“Melt the phones!”
That’s the new battle cry for friends of medical freedom and foes of Obamacare.
The time is now to phone Republican senators and urge them to vote “No” on Majority Leader Harry Reid’s cloture motion, which will come up for a vote on Wednesday. Reid hopes to secure 60 votes to stop debate on the House-passed continuing resolution that funds the federal government and keeps it open beyond the end of this fiscal year (Monday, September 30). The House’s CR finances everything in the federal budget, save for Obamacare, which it mercifully zeroes out just before it wheezes into its next phase: Tuesday’s opening of the so-called health-care exchanges. (Most of these government-run websites for selecting government-designed insurance are rickety, at best. A recently discovered software glitch will make it tough, if not impossible, to determine what price to charge people who sign up for new Obama plans.)
“The only way we can stop Harry Reid is if the entire Republican caucus in the Senate unites and stands with the American people and the House of Representatives,” explains Amy Kremer of the Tea Party Express.
“In order for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to offer an amendment that strikes defund language from the FY14 CR, which has been his publicly stated desire, he must first get bipartisan support on the cloture vote to end debate,” observes Andy Roth, vice president of government affairs for the Club for Growth (several of whose gatherings I have addressed). “If he is successful, he will only need 50 votes to keep Obamacare funding in the budget,” adds Roth, “and thus grow government and further erode economic liberty.”
Defeatist Republicans such as Karl Rove, whose massive 2012 campaign spending was only 1.3 percent effective, are rooting against courageous senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio who are trying to defund Obamacare right now. A sad caucus of RINOs, moderates, and invertebrates wants to postpone this fight and oppose Obamacare . . . maybe . . . later. Their slogan? Tomorrow is another day, so perhaps we could stop Obamacare then.
The best argument for this approach is that once implemented, Obamacare will implode and the GOP can ride to the rescue. Well, even then, as they do now, Republicans will face Reid and Obama. They will fall on their scalpels before letting their dream legislation die.
So, why not try to kill it now, and at every possible turn?
Even if Obamacare rolls out after January 1, Republicans will be in a much stronger position to oppose it in 2014 if they can remind Americans that they repeatedly tried to prevent this catastrophe.
“We told you so,” they can tell voters. “We tried everything we could to stop this calamity – from initially voting against it unanimously, to voting in the House to repeal it, to attempting to defund it in September 2013. Now that we all see what a calamity this is, let’s try again to repeal it. If that fails, elect a Republican Congress, and we will do what we can to pry this giant leech from the backs of the American people.”
For now, Republican senators need to hear their phones ring. Urge them to vote “No” on cloture on Wednesday. Tea Party Express offers contact information for GOP senators. “The list below is in the order of priority of who needs to be contacted,” the limited-government group notes. “Please start at the top and work your way down. Just because they don’t represent your state, does not mean their vote doesn’t affect you.”
The late, great Senator Everett Dirksen (R., Ill.) once famously said, “When I feel the heat, I see the light.” May wavering Republican senators soon feel the heat as freedom-loving Americans melt the phones!
Senator Mitch McConnell (KY)
DC PHONE: 202.224.2541
TWITTER: @Team_Mitch
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/mitchmcconnell
Senator John Cornyn (TX)
DC PHONE: 202.224.2934
TWITTER: @JohnCornyn
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/Sen.JohnCornyn
Senator Lamar Alexander (TN)
DC PHONE: 202.224.4944
TWITTER: @SenAlexander
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/senatorlamaralexander
Senator Bob Corker (TN)
DC PHONE: 202.224.3344
TWITTER: @SenBobCorker
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/bobcorker
Senator John Thune (SD)
DC PHONE: 202.224.2321
TWITTER: @SenJohnThune
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/johnthune
Senator Tom Coburn (OK)
DC PHONE: 202.224.5754
TWITTER: @TomCoburn
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/teamcoburn
Senator Pat Toomey (PA)
DC PHONE: 202.224.4254
TWITTER: @SenToomey
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/senatortoomey
Senator Jeff Flake (AZ)
DC PHONE: 202.224.4521
TWITTER: @JeffFlake
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/senatorjeffflake
Senator Ron Johnson (WI)
DC PHONE: 202.224.5323
TWITTER: @SenRonJohnson
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/senronjohnson
Senator Lindsey Graham (SC)
DC PHONE: 202.224.5972
TWITTER: @GrahamBlog
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/USSenatorLindseyGraham
Senator Kelly Ayotte (NH)
DC PHONE: 202.224.3324
TWITTER: @KellyAyotte
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/kellyayottenh
Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK)
DC PHONE: 202.224.6665
TWITTER: @LisaMurkowski
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenLisaMurkowski
Senator Richard C. Shelby (AL)
DC PHONE: 202.224.5744
TWITTER: @SenShelbyPress
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/RichardShelby
Senator John Boozman (AR)
DC PHONE: 202.224.4843
TWITTER: @JohnBoozman
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/JohnBoozman
Senator John McCain (AZ)
DC PHONE: 202.224.2235
TWITTER: @SenJohnMcCain
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/johnmccain
Senator Saxby Chambliss (GA)
DC PHONE: 202.224.3521
TWITTER: @SaxbyChambliss
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SaxbyChambliss
Senator Johnny Isakson (GA)
DC PHONE: 202.224.3643
TWITTER: @SenatorIsakson
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/isakson
Senator Mark Kirk (IL)
DC PHONE: 202.224.2854
TWITTER: @SenatorKirk
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorKirk
Senator Daniel Coats (IN)
DC PHONE: 202.224.5623
TWITTER: @SenDanCoats
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Senat...80671148633644
Senator Jerry Moran (KS)
DC PHONE: 202.224.6521
TWITTER: @JerryMoran
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/jerrymoran
Senator Susan Collins (ME)
DC PHONE: 202.224.2523
TWITTER: @SenatorCollins
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/susancollins
Senator Roy Blunt (MO)
DC PHONE: 202.224.5721
TWITTER: @RoyBlunt
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorBlunt
Senator Thad Cochran (MS)
DC PHONE: 202.224.5054
TWITTER: @SenThadCochran
FACEBOOK: **Doesn’t have a FaceBook page.**
Senator Roger Wicker (MS)
DC PHONE: 202.224.6253
TWITTER: @SenatorWicker
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorWicker
Senator Richard Burr (NC)
DC PHONE: 202.224.3154
TWITTER: @SenatorBurr
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorRichardBurr
Senator John Hoeven (ND)
DC PHONE: 202.224.2551
TWITTER: @SenJohnHoeven
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJohnHoeven
Senator Mike Johanns (NE)
DC PHONE: 202.224.4224
TWITTER: @Mike_Johanns
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/MikeJohanns
Senator Dean Heller (NV)
DC PHONE: 202.224.6244
TWITTER: @SenDeanHeller
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenDeanHeller
Senator Rob Portman (OH)
DC PHONE: 202.224.3353
TWITTER: @RobPortman
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/senrobportman
Senator Orrin Hatch (UT)
DC PHONE: 202.224.5121
TWITTER: @OrrinHatch
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/OrrinHatch
Senator John Barrasso (WY)
DC PHONE: 202.224.6441
TWITTER: @SenJohnBarrasso
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/johnbarrasso
Senator Rand Paul (KY)
DC PHONE: 202.224.4343
TWITTER: @SenRandPaul
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorRandPaul
Senator Marco Rubio (FL)
DC PHONE: 202.224.3041
TWITTER: @MarcoRubio
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorMarcoRubio
Senator Tim Scott (SC)
DC PHONE: 202.224.6121
TWITTER: @SenatorTimScott
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorTimScott
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