Legislative Action Watch

I've been hitting on a lot of legislative topics recently, and encouraging you to take action with your representatives on all of them. I know how tough it is to keep things straight, so I've put together a list of the topics on which I'm contacting my reps. Some are in progress, some are upcoming, but all are important.

Encourage your reps to favor/support:

Federal No-Match Campaign
- implement an aggressive 'no-match' campaign on Social Security numbers, identifying the mismatches reported by businesses, and notifying those businesses of the violators

Require Businesses To Verify
- require all employers to e-verify the Social Security numbers (via the no-match campaign) of all new hires; this system must be simple and fast, or it will bog down businesses

Build The Fence!
- $3 billion dollars has been allocated to just border security - it MUST be implemented immediately; focus on the fence first, then add other high-tech wizardry

Local Checks
- require local authorities to check the immigration status of every person arrested (Missouri is already doing it, as I'm sure are some other states); any cities refusing to comply will receive no federal funding

Sanctuary Cities
- withhold all federal funding to self-declared 'sanctuary cities'

Clarify Birthright Citizenship
- support House Resolution H.R.1940 (which ends birthright citizenship being abused by illegals from all over the world), introduced by Congressman Nathan Deal of Georgia

Double Standards
- point out the double standards/hypocrisy of Democrats involved in scandal but still in Congress (Barney Franke, William Jefferson, Dianne Feinstein, and others); ask why Republicans never call for Democrats to step down

Encourage your reps to oppose:

SCHIP
- I've discussed this several times, so I won't go into the details; it's already passed both houses of Congress, so you need to support Bush's pledge to veto this terrible bill

Mortgage Bailout
- any mortgage bailout is a socialist action, redistributing the wealth of responsible people to irresponsible people and slimy businesses

Mexican Trucking
- opening up America's borders to Mexican trucking; this would eliminate thousands of American trucking jobs and throw open the doors for illegal aliens

Amnesty For Agriculture
- Senate bill S237 and House bill HR371 would grant amnesty to millions of agriculture workers

Amnesty And Tuition
- Senate bill S774 (also called the DREAM Act) would give in-state tuition to illegal aliens, as well as giving them amnesty

Hopefully this helps you out - there's a lot of work to be done! Let's get to it!

There's my two cents.