7/23/09
Abrotion in Healthcare Reform Bill
Gov’t-Run Health Care = Taxpayer-funded abortion: a cornerstone of the Freedom of Choice Act will be a direct mandate under the new healthcare plan, forcing Americans to subsidize abortions. Everybody’s taxes, yes, yours too, could be increased to help pay for abortions. See what you can do at www.stoptheabortionmandate.com
7/17/09
Health Care Bill
TAKE ACTION: Health Care Bill May Mandate Abortion Coverage
staff reports
'This will affect Americans across the country throughout all walks of life.'
Under the largest piece of health care legislation in decades, virtually every American would be required to have health care coverage that meets "minimum benefits standards" established by the Obama administration. Those benefits would include abortion unless Congress acts to explicitly exclude abortion from the health plan.
Three U.S. House committees are set to consider the monster bill this week and next, and life advocates are sounding the alarm.
"This legislation will mandate and subsidize abortion and then tax the Americans who stand for one of the very principles that this nation was founded on — the right to life," Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., said at a news conference Wednesday.
"This will affect Americans across the country throughout all walks of life. It will affect the insurance companies that are forced to cover abortion. It will affect the employers, who will be forced to purchase plans that cover abortion. It will affect the individuals, who are forced to pay for coverage of abortion."
Carrie Gordon Earll, senior analyst for bioethics at Focus on the Family Action, said the legislation would set the pro-life movement back decades.
"Three of the major pro-life policy issues we've highlighted in recent months — the Freedom of Choice Act, which would enshrine abortion into federal law; pro-life spending restrictions like the Hyde Amendment, which bans spending tax dollars for abortion in most cases; and the freedom of conscience rights of health care providers who don't want to commit abortions — all come together under this 'reform' package," she said.
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staff reports
'This will affect Americans across the country throughout all walks of life.'
Under the largest piece of health care legislation in decades, virtually every American would be required to have health care coverage that meets "minimum benefits standards" established by the Obama administration. Those benefits would include abortion unless Congress acts to explicitly exclude abortion from the health plan.
Three U.S. House committees are set to consider the monster bill this week and next, and life advocates are sounding the alarm.
"This legislation will mandate and subsidize abortion and then tax the Americans who stand for one of the very principles that this nation was founded on — the right to life," Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., said at a news conference Wednesday.
"This will affect Americans across the country throughout all walks of life. It will affect the insurance companies that are forced to cover abortion. It will affect the employers, who will be forced to purchase plans that cover abortion. It will affect the individuals, who are forced to pay for coverage of abortion."
Carrie Gordon Earll, senior analyst for bioethics at Focus on the Family Action, said the legislation would set the pro-life movement back decades.
"Three of the major pro-life policy issues we've highlighted in recent months — the Freedom of Choice Act, which would enshrine abortion into federal law; pro-life spending restrictions like the Hyde Amendment, which bans spending tax dollars for abortion in most cases; and the freedom of conscience rights of health care providers who don't want to commit abortions — all come together under this 'reform' package," she said.
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7/6/09
Time to Stop Funding Planned Parenthood
A troubling development is underway in Washington. Planned Parenthood is at it again. The pro-abortion organization is working on Capitol Hill to secure more funding - more taxpayer dollars for its work. According to its own annual report, the largest abortion provider in the world already receives almost $350 million of its annual $1 billion budget from the federal government. Now, as the U.S. House of Representatives considers how to spend taxpayer dollars for the year ahead, Planned Parenthood is again asking for more.
On Wednesday, the House Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee will take the first step in determining how much federal funding Planned Parenthood will receive. We believe this amount should be zero. That is why we are working with Representative Mike Pence and Senator David Vitter to support legislation that would prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving any Title X family planning money. This is the time to stop funding Planned Parenthood. That's why this legislation is so important. As the legislative process unfolds, I will continue to keep you updated. Take a moment and stand with the ACLJ in sending a powerful message to Congress - stop funding Planned Parenthood now. You can add your name to our petition here. https://www.aclj.org/Petition/Default.aspx?sc=3460&ac=1
On Wednesday, the House Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee will take the first step in determining how much federal funding Planned Parenthood will receive. We believe this amount should be zero. That is why we are working with Representative Mike Pence and Senator David Vitter to support legislation that would prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving any Title X family planning money. This is the time to stop funding Planned Parenthood. That's why this legislation is so important. As the legislative process unfolds, I will continue to keep you updated. Take a moment and stand with the ACLJ in sending a powerful message to Congress - stop funding Planned Parenthood now. You can add your name to our petition here. https://www.aclj.org/Petition/Default.aspx?sc=3460&ac=1
6/26/09
Help stop the attack by Congress on religious freedom Focus Action Petition – Hate Crimes and ENDA
About the Petition:
Nancy Pelosi's Democrat-controlled Congress has continued an all-out assault on our freedoms of speech, thought and religion with two bills being pushed as a reward to homosexual activists.
