Barack Obama has stated that it is critical that the healthcare bill in Congress, likely the Senate version, be passed by March 18, 7 days from now.  There has been much discussion about the use of reconciliation to override the requirement of a 60 vote majority in the Senate.  There also are numerous constituencies that object to some or all of the bill as written, eg.  its language on taxpayer funded abortion, its effect on the federal deficit which already seems unsustainable, and progressives who want the public option.

So what can the Tea Party movement do to stop the bill?

             1.     There are those who are going to Washington D.C. to take the fight to the Senators and Congressmen, particularly the Blue Dog Democrats.

             2.     For those who can’t go to D.C., we must keep the pressure on our local Congressmen, particularly, Ciro Rodriguez and Henry Cuellar.  How should we do that?  Two ways… first, call their local and Washington offices every moment between now and March 18 stating your opposition to the health care bill, the use of reconciliation, and your willingness to remove them from office in November if they don’t vote against the bill; second, go to their local offices and ask for a meeting with the Congressmen’s local representatives to state the same message.

The Congressmen are saying that they are being inundated with support for the bill.  However, most of the citizens in this country are against the bill.  Bottom line is that you need to make known your position to undercut any such claims of support.

The San Antonio Tea Party needs a lot of volunteers to make the calls and go to the offices on a consistent schedule.  Here is the proposed plan. 

Calling

Call the offices of the following at the following times based on the first letter of your last name:

Henry Cuellar SA Office: (210) 271-2851; Fax: (210) 277-6671

                                   D.C. office (202) 225-1640; Fax: (202) 225-1641

                                   SA Office Address:  615 E. Houston St.

 

Ciro Rodriguez

SA(north):  (210) 561-9421; D.C. office (866) 915-3493

                                    SA(north) Office Address:  6363 De Zavala #105

SA(south):  (210) 922-1874

                                    SA(south) Office Address:  1313 SE Military Dr. #101

 

First letter of your last name                 Time slot for your calls        

 

A                                                                                        8:30-9:00 AM

B                                                                                        9:00-9:30 AM

C                                                                                        9:30-10:00 AM

D                                                                                       10:00-10:30 AM

E, F                                                                                  10:30-11:00 AM

G                                                                                       11:00-11:30 AM

H                                                                                       11:30-12:00 PM

I, J                                                                                   12:00-12:30PM

K, L                                                                                  12:30-1:00 PM

M                                                                                      1:00-1:30 PM

N, O                                                                                 1:30-2:00 PM

P                                                                                       2:00-2:30 PM

Q, R                                                                                2:30-3:00 PM

S                                                                                      3:00-3:30 PM

T                                                                                     3:30-4:00 PM

U, V                                                                               4:00-4:30 PM

W                                                                                    4:30-5:00 PM

X, Y, Z                                                                          5:00-5:30 PM

For those who can’t call in the designated time slot, please

                           JUST CALL when your time allows.

 

Office Visits

Call Bill Rice at 210-428-1300 to schedule a time slot for a personal visit to each of the Representative’s office.   This will allow us to utilize all those who wish to paricipate in an effective manner as possible.  We are envisioning each volunteer going once to each of the three offices either all on a given day or spread apart over Monday to Wednesday, March 15-17.

Folks, its crunch time.  If we share the load, we can GET THIS DONE.  Please help 

 

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