Members of Congress Pressured from All Sides in Final Hours Before Health Care Vote
In the run-up to the final vote on the Obama administration’s health care proposal, the American Conservative Union today released its list of potential swing votes, urging recipients to “stand up, speak out, and voice your opinion …”
| First | Last | District | State | DC Phone | District Phone |
| John | Adler | 3 | NJ | (202) 225-4765 | (732) 608-7235 |
| Jason | Altmire | 4 | PA | (202) 225-2565 | (724) 378-0928 |
| Brian | Baird | 3 | WA | (202) 225-3536 | (360) 695-6292 |
| John | Boccieri | 16 | OH | (202) 225-3876 | (330) 489-4414 |
| Rick | Boucher | 9 | VA | (202) 225-3861 | (276) 628-1145 |
| Allen | Boyd | 2 | FL | (202) 225-5235 | (850) 561-3979 |
| Christopher | Carney | 10 | PA | (202) 225-3731 | (570) 644-1682 |
| Gerry | Connolly | 11 | VA | (202) 225-1492 | (703) 256-3071 |
| Kathy | Dahlkemper | 3 | PA | (202) 225-5406 | (814) 456-2038 |
| Joe | Donnelly | 2 | IN | (202) 225-3915 | (574) 288-2780 |
| Brad | Ellsworth | 9 | IN | (202) 225-4636 | (812) 465-6484 |
| Stephanie | Herseth Sandlin | AL | SD | (202) 225-2801 | (605) 367-8371 |
| Tim | Holden | 17 | PA | (202) 225-5546 | (610) 921-3502 |
| Frank | Kratovil | 1 | MD | (202) 225-5311 | (443) 262-9136 |
| Betsy | Markey | 4 | CO | (202) 225-4676 | (970) 221-7110 |
| Harry | Mitchell | 5 | AZ | (202) 225-2190 | (480) 946-2411 |
| Glenn | Nye | 2 | VA | (202) 225-4215 | (757) 326-6201 |
| Tom | Perriello | 5 | VA | (202) 225-4711 | (276) 656-2291 |
| Earl | Pomeroy | AL | ND | (202) 225-2611 | (701) 224-0355 |
| Mike | Ross | 4 | AR | (202) 225-3772 | (870) 881-0681 |
| Ike | Skelton | 4 | MO | (202) 225-2876 | (816) 228-4242 |
| John | Tanner | 8 | TN | (202) 225-4714 | (731) 885-7070 |
The ACU list includes several representatives who are reported elsewhere to have made a decision, such as Betsy Markey (D-CO), who was reported in Politico to have announced her intention to vote “yes.”
The differing lists show the difficulty of vote-counting the last few House members to announce their decisions. Under pressure from the House leadership and President Obama on one hand, but aware of the polls and pressure from constituents on the other, it has become a game of “chicken” on all sides: wait too long and they risk being the vote that appears to decide the fate of the bill, yea or nay. But as long as they haven’t announced their votes, they have the opportunity to be offered bigger “carrots” in the form of potential political spoils.
Pajamas Media has attempted to contact these House members, both in D.C. and at their in-district offices, but has been unable to get through.
[Update: Roll Call reports that more than 100,000 calls per hour have been arriving at the Capitol, twice the phone system's capacity, for the last four days.]
These craven politicians have begun reporting callers to the police for harassment if they “call too often”, whatever that means!
Apparently, the pressure’s getting to them!
ppphtt the will of the people or their “constituents” mean NOTHING..its all about getting something for there vote!
We need all new representatives who will actually do what WE THE PEOPLE want them to do!
Bunch of self serving…..this also goes for the current crop of GOPers in office as well.
Be careful with those phone calls, Charlie or you’ll be accused of harassment:
http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/03/19/the-heat-is-on-congressmans-office-says-constituent-calls-are-harassment/
Thank you for the info btw!
The heck with calling these COMMIES. We need 5 million people to MARCH into DC, arrest detain and deport these ANTI-AMERICAN SCUM.
aDLER=PHONY COMMIE. ALTMIRE=PHONY COMMIE(ive heard him on the radio trying to BS everyone)Boccieri just announced this morning hes a yes vote for commiecareless. Im not surprised, Boccieri has always been a phony,I used to live in his district. Poemeroy just got bought off like Ben Nelson and Mary Landreu did. Charlie Wilson, another phony whoi claims to be anti-abortion, will vote yes. Ike Skelton has been lying for years to his constiuents in west central Missouri, he needs a one way ticket out of town. I say tie this up in court for YEARS if necessary, do as the commie left does to our oil and natural resources.
If it were up to these people to cross the Delaware on Christmas Eve, We would all have a British accent. They are afraid, no heroes amongst any of them. Cowards!!!!!
Let’s remember it’s not just these potential swing votes to be concerned about. The house has 435 members, few of whom seem to have more than a passing acquaintence with the constitution.
I myself am leaning to the sentiment of an E-mail I received a while back. Vote all the incumbents out. Throw the bastards under the bus and start over! And keep your powder dry.
Of Saints and Sinners
I don’t know how often Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi prays but her prayer to St. Joseph to get him to intervene on the side of Obamacare seems very misdirected. In the Catholic tradition, St. Joseph is the patron saint of workers, not of lost causes. Desperate and lost causes are the province of St. Jude Thaddeus.
Perhaps Speaker Pelosi was thinking of Rep. Joseph (Joe) Wilson (R, SC) when she prayed for an intercession by St. Joseph since on the same day she was praying President Obama was proving Joe Wilson right.
The reader may remember Joe from last September when he committed a gross breach of congressional decorum and etiquette by loudly contradicting the president during a speech on Obamacare to a Joint Session of Congress.
Obama had just finished saying, “There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false. The reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally,” when Wilson yelled from his seat, “You lie!”
Anyone who would care to reminisce on that sweet moment in history can . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1574)
It appears that they now have the votes to pass this crap.I don’t think many peple can now say elections don’t matter.
PROVEN: the constitutionality of “nullification” – (States rights)
The video file below proves the constitutionality of “nullification”.
IE, That any state can ‘opt-out” of any federal law they disagree with.
The report is very well researched. Libs rage against it but they have no grounds.
It is taught by Thomas E Woods and would make an excellent show subject:
LINK: http://mises.org/multimedia/video/Woods/Woods1.wmv
GOD bless your work!