These two bills, the Hate Crimes Act and ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) are both designed to ultimately silence any moral opposition to homosexual behavior – thus threatening our Christian beliefs.
The Hate Crimes bill – which Sen. Ted Kennedy (D – Mass.) has unsuccessfully attempted to foist on our country for years – would be the first step toward ultimately gagging our pastors and other ministry leaders who are faithfully preaching the Scripture about God's plan for human sexuality. The bill is supposedly designed to increase penalties for violent crimes committed against members of specially
protected groups, such as homosexuals – but if it passes, our pastors and others who dare to share biblical truth about homosexuality may soon find themselves facing legal prosecution, just like Pastor Ake Green of Sweden, who was sentenced to prison for preaching against homosexual behavior.
ENDA is even more threatening to our Christian beliefs because it could require faith-based nonprofit organizations such as Focus Action to hire homosexuals or others who are hostile to our deeply held religious beliefs. What is at stake with these two pieces of legislation is nothing less than our freedom to hold and share beliefs that do not embrace and condone homosexuality and the homosexual agenda. For more information about the Hate Crimes bill, click here.
The Hate Crimes bill is moving in Congress now and must be stopped and we expect ENDA won't be far behind.
We know you'll also want to share this important petition with your friends and family, so you'll receive an e-mail you can forward to them as soon as you sign. We will continue to keep you updated about these bills and what else you can do to express your outrage about these threats to our beliefs – our members of Congress need to hear from all of us! Thank you for taking the time to make your voice heard in defense of our most precious liberties.
http://www.focuspetitions.com/125/petition.asp?CID=125&RID=21278847
About the Petition:
Nancy Pelosi's Democrat-controlled Congress has continued an all-out assault on our freedoms of speech, thought and religion with two bills being pushed as a reward to homosexual activists.
These two bills, the Hate Crimes Act and ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) are both designed to ultimately silence any moral opposition to homosexual behavior – thus threatening our Christian beliefs.
The Hate Crimes bill – which Sen. Ted Kennedy (D – Mass.) has unsuccessfully attempted to foist on our country for years – would be the first step toward ultimately gagging our pastors and other ministry leaders who are faithfully preaching the Scripture about God's plan for human sexuality. The bill is supposedly designed to increase penalties for violent crimes committed against members of specially
protected groups, such as homosexuals – but if it passes, our pastors and others who dare to share biblical truth about homosexuality may soon find themselves facing legal prosecution, just like Pastor Ake Green of Sweden, who was sentenced to prison for preaching against homosexual behavior.
ENDA is even more threatening to our Christian beliefs because it could require faith-based nonprofit organizations such as Focus Action to hire homosexuals or others who are hostile to our deeply held religious beliefs. What is at stake with these two pieces of legislation is nothing less than our freedom to hold and share beliefs that do not embrace and condone homosexuality and the homosexual agenda. For more information about the Hate Crimes bill, click here.
The Hate Crimes bill is moving in Congress now and must be stopped and we expect ENDA won't be far behind.
We know you'll also want to share this important petition with your friends and family, so you'll receive an e-mail you can forward to them as soon as you sign. We will continue to keep you updated about these bills and what else you can do to express your outrage about these threats to our beliefs – our members of Congress need to hear from all of us! Thank you for taking the time to make your voice heard in defense of our most precious liberties.
http://www.focuspetitions.com/125/petition.asp?CID=125&RID=21278847
6/25/09
6/23/09
Nancy Pelosi Schedules Household Energy Tax Vote this Week!
House Voting on Energy Tax!
Nancy Pelosi Schedules Household Energy Tax Vote this Week!
Take Action!
June 23, 2009
Late last night, during yet another closed-door meeting in the House of Representatives, the liberal Majority maneuvered to bring the highly unpopular 946-page energy-rationing bill, better known as the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill, to the House floor for a vote by the end of this week!
Sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, H.R. 2454 imposes a system of "cap-and-tax" in order to combat so-called "global warming." This massive, across-the-board household energy tax is being disguised by congressional liberals and is being sold under the slogan "cap-and-trade," which simply means giving the government power to put a cap on the amount of carbon emissions (CO2) produced by the production of electricity, gasoline, and heating oil, and forcing businesses to actively lobby Congress for higher cap levels and to buy permits for the emissions they are allowed.
