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DCCC Announces 2nd Phase of the Families First Campaign
PETITION: Tell Congressional Republicans to Put Families First >>
DCCC Press:
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), chaired by Congressman Chris Van Hollen, today announced the DCCC is launching the second phase of the Putting Families First campaign on the economic recovery bill by running automated calls in seven targeted Republican freshman districts. The calls focus on the Republicans' out of step priorities by putting partisan politics before the needs of the jobs in their districts.
In addition to the automated calls this week, the DCCC ran strategic radio ads last week in 28 Republican districts, including in the seven freshmen Republican's districts. The DCCC also began a grassroots initiative last week which includes targeted e-mails to 3 million voters and nearly 100,000 person-to-person telephone calls.
House Republicans celebrate being the party of no while more 3.2 million Americans have lost their jobs, the stock market has plummeted wiping out nearly $7 trillion in stock market wealth and endangering thousands of investors' nest eggs, and one in 10 homeowners was delinquent on mortgage payments or in foreclosure this fall.
"These are serious times, hard working families are worried about keeping their jobs, health care and homes - Americans want action. While House Republicans celebrate being the party of no, another 598,000 Americans lost their jobs last month," said Brian Wolff, Executive Director of the DCCC. "Hardworking Americans can't afford to wait for Republicans to get off the sidelines and start getting serious about working with us on the economic recovery package. We will continue to go district by district to hold Republicans who continue to vote in lockstep with party leaders and against the folks in their districts accountable."
While NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions compares the Republicans' tactics on the economic recovery bill to the tactics of the Taliban and Republican Whip Eric Cantor proudly boasts in today's Washington Post that Republicans are "just saying no" to the economic stimulus bill before Congress, a new Gallup poll conducted February 6-7 shows that the American people demand action and are "just saying no" to Republicans' obstructionism.
The Gallup Poll shows that a majority of Americans (51%) say passing a new economic stimulus plan is "critically important" for improving the nation's economy, while another 29% say it is important. After weeks of Republicans' just saying no to the economic recovery bill which would help Americans get back to work, 58 percents of Americans disapprove of the way Republicans in Congress "handled the government's efforts to pass as economic stimulus bill," while only 31 percent approved
Automated calls will be running in the following freshman Republican Members' districts:
Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
John Fleming (R-LA)
Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
Christopher Lee (R-NY)
Blaine
Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Tom Rooney (R-FL)
The text of the automated calls follow:
Hello, I'm calling on behalf of the DCCC with an important message about the economy.
Did you know Congressman Tom Rooney voted against economic recovery that would immediately create and save nearly 330,000 Florida jobs?
Times are tough, tell Congressman Rooney to put families before politics.
Check out www.dccc.org to learn more.
Paid for by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 202-741-1350, not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
Since when is wanting to command the use of your own money and not trusting government control thereof “out of step”? You socialites actually think you can spend taxpayer money better than we can? You seriously think you’re smarter than us? Common - you can’t even accurately provide information on your own website, let alone balance the checkbook of America.
“House Republicans celebrate being the party of no…......”
Just wait until the party of ‘YES’ has their way and you won’t believe just how hard life in the United States will be. For everyone.
Another of my continuing correction:
“the DCCC is launching the second phase of the Putting Families First campaign”
Should be:
“the DCCC is launching the second phase of the ‘Screw Families out of their hard earned money’ campaign”
And how do they do this (per the article above)?
By calling people in Republican districts and scaring them with lies to get them to pressure their representatives.
One more correction:
“Did you know Congressman Tom Rooney voted against economic recovery that would immediately create and save nearly 330,000 Florida jobs? “
should read:
“Did you know Congressman Tom Rooney voted against the 1 Trillion dollar Pork Spending Bill that would eventually cause almost 20% of Florida to be unemployed? ”
How does giving government agencies my money and my grandchildren’s money, create more jobs in the private sector small-to-medium businesses (which make up most of the nation’s existing and new jobs)??
I’m darn sure the new middle class in Russia is wishing their politburo does the same thing—- not!
“I still find it extremely laughable that Obama wants Republican support for this bill. Folks, if this bill is the panacea that he says it is, he ought to want to hog all the credit for his party!”
Rush Limbaugh, 9 FEB 09
“Liberal” = fearful, ignorant, and helpless.
“Democratic Party” = fear mongering, pandering, wasteful, over-spenders who believe in a socialist utopia (same as failed societies have tried).
Most people who think they’re Democrats just haven’t realized they’re not helpless dependents and/or that they’re actually conservative. Come to the light. Be a man!
“conserviative = fearful, ignorant, and helpless.
“republicans Party” = fear mongering, pandering, wasteful, over-spenders who believe in a rich man utopia (same as failed societies have tried).
Most people who think they’re republican just haven’t realized they’re not helpless dependents and/or that they’re actually liberal. Come to the light. Be a man!
why helping the rich okay
but helping the is a poor socialist utopia you people on here make me sick your so brain washed i hope you wake up some day and relized when you help the poor you help god remember that
wemustbedumb and the republican did better job ? were now four trillon deeper in the hole good job republican
helping the rich some how is more important the economy
i can has ur money. catz luv money. lol
Steve,
I understand you think that Bush spent too much. And you think being 4 Trillion in debt is bad. I agree.
How can spending almost twice as much, or more, and putting us seriously further in debt, be a good thing?
Or to put it as simple as I can;
If being 4 Trillion in debt is bad, how can being 7 Trillion in debt be better?
how are the democrats spending twice as much ? we have to clean up bush mess and i think obama will grow the economy to pay back the money we borrowed from china and hell be in for 8 years and be as famous as fdr
I’m not answering any questions, until you start answering mine.
I’ll make this even easier. I’m going to remove the distracting numbers that you keep having problems with.
If a big deficit is bad, how can a much bigger deficit be better?
it not better but so we let the economy get worse andnot spend the money to boost the economy then deficit would get worse
our economy is based on spending
chris our you neo con ?
what do you the democrats should do get rid of the all program for the poor to bring the deficit down would make you happy
In his press conference Monday, Obama said “doing a little or nothing at all will result in even greater deficits,”.
In context, this fully admits that a larger deficit is a bad thing. The Stimulus Package, and the upcoming Bailout part II (and maybe III) will greatly add to the deficit.
It is is impossible to prevent something from happening by doing it.
P.S.
Who said anything about getting “rid of the all program for the poor”. We have ONLY been discussing this new spending spree.
P.P.S.
No, I am not a neo con. My Conservatism has not been watered down with Socialism. I dont’ know how you could think that based on my prior comments. From my experience here, I can safely assume that means you don’t know what it means.
FYI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism