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compromise
01-01-2013, 08:51 AM
https://twitter.com/repjustinamash/status/286116973358751746

House GOP will be conferencing at 1 p.m. today to discuss Senate proposal. Reps' contact info: http://house.gov .

Find your representative:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/

Target Representatives who ran as Tea Partiers/fiscal conservatives in particular.

Representatives who have confirmed they will be voting NO on fiscal cliff deal:

Jason Chaffetz - https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse/status/286109347438792705

Without substantial, real first year cuts in spending I can't vote for the bill passed by the Senate late last night.

Justin Amash - https://twitter.com/repjustinamash/status/285933710723923968

This deal INCREASES spending. It's more of the same irresponsible & reckless behavior we've come to expect from Congress.

Representatives who have confirmed they will be voting YES on the bill to rescind Obama's congressional pay rise executive order:

Justin Amash - https://twitter.com/repjustinamash/status/285879204233482240

We'll be voting tomorrow on a bill to override Pres Obama's executive order giving a pay raise to Congress.

Tim Scott - http://www.facebook.com/RepTimScott/posts/514118955286908

I do not support a Congressional pay increase, and would not accept one.

Michele Bachmann - http://bachmann.house.gov/press-release/bachmann-introduces-legislation-rescind-congressional-pay-raise

I introduced legislation today that would rescind President Obama’s executive order that gives members of Congress a pay raise. We have a spending problem in our country and we should be looking for areas to cut spending, not adding to the debt burden.

Jeff Duncan - http://www.facebook.com/RepJeffDuncan/posts/529267327091024

The timing of President Obama’s Executive Order to raise salaries for Members of Congress and the Vice President shows how out of touch with reality the President is when it comes to spending. Congress doesn’t need a pay raise, and if given a raise I will return it. This Executive Order highlights the President’s serious lack of judgment when it comes to spending money. Raising taxes will result in more government spending, not less debt for our children and grandchildren. I will not be fooled into believing that Washington intends to use tax increases to pay down the debt. With President Obama’s decision to give Congress a pay raise, every American should question his judgment in managing our nation’s finances.

LibertyEagle
01-01-2013, 08:54 AM
Called.

Brett85
01-01-2013, 11:01 AM
I thought about calling my representative and telling him to vote "yes," since a "no" vote will simply cause taxes to go up for 100% of Americans, and a "yes" vote means that the tax cuts will be extended for 99% of Americans, and the estate tax exemption will go from 1 million to 5 million. I don't understand this sentiment that it would somehow be good for our country for all of the Bush tax cuts to expire and for taxes to go up massively on every single American.

compromise
01-01-2013, 11:37 AM
I thought about calling my representative and telling him to vote "yes," since a "no" vote will simply cause taxes to go up for 100% of Americans, and a "yes" vote means that the tax cuts will be extended for 99% of Americans, and the estate tax exemption will go from 1 million to 5 million. I don't understand this sentiment that it would somehow be good for our country for all of the Bush tax cuts to expire and for taxes to go up massively on every single American.

Better than a spending increase.

Brett85
01-01-2013, 12:18 PM
Better than a spending increase.

This bill doesn't actually include an increase in the debt ceiling, so the Republicans still have that leverage. If the Republicans really want massive spending cuts and a balanced budget immediately, all they would have to do is vote against raising the debt ceiling in two months. The fact that there are no spending cuts in this particular bill doesn't seem to be a very good reason to oppose it, when the Republicans can cause there to be massive spending cuts in two months by opposing an increase in the debt ceiling.