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WHY YOU SHOULD LOBBY CONGRESS
Citizens may feel it is a waste of time to contact elected leaders, because their minds are made up already. But on most issues, legislators try hard to determine the desires and leanings of their constituency before they vote. Politicians worry about being re-elected, and know that the happier their constituency, the
more likely their own re-election.
PRESIDENT OBAMA GO TO HELL
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House Republicans are moving their own proposal to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government -- and plan to vote as early as Tuesday -- in response to a new plan emerging from the Senate side.
The decision throws into doubt what the next step will be in the tense budget negotiations. Senate Republican leaders had been planning to brief their members on the Senate talks late Monday morning. But that meeting was postponed, as the House GOP began to go in its own direction.
Congressional Democrats hammered their GOP colleagues Tuesday for crafting a new bill. And White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage called the emerging House plan a "partisan attempt to appease a small group of Tea Party Republicans who forced the government shutdown in the first place."
House Republicans, though, stressed that the plans were similar and voiced hope that the Senate might accept what they're working on.
"We have a Republican alternative that is very similar to the Senate. We think it's considerably better," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told reporters.
Senior aides said the proposal would fund the government through Jan. 15, and raise the debt ceiling through Feb. 7. That tracks with what is emerging on the Senate side -- but the House version would also include ObamaCare provisions that the Senate version does not.
The House framework would include a two-year suspension of the medical device tax in ObamaCare, strip so-called insurance "subsidies" for members of Congress and other government officials, and include income verification for subsidies.
"Now if the Senate wants to say 'my way or the highway' then I suggest that Senate Republicans not go along with that strategy," Issa said.
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THE COUNTDOWN TO OBAMACARE
On October 1st, millions of Americans wll be required to enroll in Obamacare and could lose access to their doctors and be forced to pay higher premiums and higher taxes. But there's still time to stop it. Republicans in Congress can stop Obamacare if they refuse to fund it.
WHY YOU SHOULD LOBBY CONGRESS
Citizens may feel it is a waste of time to contact elected leaders, because their minds are made up already. But on most issues, legislators try hard to determine the desires and leanings of their constituency before they vote. Politicians worry about being re-elected, and know that the happier their constituency, the more likely their own re-election.
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