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Audit the Fed Resources
The Campaign for Liberty has launched a new website called AuditTheFed.com -- a focused, coalition website with one purpose: to pass the Audit the Fed bill.
For more information on C4L's stance on Health Freedom, please visit Operation Health Freedom by clicking on this link.
Calendar
11/22/09 12:00 PM Chicago End the Fed Rally
We will be marching through the streets of Chicago, stopping along the way to listen to different speakers, and end at the Federal Building on LaSalle.
Here is the text from the End the Fed organization:
On November 22nd we will celebrate the one year anniversary of the launching of the End the Fed! Movement. Imagine...in less than a year we have forced the Establishment to hold hearings on our bill to Audit the Fed! The END is much Nearer!
Let's keep spreading the words, waking up minds and not let the Fed and their associates have a good night's rest.
Please spread the word everwhere. Join your local ETF group here and get started right away planning your local ETF rally.
The National ETF Rally group is here: http://endthefedusa.ning.com/group/etfleaders/
Join that group to network with others nationally and share ideas and information, answer questions and get your questions answered, post and share graphics, materials and videos and help each other make November 22nd a great day for Freedom!
Please contact cjenner if you would like to help out with this event.
11/28/09 2:00 PM Alton Tea Party
The Illinois C4L, together with the Riverbend 912 Project, are having a Tea Party! The day promises to be a lot of fun, and many great speakers are being lined up for the event. Come on out and add your voice to the millions who are standing up and proclaiming that we're tired of the out-of-control spending and the loss of our freedoms!
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.
HR 1207 has come a long way in the 8+ months that we've been working on it, and currently has 308 cosponsors in the House. This is truly an amazing accomplishment when you consider that Dr. Paul has been trying to bring awareness to the secrecy of the Fed for 30 years with little notice by his peers, or from the public at large. We have proven that we are a force to be reckoned with. In under a year, we worked to gain the support of 308 members of the House, and we also saw HR 1207 receive a hearing in front of the House Financial Services Committee.
Of course, when liberty's light begins to shine through the muck and the mire, the establishment takes notice, and they tend to fight back.
According to Campaign for Liberty President, John Tate:
Mel Watt (D-NC), Chairman of the Monetary Policy Subcommittee, has sided with banking interests and is working to gut substantial audit provisions from H.R. 1207. The bill Congressman Watt has sent to the full Financial Services Committee contains no audit of the Fed’s monetary policy-making authority or transparency of the Fed’s secret agreements with foreign central banks.
Without these provisions, a so-called “audit” of the Fed would be worthless.
HR 1207 could be voted on by the full House Financial Services Committee this week, and it is imperative that we act now to ensure that the original language is restored.
While Dr. Paul will be offering an amendment to restore the original provisions contained in HR 1207, he needs our help to ensure that when the vote is taken, those who have already cosponsored the bill remain faithful to their promise to support a full audit of the Federal Reserve. The committee is made up of 41 Democrats and 29 Republicans. 13 of the Democrats who serve on the House Financial Services Committee have cosponsored this bill, and we need to call them and urge them to vote "YES" on the Paul Amendment.
The following is a list of the 13 Democrats who have cosponsored:
When contacting these members, remember that up to this point, these members have been allies on this issue. A civil yet firm tone should be kept during these calls. They should be thanked for their cosponsorship, told that Mel Watt’s changes to the bill are unacceptable, and urged to hold the line and honor their promise to support transparency at the Fed by voting “Yes” for the Paul amendment.
We can win this, our first major battle, but in order to do so, we must see it through and call these Representatives. In addition to that, please remember to call Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and urge them to schedule a "stand-alone, up or down vote on the real Audit the Fed bill".
Rep. Barney Frank: (202) 225-5931
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: (202) 225-0100
With a little more effort, we will see HR 1207 pass the House.
In this Audit the Fed update, Dr. Paul explains what is happening with HR 1207 in the Monetary Policy Subcommittee, describes his plan to protect 1207 in the full Financial Services Committee, and provides ideas on actions we can take to keep Audit the Fed from being watered down.
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