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Dear Patriot,

Have you resigned to handing control over every decision you make to the federal government?  Are you resigned to worse medical care at higher prices?  Have you accepted the inevitability of Obamacare? 

If the federal government is allowed to takeover healthcare in our country, the Constitution is, for all intents and purposes, nullified. Every decision we make impacts our health and the potential cost of our healthcare. The car you drive, the food you eat, even how much time you spend outdoors all impact the potential burden of your healthcare under Obamacare and the government will have a financial interest and the perceived authority to regulate every aspect of your life. 

Obamacare is a scourge upon this nation and must be the primary focus of the Tea Party movement in 2012.  In March the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on the constitutionality of Obamacare, and if the court decides to uphold the constitution, the law will be struck down.  Unfortunately the court has four committed liberals who will rubber-stamp their messiah's power grab, four justices who are consistent strict-constructionists who are likely to strike down the law, and one who revels in being the deciding vote. 

We are currently in the preliminary stages of planning a massive rally outside of the Supreme Court when they will weigh Obamacare.  If we can put together a huge showing, it could swing Justice Kennedy towards the constitution and solidify support among Justices Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, and Alito. 

Putting together an event large enough to make an impact is going to be a challenge. It is going to take logistics to make sure everyone who can be there, is, and it is going to take financial resources to make sure that the scale of this event reflects the dire nature of this threat to American freedom. 

Help us get started by making a generous contribution today! 

Thank You,

Todd Cefaratti
Freedom Organizer

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AFP continues to fight against government-run health care

One year ago today, President Obama signed into law the Obama/Pelosi/Reid health care takeover legislation.  It was a bitter, tough defeat but looking back it was also a turning point for our conservative movement and our nation.
 
Most Americans watched the debate and the grassroots activity.  They heard our message:

• A government takeover of one-sixth of our economy would mean higher costs, bigger deficits, and more waste.

• Government-run health care would mean federal bureaucrats making health care decisions instead of patients and their doctors.

• Government health care would stifle medical innovation, limit health care choices, and raise insurance premiums.

Our fellow citizens made their voices heard - pouring into town hall meetings by the thousands, attending rallies like Americans for Prosperity's Hands off My Health Care bus tour events, calling and emailing their members of Congress, reaching out to their friends and neighbors to ask them to get involved.  

Of all the articles and pieces written today on the unhappy anniversary of Obama/Pelosi care passing, the best in my opinion comes from Senator Ron Johnson - a freshman from Wisconsin. CLICK HERE to read his moving story and reasoned argument for repeal of this legislation.
 
We lost the health care battle in Congress.  We won, and we won decisively, with the American people.  The American people then dramatically changed the Congress that ignored their will on health care.

To bring the change we want to Congress we need and we have to be on offense.  Last fall, our November is Coming effort got on offense - taking our message to the American people.

Will you help us continue to spread our message? Join our Facebook page here and forward this e-mail to your friends! Tell them how AFP is fighting against government-run health care, but we need their help!
 
In one of its first acts, the new House of Representatives voted for a full REPEAL of the health care takeover.  Americans for Prosperity continues to push for repeal in the Senate and we will be urging the House to strip from the 2011/2012 federal budget funds for Obama/Pelosi care.   

During 2009 and 2010 we had in some ways a simpler task - to stop the big government, big spending excesses coming out of Washington, D.C.  Together we said "NO" to and stopped the job-killing energy tax known as cap-and-trade.  Together, with a broad coalition we said "NO" to and stopped card check which would have made labor unions even more powerful while harming our economic freedoms more deeply.  We came so close to stopping the health care takeover.
 
Now we possess a greater opportunity but a more challenging political proposition.  We will be saying "YES" to and pushing for a federal budget that will dramatically cut government spending and bureaucracy that kills jobs, piles on debt for our children and that is endangering the American Dream.  
 
Saying "YES," actually passing legislation to cut spending, to roll back big government and rein in the out-of-control Environmental Protection Agency is exciting but it will be more difficult.  We're taking on entrenched special interests whose very identities are wrapped up in pet government programs.  We'll be savaged by a national media who will accuse us of being uncaring, heartless and the like.  We'll be demagogued by liberals in Congress and by President Obama who want to keep their massive government bureaucracy in place for their own political and ideological reasons.  
 
But, here's the exciting part.  
 
We've been on defense for a long time and simply preventing bad things from happening is no way to actually turn our great nation in a new direction.

Now, we're on offense in Congress.  The House repeal of Obama/Pelosi health care was a good start.  With the 2011/2012 federal budget we have the opportunity to set a new course.  That's why we're going to ask you to join us in insisting, encouraging, and holding accountable the Republican-controlled House of Representatives when it comes to producing a budget that dramatically cuts spending while bringing badly needed budget reforms.

Please help us continue to spread our message! Join our Facebook page here and forward this e-mail to your friends!
 
We'll have more on this effort in coming days and weeks.  But trust me, it's going to be a big fight!
 
And, it's one we can and will win. 

Sincerely,

 
Tim Phillips
 
 
PS:  Thanks for all you're doing. CLICK here for Senator Johnson's truly moving piece from today.
 
And, get ready for the crucial effort that lies ahead.


DNC - WaPo: Flashback: Romney touted Romneycare as model for Federal health reform

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/flashback-romney-touted-romneycare-as-model-for-federal-health-reform/2011/03/03/ABznlzJB_blog.html

Flashback: Romney touted Romneycare as model for Federal health reform

By Greg Sargent

Posted at 02:46 PM ET, 03/23/2011

Mitt Romney, writing in National Review, offers his latest exercise in presenting Romneycare as a Tea Party freedom solution of sorts:

If I were president, on Day One I would issue an executive order paving the way for Obamacare waivers to all 50 states. The executive order would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and all relevant federal officials to return the maximum possible authority to the states to innovate and design health-care solutions that work best for them.

