Today, thousands of American Patriots & opponents of ObamaCare gathered on the steps of the nation's Capitol at Noon, they told Congress not to vote for HR 3962. You should be able to watch the broadcast of the rally at cspan.org.
If you cant join them in person, why not give congress a call and send a few faxes their way?
To assist you, here's a few important facts that were sent my way about the bill:
In order to assist people seeking to read and review the health "reform" legislation (H.R. 3962) introduced by House Democrats, the Republican Conference has compiled a list of important page numbers and provisions in the 1,990-page "Affordable Health Care for America Act:"
Page 94—Section 202(c) prohibits the sale of private individual health insurance policies, beginning in 2013, forcing individuals to purchase coverage through the federal government
Page 110—Section 222(e) requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan—and, if the Hyde Amendment were ever not renewed, would require the plan to fund elective abortions
Page 111—Section 223 establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the "Health Benefits Advisory Committee") to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase—and would likely require all Americans to subsidize and purchase plans that cover any abortion
Page 211—Section 321 establishes a new government-run health plan that, according to non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group, would cause as many as 114 million Americans to lose their existing coverage Page 225—Section 330 permits—but does not require—Members of Congress to enroll in government-run health care
Page 255—Section 345 includes language requiring verification of income for individuals wishing to receive federal health care subsidies under the bill—while the bill includes a requirement for applicants to verify their citizenship, it does not include a similar requirement to verify applicants' identity, thus encouraging identity fraud for undocumented immigrants and others wishing to receive taxpayer-subsidized health benefits
Page 297—Section 501 imposes a 2.5 percent tax on all individuals who do not purchase "bureaucrat-approved" health insurance—the tax would apply on individuals with incomes under $250,000, thus breaking a central promise of then-Senator Obama's presidential campaign
Page 313—Section 512 imposes an 8 percent "tax on jobs" for firms that cannot afford to purchase "bureaucrat-approved" health coverage; according to an analysis by Harvard Professor Kate Baicker, such a tax would place millions "at substantial risk of unemployment"—Uwith minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts
Page 336—Section 551 imposes additional job-killing taxes, in the form of a half-trillion dollar "surcharge," more than half of which will hit small businesses; according to a model developed by President Obama's senior economic advisor, such taxes could cost up to 5.5 million jobs
Page 520—Section 1161 cuts more than $150 billion from Medicare Advantage plans, potentially jeopardizing millions of seniors' existing coverage
Page 733—Section 1401 establishes a new Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research; the bill includes no provisions preventing the government-run health plan from using such research to deny access to life-saving treatments on cost grounds, similar to Britain's National Health Service, which denies patient treatments costing more than £35,000
Page 1174—Section 1802(b) includes provisions entitled "TAXES ON CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES" to fund comparative effectiveness research, breaking Speaker Pelosi's promise that "UWe will not be taxing [health] benefits in any bill that passes the HouseU," and the President's promise not to raise taxes on families with incomes under $250,000
Top Ten Tax Increases Included In H.R. 3962
1. Small Business SURTAX (Sec.551, p. 336)
$460.5 Billion
2. Employment Mandate TAX* (Secs 511-512, p.308)
$135.0 Billion
3. Individual Mandate TAX* (Sec. 501, p.296)
$ 33.0 Billion
4. Medical Device TAX* (Sec.552, p. 339)
$ 20.0 Billion
5. $2,500 Annual Cap on FSAs* (Sec. 532, p. 325)
$ 13.3 Billion
6 Prohibition on Pre-Tax Purchases of Over-the-Counter
Drugs through HSAs, FSAs, and HRAs* (Sec. 531, p.324)
$ 5.00 Billion
7. Tax on Health Insurance Policies to fund Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund* (Sec. 1802, p.1162)
$ 2.00 Billion
8. 20% Penalty on certain HSA Distributions* (Sec. 533, p.326)
$ 1.30 Billion
9. Other Tax Hikes and Increase Compliance on U.S. Job Creators
$ 56.4 Billion
> IRS reporting on payments to certain businesses (Sec. 553, p.344)
$ 17.1 Billion
> Delay implementation of worldwide interest allocation rules (Sec. 554, p. 345)
$ 26.1 Billion
> Override U.S. treaties on certain payments by "insourcing" business (Sec. 561. p. 346)
$ 7.50 Billion
> Codify economic substance doctrine and impose penalties (Sec.562, p.349)
$ 5.7o Billion
10. Other Revenue-Raising Provisions
$ 3.00 Billion
TOTAL TAX INCREASE . . . . . . . . . . $729.5 Billion
*[Violates President Obama's pledge to avoid tax increases on Americas earning less than $250,000]
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These are the Democrats who MUST be called every day from now until the vote, which may be as early as Saturday now. Here's the Target 92 list on the House side to all vulnerable and Blue Dog Democrats. Blue Dogs are in blue. Here's the .xls and .pdf versions. Of note, the first 40 on the list are the Blue Dogs that signed the "deficit-neutral" letter mentioned above. Everything you need to email their staff, write letters, make phone calls and send faxes, both to their district and Capitol Hill offices.
