HOW DARE THEY!

There have been several attempts to pass a bill that would require Congress to follow the same healthcare plan as the one to which they are attempting to saddle the American People. Representative Joe Wilson tried again twice with the most recent attempt, being the voted against by House Democrats, yesterday evening. Nothing is more evocative of the Congressional attitude, today, than the report that Kristi Martinez, one of the North Houston Tea Party Patriots' delegates sent back while still in Washington D.C.:

"Greetings Suzanne, and fellow Americans

I was proud and happy to represent Texas in Washington DC yesterday with Michele Bachman. It was vital that we sent as many patriots as possible to show Washington that we mean business. For such short notice, we had an extremely respectable showing. Unlike the 9/12 march on DC, I detected a more hostile and aggressive mood among the crowd. To my knowledge, there were at least 2 arrests.

Unfortunately, most of the representatives were conveniently out of their offices. It was obvious they refused to face their constituents. We encountered hostility in certain offices by office personnel, the worst being the staff members of Charles Rangel and Gene Green the tax dodging machine. My group personally encountered John Conyers in the hall. We managed to surround him and question him about the Total control bill (aka health care). He was unable to answer any of our questions since he has not read the bill. I asked the question, "Why aren’t you personally getting this healthcare?" His answer, "well (laughs) because mine is much better!" Enough said."

Americans! Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Independents! This is NOT right! We have every right to expect the SAME standards, not DOUBLE standards. Conservatives want the healthcare benefits that CONGRESS is getting, don’t you? The hype those in favor are spouting is a lie! Congress does not care what they sign because they will not be affected!

If the insolence of these people in Washington D.C. does not make you angry enough to fight against the Pelosi/Obama Death Care bill, then you deserve to become a slave to the government and to rationing. But Wake up, America! Interrupt your daily lives to call and keep calling until you talk to someone in their office! It has not yet gotten the votes! YOU can make a difference! The following status, at this publishing, is courtesy of AS A MOM website:

All phone numbers all start with (202) 225-

Michael A. Arcuri Dem-NY - 3665
Allen Boyd, Jr. Dem-FL - 5235 or (850) 561-3979 - Voting NO
Henry Cuellar Dem-TX 1640
Chet Edwards Dem-TX - 6105 - Voting NO.
Brad Ellsworth Dem-IN - 4636
Gabrielle Giffords Dem-AZ – 2542 – Voting Yes
Debbie Halvorson Dem-IL – 3635 – Voting Yes
Paul E. Kanjorski Dem-PA - 6511
Ann Kirkpatrick Dem-AZ – 2315 – Voting Yes
Ron Klein Dem-FL – 3026
Suzanne Kosmas Dem-FL – 2706 – Voting NO
James R. Langevin Dem-RI - 2735
Dan Maffei Dem-NY – 3701 - UNDECIDED
Alan B. Mollohan Dem-WV - 4172
Glenn Nye Dem-VA - 4215 - Voting NO
Tom Perriello Dem-VA - 4711
Ciro D. Rodriguez Dem-TX - 4511
Loretta Sanchez Dem-CA – 2965 - UNDECIDED
Kurt Schrader Dem-OR – 5711
Robert C. Scott Dem-VA - 8351
Adam Smith Dem-WA – 8901 - UNDECIDED

Also Voting NO: Cardoza, Lo Biondo, McMahon, Barrow, Griffith, Davis, Kissell, Gordon (Bart), Ross (Mike), Artur Davis, Brian Baird

The following Representatives are also UNDECIDED:

Michael Michaud - Maine 2nd -6306
Daniel Lipinski - IL 3rd - 5701
Baron Hill - IN 9th - 5315
Harry Mitchell - AZ 5th (not issued statement) - 2190
Melissa Bean - IL 8th - 3711
Jason Altmire - PA 4th - 2565
Laura Richardson - CA 37th - 7924
Gary Peters - MI 9th - 5802
Mary Kaptur - OH 9th – 4146
Stephen Lynch - MA 9th - 8273

You can also put this following number on speed dial and go through the Capital Switchboard (202) 224-3121.

A link is being provided for telephone numbers for other members of Congress to determine where they stand, please go to www.house.gov and click on ‘Clerk of the House’.