Defeat the Disclose Act

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 was expected to take place today. But after complaints from the conservative Blue Dogs and the Congressional Black Caucus, Pelosi was forced to pull the bill on Thursday night. Democratic leadership aides said the vote would be rescheduled for next week.

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

Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD)
202-225-2801 / 202-225-5823

Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09)
202-225-5315 / 202-226-6866

Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
Rep. Jim Matheson (UT-02)
202-225-3011 / 202 225-5638

Space, Zack (OH-18) 202-225-6265 / 202-225-3394
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
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
Tanner, John (TN-08) 202-225-4714 / 202-225-1765
Taylor, Gene (MS-04) 202-225-5772 / 202.225.7074

You are the heart and soul of the Tea Party Movement. Thank you for promoting the causes of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets with us!

Immigration Law Watchdog Group Asks OH Inspector General to Investigate Illegal Lobbying by Ohio Latino Commission

This OCHLA group sounds like an ACORN group for illegal immigrants.

From PRNewswire-USNewswire --

WASHINGTON, June 16 / -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a complaint with the Ohio Inspector General against the Ohio Commission on Hispanic Latino Affairs (OCHLA). The complaint, filed on behalf of eight Ohio citizens alleges that OCHLA violated Ohio law by actively lobbying the state legislature to provide favorable treatment for illegal aliens and ignore their unlawful immigration status.

OCHLA is an Ohio state agency created in 1977 to advise the Governor, General Assembly and other state agencies on the needs of Spanish-speaking citizens, especially in the fields of "education, employment, energy, health, housing, welfare and recreation." OCHLA also works to improve access for Spanish speakers to the state legislature and local governments in Ohio. As a state agency, OCHLA is required to carry out its taxpayer-funded mandate in a strictly non-partisan and lawful manner.

"There is enough information to reasonably believe that a violation has occurred. We urge the Ohio Inspector General to launch a full investigation on behalf of the taxpayers," said Trista Chaney, the IRLI staff attorney who assisted the citizens to prepare the complaint.

In their complaint, the citizens identify multiple occasions where OCHLA commissioners allegedly engaged in unauthorized lobbying on behalf of illegal aliens. Lobbying Activity Center reports for 2009 show that OCHLA Public Policy Director Florentina Staigers did not engage in any advocacy on behalf of Spanish-speaking citizens that year, but instead repeatedly lobbied on behalf of illegal alien causes. The complaint also identifies February 2010 testimony by Lupe Williams, an OCHLA board member, which contained no advice for the General Assembly on how proposed legislation would affect Spanish-speaking citizens, but instead urged lawmakers to show illegal aliens special consideration.

According to the citizens, OCHLA's 2010 Latino Community Report on Global Diversity for the 128th General Assembly contains various false or distorted statements, such as "being in the U.S. without papers is not a crime," which the citizens contend were intended to persuade legislators to ignore federal immigration laws and provide illegal aliens the public benefits and privileges available to Spanish-speaking citizens.

In a statement explaining why she approached IRLI for assistance in preparing the complaint, grassroots immigration activist, Julie Aldrich said: "As citizens opposed to state encouragement of illegal immigration, we just got fed up with seeing taxpayer-funded lobbyists from OCHLA showing up at hearings and issuing statements that undermine the rule of law in our state."

The Office of the Inspector General is currently reviewing the complaint and will decide whether to take action with a full investigation into the alleged violations.

The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) is a Washington DC-based public interest law group that assists citizens to take legal action to fight the problems of illegal immigration at the state and local levels.

For further information about the complaint, please contract IRLI at info@irli.org or 202-232-5590.

Tea Party responds to MSNBC's smear piece - "Rise of the New Right"

Congress wants ANOTHER $1 Billion for Teen Jobs

After pledging $124 Million for the new Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), which besides other things will provide employment training & educational opportunities for the general public and at-risk youth in Caribbean states, our "we got ink - print some more money" lefties in Congress are looking to finally help out of work American teens by spending $1 billion over 10 years to fund 350,000 summer jobs for teenagers and young adults ages 14 through 24.

But are the really helping?

