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		<title>Comment on Bennet, Udall, and Perlmutter Watch 9-21-09: Recent and Upcoming Votes by Patrick Sperry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick Sperry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has Perlmutter ever seen a spending bill that he didn&#039;t like?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has Perlmutter ever seen a spending bill that he didn&#8217;t like?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Google Alerts for “Patrick Henry Caucus” 8-27-09 by Sofie</title>
		<link>http://conservativefirst.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/google-alerts-for-%e2%80%9cpatrick-henry-caucus%e2%80%9d-8-27-09/comment-page-1/#comment-452</link>
		<dc:creator>Sofie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It worked for me.  Did you click on the link on &quot;Give Them Liberty&quot;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It worked for me.  Did you click on the link on &#8220;Give Them Liberty&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Google Alerts for “Patrick Henry Caucus” 8-27-09 by acmaurerco</title>
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		<dc:creator>acmaurerco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Link doesn&#039;t seem to lead to anything related to PHC</description>
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		<title>Comment on August Townhall Meetings with Udall, Bennet, and Perlmutter &#8211; UPDATED AUG. 28 by Pooch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pooch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Remember in November&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Remember in November&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Comment on August Townhall Meetings with Udall, Bennet, and Perlmutter &#8211; UPDATED AUG. 28 by michael fassel</title>
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		<dc:creator>michael fassel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just got this from Obamacare HQ:

Friend --

I wanted to send you an urgent invitation to an important public event with Rep. Ed Perlmutter and Rep. Jared Polis this Saturday, August 22nd. They&#039;ll be talking to constituents and gathering feedback. I hope you can join us. Here are the details:

What: Public Event with
Rep. Ed Perlmutter and Rep. Jared Polis 

Where: Margaret Carpenter Rec Center
11151 Colorado Blvd
Thornton, CO 80233

When: Saturday, August 22nd
Arrival Time: 7:00 a.m.
Start Time: 8:00 a.m.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just got this from Obamacare HQ:</p>
<p>Friend &#8211;</p>
<p>I wanted to send you an urgent invitation to an important public event with Rep. Ed Perlmutter and Rep. Jared Polis this Saturday, August 22nd. They&#8217;ll be talking to constituents and gathering feedback. I hope you can join us. Here are the details:</p>
<p>What: Public Event with<br />
Rep. Ed Perlmutter and Rep. Jared Polis </p>
<p>Where: Margaret Carpenter Rec Center<br />
11151 Colorado Blvd<br />
Thornton, CO 80233</p>
<p>When: Saturday, August 22nd<br />
Arrival Time: 7:00 a.m.<br />
Start Time: 8:00 a.m.</p>
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		<title>Comment on CBO’s Analysis of H.R. 3200 by Mike S.</title>
		<link>http://conservativefirst.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/cbo%e2%80%99s-analysis-of-h-r-3200/comment-page-1/#comment-438</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike S.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This bill appears to have been built from the bottom up, and appears to have little or no stated objectives related to the various sections of the bill. It is a disaster waiting to happen. Every American citizen should be asking some basic questions of their congressmen:
[1] Why does congress hold itself exempt from full participation in this bill (which they deem MANDATORY for every other citizen?)
[2] Exactly HOW does this bill assure that those of us who now have our own medical plans will be able to keep them (and that the companies we work for, or from which we have retired, will CONTINUE to offer our plans with no changes?)
[3] Exactly HOW does this bill limit health care benefits to US CITIZENS, and EXCLUDE coverage to illegal aliens?
[4] Exactly HOW can congress add health care coverage for 40(+) million people without raising the overall costs of health care in the nation?
[5] Why does the bill NOT ADDRESS tort reform?
[6] WHY should US citizens believe the federal government can properly establish and manage nation health care (HR 3200), given the failures of other government-run programs, like Social Security and Medicare?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This bill appears to have been built from the bottom up, and appears to have little or no stated objectives related to the various sections of the bill. It is a disaster waiting to happen. Every American citizen should be asking some basic questions of their congressmen:<br />
[1] Why does congress hold itself exempt from full participation in this bill (which they deem MANDATORY for every other citizen?)<br />
[2] Exactly HOW does this bill assure that those of us who now have our own medical plans will be able to keep them (and that the companies we work for, or from which we have retired, will CONTINUE to offer our plans with no changes?)<br />
[3] Exactly HOW does this bill limit health care benefits to US CITIZENS, and EXCLUDE coverage to illegal aliens?<br />
[4] Exactly HOW can congress add health care coverage for 40(+) million people without raising the overall costs of health care in the nation?<br />
[5] Why does the bill NOT ADDRESS tort reform?<br />
[6] WHY should US citizens believe the federal government can properly establish and manage nation health care (HR 3200), given the failures of other government-run programs, like Social Security and Medicare?</p>
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		<title>Comment on CBO’s Analysis of H.R. 3200 by eyes4eve</title>
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		<dc:creator>eyes4eve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree whole heartedly.

