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Democrat censorship of House Republicans’ constituent mailings has reached Orwellian levels.  Republican members of the House Monday night took to the House floor during Special Orders speeches and gave examples of some of the censorship horror stories.   Democrats on the Franking Commission have even gone as far as to object to and censor from one member’s communication to constituents a direct quote, in context, from President Obama.   Franking is the process by which Congress, the President and some cabinet members correspond with the public using their signature on the envelope instead of a stamp.  The mailings to constituents...

The battle against censorship by the House Democrat majority continues today as Republicans plan to speak out on the issue during their hour-long leadership Special Orders speeches tonight from the House floor. Highly-placed Republican staffers tell HUMAN EVENTS that all Republican members were invited to defend their First Amendment right to free speech tonight during one-hour Special Orders speeches, giving examples of censorship of their franking privileges by Democrats on the Franking Commission.  Members were asked to bring and read aloud franking disapprovals they have received that may have violated their free speech rights. Democrats on the commission are blocking...

I took some time to follow up on the censorship the democrats are imposing on republicans through their "franking commission". First the republicasn were prohibited from sending out the chart of the proposed new healthcare bureaucracy, now they are prohibited from using the phrase "government run health care". Pretty lame, but that is what it is. They can't get away with this. The Franking Commission: Phone, 202-226-0647; fax, 202-226-0047 The Chair of the Franking Commission is Susan Davis (D-CA). Her number is 202-335-2040; fax 202-335-2948. People should put pressure on them. They have no business interfering with first amendment rights...