As I have stated time and again, a one-size-fits-all national plan that raises taxes is simply not the answer. Under our federalist system, the states are “laboratories of democracy.” They should be free to experiment. By the way, what works in one state may not be the answer for another.

Romney is under fire from conservatives because the health care plan he passed as Governor of Massachusetts is built around the dreaded individual mandate, which is now widely viewed on the right as a profound threat to American liberty — making it an even graver threat to his presidential hopes.

Romney’s solution to this problem, as shown above, is to argue that the mandate on the Federal level is unacceptable, whereas on the state level it’s acceptable, as long as states are free to “experiment” as they see fit. Thus his vow to immediately grant each state a waiver from “Obamacare.”

The problem for Romney, however, is that he has explicitly suggested that Romneycare should serve as a model for efforts to reform our health system on the Federal level.

Earlier this month, in another context entirely, CNN dug up an old quote from an unaired 2009 Romney interview with the network that illustrates this clearly — and this quote is especially relevant in light of Romney’s new waiver stunt. In that 2009 CNN interview, Romney said:

“I think there are a number of features in the Massachusetts plan that could inform Washington on ways to improve health care for all Americans. The fact that we were able to get people insured without a government option is a model I think they can learn from.”

Emphasis mine. The plain truth is that Romney was proud of his achievement in Massachusetts, and thought it could — and should — help influence policymaking on the Federal level. Such were Romney’s policy instincts, and this latest effort to wriggle off the Romneycare hook with a 50-state waiver vow won’t do a thing to change it.

By Greg Sargent  |  02:46 PM ET, 03/23/2011 

US Rep Bass Statement on One Year Anniversary of Health Care Law

WASHINGTON – Congressman Charles F. Bass (NH-02) issued the following statement today on the one year anniversary of President Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law.

Bass said:

“It has been one year since President Obama signed this flawed health care plan into law, and look at where things stand: nearly half of the American people disapprove of it, the uncertainty this law has caused continues to stall our economic recovery, and the cost of the health care law has increased by $500 billion, from $938 billion to over $1.4 trillion, according to a recent estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

“The American people don’t want the federal government dictating their health care choices.  The House has already repealed the law, and we will continue to take steps to defund it and stop it in its tracks.  Instead of the tax increases and government mandates this law will heap on American families and businesses, we need to enact patient- and market-based measures that increase access, lower costs, and improve care for everyone.”

So far this year, the House of Representatives has passed legislation to repeal the health care law (H.R. 2); legislation to repeal the 1099 tax paperwork reporting requirements (H.R. 4); and several amendments to H.R. 1, the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution, that prohibit funds for the law’s implementation and for any federal officials to enforce provisions of the law.  In addition, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on which Bass serves, has been working to defund the mandatory “slush funds” in the health care law.

http://bass.house.gov

NRCC - Happy Anniversary! Shea-Porter Voted for Job-Destroying Healthcare Law One Year Ago Today

Former New Hampshire Constituents Won’t Forget the Democrat’s Big-Government Record

Washington --- As Carol Shea-Porter is being courted by Washington Democrats to run for her old seat, we can remember that it was exactly one year ago today that she voted for the big-spending, job-crushing healthcare bill that has since become law. Although Shea-Porter lost her job, many ObamaCare supporters are already having regrets as new burdens are being placed on small businesses and the national debt continues to skyrocket. Having fired her once, New Hampshire voters won’t forget Shea-Porter's support for the big-spending, job-destroying status quo that her fellow Democrats continue to defend to this day.

“Carol Shea-Porter's former constituents in New Hampshire won’t soon forget how she marched right alongside the Democrats’ spending spree that preceded the record deficit we now face, and her vote for ObamaCare exactly one year ago today is no exception,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “This makes Shea-Porter's potential comeback attempt doubtful at best, since debt is still being piled onto middle-class families and burdens are still being placed on small businesses throughout New Hampshire as a result of the harmful Democrat policies she supported before she was fired.”

One year ago today, Carol Shea-Porter helped pass ObamaCare in the House. (H.R. 4872, Roll Call Vote #167: Passed 220-211: D 220-33; R 0-178, 3/21/10; H.R. 3590, Roll Call Vote #165: Passed 219-212: D 219-34; R 0-178, 3/21/10)

And despite ObamaCare’s unpopularity, many defeated Democrat Members are still considering running for the old seats they lost in November 2010:

“Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) has formed an alumni association of members defeated in the landslide 2010 election in an effort to capitalize on their political knowledge and connections to help the party regain the House majority next November.

“The group, which includes members who lost their re-election bids as well as those who retired last cycle, first met during last year's lame-duck session of Congress. They now huddle by phone once or twice a month with Israel and DCCC recruiting chair Allyson Schwartz (Pa.) leading the chat. Roughly 90 percent of the Democrats who lost in 2010 participate.” (Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake, “Steve Israel's alumni association,” Washington Post’s The Fix Blog, 2/16/11)

As Carol Shea-Porter decides whether to run for the seat she lost in November, New Hampshire voters should remember how it was exactly one year ago today that she voted for the deficit-busting spending and red tape that ObamaCare brought with it. And this vote is simply one in a pattern of supporting the Democrats’ job-crushing spending spree that they continue to advocate today, which makes Shea-Porter's chances for regaining her old seat rather unlikely.