From Campaign For Liberty:
Today at 2:30 PM eastern, Audit the Fed will receive its first ever stand-alone vote in the Senate.
So you and I need to get those phones ringing off the hook RIGHT NOW! I've already called my senators this morning.
Will you take five minutes and call your senators?
According to our records, here's who you should call:
Your Senators
If that doesn't look right, call the switchboard operator at (202) 224-3121.
Please make sure you let them know you expect them to vote "YES" on every vote, including cloture.
You can get involved from wherever you are.
All you have to do is call your senators right away.
And then please click here and take a moment to let us know what your senators say.
It’s vital that senators hear LOUD and CLEAR from their constituents DEMANDING they vote “YES” on every vote, including cloture.
Please take action today and call both of your senators right away.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Tell your Senators to support an up and down vote on Audit The Fed
From Campaign For Liberty:
In just a few hours, the U.S. Senate will vote on Stanley Fischer’s nomination to be Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
The Senate will also vote on Dr. Lael Brainard and Jerome H. Powell’s nominations to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
This gives us a great opportunity to force Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to finally hold an up or down, roll call vote on Audit the Fed.
So please contact your senators today and ask them to oppose all three nominees until Senator Reid agrees to hold a vote on Audit the Fed.
As you know, Senator Rand Paul has placed a hold on all Federal Reserve nominees in order to force Senator Reid to agree to hold a roll call vote on Audit the Fed.
On Tuesday afternoon, Senator Reid held cloture votes for these nominees. Once again, the only way he was able to get cloture was to violate the rules of the Senate requiring sixty votes to advance a nomination, instead proceeding with a simple majority.
None of the nominees got sixty votes, and Stanley Fischer only received 56 votes!
Violating the rules was the only way Senator Reid could win without holding a vote on Audit the Fed.
So all we need to do is convince seven senators to Stand with Rand (and the nearly 75% of the American people who support Audit the Fed) by voting against these three nominations until Senator Reid schedules an up or down vote on Audit the Fed!
The final confirmation vote will occur today, so I need you to call your senators immediately.
Click here to learn how they voted on Tuesday.
If your senator voted against cloture, tell them to keep it up and vote NO on all three nominees until Senator Reid holds an up or down vote on Audit the Fed.
But if your senator voted with the banksters, Wall Street special interests, and the big spenders who do not want the spotlight shown on the Fed’s policies, tell them you expect them to stand with the nearly 75% of Americans who support Audit the Fed by voting against confirming all Fed nominees until Harry Reid schedules a vote on Audit the Fed.
Stanley Fischer was already confirmed to the Federal Reserve Board last month, but the Senate must hold a confirmation vote on his nomination to be Vice-Chair.
Since Stanley Fischer is already on the Board, there is no reason for the Senate to not delay confirming him as Fed Vice-Chair until Senator Reid gives Audit the Fed its vote!
Campaign for Liberty members have flooded the Senate and the House of Representatives with petitions, emails, and phone calls demanding they support Audit the Fed.
As a result of your efforts, Audit the Fed once again has a majority of House cosponsors, and Senator Paul’s efforts to block all nominees to the Fed unless Senator Reid gives us a vote have been more successful than anyone predicted.
For a majority leader to have to break the rules to advance a Federal Reserve nominee would have been unheard of just five years ago.
Now we need to light up the Senate’s phones today to let senators know we expect them to side with the nearly 75% of Americans who support Audit the Fed.
I am confident we can win if Harry Reid allows an up or down, roll call vote.
You can bet Wall Street’s army of high-paid lobbyists is frantically working behind the scenes to pressure wavering senators to vote to advance these nominations without giving the American people the opportunity to learn the full truth about the Fed’s special deals and bailouts.
That is why it is crucial you call your senators today and tell them to vote NO on confirming any nominees to the Federal Reserve - including Stanley Fischer as Vice-Chairman - until Harry Reid schedules a vote on Audit the Fed.
And if you can, please chip in with a contribution of $50, $30, or even $10 to help Campaign for Liberty pass Audit the Fed.
