Posted on 07/23/2009 6:57:14 AM PDT by bestintxas
Democrats are preventing Republican House Members from sending their constituents a mailing that is critical of the majority’s health care reform plan, blocking the mailing by alleging that it is inaccurate. House Republicans are crying foul and claiming that the Democrats are using their majority to prevent GOP Members from communicating with their constituents.
The dispute centers on a chart created by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Republican staff of the Joint Economic Committee to illustrate the organization of the Democratic health care plan.
At first glance, Brady’s chart resembles a board game: a colorful collection of shapes and images with a web of lines connecting them.
But a closer look at the image reveals a complicated menagerie of government offices and programs that Republicans say will be created if the leading Democratic health care plan becomes law.
In a memo sent Monday to Republicans on the House franking commission, Democrats argue that sending the chart to constituents as official mail would violate House rules because the information is misleading.
In their eight-point memo, which was obtained by Roll Call, Democrats identify a litany of areas where they believe the chart is incorrect.
For example, Democrats argue that the chart depicts a “Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund” that is “simply a recipient of IRS funds, with no outflow. ... This is false.”
The chart’s illustration of low-income subsidies is also “misleading and false,” Democrats argue.
Congressional rules for franked mail bar Members from using taxpayer-funded mail for newsletters that use “partisan, politicized or personalized” comments to criticize legislation or policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
I think there is no question they will go after talk radio with a vengeance.
And to the dimocrats!
The chart is now posted on Generic Website.
Let every Republican who voted for Obama every conservative who stayed home to punish the Republican party pay attention to this issue. The Democrats won the election and as the majority they have every right to ram their policies down our throats. But the unintended consequences of that super majority are that the Democrats are passing unconstitutional legislation, cutting off debate on the floors of the House and Senate, abusing power and grabbing more power.
Satisfied? Did you teach the Republicans a good, hard lesson? You about done?
Get you butt to the polls in 2010 and undo this disaster you wrought upon us!
Thanks for the ping!
“Fact is, we have abject marxists running the government who have been put into positions of high public trust all the way up to the President.”
Hear, hear!
Thanks for the chart, Laz. I take back all the nasty things I ever said about you that you didn’t hear. ;-)
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