Rather than calling it "cap-and-trade," it should be called "cap-and-tax"-as it caps Americans' standard of living and taxes our use of products whose manufacture emits CO2.
If passed and signed into law, H.R. 2454 will further cripple our economy and drain your pockets in the following ways:
It will raise your household electricity rates by 90 percent, gasoline by 74 percent, and residential natural gas prices by 55 percent by 2035, after adjusting for inflation.
It imposes an annual burden of $144.8 billion per year on U.S. households, and it will reduce household earnings by a projected $37.8 billion.
It will further cut U.S. employment levels by 965,000 jobs by reducing economic output by $136 billion per year-this translates to a $1,145 increase in energy costs per American household.
It will force low-income households to disproportionately bear the across-the-board energy cost increase, as a larger percentage of the poor's income goes toward energy costs, as opposed to wealthier households.
It sets the stage to effectively kill the coal industry as it will be taxed so heavily, it will not be able to sustain itself.
If enacted, H.R. 2454 would be the biggest government takeover of the economy since the Second World War, which is the last time energy, food, and other basic commodities were rationed. Waxman-Markey amounts to a $2 trillion tax increase on middle-class Americans. Not only would this be the biggest tax increase in the history of the world, but it is yet another example of President Barack Obama violating his campaign promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. This cap-and-tax bill is simply an underhanded way of facilitating a colossal transfer of wealth from consumers to big businesses.
Household energy taxation with the ultimate goal of energy-rationing is dangerous, not only for your pocketbook, but also for the well-being of your family and your standard of living.
H.R. 2454 is a hidden tax and it must be defeated this week in the House!Take Action:
The Democrat Majority has announced that amendments to this bill can be made no later than 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 25th. We expect a floor vote to occur soon after that, so please begin calling your Representatives and tell them to vote NO on cap-and-tax!
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
http://capwiz.com/eagleforum/issues/alert/?alertid=13612686&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]
Nancy Pelosi Schedules Household Energy Tax Vote this Week!
Take Action!
June 23, 2009
Late last night, during yet another closed-door meeting in the House of Representatives, the liberal Majority maneuvered to bring the highly unpopular 946-page energy-rationing bill, better known as the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill, to the House floor for a vote by the end of this week!
Sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, H.R. 2454 imposes a system of "cap-and-tax" in order to combat so-called "global warming." This massive, across-the-board household energy tax is being disguised by congressional liberals and is being sold under the slogan "cap-and-trade," which simply means giving the government power to put a cap on the amount of carbon emissions (CO2) produced by the production of electricity, gasoline, and heating oil, and forcing businesses to actively lobby Congress for higher cap levels and to buy permits for the emissions they are allowed.
Rather than calling it "cap-and-trade," it should be called "cap-and-tax"-as it caps Americans' standard of living and taxes our use of products whose manufacture emits CO2.
If passed and signed into law, H.R. 2454 will further cripple our economy and drain your pockets in the following ways:
It will raise your household electricity rates by 90 percent, gasoline by 74 percent, and residential natural gas prices by 55 percent by 2035, after adjusting for inflation.
It imposes an annual burden of $144.8 billion per year on U.S. households, and it will reduce household earnings by a projected $37.8 billion.
It will further cut U.S. employment levels by 965,000 jobs by reducing economic output by $136 billion per year-this translates to a $1,145 increase in energy costs per American household.
It will force low-income households to disproportionately bear the across-the-board energy cost increase, as a larger percentage of the poor's income goes toward energy costs, as opposed to wealthier households.
It sets the stage to effectively kill the coal industry as it will be taxed so heavily, it will not be able to sustain itself.
If enacted, H.R. 2454 would be the biggest government takeover of the economy since the Second World War, which is the last time energy, food, and other basic commodities were rationed. Waxman-Markey amounts to a $2 trillion tax increase on middle-class Americans. Not only would this be the biggest tax increase in the history of the world, but it is yet another example of President Barack Obama violating his campaign promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. This cap-and-tax bill is simply an underhanded way of facilitating a colossal transfer of wealth from consumers to big businesses.
Household energy taxation with the ultimate goal of energy-rationing is dangerous, not only for your pocketbook, but also for the well-being of your family and your standard of living.
H.R. 2454 is a hidden tax and it must be defeated this week in the House!Take Action:
The Democrat Majority has announced that amendments to this bill can be made no later than 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 25th. We expect a floor vote to occur soon after that, so please begin calling your Representatives and tell them to vote NO on cap-and-tax!
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
http://capwiz.com/eagleforum/issues/alert/?alertid=13612686&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]
6/22/09
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