Last years Stimulus put $1.2 Billion towards creating jobs for youths, as we can see, like most of the break the bank spending coming out of D.C. -- it didn't work....

From ABC News --

The "American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act," sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), comes during high levels of youth unemployment. In July 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the national youth unemployment rate between ages 16 and 24 was 18.5 percent, the highest since the statistics were first recorded in 1948.

"I hope logic will prevail," New York State Labor Commissioner Colleen Gardner, pushing for its passage, told ABCNews.com. "We can't just look at it as a billion dollars, we're looking at the future of young people and an economic development tool because the money goes to economies in our United States."

Gardner hopes logic will prevail out of this shell game? Exactly what logic is that -- Teach children that it is our government that is supposed to create jobs? It sounds more like indoctrinating children with the thoughts that it is the purpose of our government to be the almighty creator of jobs. This is nothing more than buying future votes for socialist "of the state, by the state" policies.

This money being taken out of our economy NOT going into it. If teens were hired by businesses needing summer help or filling part time positions because of increased consumer spending -- it would be money going into the economy.

It also appears Gardner is using the same failed math calculations created for the current & often incorrect estimates of the Administration for current adult job creation which would be the same math President Obama used to get 57 States (48+2=57) for the amount of teen jobs created if this bill passes....

If the bill passes, Gardner said it could create 20,000 summer jobs in New York, where unemployment between ages 16 and 24 is at 17.9 percent with a statewide general rate of 8.6 percent. Apart from good habits, Gardner added that summer jobs were also important for the local economy because many teens often quickly turn around to spend that money in their own community, showing what's called "high-velocity dollars."

Jobs for teenagers and young adults are being swept away now by a perfect storm of dwindling stimulus money for youth employment and slim state revenues. "It's a combination of factors that's hitting at the same time," said Jonathan Larsen, policy associate at the National Youth Employment Coalition, noting that last year's stimulus tapped $1.2 billion for youth jobs.

The perfect storm Larsen refers to is a man-made disaster -- a perfect $53 trillion & growing man-made storm of disastrous proportions created by unsustainable entitlement spending & bankrupting the future of the "blinded by bailout dollars" teens they are supposed to be helping. In effect they are creating a generation of how will the government help me now teens that will be like indentured servants to the same government that supposedly helped them get a job!

Small Business facing $11B More in Taxes Over next 10 Years

If you are a business owner operating as a small S Corporation -- this post is a must read for you!

From ABC News --

While a possible increase in taxes on the "carried interest" of hedge fund and private equity money managers is getting all the attention, in the same bill Congress is also creating a tax mess for small-business owners in the form of an $11 billion tax hike over the next 10 years.

The tax increase was included in H.R. 4213, a peddler's wagon of legislation (new spending, physicians' reimbursement, extensions of expired tax breaks, etc.) that was passed by the House in a narrow vote just before Memorial Day and is now being considered by the Senate. The Democratic-backed Senate version of the bill includes the same tax on small business.

The tax hit affects the owners of small S corporations (a common way many small businesses are organized) in "professional service businesses"--doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects and so on. An S corp pays no taxes but passes through all its profits to its owners' tax returns, even when those profits or "distributions" are reinvested in the business.

So what is a professional service business? Lawyers, accountants, doctors, dentists, architects, athletes, performing artists, consultants all will be included, according to the statute.

Note this new tax is imposed regardless of the dollars involved; it doesn't matter if, as an S corporation owner, you had $300,000 or $30,000 in nonwage profits--this tax will hit you.

Why is Congress raising taxes now on small-business owners? It is to offset other items in this same bill that the House wants--not just the extension of tax breaks but spending such as the Build America Bonds provision, which provides $28 billion in highly subsidized bond authority to state and local governments (with getting millions in fees). Read More....

And our current Congress claims they are for the little guy!

Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) Assaults College Student

Rep. Bob Etheridge (D – NC) assaults a student.

Please let Congressman Etheridge know how you feel about his disgraceful & criminal actions!

http://etheridge.house.gov/

Rep. Bob Etheridge
Washington, DC
1533 Longworth House Office Bldg
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone:(202) 225-4531
Fax:(202) 225-5662

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