In Liberty,
John Tate
President
P.S. In just a few hours, the Senate will vote on three nominees to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. And Senator Rand Paul is once again leading the opposition to the nominations to build support for S. 209, the Audit the Fed bill.
Your action today is critical to help us turn up the pressure on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to finally hold an up or down, roll call vote on Audit the Fed.
So please call your senators immediately and tell them not to vote to confirm any Federal Reserve nominee until Harry Reid holds a roll call vote on Audit the Fed.
Find your Senators
In just a few hours, the U.S. Senate will vote on Stanley Fischer’s nomination to be Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
The Senate will also vote on Dr. Lael Brainard and Jerome H. Powell’s nominations to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
This gives us a great opportunity to force Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to finally hold an up or down, roll call vote on Audit the Fed.
So please contact your senators today and ask them to oppose all three nominees until Senator Reid agrees to hold a vote on Audit the Fed.
As you know, Senator Rand Paul has placed a hold on all Federal Reserve nominees in order to force Senator Reid to agree to hold a roll call vote on Audit the Fed.
On Tuesday afternoon, Senator Reid held cloture votes for these nominees. Once again, the only way he was able to get cloture was to violate the rules of the Senate requiring sixty votes to advance a nomination, instead proceeding with a simple majority.
None of the nominees got sixty votes, and Stanley Fischer only received 56 votes!
Violating the rules was the only way Senator Reid could win without holding a vote on Audit the Fed.
So all we need to do is convince seven senators to Stand with Rand (and the nearly 75% of the American people who support Audit the Fed) by voting against these three nominations until Senator Reid schedules an up or down vote on Audit the Fed!
The final confirmation vote will occur today, so I need you to call your senators immediately.
Click here to learn how they voted on Tuesday.
If your senator voted against cloture, tell them to keep it up and vote NO on all three nominees until Senator Reid holds an up or down vote on Audit the Fed.
But if your senator voted with the banksters, Wall Street special interests, and the big spenders who do not want the spotlight shown on the Fed’s policies, tell them you expect them to stand with the nearly 75% of Americans who support Audit the Fed by voting against confirming all Fed nominees until Harry Reid schedules a vote on Audit the Fed.
Stanley Fischer was already confirmed to the Federal Reserve Board last month, but the Senate must hold a confirmation vote on his nomination to be Vice-Chair.
Since Stanley Fischer is already on the Board, there is no reason for the Senate to not delay confirming him as Fed Vice-Chair until Senator Reid gives Audit the Fed its vote!
Campaign for Liberty members have flooded the Senate and the House of Representatives with petitions, emails, and phone calls demanding they support Audit the Fed.
As a result of your efforts, Audit the Fed once again has a majority of House cosponsors, and Senator Paul’s efforts to block all nominees to the Fed unless Senator Reid gives us a vote have been more successful than anyone predicted.
For a majority leader to have to break the rules to advance a Federal Reserve nominee would have been unheard of just five years ago.
Now we need to light up the Senate’s phones today to let senators know we expect them to side with the nearly 75% of Americans who support Audit the Fed.
I am confident we can win if Harry Reid allows an up or down, roll call vote.
You can bet Wall Street’s army of high-paid lobbyists is frantically working behind the scenes to pressure wavering senators to vote to advance these nominations without giving the American people the opportunity to learn the full truth about the Fed’s special deals and bailouts.
That is why it is crucial you call your senators today and tell them to vote NO on confirming any nominees to the Federal Reserve - including Stanley Fischer as Vice-Chairman - until Harry Reid schedules a vote on Audit the Fed.
And if you can, please chip in with a contribution of $50, $30, or even $10 to help Campaign for Liberty pass Audit the Fed.
In Liberty,
John Tate
President
P.S. In just a few hours, the Senate will vote on three nominees to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. And Senator Rand Paul is once again leading the opposition to the nominations to build support for S. 209, the Audit the Fed bill.
Your action today is critical to help us turn up the pressure on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to finally hold an up or down, roll call vote on Audit the Fed.