On top of that, it will only add to our overall debt.  Which, since the TARP, and other blank checks given to select banks, is more than our GDP.  We need to restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and make the federal government dictate to the local government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree whole heartedly.</p>
<p>On top of that, it will only add to our overall debt.  Which, since the TARP, and other blank checks given to select banks, is more than our GDP.  We need to restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and make the federal government dictate to the local government.</p>
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		<title>Comment on August Townhall Meetings with Udall, Bennet, and Perlmutter &#8211; UPDATED AUG. 28 by V Rambis</title>
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		<dc:creator>V Rambis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rep. Betsy Markey (Colorado&#039;s 4th District) currently has a web survey asking if you support the health care &quot;reform&quot; proposal.  It is a quick, painless survey and a small chance for the people to speak.  Please go and take the survey while it is there.  http://betsymarkey.house.gov/Forms/Form/?ID=423&amp;Preview=true  

(Friday, August 7, 2009 15:30)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rep. Betsy Markey (Colorado&#8217;s 4th District) currently has a web survey asking if you support the health care &#8220;reform&#8221; proposal.  It is a quick, painless survey and a small chance for the people to speak.  Please go and take the survey while it is there.  <a href="http://betsymarkey.house.gov/Forms/Form/?ID=423&amp;Preview=true" rel="nofollow">http://betsymarkey.house.gov/Forms/Form/?ID=423&amp;Preview=true</a>  </p>
<p>(Friday, August 7, 2009 15:30)</p>
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		<title>Comment on Arm Yourself with Information on Obamacare for Townhall Meetings by Small Government</title>
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		<dc:creator>Small Government</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a Libertarian, I would like to suggest the following links for true health care reform:

Probably THE BEST video regarding healthcare that I have seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EYmDnFrHCQ 

What is really going on with healthcare &quot;reform:&quot;
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ-6ebku3_E
•	http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/06/25/three-worthwhile-health-care-videos/ (the previous link is the first of the three in this list) These are short.

Here is a list of the 20/20 episode Sick in America, Whose Body Is It Anyway (ABC&#039;s John Stossel) that presents healthcare reform solutions (even Sicko&#039;s Michael Moore is interviewed): 

•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEXFUbSbg1I
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpsEAVbCkMM
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=refrYKq9tZQ
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhiG0dcwN8
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp_Jh5EIT0
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_KCLm9cekU

GREAT Info on Health Care Debate:
•	http://healthcare.cato.org/ 
•	http://www.cato.org/pubs/bp/html/bp101/bp101index.html (for when people spout off about how the World Health Organization ranks the USA 37th in the world)
•	http://healthcare.cato.org/free-market-solutions (several links to studies, articles, op-eds, pod-casts and books)
•	http://patientsunitednow.com/  
•	http://www.cprights.org/  (I signed up to host a viewing party)
•	http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cato-Institute/26668999076?ref=ts 
•	http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/index.html
o	http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-14.pdf 
o	http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-16.pdf 
o	http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-15.pdf 
o	http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-12.pdf 
•	http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/02/25/the-truth-about-medical-bankruptcies/  
•	http://www.hermancain.com/news/press-opinion-041309.asp 
•	http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/06/obamas-health-care-forum.html 
•	http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124579852347944191.html  (detailing that the number of &quot;uninsured&quot; is not quite accurate)
•	http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=101017271919&amp;comments&amp;ref=mf 
•	Specifically regarding tort reform
o	http://www.atr.org/userfiles/file/ATR_Medical_Tort_Reform.pdf 
o	http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/12/10/marie-gryphon-on-loser-pays/ 
o	http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=861  (podcast)