http://www.getliberty.org/files/BlueDogandVulnerableDemocratsList.pdf
Keep calling out to the House and to the Senate in general. Of course, you can also reach them via the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. And of course, here is the CapWiz alert so you can contact your own members directly.
In today's special edition of the Liberty Action Report, what the election outcome means, it's all about Barack Obama, conservative bloggers target top Obama advisor, and the WIRE reports on Obama's rose-colored--err, 3-D glasses.
HERE'S THE UPDATE ON HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION BATTLE IN THE U.S. HOUSE:
Please continue to phone Democratic Representatives from your state and urge them not to make Pres. Obama a liar by passing a healthcare bill that has loopholes for illegal aliens.
202-224-3121
Find the Democratic Members from your state at www.CongressGrades.org. Click on your state to see the list.
Pres. Obama has scheduled a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for this (Thursday) afternoon.
Presumably, the Hispanic Caucus will ask the President to prove himself a liar to the American people.
Obama and his spokesmen have made a very clear promise to a joint session of Congress and in many national media appearances that illegal immigrants will not benefit from any new federal healthcare plan.
The authoritative news service Congress Daily reports that the Hispanic Caucus has threatened Speaker Pelosi with voting against a House healthcare bill if it requires full verification against illegal immigrant participation in all parts of the new federal plan.
At the moment, Pelosi is bowing to the pro-illegal-immigration Hispanic Caucus and turning a cold shoulder to all those moderate Democrats who say their constituents want the House bill to back up Pres. Obama's promises.
But your phone calls -- especially to Democrats in competitive Districts -- are creating great tension in the House leadership.
Congress Daily reported today:
Vulnerable Democrats have launched a last minute push to include language excluding undocumented immigrants from buying insurance in the exchange with private money -- a provision included in the Senate Finance Committee bill.
But adding the language to the House bill could jeopardize passage. Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., said if the provision is included in the bill, a majority of the 22-member Congressional Hispanic Caucus will vote against the rule.
Losing those votes could combine with remaining anti-abortion Democrats to leave leaders unable to bring the bill to the floor, said Pastor, a chief deputy whip. "With the issue of pro-life and other people voting against it, it becomes pretty difficult to deal with," he said.
To fulfill the President's promise, the House bill needs to have:
full verification requirements for every single part of the federal plan -- not just one part as Speaker Pelosi has now accepted.
a bar on illegal aliens from being part of the "exchange."
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) said those fulfillments of Obama's promise would be too much to swallow: "I have already said no tax dollars shall go to support healthcare for undocumented workers. What more do you want me to do?" Gutierrez said. "I'm being consistent. But now they want to feed the frenzy of the xenophobic, right-wing anti-immigrant.
Guitierrez and other champions of illegal aliens are willing to have words that bar illegal aliens from benefits but not actual verification procedures.
Will the Hispanic Caucus this afternoon persuade Obama to prove Joe Wilson correct?
Please keep pressure on all Democratic Members of the House at 202-224-3121.
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