Subject: It's not over |
From: "Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty" <c4lstaff@campaignforliberty.com> |
Date: 2022-12-11, 12:05 |
To: =?UTF-8?B?Qm9iIEFybXN0cm9uZw==?= <bob@cosy.com> |
Bob, We’re down to the last three weeks of 2022: the last three weeks of the congressional term. But that doesn’t mean we can let up . . . because Congress is not. This week, the “omnibus” spending bill will command the full attention of the Big Spenders in Washington, D.C. Action is coming this week. Congress only has until Friday the 16th to either pass a budget, which will fund the government through September 2023, or, if a compromise can’t be reached, they’ll have to pass another “continuing resolution” to fund the government for a short duration. The Democrats are losing power in the House of Representatives. And they haven’t been shy about wanting to cement the legacy of Nancy Pelosi with some big spending in the closing weeks of her speakership. As of right now, we don't know everything that will be in the bill because once again Congress hasn’t told us much, but reports suggest it will include: >>> $38 billion more for Ukraine. This is on top of the tens of billions we the taxpayers have
already squandered in Ukraine, perpetuating our proxy war that has devastated the country and does nothing to actually help the Ukrainian people. >>> Billions more for the IRS. The government already funded the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents this year in the falsely named “Inflation Reduction Act.” Now they will want even more money to harass American taxpayers and extract your money with deadly force. >>> The Electoral Count Reform Act, which would prohibit state legislatures from choosing their slate of electors and transfer that power to governors. This is in violation of the U.S. Constitution, which specifies that the state legislatures shall direct the manner of appointing electors. >>> Funding drag shows in Ecuador. And there are plenty of earmarks for even more radical left-wing ideology in the bill. Reports also indicate the bill will grant millions to left-wing non-government organizations and institutions. $1.2 million would go to “LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers” and another $1.2 million to “Dreamer Resource Centers” at the University of San Diego. $3 million would go to the “American LGBTQ+ Museum.” $477,000 would be granted to the “Equity Institute” to “work directly with schools, organizations, and communities to develop and implement antiracist strategies to advance equitable learning outcomes for all students.” $2 million would go to the “Great Blacks in Wax” museum in Baltimore. Retiring Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) even had the gall to request $1.6 million for the Leahy Center, named after himself. Perhaps these pet projects are all good and fine, if the citizens in those communities want them, but they are not projects the government should ever be funding with your money. Additionally, the spending bill would grant $3 million for water infrastructure in a part of Alaska that is so sparsely populated that the $3 million appropriation is the equivalent of $44,000 per resident. Sounds like the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” all over again. And nobody knows what else they’ll slip in there. An assault weapons ban that Joe Biden is calling for? Sources say an assault weapons ban is unlikely . . . but remember, weak Republicans have betrayed our Second Amendment rights before . . . and not long ago. And if the gun-grabbers see this as their best chance to act, don't think they won't pounce at the opportunity. Remember, Republican Senators Marco Rubio (FL), James Lankford (OK), Susan Collins (ME), and Pat Toomey (PA) cosponsored legislation to open criminal investigations into 100% of background check denials as a stand-alone bill, even though government studies show 9 out of 10 times these denials are false positives. Many of these “Republican in Name Only” senators voted to confirm the anti-Second Amendment Merrick Garland for Attorney General last year (Blunt, Capito, Collins, Cornyn, Ernst, Graham, Grassley, McConnell, Moran, Murkowski, Portman, and Thune). Bob, we will need to monitor this spending bill every day, hour by hour, to prevent statist goodies and attacks on our constitutional rights from being quietly slipped into the bill. With massive spending bills like these, the situation is always extremely fluid, so please expect critical action alerts this week. And since Congress has a track record of dropping bills like this monstrosity on us in the middle of the night with little time to react before they vote . . . You and I MUST stay vigilant to the very end of this session. Can we count on your support today to help us mobilize patriots, on an emergency basis if necessary, to push back against the worst aspects of the spending bill? We had some success on the National Defense Authorization Act last week. After fighting for weeks, we were able to prevent a Digital ID proposal, a stepping stone to a Central Bank Digital Currency, from being incorporated into the NDAA. We also got a provision to expose women to the military draft removed. And while we fought for a total BAN on military vaccine mandates, we were able to pass a repeal on the current mandate. We’ll continue to fight to remove the most odious aspects from the upcoming spending bill this week. Please chip in a generous contribution if you can to help us close out this year with another victory. Can we count on your support of $100, or even $50 or $25? This could be the last battle of 2022. Let’s finish strong! Thanks for all you do, John McCardell Executive Director Campaign for Liberty P.S. Congress is scrambling to pass this massive “omnibus” budget scheme, but with enough pushback from We the People, we can expose and remove some of its most odious provisions. If you support the important work Campaign for Liberty does to expose, fight, and defeat this statist scheme and so many more, please support Campaign for Liberty with a contribution. Whether you can contribute $1,000 or $100 … $500 or $50, $100 or $25, these reckless spending schemes will harm us all. So please contribute what you can afford. Thank you so much! If you’d prefer to donate via PayPal, please click here. Join Ron Paul’s Patriot Club with a monthly
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