Other healthcare related videos:
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9L3oyQhQ8
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChyctJjsg0g
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-1ZfFBMf8s
•	http://reason.tv/video/show/560.html  (good resource for younger folks...usually some good humor)
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrwdZ2bX-oc  (http://healthadministrationbureau.com -- a spoof on the current direction of healthcare &quot;reform&quot;)

http://www.tvguide.com/News/TVGuide-Poll-Obama-1008333.aspx?rss=breakingnews&amp;partnerid=worldnow&amp;profileid=01 (funny, but sad that people don’t want to be informed)

Good YouTube Video Channels:
•	http://www.youtube.com/user/ReasonTV  
•	http://www.youtube.com/user/catoinstitutevideo  

Other good videos/links regarding other pending issues:
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCecGGdELOQ (The Case Against College Entitlements : Why We Don&#039;t Need More Public Funding For Higher Education)
•	http://reason.tv/video/show/741.html (licensing interior designers; government protection to the rescue)
•	http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/07/10/yoga-instructors-enemies-of-the-states/ (protecting us from dangerous yoga instructors)
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREOUxo6Qdc (stop spending...powerful graphics)
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4OeKmWjOI (good, more hip, video to explain some tax facts)
•	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoxDyC7y7PM&amp;feature=related (Keynesian Economics Is Wrong: Bigger Gov&#039;t Is Not Stimulus)
•	http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/07/doing-something-vs-doing-nothing.html 

