 800
Tulsa, OK 74119
Main: 918-581-7651
Fax: 918-581-7195

100 North Broadway, Suite 1820
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Main: 405-231-4941
Fax: 405-231-5051

Sen. Richard Burr
Federal Building
151 Patton Avenue, Suite 204
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 350-2437
Fax: (828) 350-2439

100 Coast Line Street, Room 210
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Phone: (252) 977-9522
Fax: (252) 977-7902

Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 224-3154
Fax: (202) 228-2981

2000 West First Street,  Suite 508
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Phone: (800) 685-8916
Phone: (336) 631-5125
Fax: (336) 725-4493

City Hall
181 South Street, Room 222
Gastonia, NC 28052
Phone: (704) 833-0854
Fax: (704) 833-1467

201 North Front Street
Suite 809
Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: (888) 848-1833
Phone: (910) 251-1058
Fax: (910) 251-7975

Rep. Paul Ryan
20 South Main Street, Suite 10
Janesville, WI 53545
(608) 752-4050

5455 Sheridan Road, Suite 125 
Kenosha, WI 53140 
Phone: (262) 654-1901 
Fax: (262) 654-2156

216 6th Street 
Racine, WI 53403 
Phone: (262) 637-0510 
Fax: (262) 637-5689

Melt those phones and stuff those mailboxes!