DeSantis & Vitter Introduce Legislation to Eliminate Obamacare Exemptions for Washington

                         For Immediate Release:                                                             

                         Contact: Elizabeth Dillon

                         202-225-2706

                         September 9, 2013                                                                                             

                                                                                               

MEDIA ADVISORY

DeSantis and Vitter Introduce Legislation to Eliminate Obamacare Exemptions for Washington

Washington, DC - Congressman Ron DeSantis (Fla.-6) and U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) will hold a press conference tomorrow, September 10, to introduce their legislation to eliminate the Obamacare exemptions for Washington. Their legislation will require that all Members of Congress, the President, Vice President, and all political appointees in the Administration purchase their health insurance on the Obamacare Exchange without the help of taxpayer-funded subsidies. This legislation also eliminates the special subsidies for congressional staff if it is greater than what they would receive if they were not employed by a congressional office. DeSantis will be introducing the legislation tomorrow and will also offer it as an amendment to the House Continuing Resolution.

DeSantis, Vitter Press Conference on Eliminating Obamacare Exemptions

WHO:             Senator David Vitter, Congressman Ron DeSantis, Congressman Dennis Ross (FL-15), other members TBD

WHAT:          Press Conference to introduce legislation eliminating Obamacare exemptions for Washington

WHERE:       House Triangle, on the southeast grounds of the U.S. Capitol                     

DATE:           Tomorrow, Tuesday September 10, 2013

                                TIME:            2:30 p.m. ET

*contact Vitter: Luke_Bolar@vitter.senate.gov or 202-228-5853, or DeSantis: Elizabeth_Dillon@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2706 for more information

On September 3, Vitter, DeSantis, and a group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), raising concerns about Obamacare exemptions for Members of Congress, congressional staff, the President, Vice President, and political appointees in the Administration. The lawmakers, who include Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) urged OPM to make certain there are no exemptions in their final rule on Obamacare.

For more updates on Rep. DeSantis, follow @RepDeSantis on Twitter, like Rep. DeSantis on Facebook or visithttp://www.desantis.house.gov.

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Mr. Speaker! Mr. Ryan! What part of "no" don't you understand?

21 Days to Obamacare : If you have not yet signed the online petition Don’tFundIt, go here. You will receive an email to confirm that you intended to sign the petition. As of 7 pm on Mon., Sept. 9, there were over 1,172,000 signatures, and counting. We’re on our way to two million.

Mr. Speaker: 

Just Say No to Immigration "Reform"

The rally last Saturday (Sept. 7) against House Immigration “Reform” in front of Speaker John Boehner’s West Chester office on Saturday got the message out. The turnout was about 600 – a great showing.

If you were unable to attend, pick up the phone tomorrow and call Speaker Boehner’s office to let him know you do not want ANY immigration “reform” bill, lest it end up in committee. You can tell him you are calling in support of the hundreds of patriots who rallied at his office over the weekend. If you cannot call, there’s also a fax number below.

Speaker Boehner’s details:

Butler County Office  PH (513) 779-5400

Miami County Office  PH (937) 339-1524

Clark County Office   PH (937) 322-1120

D.C. Office:

PH  (202) 225-6205

FAX (202) 225-0704

And his mailbox (send postcards):

Speaker John Boehner

7969 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, Suite B

West Chester, OH 45069

Rep. Ryan: Amnesty will cost Americans more jobs

And this week is Affect Cong. Paul Ryan week. Go here for details on this faux Tea Party legislator, a true RINO. He needs to hear from patriots who oppose the amnesty "reform" he is promoting.

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Action Alert: Operation Affect Paul Ryan

Patriots, once again, you are being thrown under the bus.... a bus full of illegal immigrants and it is being driven by Congressman Paul Ryan.

This would be the same Congressman Paul Ryan that looked for Tea Party support of his budget plan, the same Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan that had his campaign staff reach out to Tea Party groups to attend his campaign events and rallies -- the same Paul Ryan that told you how important you were -- when he needed your vote to get elected.

Congressman Ryan is done using you as a 'tool' and no longer needs the Tea Party. Now that he has his new friend Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook to defend him, he is brushing off our calls telling him to stand strong against illegal immigration and the Senate Immigration Reform bill (S. 744)..... (emphasis added)

The effort to make him switch his position isn’t working: Ryan says he is committed to passing a law to allow 11 million undocumented immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens.

Ryan, an eight-term congressman, isn’t deterred by the opposition. “I’ve seen it all and I am used to this kind of political activity,” he said in the interview. “It does not surprise me; it doesn’t really affect me.”

That's right Patriots -- Congressman Ryan says he is not affected by your calls, emails, faxes, etc...   Now that he is done needing your support, he is done with needing the inconvenient opinion of the Tea Party.

And in an even bigger slap in the face, at a recent bi-lingual town hall meeting hosted by Congressman Ryan, he doubled down on his commitment for immigration reform to be voted on this year in the House, regardless if they have support or not.....

