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Dear Faithful
Tea Party Members,
We need to Call
Representatives to Defeat the DISCLOSE Act: it will
harm the Tea Party and conservative grassroots groups.
Below are details from the Tea Party Patriots and links
provided by the Commonwealth Foundation and Freedom
Works.
This bill will
limit our freedom of
speech.
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FROM TEA PARTY
PATRIOTS:
DISCLOSE ACT - WE MUST DEFEAT THIS
BILL
Dear Fellow Tea Party Patriots,
We have
received information from Capitol Hill regarding the "Disclose
Act" and we must work to defeat this bill. The vote is
expected to take place tonight or tomorrow.
On
April 29, 2010, Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced
H.R. 5175, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on
Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. The bill is a
direct response to Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission (McCain- Feingold) - a First Amendment
victory in which the Supreme Court overturned the prohibition
on corporations and unions using treasury funds for
independent expenditures supporting or opposing political
candidates at any time of the year. Simply put, the
DISCLOSE Act will limit the political speech that was
protected and encouraged by Citizens United.
Speaker Pelosi and the House
Majority Leadership are making it a priority to pass this
bill. This bill is designed to take away the influence
of Tea Party and other conservative groups in the upcoming
November election. We feel like this bill will be
successfully challenged in the courts, but the ruling will not
come before the November election.
An
exemption has been carved out for the Labor Unions and other
leftist advocacy groups. The NRA was also exempted so
they would not oppose it.
Roll Call Magazine
reports today that they have carved out even deeper exemptions
in order to assure passage and we believe it clearly shows the
intent of the bill is to diminish the effectiveness of
Tea Party groups and other newer conservative advocacy
groups.
"Facing wide-ranging blowback from an
exemption tailored for the National Rifle Association, House
Democratic leaders have decided to expand the carve-out from
disclosure requirements in a campaign finance measure they are
trying to pass this week.
The new standard lowers the
membership requirement for outside groups from 1 million
members to 500,000. Those groups would still need to have
members in 50 states, have existed for 10 years and can accept
no more than 15 percent of their funding from corporate or
union sources. The broader bill, called the DISCLOSE Act,
comes in response to the controversial Supreme Court decision
in January that struck down limits on corporate and union
spending in elections. The bill would force groups
participating in elections to name their top donors, among
other changes."
We need you to make phone
calls, send emails and faxes and urge the Congressmen listed
below to vote no on this bill. If you are a NRA member,
we urge that you email the NRA and ask them to oppose this
bill. NRA - CCox@NRAHQ.org and
KeeneD@CarmenGroup.com
Together, we
can make a difference!
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD),
Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
202-225-2801; Fax: 202-225-5823
Rep. Jim
Matheson (UT-02), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
202-225-3011; Fax:
(202) 225-5638
Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09), Blue Dog
Co-Chair for Policy
202-225-5315; Fax: 202-226-6866
Altmire, Jason
(PA-04) 202-225-2565; Fax: 202-226-2274
Baca, Joe (CA-43) 202-225-6161; Fax:
202-225-8671
Barrow, John (GA-12) 202-225-2823;
Fax: 202-225-3377
Berry, Marion (AR-01) 202-225-4076;
Fax: 202-225-5602
Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
202-225-3631; Fax: 202-225-2203
Boren, Dan (OK-02) 202-225-2701;
Fax: 202-225-3038
Boyd, Allen (FL-02) 202-225-5235;
Fax: 202-225-5615
Bright, Bobby (AL-02) 202-225-2901;
Fax: 202-225-8913
Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18) 202-225-6131
Carney, Christopher
(PA-10) 202-225-3731
Childers, Travis (MS-01)
202-225-4306; Fax: 202-225-3549
Cooper, Jim (TN-05) 202-225-4311;
Fax: 202-226-1035
Costa, Jim (CA-20) 202-225-3341;
Fax: 202-225-9308
Cuellar, Henry (TX-28) 202-225-1640;
Fax: 202-225-1641
Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)
202-225-5406; Fax: 202-225-3103
Davis, Lincoln (TN-04) 202-225-6831;
Fax: 202-226-5172
Donnelly, Joe (IN-02) 202-225-3915;
Fax: 202-225-6798
Gordon, Bart (TN-06) (202) 225-4231
Holden, Tim (PA-17)
(202) 225-5546; Fax: (202) 226-0996
Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01) (202)
225-5311; Fax (202) 225-0254
McIntyre, Mike (NC-07) (202)
225-2731; Fax: (202) 225-5773
Markey, Betsy (CO-04) 202.225.4676;
Fax: 202-225-5870
Marshall, Jim (GA-08) 202-225-6531;
Fax: 202-225-3013
Matheson, Jim (UT-02) (202)
225-3011; Fax: (202) 225-5638
Melancon, Charlie (LA-03) (202)
225-4031; Fax: (202) 226-3944
Michaud, Mike (ME-02) 202-225-6306;
Fax:202-225-2943
Minnick, Walt (ID-01) (202)
225-6611; Fax: (202) 225-3029
Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05) (202)
225-2190 N/A
Moore,
Dennis (KS-03) (202) 225-2865; Fax:(202) 225-2807
Murphy, Scott
(NY-20) (202) 225-5614; Fax: (202) 225-1168
Nye, Glenn (VA-02) (202) 225-4215;
Fax: (202) 225-4218
Peterson, Collin (MN-07) (202)
225-2165; Fax: (202) 225-1593
Salazar, John (CO-03) 202-225-4761;
Fax: 202-226-9669
Scott, David (GA-13) (202) 225-2939;
Fax: (202) 225-4628
Space, Zack (OH-18) (202) 225-6265;
Fax: (202) 225-3394
Tanner, John (TN-08) (202) 225-4714;
Fax: (202) 225-1765
Taylor, Gene (MS-04) 202-225-5772;
Fax: (202)225.7074
FROM THE
COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION:
http://www.atr.org/index.php?content=Discolseact
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/06/14/the-principle-behind-campaign-finance-regulation
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/06/15/free-speech-watch-2/
FROM
FREEDOMWORKS:
http://rsc.tomprice.house.gov/UploadedFiles/RSC_Policy_Brief_DISCLOSE_Act_Update_June_16.pdf
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Thank you for all of your hard work in this uphill
battle.
Sincerely,
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Patti
Weaver
Pittsburgh Tea Party Movement
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