Good ways to keep up to date on legislation:
•	http://readthebill.org/ and http://readthebill.org/rushed/ (site to get a 72-hour rule put in place before voting on bills, HR 554)
•	http://www.opencongress.org/ (a good site to track bills that interest you, see who co-sponsors the bill, post comments, etc.)
•	http://www.congress.org/congressorg/megavote/ (Track your Senators&#039; and Representative&#039;s votes by e-mail)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Libertarian, I would like to suggest the following links for true health care reform:</p>
<p>Probably THE BEST video regarding healthcare that I have seen:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EYmDnFrHCQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EYmDnFrHCQ</a> </p>
<p>What is really going on with healthcare &#8220;reform:&#8221;<br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ-6ebku3_E" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ-6ebku3_E</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/06/25/three-worthwhile-health-care-videos/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/06/25/three-worthwhile-health-care-videos/</a> (the previous link is the first of the three in this list) These are short.</p>
<p>Here is a list of the 20/20 episode Sick in America, Whose Body Is It Anyway (ABC&#8217;s John Stossel) that presents healthcare reform solutions (even Sicko&#8217;s Michael Moore is interviewed): </p>
<p>•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEXFUbSbg1I" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEXFUbSbg1I</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpsEAVbCkMM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpsEAVbCkMM</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=refrYKq9tZQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=refrYKq9tZQ</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhiG0dcwN8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhiG0dcwN8</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp_Jh5EIT0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp_Jh5EIT0</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_KCLm9cekU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_KCLm9cekU</a></p>
<p>GREAT Info on Health Care Debate:<br />
•	<a href="http://healthcare.cato.org/" rel="nofollow">http://healthcare.cato.org/</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.cato.org/pubs/bp/html/bp101/bp101index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato.org/pubs/bp/html/bp101/bp101index.html</a> (for when people spout off about how the World Health Organization ranks the USA 37th in the world)<br />
•	<a href="http://healthcare.cato.org/free-market-solutions" rel="nofollow">http://healthcare.cato.org/free-market-solutions</a> (several links to studies, articles, op-eds, pod-casts and books)<br />
•	<a href="http://patientsunitednow.com/" rel="nofollow">http://patientsunitednow.com/</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.cprights.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cprights.org/</a>  (I signed up to host a viewing party)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cato-Institute/26668999076?ref=ts" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cato-Institute/26668999076?ref=ts</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/index.html</a><br />
o	<a href="http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-14.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-14.pdf</a><br />
o	<a href="http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-16.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-16.pdf</a><br />
o	<a href="http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-15.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-15.pdf</a><br />
o	<a href="http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-12.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-12.pdf</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/02/25/the-truth-about-medical-bankruptcies/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/02/25/the-truth-about-medical-bankruptcies/</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.hermancain.com/news/press-opinion-041309.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.hermancain.com/news/press-opinion-041309.asp</a><br />
•	<a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/06/obamas-health-care-forum.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/06/obamas-health-care-forum.html</a><br />
•	<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124579852347944191.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124579852347944191.html</a>  (detailing that the number of &#8220;uninsured&#8221; is not quite accurate)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=101017271919&amp;comments&amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=101017271919&amp;comments&amp;ref=mf</a><br />
•	Specifically regarding tort reform<br />
o	<a href="http://www.atr.org/userfiles/file/ATR_Medical_Tort_Reform.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.atr.org/userfiles/file/ATR_Medical_Tort_Reform.pdf</a><br />
o	<a href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/12/10/marie-gryphon-on-loser-pays/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/12/10/marie-gryphon-on-loser-pays/</a><br />
o	<a href="http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=861" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=861</a>  (podcast)</p>
<p>Other healthcare related videos:<br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9L3oyQhQ8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO9L3oyQhQ8</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChyctJjsg0g" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChyctJjsg0g</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-1ZfFBMf8s" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-1ZfFBMf8s</a><br />
•	<a href="http://reason.tv/video/show/560.html" rel="nofollow">http://reason.tv/video/show/560.html</a>  (good resource for younger folks&#8230;usually some good humor)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrwdZ2bX-oc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrwdZ2bX-oc</a>  (<a href="http://healthadministrationbureau.com" rel="nofollow">http://healthadministrationbureau.com</a> &#8212; a spoof on the current direction of healthcare &#8220;reform&#8221;)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/TVGuide-Poll-Obama-1008333.aspx?rss=breakingnews&amp;partnerid=worldnow&amp;profileid=01" rel="nofollow">http://www.tvguide.com/News/TVGuide-Poll-Obama-1008333.aspx?rss=breakingnews&amp;partnerid=worldnow&amp;profileid=01</a> (funny, but sad that people don’t want to be informed)</p>
<p>Good YouTube Video Channels:<br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ReasonTV" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/ReasonTV</a><br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/catoinstitutevideo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/catoinstitutevideo</a>  </p>
<p>Other good videos/links regarding other pending issues:<br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCecGGdELOQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCecGGdELOQ</a> (The Case Against College Entitlements : Why We Don&#8217;t Need More Public Funding For Higher Education)<br />
•	<a href="http://reason.tv/video/show/741.html" rel="nofollow">http://reason.tv/video/show/741.html</a> (licensing interior designers; government protection to the rescue)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/07/10/yoga-instructors-enemies-of-the-states/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/07/10/yoga-instructors-enemies-of-the-states/</a> (protecting us from dangerous yoga instructors)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREOUxo6Qdc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREOUxo6Qdc</a> (stop spending&#8230;powerful graphics)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4OeKmWjOI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4OeKmWjOI</a> (good, more hip, video to explain some tax facts)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoxDyC7y7PM&amp;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoxDyC7y7PM&amp;feature=related</a> (Keynesian Economics Is Wrong: Bigger Gov&#8217;t Is Not Stimulus)<br />
•	<a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/07/doing-something-vs-doing-nothing.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/07/doing-something-vs-doing-nothing.html</a> </p>
<p>Good ways to keep up to date on legislation:<br />
•	<a href="http://readthebill.org/" rel="nofollow">http://readthebill.org/</a> and <a href="http://readthebill.org/rushed/" rel="nofollow">http://readthebill.org/rushed/</a> (site to get a 72-hour rule put in place before voting on bills, HR 554)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.opencongress.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.opencongress.org/</a> (a good site to track bills that interest you, see who co-sponsors the bill, post comments, etc.)<br />
•	<a href="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/megavote/" rel="nofollow">http://www.congress.org/congressorg/megavote/</a> (Track your Senators&#8217; and Representative&#8217;s votes by e-mail)</p>
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		<title>Comment on August Townhall Meetings with Udall, Bennet, and Perlmutter &#8211; UPDATED AUG. 28 by Michael Cummings</title>
		<link>http://conservativefirst.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/august-townhall-meetings-with-udall-bennet-and-perlmutter/comment-page-1/#comment-419</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Cummings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As long as we&#039;re communicating with our legislative &quot;leaders,&quot; send emails to the following. I&#039;ve cleaned them up as best as I can, but some may bounce.

