There won’t be anyone to pick up the phone at congressional offices this weekend, but you can write letters to the editor in time for the Sunday edition, urging members of Congress to vote against the Supplemental Appropriations Act.
- The war supplemental shouldn’t be held hostage to a $100 billion European bank bailout
- Conservatives don’t like the bailout
- Progressives don’t like the bailout
- Four billion in “Cash for Clunkers” is being added to the bill to force progressives to vote for it
- Let’s separate these bills and talk about them honestly
- The administration has committed itself to transparency. This is not transparent.
Rahm Emanuel is threatening Democratic freshmen if they don’t vote for the bill. We need 39 Democratic votes to defeat it. Already 32 have committed to oppose it. Please write your local paper and urge them to support your member of Congress in voting against the supplemental. (If you don’t know who your member of Congress is, you can look them up here.)
Write letters to the Editor and say “no” to the supplemental
oh please, thuggery? is that helpful?
my 2 cents as a big supporter of what BNF does: pick your battles, pass this and let's get to health care; or we could just get bogged down on this bill, hand the repugs a victory and weaken the administration as it gears up for a fight over what could be the biggest social welfare reform in a generation.
hand the repugs a victory and weaken the administration as it gears up for a fight over what could be the biggest social welfare reform in a generation.
Colleen – Just how does giving up on one thing make you stronger for another? What you do is you fight and fight and fight and never buckle under pressure. At least the republicans can walk down the street with their heads held high…. you democrats crack me up, you really do.
can you imagine the Republican party handing a victory to you guys lol… never in a million years.
Colleen – Just how does giving up on one thing make you stronger for another? What you do is you fight and fight and fight and never buckle under pressure. At least the republicans can walk down the street with their heads held high…. you democrats crack me up, you really do.
Can you imagine the Republican party handing a victory to you guys? lol… never in a million years.
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