January Legislative Update
The Legislative Committee has identified the following legislation, executive actions, or judicial actions, that are (1) unconstitutional, (2) against our national interests, and/or (3) just plain stupid. In addition, we have found some things that are worthy of our support.
| BAD FEDERAL BILLS: | ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: |
| 1. S.Res. 10-amends Senate rules to make it harder to filibuster | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Senators to oppose this bill |
| 2. S.Res. 12-amends Senate rules to make it harder to filibuster | Call Sen. Udall—he is the sponsor |
| GOOD FEDERAL BILLS | ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: |
| 1. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act HR 2—repeals Obamacare. This was passed by the House on 1/19/11. | Rep. Cory Gardner is a co-sponsor. Atta boy! Telephone, fax and/or write to your Senator to support this bill. |
| 2. Defund Czars bill-HR 59: provides that appropriated funds cannot be used to pay salaries or expenses associated with Czars | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| 3. Spending Reduction Act of 2011-proposes $2.5 Trillion in spending cuts. This is a good start. | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| 4. Repeal Birthright Citizenship HR 140-ends automatic citizenship to children born in the US to illegal immigrants | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| 5. Repeal Dodd-Frank Wall StreetReform Act HR 87 | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| 6. Prohibition of FCC from further regulating the internet HR 96 | Rep. Cory Gardner is a co-sponsor. Atta boy! |
| 7. Free Industry Act HR 97-provides that greenhouse gasses are not air pollutants and cannot be subject to regulation by EPA | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| 8. Requires Congress to specify source of authority under the US Constitution for the enactment of laws HR 125 | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| 9. End Tax Uncertainty Act of 2011-HR 86-To prevent pending tax increases, permanently repeal estate and gift taxes, and permanently repeal the alternative minimum tax on individuals. | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| 10. Fair Tax Act HR 25-replaces the income tax with a 23% national sales tax-abolishes the IRS | Get informed and support the Fair Tax, visit http://www.fairtax.org |
| 11. Government Reform Act of 2011-HR 155-will create a national commission, modeled after the successful Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, to establish a timely, independent, and fair process for realigning or closing outdated, ineffective, or inefficient Executive agencies. | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| 12. Bill to repeal the Troubled Asset Relief Program and to prevent future bailouts-HR 189 | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative to support this bill |
| GOOD STATE BILLS: | ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: |
| 1. SB 018: Requirement to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative and Senator to support this bill; testify at the hearing on 1/26/11 |
| 2. SB 023: Requires commuters of state-owned vehicles to reimburse the state for mileage to commute | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative and Senator to support this bill |
| 3. HB 1075: Limits current requirement that $15 Million be spent on transit and rail projects until 2015, instead money will go to counties for road and bridge projects—money is from increased registration fees | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative and Senator to support this bill |
| 4. HB 1025: Repeals the hospital bed tax in order to expand Medicaid. | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative and Senator to support this bill |
| 5. HB 1048: Creates a tax credit for families who move their children from a public to a private educational program. If 3% of public school population participates, estimated savings of $100,000,000 to taxpayers. | Telephone, fax and/or write to your Representative and Senator to support this bill |
| BAD EXECUTIVE BRANCH ACTIONS: | ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: |
| 1. EPA plans to control greenhouse gasses using regulations. The EPA ruled in 12/09 that greenhouse gasses endanger the public health and welfare which allows them to regulate. In May 2010, the EPA issued rulings that will control permits beginning January 2011. | See Good Federal Bills #7—HR 97 to prohibit the EPA from enforcing these regulations. |
| 2. Recess appointment of Ambassador to Syria | Write to the President and ask him why he appointed an Ambassador without Senate approval |
| BAD SENATE CONFIRMATIONS: | ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: |
| START Treaty confirmation. This Treaty is really bad for national defense. President Obama gave away the store. | This was confirmed by the Senate in the lame duck session. |
| GOOD JUDICIAL ACTIONS: | ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: |
| There are now 26 states joined in the Florida lawsuit against Obamacare: Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Ohio, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah & Washington. | A majority of states now oppose Obamacare. |
| BAD SCHOOL BOARD ACTIONS: | ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: |
| The Thompson School Board voted to give $15,000 of taxpayer money to sue the taxpayers of Colorado in Lobato v. State of Colorado | Vote out the 3 school board members up for reelection in 2011 and the 3 that are up for reelection in 2013 that approved this |
| OBAMACARE FACTS: Construction has been stopped on 45 physician-owned hospitals nationwide, because under Obamacare they will not be able to bill Medicare for treatments. This is the democrats’ plan to promote jobs, greater access to doctors and choice in health care. |
| DO YOU KNOW that the Dept. of Health and Human Services paid Google, Bing and other internet search engines to put positive Obama administration websites at the top of search results for Obamacare. Wasting taxpayer money while providing Obamacare-slanted propaganda at the same time. Typical government in action. |