adam.smith@mail.house.gov
agriculture@mail.house.gov
alandmark@gmail.com
AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
bill.pascrell@mail.house.gov
bishop.email@mail.house.gov
blunt@mail.house.gov
Bob@InglisforCongress.com
brad@bradmiller.org
braleyforcongress@brucebraley.com
brian.baird@mail.house.gov
budget@mail.house.gov
Campaign@GiffordsforCongress.com
campaign@henrycuellar.com
campaign@murphyforcongress.org
campaign@zackspace.org
collin.peterson@mail.house.gov
comments@joecourtney.com
Comments@WhiteHouse.gov
cong.baca@mail.house.gov
congjones@mail.house.gov
CongressmanMollohan@mail.house.gov
dana@mail.house.gov
david.price@mail.house.gov
david.skaggs@mail.house.gov
david.wu@mail.house.gov
ddisanto@latouretteforcongress.com
degette@mail.house.gov
democratic.caucus@mail.house.gov
diane.watson@mail.house.gov
dkildee@mail.house.gov
ed.royce@mail.house.gov
firstlady@whitehouse.gov
frank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.gov
gary.miller@mail.house.gov
George.Miller@mail.house.gov
gkb@gkbutterfield.com
howard.berman@mail.house.gov
HWViers@mail.house.gov
jack.kingston@mail.house.gov
james.langevin@mail.house.gov
jan.schakowsky@mail.house.gov
jay.inslee@mail.house.gov
jerrold.nadler@mail.house.gov
jerry.moran@mail.house.gov
jim.cooper@mail.house.gov
jim.marshall@mail.house.gov
jim.matheson@mail.house.gov
jjordan@mailr.sen.state.oh.us
john.boehner@mail.house.gov
john.conyers@mail.house.gov
john.lewis@mail.house.gov
john.linder@mail.house.gov
john.mica@mail.house.gov
john@culbersonforcongress.com
john@klineforcongress.com
jserrano@mail.house.gov 
latham.ia05@mail.house.gov
lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov
loretta@mail.house.gov
lynn.woolsey@mail.house.gov 
max@baucus.senate.gov
mel_martinez@martinez.senate.gov
melissa@melissabean.com
mhinchey@mail.house.gov
mike.honda@mail.house.gov
mike.rogersal03@mail.house.gov
mike.ross@mail.house.gov
nita.lowey@mail.house.gov
nrahall@mail.house.gov
ok01.sullivan@mail.house.gov
olympia@snowe.senate.gov
patrick.kennedy@mail.house.gov
petes@mail.house.gov
president@whitehouse.gov
rangel@mail.house.gov
rep.boswell.ia03@mail.house.gov
rep.doyle@mail.house.gov
rep.earl.pomeroy@mail.house.gov
rep.hinojosa@mail.house.gov
rep.johnson@mail.house.gov
rep.kaptur@mail.house.gov
rep.paul@mail.house.gov
rick.larsen@mail.house.gov
rmhall@mail.house.gov
Robert.A.Brady@mail.house.gov
science.committee@mail.house.gov
science.minority@mail.house.gov
senator@akaka.senate.gov
senator@boxer.senate.gov
senator@cochran.senate.gov
senator@conrad.senate.gov
senator@dorgan.senate.gov
senator@feingold.senate.gov
senator@hutchison.senate.gov
senator@johnson.senate.gov
senator@rockefeller.senate.gov
senator@schumer.senate.gov
senator_begich@begich.senate.gov
senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov
senator_hatch@hatch.senate.gov
senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov
senator_kyl@kyl.senate.gov
senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov
senator_reid@reid.senate.gov
serrano@mail.house.gov
sf.nancy@mail.house.gov
shelley.berkley@mail.house.gov
snyder.congress@mail.house.gov
souder@mail.house.gov
steve@kagen4congress.com
steven.rothman@mail.house.gov
sue@suemyrick.com
susan.davis@mail.house.gov
Talk2Lee@mail.house.gov
texas.granger@mail.house.gov
tim@timwalz.org
tom.latham@mail.house.gov
vice.president@whitehouse.gov
vice_president@whitehouse.gov
vice-president@whitehouse.gov
william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
William.Kostas@mail.house.gov</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As long as we&#8217;re communicating with our legislative &#8220;leaders,&#8221; send emails to the following. I&#8217;ve cleaned them up as best as I can, but some may bounce.</p>
<p><a href="mailto:adam.smith@mail.house.gov">adam.smith@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:agriculture@mail.house.gov">agriculture@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:alandmark@gmail.com">alandmark@gmail.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov">AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:bill.pascrell@mail.house.gov">bill.pascrell@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:bishop.email@mail.house.gov">bishop.email@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:blunt@mail.house.gov">blunt@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Bob@InglisforCongress.com">Bob@InglisforCongress.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:brad@bradmiller.org">brad@bradmiller.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:braleyforcongress@brucebraley.com">braleyforcongress@brucebraley.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:brian.baird@mail.house.gov">brian.baird@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:budget@mail.house.gov">budget@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Campaign@GiffordsforCongress.com">Campaign@GiffordsforCongress.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:campaign@henrycuellar.com">campaign@henrycuellar.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:campaign@murphyforcongress.org">campaign@murphyforcongress.