We're closing in on the showdown for ObamaCare - the vote will be any day now - so I thought it might be helpful to have all the contact information in one spot, in case you don't already. Please contact these public servants and ask them to butt out of our health care!
Rep. Tom is the first one. I've already called, emailed and faxed him and just tried to do it again. His mailbox is full, I can't get an email throught, so faxing is the only way right now. We must be TENACIOUS!!! Call, email, fax! This is the most important vote we will have in a long, long time!
ACT NOW!
Rep. Tom Perriello
1520 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4711; Fax: (202) 225-5681
Toll Free: (888) 486-6487 (This is the only phone number I've been able to reach to leave a message.)
Sen. Mark Warner
459A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Toll Free: 1-877-676-2759; Phone: 202-224-2023; Fax: 202-224-6295
Sen. James Webb
248 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4024; Fax: 202-228-6363
To email these gentlemen, check the right side of this page for their link.
Since Letters to the Editor are one of the most effective ways to get your message out, I've included below the email addresses for each of our lake area papers. Just click on the link and let them know what you think.
news@bedfordbulletin.com
fnpevents@franklinnews-post.com
letters@roanoke.com
letters@newsadvance.com
rlyon@smithmountaineagle.com
Points to Ponder:
These were taken from the Heritage Foundation. Log onto http://www.askheritage.org/ for more details.
Flanked, again, by doctors in lab coats, President Barack Obama gave yet another speech Wednesday afternoon urging Congress to pass his health care reform plan. Here’s a fact check:
\-The President again claimed his plan lowers health care costs. It doesn’t.
-The President again claimed his plan would not give government bureaucrats or insurance company bureaucrats more control over health care. It does.
-The President again claimed that “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.” That simply is not true.
-The President again said his plan gives the American people the same health care as Members of Congress. It doesn’t.
-The President again claimed his plan is paid for. It is not.
The only “new” wrinkle in this speech was President Obama's call for “an up or down vote” on health care reform. Again the White House is completely out of touch with reality. The Senate has already passed a version of Obamacare. It is currently sitting ready for a vote in the House of Representatives. The House could pass Obamacare into law by an up-or-down/simple-majority vote tomorrow if they so desired. In like manner, the House already passed a version of Obamacare too. And had the Senate passed that version, instead of their own, Obamacare would be law right now.
But now the President is claiming he has some new plan that he all of a sudden wants a brand new vote on in the Senate. President Obama says he is open to four specific conservative ideas, but the White House has produced no details or even legislative language for this new plan. And even if the White House ever does produce such language, it would then have to go to the Congressional Budget Office for scoring.
More importantly, simply adding so-called conservative ideas to the bill does not change the fundamental direction of the proposal. The bills before Congress, including the President’s new additions, would still result in a massive shift of power over health care financing and delivery of care to Washington politicians and bureaucrats. The public has spoken, and it does not want a federal takeover of health care.
Conservatives should continue to press the Administration and leaders in Congress for bipartisan solutions that are based on elements of common ground, including letting states take the lead on health reform, tackling the tax treatment of health insurance, sensible insurance market reforms, and an honest commitment to fixing existing health care programs that the government already controls.
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