We didn't come this far to watch an audit bill stall out in the Senate!
That's why the Campaign for Liberty is organizing a nationwide effort, "30 Days of Action," to bring as many senators as possible on board with S.604. Last spring a similar effort for H.R.1207 resulted in over 50 new co-sponsors as the support in the House doubled in just a few weeks.
Since that time our organization has grown and the American people have become increasingly aware of the damage being done to our country by the Federal Reserve. Over 75% of Americans want to see an audit of the Fed, and Americans actually think less of the Federal Reserve than the hated IRS. We've made monetary policy a key issue in the public conscience. Our efforts can and will be more successful during these coming 30 Days of Action.Here is what we need from every lover of liberty in the state of Arkansas:
1. We need you to sign and collect petitions for S.604. Your local coordinators will be contacting you on where you can sign or help to collect petitions. But you don't have to wait for instructions! Visit the Campaign for Liberty’s brand new AuditTheFed.com website to download and print petitions and get any signatures you can. It's fair season - the perfect time to get out and meet your neighbors and spread the message of liberty.
2. We need you to talk to Senator Pryor at public appearances. Politicians are hiding from protesters unhappy with big government, which means we don't know where or when Senators Lincoln and Pryor will make an appearance. Keep your eyes open, especially for Senator Pryor since he has not yet co-sponsored S. 604 and if there is going to be an event, make sure that you talk to Senator Pryor about S.604.
3. We need you to sign-up to call Senator Pryor’s office. The last week of the 30 Days of Action will include a nationwide phone campaign to keep our senator's phones ringing off the hook. Go to the AuditTheFed.com website and sign up for a time to call. Then remember to call Senator Pryor. Our goal is to have someone call every 5 minutes. That's just 500 callers for the entire week, a goal we should accomplish easily. If you forget to sign-up or you can't find a convenient time available, don't let that stop you. Make the call!
4. We need everyone to show-up for the big petition drop-off event on September 15th at 4PM in Little Rock. The Campaign for Liberty's 30 Days of Action will culminate with nationwide visits to local Senate offices. Our goal is to have over 100 people show up for the Arkansas rally at Senator Pryor’s Little Rock office to drop-off over 1,000 petitions. You can RSVP for the event here (http://www.campaignforliberty.com/calendar.php?rsvp=5510 ). Pryor’s office is located at:
The River Market
500 Clinton Avenue-Suite 401
Little Rock, AR 72201
Number to call and urge to Sen. Pryor to cosponsor S. 604. (501) 324-6336(501) 324-5320
Please make plans to be there! If you can't make it to this location, contact your local coordinator with the Campaign for Liberty. Smaller events will be planned at office locations across the state.
We know what we have to do to succeed. We also know that victory could mean a revolution in the United States' monetary policy, once the workings of the Fed are finally revealed. If that's not enough motivation (really?), the Campaign for Liberty is offering prizes for truly outstanding efforts. The person that collects the most signatures in the state (as certified by a State, Regional, or County Coordinator) will win a Campaign for Liberty silver coin and a pocket Constitution autographed by the great Ron Paul. And if Arkansas collects the most signatures (as a percentage of the population), we'll win a $1,500 gift certificate to the Campaign for Liberty store.
Get to know your legislators and what they have in store for you - click "State Legislature Page" above.
Read the BILLS that will come up in the House & Senate this year - http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Pages/Home.aspx. Will they possibly affect you, your family, your friends? If so, visit the Capitol, meet your representatives, talk to them before the bill comes up in Committee, then if you are able, attend the public committee hearings and have your say.
Interested in learning about how the legislation works? Talk to others who have visited the Capitol to get the scoop, or request a training session from Eagle Forum. The cost is minimal and you will learn a lot.
House Democrat leadership is planning to ram its 1,900-page complete government takeover of health care through Congress with a vote this Saturday at 6 pm eastern.
But many Democrats are hesitant to support the plan after Tuesday's election results. With every passing day, they are growing more worried about facing the wrath of angry constituents back home.
You and I can take advantage of their doubts to stop the Pelosi Plan in the House, but only if we act quickly and make it clear where we stand.
And if the vote takes place Saturday night as scheduled, they will be in their offices all that day. So keep the calls going on Saturday!
There is a real alternative to yielding more power over our lives to Washington: implementing a plan centered on freedom, choice, and faith in the American taxpayers that they know how to spend their money better than some unelected bureaucrat.
This new website highlights our Health Freedom Plan, features videos from Judge Napolitano, Rand Paul, Peter Schiff, and more, and gives you contact information for your representative, along with a sample letter to Congress.
The same government that has piled up trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security is not going to fix our health care system with more intervention.
It's time to send Congress a clear message: get out of our health care!
Update: Current reports indicate the vote could be moved to early next week! The pressure is working! Keep those calls going.
Washington, D.C., November 5, 2009 - Today, House Republicans are holding a press conference in front of a rallying crowd to oppose the Democrat's health reform plan introduced late last week. Campaign for Liberty, which announced its support for an alternative to the Democrat health reform plan last week as well, is also launching a new project and website to promote its proposal.
The project, Operation Health Freedom (http://www.OperationHealthFreedom.com), boasts a site which gives visitors information on the legislation and on how to contact their representatives in Congress to urge them to support this alternative health reform package.
"Campaign for Liberty is proposing that Congress try passing legislation that promotes true health freedom," said John Tate, President of Campaign for Liberty. "The same government that has given us trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security is not going to fix our health care system with this latest bureaucratic scheme. It's time to vote health freedom."
The Operation Health Freedom package includes legislation introduced by Congressman Ron Paul. The cornerstone of the package is H.R. 1495, the Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2009, which provides all Americans with a tax credit for 100% of health care expenses, a tax credit for premiums for high-deductible insurance policies connected with a Health Savings Account (HSA), and allows seniors to use funds in an HSA to pay for a medigap policy. In addition, it makes all medical expenses tax deductible.
Also included are H.R. 2629, a bill that prevents the government from requiring people to purchase health insurance, and H.R. 3217, introduced by Congressman John Shadegg, which permits the purchase of health insurance across state lines and will ultimately lower costs due to the resulting competition.
On Tuesday, C4L President John Tate appeared on Judge Napolitano's Freedom Watch to talk about recent attempts to water down Audit the Fed and C4L's plans to fight for H.R. 1207.
Here is the contact information for the thirteen Democrat members of the House Financial Services Committee. Urge them to support the Paul Amendment to preserve H.R. 1207! Click on the names to get their web contact information.
For years, the tenth was far and away my favorite amendment in the Bill of Rights. It is still the most significant in considering the limits of federal power, since it, along with the ninth, pretty much implies all the limits on federal power spelled out in amendments one through eight. It is good to see conservatives rediscover this amendment, and let's hope they continue to care about it when Republicans retake the White House and Congress. An inconsistent defense of federalism is hardly better than no defense at all. Cal Thomas writes:
Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal government, slow down the juggernaut of czars, health insurance overhaul and anything else this administration and Congress wish to do that is not in the Constitution?
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—Thomas Jefferson
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