Senate Vote Today on Massive Port Bill
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance
TODAY the Senate is voting on yet another massive spending bill -- the $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill that contains more than 2,900 pages!
Worse yet, the bill is laden with 8,500 pork-filled earmarks totaling more than $7.7 billion including:
--$1.8 million for pig odor and manure management
--$200,000 for a "tattoo-removal violence-outreach
program" in Los Angeles
--$1.9 million for a water taxi service in Connecticut
(this is actually being called the taxi to nowhere)
--$473,000 for National Council of La Raza (which has
supported radical Mexican nationalism within our borders)
Just as bad, the bill does not require competitive bids -- which will lead to corruption and insider deals for our tax dollars! Well-connected friends of members of Congress and the lobbyists will get the contracts without even having to compete for them!
+ + Fax the Senate now and say "Purge The Pork"
President Obama who once pledged to go line-by-line toremove wasteful spending, now says it s too late to purge the pork from the spending bill. Well, he is wrong!
The Senate did not have the votes to pass the bill last Thursday and now some Democrats are saying they will oppose this pork-laden version of the Omnibus Spending bill...
One thing is for certain--the vote will be very close!
That s why I m asking every team member to take action right now in two important ways:
#1 -- Fax your two South Dakota senators and 10 key senators right now (these are the most vulnerable and most likely to be swayed by grassroots pressure).
Go here to use our FaxFire system to schedule your faxes
or to get the contact information to send your own faxes:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=16833&CID=112&RID=18947100
We must flood the Senate with faxes immediately.
#2 -- Call your two senators
After scheduling your faxes, call your senators and tell them you oppose the Omnibus Spending bill and urge them to vote "NO" as long as it has 8,500 pork-laden earmarks in it.
We re hearing that the first key vote is expected this evening -- with other crucial votes expected as soon as Tuesday.
We have a window of opportunity to short-circuit this massive pork bill, but I am completely dependent on your help right now.
Please... take action and tell the Senate to "Purge The Pork."
Steve Elliott, President
Grassfire.org
P.S. After scheduling your faxes and calling your senators, please forward this message to your friends urging them to take action with you by clicking here:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=16834&CID=112&RID=18947100
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