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:campaign@zackspace.org">campaign@zackspace.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:collin.peterson@mail.house.gov">collin.peterson@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:comments@joecourtney.com">comments@joecourtney.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Comments@WhiteHouse.gov">Comments@WhiteHouse.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:cong.baca@mail.house.gov">cong.baca@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:congjones@mail.house.gov">congjones@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:CongressmanMollohan@mail.house.gov">CongressmanMollohan@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:dana@mail.house.gov">dana@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:david.price@mail.house.gov">david.price@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:david.skaggs@mail.house.gov">david.skaggs@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:david.wu@mail.house.gov">david.wu@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:ddisanto@latouretteforcongress.com">ddisanto@latouretteforcongress.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:degette@mail.house.gov">degette@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:democratic.caucus@mail.house.gov">democratic.caucus@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:diane.watson@mail.house.gov">diane.watson@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:dkildee@mail.house.gov">dkildee@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:ed.royce@mail.house.gov">ed.royce@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:firstlady@whitehouse.gov">firstlady@whitehouse.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:frank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.gov">frank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:gary.miller@mail.house.gov">gary.miller@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:George.Miller@mail.house.gov">George.Miller@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:gkb@gkbutterfield.com">gkb@gkbutterfield.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:howard.berman@mail.house.gov">howard.berman@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:HWViers@mail.house.gov">HWViers@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jack.kingston@mail.house.gov">jack.kingston@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:james.langevin@mail.house.gov">james.langevin@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jan.schakowsky@mail.house.gov">jan.schakowsky@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jay.inslee@mail.house.gov">jay.inslee@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jerrold.nadler@mail.house.gov">jerrold.nadler@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jerry.moran@mail.house.gov">jerry.moran@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jim.cooper@mail.house.gov">jim.cooper@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jim.marshall@mail.house.gov">jim.marshall@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jim.matheson@mail.house.gov">jim.matheson@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jjordan@mailr.sen.state.oh.us">jjordan@mailr.sen.state.oh.us</a><br />
<a href="mailto:john.boehner@mail.house.gov">john.boehner@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:john.conyers@mail.house.gov">john.conyers@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:john.lewis@mail.house.gov">john.lewis@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:john.linder@mail.house.gov">john.linder@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:john.mica@mail.house.gov">john.mica@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:john@culbersonforcongress.com">john@culbersonforcongress.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:john@klineforcongress.com">john@klineforcongress.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:jserrano@mail.house.gov">jserrano@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:latham.ia05@mail.house.gov">latham.ia05@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov">lloyd.doggett@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:loretta@mail.house.gov">loretta@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:lynn.woolsey@mail.house.gov">lynn.woolsey@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:max@baucus.senate.gov">max@baucus.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:mel_martinez@martinez.senate.gov">mel_martinez@martinez.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:melissa@melissabean.com">melissa@melissabean.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:mhinchey@mail.house.gov">mhinchey@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:mike.honda@mail.house.gov">mike.honda@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:mike.rogersal03@mail.house.gov">mike.rogersal03@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:mike.ross@mail.house.gov">mike.ross@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:nita.lowey@mail.house.gov">nita.lowey@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:nrahall@mail.house.gov">nrahall@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:ok01.sullivan@mail.house.gov">ok01.sullivan@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:olympia@snowe.senate.gov">olympia@snowe.