Boehner: Dems prepare to pass health care takeover without a vote

REPUBLICAN LEADER JOHN BOEHNER'S BLOG, 3/10/2010 - "The twisted scheme by which Democratic leaders plan to bend the rules to ram President Obama’s massive health care legislation through Congress now has a name: the Slaughter Solution. ∴ The Slaughter Solution is a plan by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the Democratic chair of the powerful House Rules Committee and a key ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), to get the health care legislation through the House without an actual vote on the Senate-passed health care bill. You see, Democratic leaders currently lack the votes needed to pass the Senate health care bill through the House. Under Slaughter’s scheme, Democratic leaders will overcome this problem by simply “deeming” the Senate bill passed in the House - without an actual vote by members of the House." Read more at Rep. Boehner's blog... Read More......

AFP Feb. 25: The Patients' Summit

ACTION ITEM (moved to top): AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY, 2/21/2010 by Tim Phillips - I hate to tell you, BUT the battle to stop the takeover of our health care is not over. ∴ On February 25, President Obama will hold a "Health Care Summit" where he and Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil their "new" health care plan that they are currently writing in secret behind closed doors. ∴ The Left is hoping their "summit" will be the game-changer they need to re-launch their scheme to take over our health care system. You and I need to make sure that does not happen. ∴ At Americans for Prosperity, we're holding our own Critical Care: The Patients' Summit to deliver a simple message: the American people have rejected this trillion-dollar takeover of health care. So Congress should start over from scratch, or better yet, focus on policies that create jobs and get our economy moving again. ∴ First, we'll gather outside the Blair House at 9:30 a.m. on February 25 where President Obama will be hosting his "summit." We'll make sure attendees like Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid hear our message as they head inside. ∴ Then, beginning at 11:30am we will hold our own Critical Care: The Patients' Summit at the JW Marriott in DC. ∴ If you can't join us in person in Washington, you can still be a part of the Patients' Summit. We'll be Webcasting live online at AmericansforProsperity.org.

Between now and President Obama's "summit," we need to email and call our senators and member of Congress to tell them in advance that the American people do not want another big-government, tax-and-spend, freedom-crushing piece of legislation to come up again.

• Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) - DC (202) 224-3753, DC, Salem (503) 362-8102
  
• Sen. Ron Wyden (D) - DC (202) 224-5244, DC Fax (202) 228-2717, Salem (503) 589-4555
• Rep. Peter DeFazio (D), Oregon, 4th - DC (202) 225-6416, Eugene (541) 465-6732
• Rep. Kurt Schrader (D), Oregon, 5th - DC (202) 225-5711, Salem (503) 588-9100

A lot of senators and congressmen are wondering if the mood of the American people has changed. ∴ We've got to show them in a crystal clear fashion that the American people simply do not trust the Washington politicians with our health care. ∴ Thanks for all you're doing and let's keep fighting. Read More......