Ron Paul's H.R. 1207 Now Has 55 Co-Sponsors

~ I wonder if my facebook comment on Thursday had anything to do with it (haha)- thanks to all who called and wrote him.
But just incase I facebooked Gresham Barrett tonight.

If you wont fight for the right when you can easily win...you may...have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival [or] when there is no chance of victory...it's better to perish than to live as slaves.
W.Churchill

Check it out.

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We're up to 84 co-sponsors now :)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 2/26/2009
Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 3/19/2009
Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 4/21/2009
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 4/21/2009
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 3/16/2009
Rep Blunt, Roy [MO-7] - 3/24/2009
Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] - 4/22/2009
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 2/26/2009
Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13] - 3/17/2009
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 3/19/2009
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 2/26/2009
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] - 4/1/2009
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 3/31/2009
Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] - 3/17/2009
Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] - 3/6/2009
Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 4/21/2009
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 3/26/2009
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 3/23/2009
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 3/9/2009
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 4/21/2009
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 3/6/2009
Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] - 4/21/2009
Rep Fallin, Mary [OK-5] - 4/2/2009
Rep Fleming, John [LA-4] - 3/18/2009
Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 3/23/2009
Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] - 3/5/2009
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 3/30/2009
Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] - 4/23/2009
Rep Graves, Sam [MO-6] - 4/22/2009
Rep Grayson, Alan [FL-8] - 3/11/2009
Rep Heller, Dean [NV-2] - 3/6/2009
Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 4/21/2009
Rep Inglis, Bob [SC-4] - 4/23/2009
Rep Jenkins, Lynn [KS-2] - 4/23/2009
Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 4/22/2009
Rep Johnson, Timothy V. [IL-15] - 4/23/2009
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 2/26/2009
Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 2/26/2009
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 4/23/2009
Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 3/6/2009
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] - 4/21/2009
Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] - 4/21/2009
Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-3] - 4/21/2009
Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine [MO-9] - 4/21/2009
Rep Lummis, Cynthia M. [WY] - 3/19/2009
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 4/21/2009
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 3/11/2009
Rep Massa, Eric J. J. [NY-29] - 4/22/2009
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 4/21/2009
Rep McClintock, Tom [CA-4] - 3/6/2009
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 3/19/2009
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 3/24/2009
Rep Olson, Pete [TX-22] - 4/21/2009
Rep Paulsen, Erik [MN-3] - 3/30/2009
Rep Pence, Mike [IN-6] - 4/21/2009
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 3/19/2009
Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] - 3/10/2009
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 3/19/2009
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 2/26/2009
Rep Posey, Bill [FL-15] - 2/26/2009
Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] - 3/10/2009
Rep Rehberg, Denny [MT] - 2/26/2009
Rep Roe, David P. [TN-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 3/6/2009
Rep Rooney, Thomas J. [FL-16] - 4/22/2009
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 3/23/2009
Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] - 4/22/2009
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 4/22/2009
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 4/2/2009
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/26/2009
Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 3/6/2009
Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 3/6/2009
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 3/30/2009
Rep Thompson, Glenn [PA-5] - 4/22/2009
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 3/16/2009
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 4/2/2009
Rep Wittman, Robert J. [VA-1] - 4/1/2009
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 3/6/2009

Go here, enter your zip:

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml


Here's a sample of a short personal tactic I used;

Dear Congressman ____________,

You are my representative in Congress, as such, I want you to co-sponsor and support the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, H.R. 1207.

Since 1913, our dollar has lost more than 95% of its purchasing power.

HR 1207 amends section 714 of Title 31 of the U.S. Code to remove the restrictions on how the Government Accountability Office (GAO) can audit the Federal Reserve.

With these limitations gone, the Fed's discount window operations, funding facilities, open market operations, and agreements with foreign central banks and governments would all finally be open to congressional oversight.

The GAO would be required to audit the Fed by the end of 2010 and to report its findings to Congress.

Sincerely,

Ron Paul's Convention Speech

Any member of congress who doesn't vote for this bill is shirking their constitutional duty. Delegating the power to create currency is not permitted by the constitution, and auditing the federal reserve is the least they can do.