So please call your senators immediately and tell them not to vote to confirm any Federal Reserve nominee until Harry Reid holds a roll call vote on Audit the Fed.
Find your Senators
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Tell Senate not to vote in favor of corrupt union representative
Tomorrow, union-label Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a cloture vote on the nomination of corrupt union lawyer Richard Griffin to be the chief lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board.
With the vote just one day away, it's critical that concerned citizens like you turn up the heat on your U.S. Senators IMMEDIATELY.
My staff is faxing in tens of thousands of petitions opposing the confirmation of the radical union lawyer -- and more petitions keep coming in.
But I'm afraid that won't be enough.
So please click here right away to e-mail your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote AGAINST the confirmation of Richard Griffin.
Let me remind you what's at stake.
As you may recall, over the summer a handful of Republican Senators joined every Democrat to let Barack Obama pack the labor board with union militants literally and publicly chosen by AFL-CIO czar Richard Trumka.
The ONLY thing those Republicans got out of the "deal" was that Obama would not re-nominate Richard Griffin and Sharon Block to be members of the Board.
So what did Obama do?
He nominated Griffin for a different job at the Board -- the General Counsel -- the office in charge of prosecuting unfair labor practices by both unions and management.
It is hard to imagine a worse nominee.
Griffin is currently being investigated for attempting to cover up embezzlement at the International Union of Operating Engineers by firing employees who tried to expose the crime.
It's outrageous that someone under investigation for such a crime would even be considered for a position with all of the power associated with the General Counsel position.
Will the Republicans play dead again?
It's vital you e-mail your U.S. Senators, urging them to vote against cloture on Richard Griffin for General Counsel on the NLRB.
As I said, Harry Reid has already scheduled the cloture vote for tomorrow.
Grassroots pressure from concerned Americans like you, demanding a filibuster against Big Labor power grabs, stopped Harry Reid from shoving Card Check down our throats.
Once again, America needs strong and principled citizens like you to fight back and urge Senate Republicans not to cut another bad deal with Harry Reid.
As you probably know, the position of General Counsel comes with great power. When this power ends up in the hands of a Big Labor partisan, the results can be tyrannical.
And we don't have to look far for an example.
This type of tyranny has been painfully clear under the NLRB's current acting General Counsel, Lafe Solomon.
When Boeing decided to open a plant manufacturing its newest airplane in Right-to-Work South Carolina, it was Solomon that launched a lawsuit against the company for the sole reason the new plant was in a Right to Work state!
The NLRB's job is to be an impartial arbiter between unions and management. But Lafe Solomon, as a General Counsel with an axe to grind, abused that power to coerce Boeing -- and other companies through intimidation -- to open their factories in forced-unionism states!
Having Solomon as General Counsel has turned the NLRB into something it was never intended to be -- an activist agency for Big Labor.
Even the most basic background check is enough to show anyone that Richard Griffin would be even more biased.
Ten members of the local 501 IUOE in Los Angeles have claimed in a corruption lawsuit that Griffin was a constant participant in a conspiracy to manipulate Local 501 through a pattern of racketeering. The lawsuit specifically states that Griffin made threats in an attempt to cover up the embezzlement.
If Griffin is willing to illegally silence employees to protect Big Labor's unlawful practices, as he's accused of doing, how much worse will he be as the officer in charge of prosecuting unfair labor practices?
It's like making a known drug kingpin the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency.
The NLRB is supposed to be a quasi-judicial, independent agency, staffed with people who can interpret the law and deal with cases honestly and fairly.
Richard Griffin doesn't even come close to meeting that standard. Freedom, justice and basic common sense all dictate that your Senators oppose this nomination.
For all of these reasons it is vital you e-mail your U.S. Senators to vote against cloture on the nomination of Richard Griffin.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
P.S. As the first order of business when the U.S. Senate convenes tomorrow, Harry Reid has scheduled the cloture vote on the nomination of corrupt union lawyer Richard Griffin as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
Time is running out to make a difference, so please e-mail your U.S. Senators urging them to vote against cloture on Richard Griffin.
