Tea parties win key victory in ousting Congress

wnd ^ | 3/16/2010 | Drew Zahn

[P-Marlowe]

Since Senators are chosen to represent the State, the State would have the implied right to recall any Senator which it believed was not properly representing the State in the Senate. In that case a vacancy would occur and the Governor would have the power to appoint a replacement until the next election.

While there is nothing in the Constitution authorizing a recall by the State, there is certainly nothing in there which prohibits a State from doing so.

In accordance with the intent of the Constitution, I think it is clear that the office does not belong to the Senator as an individual, but to the State as a collective with the individual Senator having the right to exercise the State's will in Washington. Therefore it would follow that if the Senator is not doing the job of representing the State, then the State would have the right to remove the Senator and replace him before the end of the term.

[counterpunch]

Speculating that Lautenberg is going to kick the bucket won’t hold up in court as a valid reason for a double standard. They have still undermined their own best rationale by not holding Lautenberg to the same standard as Menendez.

The argument that this is really just racially motivated will be a powerful one under the circumstances. These people are only going to bring disrepute upon the Tea Party movement.

[Lady Jag]

You can't have just one.

[little jeremiah]

Ah. I was so focused on 0bama that I didn’t follow the Senate election that closely. I just voted for the R, can’t even remember who it was.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Excellent!

[rep-always]

OHHHHHHHHHH. I would join you in a minute. I cannot stand that wolf in sheep’s clothing. He is always destryoing freedom, under the radar of course. I think I dislike him the most right under Rep. Grayson and Wasserman-Shulz.

[darkangel82]

It was the uber-RINO Gordon Smith, who would have won if he had been a conservative. He lost by 49%-46%.

[GonzoGOP]

Many should be recalled, prosecuted, incarcerated.

What no firing squad? I'm thinking after a proper trial and conviction for treason that the back benchers get to dig the hole (hard labor), and the dem leaders fill it in (bang).

[little jeremiah]

Thanks. I know I didn’t vote for him, then. I can’t vote for him. I’d puke myself to death.

[justiceseeker93]

Ping!!!

[Faith]

If I recall correctly there was a movement afloat in Arizona to recall John McCain in 2001. Then 9/11 happened and the recall was dropped for the sake of uniting a wounded nation. How different the 2008 elections might have turned out if he had not been our candidate.

[EDINVA]

From the article: New Jersey is one of a handful of states that allows for the recall of its congressmen, thanks to a constitutional amendment New Jersey voters approved by a 3-to-1 margin in 1993.

If FL doesn’t now have such a provision in its state constitution, you could begin working with a group to get the provision on the ballot, or follow whatever procedure is in place in FL to amend the state’s constitution. Every state should offer its citizens that opportunity when they are so poorly represented.

[GailA]

Defeat Obamacare call list: List now contains the new MAYBES culled from FR posts. Be sure to call KNOWN RINOS too.THEY ARE ANSWERING THEIR LOCAL NUMBERS

Here is one of the ones Rush gave out on the radio that I’m calling. So far it’s been busy 1-877-762-8762

KEEP THE CALLS UP! DC OFFICE LOCAL OFFICE

CODE RED Contact list http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/targets/