However, during a bilingual listening session on Friday, Ryan said he wanted all components of immigration reform to be brought up for a floor vote, regardless of whether they ultimately received majority Republican support or not.

“We don’t know if we have a majority until we vote on it,” Ryan explained. He also said he’d been in close consultation with Speaker Boehner about how to proceed with the bill.

Congressman Ryan says he is not deterred by our opposition to his support of weak immigration policies, Congressman Ryan says he is used to this kind of political activity and implies he just brushes it off with indifference and it does not affect him

It is time to put in play Operation Affect Paul Ryan and let's show this phony Tea Party Conservative how our political activity can "affect" him -- let's shut his phone's emails and social media sites down with floods of calls, emails and posts on Facebook and Twitter.

We are asking that everyone please make a commitment to contact and "affect" Paul Ryan by calling emailing, tweeting (#affectpaulryan) and on Facebook, regardless of the topic of posts leave your comments regarding his weak stance on immigration.

Rep. Paul Ryan

D.C. Phone: (202)225-3031
D.C. Fax: (202)225-3393
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulryanwi
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/reppaulryan  

For tweeting please use @RepPaulRyan and #affectpaulryan.

Emailing -- 

In attempts to stop grassroots group members living outside their districts from contacting them via email, many of the elected elite in DC can only be contacted electronically through their web page by supplying a zip code from within their respective district.

Below you will find the zip code and extension needed to send Congressman Ryan through the contact link on his web page. 

Contact Link: https://paulryan.house.gov/contact/email.htm

Janesville -- 53545-3959
Kenosha -- 53140-3751
Racine -- 53403-1214

Tell Congressman Ryan it is time to put American Citizens First!

Pro-Immigration Advocates Rally at Speaker Boehner's West Chester Office

Pushing for a red carpet fix to the immigrants here illegally, the pro-amnesty group, Alliance for Citizenship, rallied outside Speaker Boehner's office yesterday....

From Ohio.com --

Dozens of immigration change advocates have delivered petitions to a southwest Ohio district office of U.S. House Speaker John Boehner.

The umbrella group Alliance for Citizenship says it collected hundreds of thousands of petitions urging Boehner to bring up immigration reform for a vote. Supporters of providing a path to citizenship for immigrants in the United States illegally have been trying pressure House Republicans on the issue.

House GOP members have expressed opposition to a Senate immigration overhaul bill that includes eventual access to citizenship for 11 million immigrants already in the country illegally.

Advocates rallied Wednesday outside the office and dropped off stacks of petitions inside. A Boehner spokeswoman noted his recent statement saying House Republicans are “working on a common-sense, step-by-step approach” to fixing the immigration system.

Now is your chance to stand up and speak out against the pro-amnesty efforts!

Fight back against this push for amnesty that will take American jobs and will decrease wages with an influx of low-paid workers! It is time to fight to put America and American citizens first!!!

Join the Rally For America -- this coming Saturday September 7th at Boehner's office in West Chester.  Click here for more info.

You cannot stop illegal immigration by sitting on your couch and posting on Facebook!

Constitution Requires Obama to Accept Congress' Decision on Syria

From former Congressman Ernest Istook via Washington Times --

WASHINGTON, September 4, 2013 – By asking Congress to approve military action in Syria, President Obama is doing the right thing. But for the wrong reason, in the wrong way and based on a wrong understanding of our Constitution.

Obama mocks Congress and the nation by saying he will strike Syria even if Congress does not approve.

The President won’t admit it, but his transparent motive for seeking the vote is naked politics. Obama wants others to take the heat for his decision and he wants them to share the blame if anything goes wrong. In his usual way, even if things go as he plans, he wants to shift blame to others for the consequences and the expense. Guesstimates range from $100-million to a few billion dollars as the minimum cost.

 

But the entire debate rests on a false understanding about who should make the decision on striking Syria and how the decision should be made. 

From the White House and even on Capitol Hill, the debate ignores the plain language of how our Constitution allocates military authority between the executive and legislative branches. Usually the only two clauses mentioned are those making the President the commander-in-chief and giving Congress the power to declare war.

But in Article 1, Section 8, immediately before granting Congress that power to declare war, the Constitution also grants Congress the power “to define and punish … offenses against the law of nations.” This all-important provision routinely is ignored by Congress, by Presidents and by our media.

Not since World War II has a formal declaration of war been approved by Congress. Yet we’ve fought wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Because formal declarations of war have become archaic — rightly or wrongly— we need to discuss and follow the Constitution’s provision that says Congress, not Presidents, should decide what offenses justify military force without formally declaring war (and when the President is not defending us from actual or imminent attacks).

There is no grant of power to the President to decide what international offenses justify punishment by the United States.

The President’s entire defense role is confined to Article 2, Section 2:

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States.

But Article I, Section 8, enumerates six powers of Congress pertaining to national defense. These include raising and supporting armies and a navy, making the rules that govern the armed forces, and organizing, arming, and disciplining state-level militia as well as the army and navy.

