Your faxes and phone calls during Congress's two-week Easter break have delivered four more signers of the Discharge Petition to force a U.S. House floor vote on Rep. Heath Shuler's SAVE Act (H.R. 4088):
Alaska -- Rep. Young
New York -- Rep. Walsh
Ohio -- Rep. Tiberi
Pennsylvania -- Rep. Kanjorski
Out of 435 Members of the House, 185 have now signed the Discharge Petition, which is a rarely used procedure to move legislation that is blocked by House leadership. You just have to take my word for it that this number is really phenomenal.
But it will take 218 signers to force Speaker of the House Pelosi to bring the SAVE Act to a vote. We have 33 more signers to go.
To see a complete list of who has signed the discharge petition, click here. If your Rep hasn't done so yet, call and e-mail him/her and demand they sign it. There is a huge amount of bipartisan support for this bill, and it would truly benefit Americans by actually reducing illegal immigration.
If your Rep has already signed, you may think your work is done...not so! Below is a list of other House members that should be targeted for phone calls and e-mails. Yes, you can contact members of Congress even if they don't represent your particular district. They may or may not listen to you, but chances are that if you can find some point of legitimate leverage (i.e. common ground of the same party/state/region, their last election was by a slim margin, etc.), they will. If nothing else, they do pay attention to the sheer volume of calls they get on a topic. This is how the game is played. I've bolded some important points made by NumbersUSA below that you could use in communicating with these Reps. Go for it!
TOP DEMOCRAT TARGETS
These are House Democrats who:
- won their last election with 51% or less of the vote,
- are cosponsors of the SAVE Act
- have not signed the discharge petition
Ron Klein (FL22)
Jim Marshall (GA08)
Melissa Bean (IL08)
Baron Hill (IN09)
Patrick Murphy (PA08)
Steven Kagen (WI08)
We note winning margins in last elections because, generally, the closer the vote the more a Member needs to listen to our side of the issue.
SECOND-PRIORITY DEMOCRAT TARGETS
These are House Democrats who:
- won their last election with only 52-56% of the vote,
- are cosponsors of the SAVE Act
- have not signed the discharge petition
Leonard Boswell (IA03)- 52%
Jason Altmire (PA04) - 52%
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY20) – 53%
Charlie Melancon (LA03)-55%
Joe Sestak (PA07)-56%
Friends, why can't we get these 11 Democrats? They support the SAVE Act. They have strong political reasons to stand up on our side. Signing will greatly improve their Immigration-Reduction Grades which have already suffered because they haven't signed the Discharge Petition.
A lot of the NON-signers will tell you that they oppose giving jobs to illegal aliens and like how the SAVE Act will keep that from happening. But they'll say they can't sign the Discharge Petition because the SAVE Act should go through the committee process before getting a vote. The problem is that Speaker Pelosi has made it clear during her 15 months in power that she won't allow a vote on any enforcement unless it includes an amnesty for illegal aliens. The only way to significantly increase laws of enforcement is to by-pass the current House leadership. The Discharge Petition -- if signed by 218 people -- will deny Speaker Pelosi the ability to attach any of her amnesty preferences.
If you are a Democrat and not in any of the states where the Democrats listed above reside, please consider calling the Representatives who are in states in your region. Talk Democrat to Democrat. Four dozen Democrats have broken with Party Leadership to co-sponsor SAVE. And 10 of them have really shown courage by signing the Discharge Petition. Let's get those 10 some more company.
PRIORITY REPUBLICAN TARGETS
About 90% of House Republicans have followed their Party Leadership's request that they sign this Discharge Petition.
In order for a Republican to NOT sign it now, that Republican must be a huge supporter of hiring illegal aliens ... or one might think that.
These are all the remaining House Republicans who have not signed the petition. If you have any of these in your state, don't you have a way of shaming them into joining the rest of the Party?
(They are listed in alphabetical order by state.)
ALABAMA
Mike Rogers (AL03)
CALIFORNIA
Devin Nunes (CA21)
George Radanovich (CA19)
FLORIDA
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL18)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL21)
Mario Diaz-Balart (FL25)
IDAHO
Bill Sali (ID01)
ILLINOIS
Tim Johnson (IL15)
INDIANA
Mark Souder (IN03)
NEW JERSEY
Frank LoBiondo (NJ02)
Scott Garrett (NJ05)
NEW YORK
Vito Fossella (NY13)
John McHugh (NY23)
Thomas Reynolds (NY26)
Randy Kuhl (NY29)
MICHIGAN
Vernon Ehlers (MI03)
Fred Upton (MI06)
MISSISSIPPI
Charles Pickering (MS03)
OHIO
David Hobson (OH07)
Deborah Pryce (OH15)
TEXAS
Ron Paul (TX14)
WASHINGTON
Richard Hastings (WA04)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA05)
WEST VIRGINIA
Shelley Moore Capito (WV02)
There you have it.
Those of you who are Republicans: We have 175 Republicans willing to force a vote to finally effectively remove U.S. jobs from illegal aliens. But the 24 Republicans listed above are standing up for the ability of companies to continue to choose illegal aliens over American workers.
Can they possibly justify this stance? Ask them.
Personally, I think most of these just don't realize how exposed they are to public ridicule or that their lack of action is such a prominent role in protecting outlaw businesses. Some may just have been careless in paying attention. Others may have some legitimate concerns about process but are failing to grasp the overall balance of this situation. Only constituents can push them to make the right decision.
So, get busy! This is just about the best opportunity we've had in years to make some crucial steps forward in stopping the rampant illegal immigration that is plaguing our economy, our workforce, our health care systems, and our national security. Isn't it worth a few minutes of your time to get involved and help out?
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
House directory
Do it.
There's my two cents.
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