Remember they are all being offered BRIBES for their votes. Ask them how much their bribe price is.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obama’s announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the “fixer” bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Thursday, March 18th.
New FLIPPERS
Dennis Kucinish, Lakewood 216)228-8850, Fax (216)228-6465,
Parma. 440)845-2707, Fax (440)845-2743, DC (202)225-5871
Fax (202)225-5745
James Oberstar (202) 225-6211, Duluth (218) 727-7474, Chisholm (218) 254-5761, Brainerd (218) 828-4400, North Branch, (651) 277-1234
Rep. Lincoln Davis 202-225-6831 Columbia office: 931-490-8699
Rep. Jim Cooper 202-225-4311 Nashville office: 615-736-5295
Rep. Bart Gordon 202-225-4231 Murfreesboro office: 615-896-1986
John Tanner (202) 225-4714, Union City, (731) 885-7070, Jackson Phone: (731) 423-4848, Millington (901) 873-5690 TN (MAYBE)
Rep. Steve Cohen 202-225-3265 Memphis office: 901-544-4131
Harry Mitchell (202) 225-2190 (480) 946-2411 AZ 5th District
Gabrielle Giffords (202) 225-2542 (520) 881-3588 AZ 8th District
Ann Kirkpatrick (202) 225-2315 (928) 226-6914 AZ 1st District
Jerry McNerney (202) 225-1947 925-833-0643 CA 11th District
John Salazar 202-225-4761 970-245-7107 CO 3rd District
Jim Himes (202) 225-5541 (866) 453-0028 CT 4th District
Alan Grayson (202) 225-2176 (407) 841-1757 FL 8th District
Bill Foster (202) 225-2976 630-406-1114 IL 14th District
Baron Hill 202 225 5315 812 288 3999 IN 9th District
Mark Schauer (202) 225-6276 (517) 780-9075 MI 7th District
Gary Peters (202) 225-5802 (248) 273-4227 MI 9th District
Dina Titus (202) 225-3252 702-256-DINA (3462) NV 3rd District
Carol Shea-Porter (202) 225-5456 (603) 743-4813 NH 1st District
Tim Bishop (202) 225-3826 (631) 696-6500 NY 1st District
John Hall (202) 225-5441 (845) 225-3641 x49371 NY 19th District
Bill Owens (202) 225-4611 (315) 782-3150 NY 23rd District
James Matheson Toll-Free Number 1 (877) 677-9743 (202) 225-3011Mike Arcuri (202)225-3665 (315)793-8146 NY 24th District
Dan Maffei (202) 225-3701 (315) 423-5657 NY 25th District
Earl Pomeroy (202) 225-2611 (701) 224-0355 ND At-Large District
Steven Driehaus (202) 225-2216 (513) 684-2723 OH 1st District
Mary Jo Kilroy (202) 225-2015 (614) 294-2196 OH 15th District
Zach Space (202) 225-6265 (330) 364-4300 OH 18th District
Kathy Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406 (814) 456-2038 PA 3rd District
Patrick Murphy (202) 225-4276 (215) 826-1963 PA 8th District
Christopher Carney (202) 225-3731 (570) 585-9988 PA 10th District
Paul Kanjorski (202) 225-6511 (570) 825-2200 PA 11th District
John Spratt (202) 225-5501 (803)327-1114 SC 5th District
Tom Perriello (202) 225-4711 (276) 656-2291 VA 5th District
Alan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 (304) 623-4422 WVA 1st District
Nick Rahall (202) 225-3452 (304) 252-5000 WVA 3rd District
Steve Kagen (202) 225-5665 (920) 437-1954 WI 8th District
Bart Stupak (202) 225 4735 MI (MAYBE)
Brian Baird (202) 225-3536, Vancouver, (360) 695-6292. Olympia, (360) 352-9768, (MAYBE)
senator mark begich (202) 224-3004 toll free. (877) 501 - 6275 just became a MAYBE
Jason Altmire 202-225-2565, Aliquippa, 724-378-0928,
Natrona Heights, 724-226-1304 (MAYBE)

On the Bubble (Major developments from the “yes” and “no” columns in the House)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2467046/posts

Congressional Dems on Twitter
http://www.arrghpaine.com/congressional-dems-on-twitter
And here are toll-free numbers we can use to call any Senators or Reps.
At the first number below you must wait through a tape recording urging you to tell your Rep or Senator to vote “yes” for the health care bill. Just hang on and when the recording is over, you will get the Capitol operator. Just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Then you will either talk to an aid or have the chance to leave a message for him/her to vote NO on the health care bill.

When you use the second number and the Capitol operator comes on, just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Every time I use this number I get the Rep or Senator’s answer machine, so it may be set up that way all the time...to go to their answer machine. Either way you can leave a message to vote NO on the health care bill!

We need to use these toll free numbers that have been set up for the health care/ BO supporters and illegals to use! After all they are FREE!

1-800-828-0498 , 1-866-220-0044, 1-866-338-1015, 877-851-6437, 877-210-5351

[GailA]

This is from a 2007 contact list of congressional aides. Some might not be there any longer, but worth a try.

Contact congressional aides.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857768/posts

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Toll free to the US Senate:
1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)
1-800-417-7666. (English number)
Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!

[The Citizen Soldier]

Let’s recall ...Mary Landrieu in Louisiana!

...and Nelson in Nebraska.

Thinking about this, maybe we just need to recall every Senator whose last name begins with the same letter as the state in which they reside.

[GailA]

This is from a 2007 contact list of congressional aides. Some might not be there any longer, but worth a try.

Contact congressional aides.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857768/posts

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Toll free to the US Senate:
1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)
1-800-417-7666. (English number)
Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Hey, let’s recall Cardin in Maryland!

[upchuck]

SCGOP are you paying attention?

Supporting the recall of Graham is one way you could woo many conservatives back into being supporters.

My guess is you’ll make excuses.

Lindsey lovers, see reply #19.

Uber RINO Lindsey Ping
"Republican by day, Democrat by night."

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[AFreeBird]

I get a little nervous about this stuff as well. There should be a process to remove these people but the bar needs to be set pretty high.

The manner of electing them is left up to the States. Since the Constitution is silent on removing - recalling them - it will be an interesting legal challenge. This ruling is a shot across the bow IMHO. And if SCOTUS upholds or refuses to hear the case, things could get quite interesting.

X: "The powers NOT delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to The People."

[cripplecreek]

It is interesting that the legislators run to the constitution to tell us what isn’t in it as a means of saying that they’re protected by its absence.

Here’s an interesting article about Pete Hoekstra who has some recall legislation set to go. Also warns democrats about backing Americans into a corner. (I’m voting for him for governor)

http://newsmax.com/Headline/hoekstra-healthcare-pelosi-vote/2010/03/17/id/353050