DISCLOSE Act Passes House 219 to 206 Will “Shred Our Constitution for Raw, Ugly, Partisan Gain” Roll Call Vote

What now seems to be a daily erosion of civil liberties continues.

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GOP Leader: “With this misguided bill, Democrats would restrict free speech and violate the First Amendment." H R 5175 RECORDED VOTE 24-Jun-2010 4:29 PM QUESTION: On Passage BILL TITLE: Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act or the DISCLOSE Act FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 391

Washington (Jun 24) House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Democrats’ unconstitutional bill designed to silence their political opponents:

“The First Amendment says ‘Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.’ It’s first for a reason. Freedom of speech is the basis of our democracy. The purpose of this bill, plain and simple, is to allow Democrats to use their Majority in this House to silence their political opponents. This is a backroom deal to shred our Constitution for raw, ugly, partisan gain.

“With this misguided bill, Democrats would restrict free speech and violate the First Amendment. But not for everyone. This bill would muzzle small businesses but protect labor unions. It allows the Humane Society to speak freely, but not the Farm Bureau. It would protect the AARP’s rights, but not 60-Plus. And lastly it would protect the National Rifle Association but not the National Right to Life. The NRA is carved out and gets a special deal in this bill. The NRA is all about protecting the Second Amendment, but apparently its leaders don’t care about protecting the First Amendment. That’s very disappointing.

“Since the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the First Amendment, Democrats have maintained their bill would ‘apply equally across the board’ to corporations, labor unions and advocacy organizations alike. Instead, they produced a bill full of loopholes designed to help their friends while silencing their political opponents. We in this House take an oath to ‘preserve, protect, and defend our Constitution.’ A vote for this bill violates that oath.”

TEXT CREDIT: House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) H-204 The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 P (202) 225-4000 F (202) 225-5117

Americans Target IRS ObamaCare Enforcers

I know this is a priority issue for most Americans, lets spend billions to hire more IRS agents, it'll end the war, economic recession, global warming, illegal immigration and the leak. If only we we'd been in time to save Al Gore's marriage. Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement in support of this week’s YouCut vote to save $5 to $10 billion by prohibiting new funding to the IRS for the purpose of enforcing the unconstitutional individual mandate in ObamaCare.

“Spending $10 billion to hire thousands of new IRS agents is not health care reform,” said Chairman Price. “It’s just an expansion of government power. How Democrats can equate health care reform with a more powerful IRS is a mystery. If ObamaCare was actually good for patients, they would not need an unconstitutional mandate enforced by a horde of new tax agents.

“The American people have cast more than one million YouCut votes in the last six weeks. And if not for the intense opposition of House Democrats, the winning initiatives could have already saved $100 billion. The Democrats’ failure to support common sense spending cuts goes hand-in-hand with their failure to budget. They cannot tackle a $1.5 trillion deficit if they balk at the first few steps.”

Note: According to the Congressional Budget Office, over the next ten years the IRS will require between $5 billion and $10 billion in funding to implement ObamaCare. ###

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