This Wednesday, May 14, Contact Your Members of Congress to Defeat the Bush Tax Giveaway
Dear Right Wing Fanatic,
"Democracy can work, particularly when a lot of people get on the phone or by email, and just let them know what's on your mind." -- George W. Bush, 5/5/03
President Bush has ordered his most loyal and partisan supporters to contact their Senators and Representatives in Congress to pressure them to pass his irresponsible tax giveaway.
It's time to fight back.
The Democratic Party is partnering with MoveOn.org, People for the American Way, Campaign for America's Future, and dozens of other groups representing millions of Americans to organize a massive public mobilization. On Wednesday, May 14, join us by calling and emailing your representatives in Congress to let them know that the majority of Americans oppose more irresponsible tax cuts that go overwhelmingly to the wealthiest sliver of Americans.
Next week, we'll send you details on how you can use Democrats.org to contact your Representatives and Senators to tell them that it's time to pass a genuine stimulus plan instead of the irresponsible Bush tax giveaway.
Speaking of Genuine Stimulus Plans...
Senate Democrats introduced a plan to get the sluggish Bush economy moving again. The plan includes targeted tax breaks, help for small businesses, desperately needed aid for state and local governments, and help to laid-off workers.
It provides the immediate stimulus our economy needs at a fraction of the cost of Bush's ineffective scheme.
Click here to learn more about the Democratic economic recovery plan.
Click here to send President Bush a message telling him it's time to abandon his irresponsible tax giveaway and to do the right thing to get our economy moving.
Supreme Court Countdown: Update
Friday, May 9, marks exactly two years since Bush first nominated some of his most extremist judges to the federal courts, and Democrats continue to protect American values by standing up to right-wing nominees.
The right-wing extremist nominees continue. President Bush has nominated career extremist Carolyn Kuhl for a lifetime appointment to the powerful 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Kuhl, a former official in Reagan's Justice Department, has a long record of opposing reproductive rights, civil rights, and environmental protections:
- She supported tax breaks for Bob Jones University despite its ban on interracial dating, a position opposed by 200 of her colleagues.
- She wrote what a former Solicitor General called "the most aggressive memo" advocating the reversal of Roe vs. Wade in a case before the Supreme Court.
- Prominent environmental groups, in a letter to Senators, have warned that Kuhl's record on environmental protections puts Americans at risk.
Republicans try to subvert the Constitution for Bush's nominees. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has threatened to subvert the Constitution and end the Senate's "advise and consent" role in order to ram Bush's ultraconservative extremist nominees through.
If they're willing to subvert the Constitution to push through nominees to lifetime appointments on the federal bench, just imagine what they'll do when it comes time to fight for Bush's right-wing nominees to the Supreme Court.
If you haven't yet signed our petition, click here to sign it.
And if you haven't yet told your friends, click here or fill out the form below this message to spread the word. And if you have told your friends, tell some more!
Sincerely,
Terry McAuliffe
Chairman
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