-jcr

Maybe everyone's seen it but me, but now the list of cosponsors for HR 1207 has been "reset" to 55. C4L is reporting that this is due to clerical error. The only site which has the correct number of cosponsors is still Thomas, not Open Congress or Govtrack. The cosponsors no longer on the list are Keith Ellison (D-MN), Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY), and Henry Waxman (D-CA). I'm guessing C4L did a little research on their own to discover the cause of this mistake, as there is no indication of the previous error on Thomas. Trust but verify...

C4L's story: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/#15460

Thomas website for HR1207: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:17:./temp/~bdg25S::|/bss/|

Not sure if the last link was live, so go to:

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Go to browse bills by sponsor and choose Ron Paul. HR 1207 will be one of the bills in the search results.

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

★★★★★★

"The man who makes unheard of pronouncements that reveal themselves to be true is a proven genius. The man who scoffs at the pronouncements as folly proves himself to be a fool. Time is the true revealer of genius or foolishness." –Will Pitts

The funny thing is that any honest libertarian OR honest socialist MUST cosponsor this.

Go to http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.01207: it dropped from 58 back down to 55, but nobody is listed as withdrawn. Reps. Slaughter, Ellison and Waxman disappeared. What happened?

This may have already been asked, but could you add the party affiliations to the list above?

Ron Paul is my President

WOW! Here's new ones!

Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] - 4/1/2009
Rep Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] - 4/1/2009
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] - 4/1/2009
Rep Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] - 4/1/2009
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] - 4/1/2009

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Trust in God, but tie your camel tight.

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/user/BeaReady/
http://www.ohiofreedom.com/subd/

of any member of Congress not on this list.

_________________________________

My liberty-minded home base of thought:

www.ponderthis.net

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My liberty-minded home base of thought:

www.ponderthis.net

~ I have been sending faxes and e-mailing for a week now and we can't get any on this?
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I have infiltrated my local precinct delegation, with every intention to seize upon county and state delegates, not because I want to but because I have to. -me

Am alone on that I think its ironic that Congressman Bauchman who hasn't yet sponsored HR 2458 - the Enumerated Powers Act should question Geitner on where in the Constitution gave him justification for the recent policy decisions?

this is why I shouldve voted for a GOP congress in the general election...even though the guy was a neocon rat and there was a libertarian running that cost him the election!

Although I am unhappy that Kucinich is showing his true colors yet again after his Obama betrayal, on the bright side he cant do anything but drag us down, although another D would look pretty good on that list.

Gold and silver must be used to back paper currency. Americans can do without borrowing from this privite, secretive, incompetent, unaccountable, global elite who wish to have America default and become slaves to its agenda. The love of money is the root of all evil. The FED is Americas credit card we can cut in half and burn in the oven. I support any and all legislation for its removal.

Welcome three new ones!

Rep Paulsen, Erik - R [MN-3] - 3/30/2009
Rep Gingrey, Phil - R [GA-11] - 3/30/2009
Rep Terry, Lee - R [NE-2] - 3/30/2009

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Trust in God, but tie your camel tight.

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/user/BeaReady/
http://www.ohiofreedom.com/subd/

in St Louis C4L conference?

I just got off the 'phone with Congressman Reichert's staff member who, when I asked if she even knew what bill I was talking about, said "no, not really," and when I told her, said "Oh, yeah, we've received a couple of calls about that."

When I ring tomorrow, I really want to hear that she has been kept busy all day with calls on this issue.

Shouldnt we be sending faxes to the Reps in the "House Committee on Financial Services". Unless we get a majority of sponsors(over 200?) then this group of 71 will be deciding the bills fate. Ive linked up a page with the names of all on the Committee.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/committee.xpd?id=HSBA

Boy, if they don't sign on, we ought to question this because they are giving us double messages otherwise.

It isn't logical that these two congress people amidst all of them, should not be on this list given all they have spoken over a long period of time.

Congressman Chris Smith In New Jersey.

i think it is better when you personalize it for yourself.

kinda upset that kucinich hasn't gotten on board yet...

Ron Paul announced last night that there will be two more sponsors on Monday!