And Congress is granted the authority to “define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations.”

What are “offences against the law of nations?”

The term is vague, which is why our Founding Fathers also granted Congress the exclusive power to define the term. This can include passing laws and also crafting a response to a specific international situation such as Syria. America’s sovereignty is not surrendered to some overseas tribunal to dictate to us in the name of international law.

Nor does our Constitution let the President decide. Congress is to make this decision; Congress is given the power to define international offenses as well as to punish them.

Making tough decisions like this runs counter to the political skittishness of many Senators and Congressmen. It also would reverse the dangerous trends of Congress’ abdicating its authority and of giving too much power to the executive branch and bureaucrats. The Constitution’s standard is tough but is healthy for America.

If Syrian President Assad used chemical weapons against the United States or made some other direct attack upon us, President Obama properly could launch an immediate military response as commander-in-chief.

But if Assad’s offense is that he offended international requirements—the “law of nations”—then our Constitution says Congress must decide the punishment, which might include authorizing military actions. President Obama’s constitutional duty is to abide by what Congress might decide.

By turning to Congress, President Obama did the right thing. But unless he accepts Congress’ decision on Syria, Obama has done the right thing for the wrong reason and in the wrong way.

Reluctant to defund Obamacare or stop amnesty, but a strike on Syria gets support????

Reluctant to defund Obamacare or stop amnesty, 

but a strike on Syria gets support????

If you are outraged by Speaker John Boehner and GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s support of the administration’s proposed strike on Syria, call them and tell them that Americans should not be on the same side with Al Quaeda. The Senate committee vote was close. From The Hill:

A Senate panel voted 10-7 Wednesday in favor of a resolution authorizing military force against Syria, setting up a final Senate vote as early as next week.

Seven Democrats and three Republicans backed the measure, while five Republicans and two Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposed it.

Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said the measure would be sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday.

Approval by the panel was expected, but the tight vote suggests a final vote in the Senate could be close. 

We all deplore the use of chemical weapons, but this is a no-win situation. On one side is the dictator Assad, head of the Syrian Ba'ath Party (same party as Saddam Hussein). On the other side are rebels comprised in large measure of Al Qaeda jihadists. The enemy of my enemy is, in this case, my enemy. And a strike that the Obama administration has already telegraphed in advance, and a "limited" one that is not intended to advance any specific goal, certainly not any American security interests, will only increase the risks of unintended consequences. 

Opposed to RINO politicians who support a military strike on Syria but won’t defund Obamacare?

Opposed to RINO politicians who support a military strike on Syria but won’t pledge to defeat any House bill on Immigration “reform”?

Opposed to RINO politicians who are voicing their support of an administration that is planning to strike Syria even if Congress votes not to authorize? 

All good reasons to call the RINO GOP “leadership.”

Patriots can email or call Sen. Portman to press him to oppose a strike. At present he seems to be sitting on the fence and calling for a broad international coalition, which does not appear to be forthcoming.

Contact info for Senator Portman:

448 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-3353

1240 East 9th Street

Room 3061

Cleveland, OH 44199

Phone: 216-522-7095

312 Walnut St.

Suite 3075

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Phone: 513-684-3265

And here are Speaker John Boehner’s details. Again.

Butler County Office  PH (513) 779-5400

Miami County Office PH (937) 339-1524

Clark County Office   PH (937) 322-1120

D.C. Office

PH  (202) 225-6205

FAX (202) 225-0704

And his mailbox (send postcards):

Speaker John Boehner

7969 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, Suite B

West Chester, OH 45069

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor

763 Madison Road #207

Culpeper, VA 22701

Phone: (540) 825-8960

Fax: (540) 825-8964

4201 Dominion Blvd. #110

Glen Allen, VA 23060

Phone: (804) 747-4073

Fax: (804) 747-5308

Over 1,000,000 signatures

27 Days to Obamacare : If you have not yet signed the online petition Don’tFundIt, go here. You will receive an email to confirm that you intended to sign the petition. As of 5 pm on Tues., Sept. 3, there were over 1,048,000 signatures, and counting. We’re on our way to two million.

From an earlier post about both the initiative to defund Obamacare and another to kill the immigration “reform” bill in the House: 

Today, health care has returned to the forefront as Tea Party Patriots urge lawmakers to strip funds needed to implement the new health law, while also protesting a proposed overhaul of the immigration system.

The immigration / amnesty bill is arguably the more urgent of the two, but responding to Sen. Ted Cruz’s call for a grassroots “tsunami” at the Don’t Fund It website, and at TownHalls and on the phones, can affect both the delay of Obamacare AND stopping Immigration “Reform.” 

Be a part of Ted Cruz’s grassroots tsunami! Make some calls to senators who need some persuasion. Scroll down the Don’t Fund It webpage and take your pick. Or get on Speaker John Boehner's case again:

The Speaker's D.C. Office:

PH  (202) 225-6205

FAX (202) 225-0704

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