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:patrick.kennedy@mail.house.gov">patrick.kennedy@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:petes@mail.house.gov">petes@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:president@whitehouse.gov">president@whitehouse.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rangel@mail.house.gov">rangel@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rep.boswell.ia03@mail.house.gov">rep.boswell.ia03@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rep.doyle@mail.house.gov">rep.doyle@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rep.earl.pomeroy@mail.house.gov">rep.earl.pomeroy@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rep.hinojosa@mail.house.gov">rep.hinojosa@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rep.johnson@mail.house.gov">rep.johnson@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rep.kaptur@mail.house.gov">rep.kaptur@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rep.paul@mail.house.gov">rep.paul@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rick.larsen@mail.house.gov">rick.larsen@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:rmhall@mail.house.gov">rmhall@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Robert.A.Brady@mail.house.gov">Robert.A.Brady@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:science.committee@mail.house.gov">science.committee@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:science.minority@mail.house.gov">science.minority@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@akaka.senate.gov">senator@akaka.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@boxer.senate.gov">senator@boxer.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@cochran.senate.gov">senator@cochran.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@conrad.senate.gov">senator@conrad.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@dorgan.senate.gov">senator@dorgan.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@feingold.senate.gov">senator@feingold.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@hutchison.senate.gov">senator@hutchison.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@johnson.senate.gov">senator@johnson.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@rockefeller.senate.gov">senator@rockefeller.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator@schumer.senate.gov">senator@schumer.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_begich@begich.senate.gov">senator_begich@begich.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov">senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov">senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_hatch@hatch.senate.gov">senator_hatch@hatch.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov">senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_kyl@kyl.senate.gov">senator_kyl@kyl.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov">senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov">senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:senator_reid@reid.senate.gov">senator_reid@reid.senate.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:serrano@mail.house.gov">serrano@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:sf.nancy@mail.house.gov">sf.nancy@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:shelley.berkley@mail.house.gov">shelley.berkley@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:snyder.congress@mail.house.gov">snyder.congress@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:souder@mail.house.gov">souder@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:steve@kagen4congress.com">steve@kagen4congress.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:steven.rothman@mail.house.gov">steven.rothman@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:sue@suemyrick.com">sue@suemyrick.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:susan.davis@mail.house.gov">susan.davis@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:Talk2Lee@mail.house.gov">Talk2Lee@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:texas.granger@mail.house.gov">texas.granger@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:tim@timwalz.org">tim@timwalz.org</a><br />
<a href="mailto:tom.latham@mail.house.gov">tom.latham@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:vice.president@whitehouse.gov">vice.president@whitehouse.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:vice_president@whitehouse.gov">vice_president@whitehouse.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:vice-president@whitehouse.gov">vice-president@whitehouse.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:william.delahunt@mail.house.gov">william.delahunt@mail.house.gov</a><br />
<a href="mailto:William.Kostas@mail.house.gov">William.Kostas@mail.house.gov</a></p>
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