Pelosi & Franks Contact Bomb Let's get HR1207 to the floor

Posted October 27th, 2009 by meekandmild

My attempt to reignite the fire targeting the two people who are bogging down HR 1207. Any help and advice welcomed. Any contact info I don't have welcomed too. 307 co-sponsors and no vote, Our congress ignoring the people is treasonous. After we get this passed the house, then we can start taking action on the senate.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told a Massachusetts town hall meeting in August that he believes the House will indeed pass H.R. 1207 in October. http://reason.com/archive...
Its Oct 28, Wheres the vote?
Demand HR 1207 be brought to the floor for a vote.

Nancy Pelosi
AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov out of district
http://www.house.gov/pelo... in CA 8th district
District Office - 90 7th Street - Suite 2-800 - San Francisco, CA 94103 - (415) 556-4862
Washington, D.C. Office - 235 Cannon HOB - Washington, DC 20515 - (202) 225-4965 Fax: 202-225-4188
Office of the Speaker; H-232, US Capitol; Washington, DC 20515; (202) 225-0100

Barney Franks;
D.C. (202) 225-5931; fax: (202) 225-0182
Newton. MA T (617) 332-3920 F (617) 332-2822
New Bedford, MA T (508) 999-6462 F (508) 999-6468
Taunton, MA T (508) 882-4796 F (508) 882-8186
https://writerep.house.go...
http://financialservices.... F.S Committee

Free faxes:
http://www.freepopfax.com...

http://faxzero.com/

Toll free numbers to congressional switchboard
1-877-851-6437, 1-800-828-0498, or 1-800-614-2803. Ask for the office you would like to speak to.

C4L petition
http://www.chooseliberty....
Thanks to "resistance" for the C4L link

output

My faxes sent to Pelosi and Franks

On October 28th, 2009 meekandmild says:

Where is the vote for
HR-1207
Audit the Fed?
307 cosponsors

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told a Massachusetts town hall meeting in August that he believes the House will indeed pass H.R. 1207 in October.

Where is the vote on HR 1207?

updated 10/28/09

On October 28th, 2009 meekandmild says:

called Franks and Pelosi.
The capitol switchboard has recording telling you to contact your congresscritter to support healthcare. YUK

Made 4 calls today ...

On October 27th, 2009 Anti_Bernanke says:

Pelosi House Leader phone # and office phone. Same result both times. As soon as I get two words out of my mouth I'm transferred to a comment line, which of course I left!

Then called Chairman Fwank. Interesting. When I brought up HR 1207 staff said "Is that the Internet Protection bill." I keep having these experiences with congressional staff making me believe we aren' t calling these two nearly enough. Anyhow, she listened, took my comments and suggested I call the House Financial Services Com.

I took her advice. Talked to a policy staff who could not
provide a single rational reson why this bill couldn't sail out of committee. He did tell me the plan was to attach it to "another" bill. I argued all the logic for sending it out of com for an up/ down vote like they do every week, 307 co-sponsors with overwhelming public support.

My gut tells me this gets attached to some regulatory monster bill to help ensure passage but will also mean ammendments. Which will mean a watering down process.

Let's keep the heat on these two bozos to move HR 1207 to a vote as a "stand alone" bill. Call tomorrow!

for the night

On October 27th, 2009 meekandmild says:

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Faxed and called. Experience

On October 27th, 2009 greatscott says:

Faxed and called.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."- Thomas Jefferson

thanks

On October 27th, 2009 meekandmild says:

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Sign

On October 27th, 2009 resistance says:

Sign this!!

http://www.chooseliberty....

Done

On October 27th, 2009 Thinkharder says:

"Truth is treason in the empire of lies"......

signed

On October 27th, 2009 meekandmild says:

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Done Experience hath shewn,

On October 27th, 2009 greatscott says:

Done

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."- Thomas Jefferson

I think the main problem is

On October 27th, 2009 Michael Nystrom says:

I think the main problem is the Senate. The House isn't the problem. HR1207 can be passed by suspension. But then what? S604 doesn't have the votes in the Senate. 30 Cosponsors is good, but does it have the votes to pass?

I don't think so. I think that is what is behind the competing, watered down Senate bill. They're trying to strike a compromise.

I think the emphasis should be placed on S604

I agree because

On October 28th, 2009 3drevolution says:

One of our senators in NC Richard Burr has signed on, and I have contacted our other senator Kay Hagan several times (website, telephone). The first time I called, the person taking calls for her had never heard of it and was looking it up and I mentioned Burr was a sponsor, and they replied oh well then she would never back that. I'm thinking ok she will not even consider it because a Republican backs it and she is a Democrat. I went on to explain that it was a bi-partisan effort for transparency in our central banking system.

I called again the other day after receiving the cookie cut email response from Hagan about how the FED is already audited and that S 604 is dangerous, and the person on the other end said they would pass it on. I called to provide a rebuttal to the email she sent me, and after hanging up I realized I should have asked the person exactly what they were going to tell her, because my call was not to ask her to support S 604, but why she should support it.

Basically this is the response I was trying to debate (I assume this is the argument the senators not on board are all using):
"The formulation of monetary policy is a decision-making process that involves information gathering from a host of foreign governments and central banks. The information provided from those exchanges is critical and extremely sensitive. The immediate and broad disclosure that S. 604 would require could disrupt the financial markets, and jeopardize our country's international finance relationships. Ultimately, it would be taxpayers who would bear the brunt of any losses resulting from policies caused by untimely disclosure of sensitive information. Because of this, I do not believe the benefits of legislation like the Federal Reserve Sunshine Act outweigh the costs. - Senator Hagan"

I am now trying to come from the angle that if broad disclosure would be bad, in that maybe the people should not know (don't get me wrong I want to know), why don't the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee know.

I sometimes wonder if some of the co sponsors in the house are just waiting on the watered down bill to gain traction.

I am going to write her aging, and I think next time along with a website contact, I will use snail mail as well. BJ Lawson has a good rebuttal based on his views and Ron Paul’s response, and I am going to use some of his points too. I do want my response to be original rather than just a cookie cut copy of BJ’s.