Put that bad boy on a chain and you could really get some momentum going. ;)
Posted on 11/19/2014 7:05:57 AM PST by jaydee770
Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- First, the good news. Last week, you contacted your congressional representatives and demanded a “short term” Continuing Resolution. They heard you, and every conservative in Washington is echoing this theme.
Now for the bad news. Even though Republicans just won control of Congress, what’s the first “bright idea” the Republican leadership comes up with after their wave election?
ANSWER: GIVE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS CONTROL OF THE CONGRESS FOR THE NEXT TEN MONTHS!!!!!
Thankfully, the overwhelming percentage of conservative Republicans in Washington are opposed to this. And that’s why we need to keep lighting the fire under them, so they will continue to keep pressing their leadership to stand up to Harry Reid and Barack Obama.
Here is what’s at stake: Virtually all spending and policy decisions are made on the giant government-funding bill, called the “continuing resolution” or “CR.”
And it’s in the “CR” where we have been able to defund much of Obama’s anti-gun agenda: defunding the shotgun import ban, Fast & Furious, the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, etc.
The current “CR” is slated to expire on December 11. So the Republican House has two choices:
1. It can allow the repudiated Democrats currently in control of the Senate (until January 5) to make all of the spending and policy decisions — which will affect your gun rights — until September 30, 2015. It would do this by passing a so-called “long-term CR” which would set policy and spending until the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2015). 2. Or it would do a “short-term CR” into January, February, or March. This would allow the newly elected Republican Congress to set spending and policy for the federal government for most of next year. What difference does it make?
Given Obama’s “veto pen,” all of the pro-gun policy for the next two years will probably be achieved on this bill — or not.
When April 15 hits -- and millions of Americans are hit with hundreds of dollars of ObamaFines – we may be able to create a massive fight over ObamaCare’s unconstitutional mandates.
And this could be the best chance that gun owners have of eliminating a backdoor gun ban — where health data is compiled on millions of Americans and used to disarm gun owners (similar to how 175,000 military veterans have already been disarmed).
But we can’t do it without a short-term CR.
Finally, with respect to the anti-gun amnesty provisions Obama is about to illegally promulgate by executive fiat? We can address these in a Republican controlled Congress. But we can’t, so long as Harry Reid is in the catbird’s seat.
So we ask this of Republicans: Why did we elect you? It certainly wasn’t so that you could cede all of the spending and policy decisions to Democrats for 37.5% of your congressional term.
It’s time to show some backbone. And the first step is a short-term CR.
ACTION: Contact your Representative and urge him to insist on a “short-term CR.”
NOTE: This alert contains different messages for Republican and Democrat Representatives. By using the GOA Engage site to contact your Representative, the system will automatically select the correct letter.
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Can someone tell me if there is a procedure where the conservative GOP freshmen in congress can do something along the lines of calling for a "vote of no confidence" in Boehner/McConnell? If there is anything they can do along those lines -- even if it's just a concerted public show of disapproval -- then it's something *WE* can pressure those freshmen to do (with an avalanche of phone, email or whatever).
Remember 2010? That was the first GOP wave... and Boehner and McConnell compromised the mandate away before the new Congress had a chance to sit. For the next 4 years, they signed away their authority and responsibility with every CR. They are doing it again...
Is there any doubt these guys are fellow traveler Progressives?
/johnny
Boehner & McConell intend to fully fund the obama agenda and punt to 2016. That’s why the kenayn is yanking our chains now. He won’t let them preemtively surrender. LOL.
Bump
This country’s problems are not going to be fixed via elections.
It’s going to be Article V, or it’s going to be...
That’s alright, we can just hold their feet to the fire now, can’t we? /s
That is choke.
GOD I HATE THAT PARTY and it`s sycophants!!! Oh but ‘we won the election’, right? Brain dead retardicans strike again!
Or just run`em over with the truck.
But-but-but they are Republicans, we had to vote for them or the world would end and they promised—no they really really meant it this time they had changed and would fight for conservative principles. Harry Reid had to go to get any change in Congress.
Stayed tuned lots of faux outrage, huffing and puffing and fits in public from the GOPE, lots of show votes, but not one wit of substance or real opposition will be forthcoming.
I wonder where all the conservative apologist sunshine pumpers on FR are now plugging their slave masters virtues. I seem to recall hearing from many water carrying GOPE drones here on FR, we will elect Republicans and then we would hold their feet to the fire and deal with their liberal treachery, right. Note, they are elected and you have no sway over them now they could care less what conservatives have to say about anything.
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