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A Call To Action !

By Winnie - Jan 6th, 2009 at 10:05 am EST

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The 111th senate is about to be sworn in today. The most important job they will have is to pass the stimulus package put forth by President Obama as soon as he is sworn in. The bill could probably be pushed through along party lines, but President Obama wants Congress to stop partisan politics. He wants the Republican minority to have a voice. The only voice the Republican leadership is interested in is the voice of opposition. They see their most important job as blocking, delaying, and otherwise keeping President Obama from passing the bill. They could care less about the plight of average Americans. They want to play politics. Congressman John Boener has a request on his website that economists contact him with proof that the economic stimulus plan WON'T work. Senator Mitch McConnell wants to post the massive stimulus bill posted on the internet as a delaying tactic. He wants to debate it endlessly. He wants to substitute Republican tax cutting bills that didn't get passed in the last session for the new bill that President Obama is proposing. I urge EVERYONE- call, write, or email your senators and congressmen (and women). Tell them that as their constituents, you are sick and tired of gridlock, and that you demand that they to work together to pass this bill. There is an election coming up in 2010. The Republicans STILL think, even after their serious losses in the 2008 election, that the country is center-right, and they need to be MORE conservative, and MORE obstructionist to win in the next election cycle. Inform them that unless they want to drive this country into financial ruin, and be in a permanent minority for the next 40 years, they better do what they were sent to Washington to do, and that is to work for the people who voted them into office in the first place. The only thing that is more important to a politician than a campaign contribution is a vote. Let them know they will actually have to work to earn your vote. It is the only way to get their attention.

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