Posted on 05/10/2007 12:10:39 PM PDT by paltz
URGENT! U.S. House Judiciary Committee to vote on May 15, and full House of Representatives on May 22, on "Meehan Amendment" to regulate grassroots "lobbying" activity!
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee plans to meet on Tuesday, May 15, to consider so-called "lobbying reform" legislation, including the "Meehan Amendment," which is strongly opposed by The American Conservative Union (ACU).
This amendment, sponsored by Rep. Martin Meehan (an ultraliberal from Massachusetts who scored “ZERO” in 2006 and 2005 on ACU’s Ratings of Congress), would establish, for the first time, federal regulatory authority over efforts aimed at motivating citizens to communicate with their elected representatives about bills pending in Congress. That’s right, the liberals now want to regulate – and silence – our efforts to keep you informed about what they are doing in Washington.
The Meehan amendment is part of a broader effort by ultraliberal politicians and their special interest cronies to regulate and ultimately discourage ACU’s action messages like this one that keep conservatives like you informed about important legislation moving through Congress. The groups that are pushing for controls over so-called 'grassroots lobbying' really want lawmakers and other government officials to be more responsive to pressure from certain elites, including liberal special-interest groups and their fat-cat financial backers, the mainstream news media, and powerful congressional committee chairmen.
The full House of Representatives is expected to act on the "lobbying reform" bill (S. 1) on Tuesday, May 22. Depending on what happens in the Judiciary Committee, the full House may also vote on whether to include the Meehan provision in the bill.
Members of the full House, and especially the 40 members of the Judiciary Committee, need to hear from you now in opposition to the Meehan Amendment to S. 1!
On the ACU website's Legislative Action Center, an easy tool will use your zip code to tell you the direct phone number of your representative. The tool will also tell you whether your representative is a Judiciary Committee member, and will suggest an appropriate phone message for you to work from when you call his or her office.
Using this tool, the call will take you just a few minutes -- please act now! To go to the Legislative Action Center tool, just click here, or copy and paste this Internet address into your browser address bar:
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/callalert/index.tt?alertid=9724936&type=TA
Then, just enter your zip code and follow the instructions.
My State Rep is that BleepHole ED Markey. I’d be better off writing my column about this. Since it reaches over 5,000 readers I’m sure I would be in violation of this law.
Damn the left! They are out to make this a fascist country!
Keep your powder dry, folks.
Thanks for posting this,, fr
FRom yesterday..
Meehan Grassroots Bill, HR 2093, Relies on Deceit, Concealment to Violate Constitution ...
U.S. Newswire on Yahoo ^ | 5/9/07 | GrassrootsFreedom.com
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831054/posts
Posted on 05/09/2007 5:54:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
I’d be more interested with a very narrow law that exposed fake grassroots organizations without putting a burden on the real ones. But I’m not sure how that could be done.
Women and Minorities hit hardest!
This is the end of the Republic!
Someone should read this Bill before going berserk. It's one stinking page and has NO effect on 'conservatives' or 'the grassroots'. None, nada, zip, zilch, zero.It's aimed at "paid lobbyists" - like that scum sucking 'Abrahamjerkoff' -- period.
You finally figured that out. Did ya? Guys like McCain aren't any prize either.
Most of our Republican reps are spineless fools, so there's no point in getting upset. Just vote for the Conservative guy that will work hard for America and has the guts to prove it.
“My State Rep is that BleepHole ED Markey. I’d be better off writing my column about this. Since it reaches over 5,000 readers I’m sure I would be in violation of this law.”
And mine is Tom Allen, noted for his almost perfect party line voting record and nothing else. I would have more effect talking to my cat.
This has got to be unconstitutional!
A totalitarian country in any case. Freedom is anathema to these people, many of whom are their very own god.
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