P.P.S. The National Right to Work Committee relies on your voluntary contributions to fund its programs. Please chip in with a contribution of $10 or more today.
Sign petition
With the vote just one day away, it's critical that concerned citizens like you turn up the heat on your U.S. Senators IMMEDIATELY.
My staff is faxing in tens of thousands of petitions opposing the confirmation of the radical union lawyer -- and more petitions keep coming in.
But I'm afraid that won't be enough.
So please click here right away to e-mail your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote AGAINST the confirmation of Richard Griffin.
Let me remind you what's at stake.
As you may recall, over the summer a handful of Republican Senators joined every Democrat to let Barack Obama pack the labor board with union militants literally and publicly chosen by AFL-CIO czar Richard Trumka.
The ONLY thing those Republicans got out of the "deal" was that Obama would not re-nominate Richard Griffin and Sharon Block to be members of the Board.
So what did Obama do?
He nominated Griffin for a different job at the Board -- the General Counsel -- the office in charge of prosecuting unfair labor practices by both unions and management.
It is hard to imagine a worse nominee.
Griffin is currently being investigated for attempting to cover up embezzlement at the International Union of Operating Engineers by firing employees who tried to expose the crime.
It's outrageous that someone under investigation for such a crime would even be considered for a position with all of the power associated with the General Counsel position.
Will the Republicans play dead again?
It's vital you e-mail your U.S. Senators, urging them to vote against cloture on Richard Griffin for General Counsel on the NLRB.
As I said, Harry Reid has already scheduled the cloture vote for tomorrow.
Grassroots pressure from concerned Americans like you, demanding a filibuster against Big Labor power grabs, stopped Harry Reid from shoving Card Check down our throats.
Once again, America needs strong and principled citizens like you to fight back and urge Senate Republicans not to cut another bad deal with Harry Reid.
As you probably know, the position of General Counsel comes with great power. When this power ends up in the hands of a Big Labor partisan, the results can be tyrannical.
And we don't have to look far for an example.
This type of tyranny has been painfully clear under the NLRB's current acting General Counsel, Lafe Solomon.
When Boeing decided to open a plant manufacturing its newest airplane in Right-to-Work South Carolina, it was Solomon that launched a lawsuit against the company for the sole reason the new plant was in a Right to Work state!
The NLRB's job is to be an impartial arbiter between unions and management. But Lafe Solomon, as a General Counsel with an axe to grind, abused that power to coerce Boeing -- and other companies through intimidation -- to open their factories in forced-unionism states!
Having Solomon as General Counsel has turned the NLRB into something it was never intended to be -- an activist agency for Big Labor.
Even the most basic background check is enough to show anyone that Richard Griffin would be even more biased.
Ten members of the local 501 IUOE in Los Angeles have claimed in a corruption lawsuit that Griffin was a constant participant in a conspiracy to manipulate Local 501 through a pattern of racketeering. The lawsuit specifically states that Griffin made threats in an attempt to cover up the embezzlement.
If Griffin is willing to illegally silence employees to protect Big Labor's unlawful practices, as he's accused of doing, how much worse will he be as the officer in charge of prosecuting unfair labor practices?
It's like making a known drug kingpin the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency.
The NLRB is supposed to be a quasi-judicial, independent agency, staffed with people who can interpret the law and deal with cases honestly and fairly.
Richard Griffin doesn't even come close to meeting that standard. Freedom, justice and basic common sense all dictate that your Senators oppose this nomination.
For all of these reasons it is vital you e-mail your U.S. Senators to vote against cloture on the nomination of Richard Griffin.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
P.S. As the first order of business when the U.S. Senate convenes tomorrow, Harry Reid has scheduled the cloture vote on the nomination of corrupt union lawyer Richard Griffin as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
Time is running out to make a difference, so please e-mail your U.S. Senators urging them to vote against cloture on Richard Griffin.
P.P.S. The National Right to Work Committee relies on your voluntary contributions to fund its programs. Please chip in with a contribution of $10 or more today.
Sign petition
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