10080903 Hugh Hewitt: Hour 3 – After a replay of the Mark Steyn interview, Hugh talks politics and foreign policy with the Young Guns, then back to health care with Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint. Tarzana Joe concludes the show in verse with an ode to the first round of baseball playoffs.
10080902 Hugh Hewitt: Hour 2 – Hugh takes calls on the health care and Afghanistan issues, and then continues his conversation about Chrstians, Darwin and evolution with Biola professor Cornelius Hunter.
10080901 Hugh Hewitt: Hour 1 – Hugh talks about health care politics and disturbing signals from the White House regarding Afghanistan policy with Columnist To the World Mark Steyn, and with Political reporter Mike Allen.
Eight Democratic senators stand between the Medicare and the destruction of the senior health care program as well as the ruin of American medicine generally. These eight know the stakes and have written Harry Reid to demand that the Democratic leader slow down the jam down so that they and the public know what they are voting on and what it will cost. They have asked for at least 72 hours and a CBO estimate for any Obamacare bill before a final floor vote occurs, as well as 72 hours and a full CBO score before any vote on a future House-Senate conference report occurs.
These demands are a dodge because any of these eight have the ability to enforce any amount of delay they want via a refusal to vote for cloture whenever that debate-limiting motion is put forward by Reid.
To review: The Senate’s rules provide that it requires 60 affirmative votes to pass a motion ending debate on any legislative proposal. Thus if even one Democrat refuses to go along with this Obamacare jam down that will devastate Medicare, the entire bill halts until and unless that Democrat is satisfied it is a good idea. Thus every Democrat has the individual ability to demand a serious, careful debate and serious, careful budget impact analysis.
Some Democrats hope to protect themselves against the people’s fury at the polls in November 2010 by voting for cloture and then voting against passage, but that won’t work in this hyperattentive new media age.
A vote for cloture is a vote for everything in the Obamacare package that would end up on the president’s desk. Everyone knows this, but some Democrats hold out hope that their genuine responsibility for Obamacare will be obscured by various posed votes. In this sleight-of-hand they hope to be helped by Manhattan-Beltway media elites that will do what they can to obscure accountability on the cloture votes ahead.
But the clear truth is that a vote for cloture is a vote for Obamacare, and not just its ruinous impact on Medicare for seniors and medicine generally but also for the trickery that is obscuring the real and vast costs of the bills and the refusal to allow the American people the opportunity to see and read what it is they are being obliged to sacrifice their health care and benefits for.
So contact all the Democrats below. Contact them early and often and contact anyone you know who lives in their state and ask them to do the same thing. If you are a doctor in their state, your voice is especially important. Tell each one of them to vote no on cloture motions –all of them– and to start over with a genuinely bipartisan reform bill that protects Medicare and which includes tort reform.
And tell them that if they vote yes on any cloture, you will help fund their next opponent and do whatever it takes to defeat them at the polls when next they stand for re-election.
A couple of these senators, like Joe Lieberman and James Webb will not be moved by the prospect of losing their Senate seat but they will be very careful before sacrificing their honorable records to help President Obama achieve a political win that destroys Medicare. Webb especially has built a record of fiery populism that would be laughable if he joins in a jam down that protects trial lawyers with seven figure annual incomes while dramatically cutting back on health care for seniors. Joe Lieberman knows what the bill will really do to seniors. Together these two can stop the whole charade right now. Encourage them to do so.
The rest will care about their jobs, and especially Blanche Lincoln and Evan Bayh who face the public in Arkansas and Indiana in a year. If either votes for cloture, she or he or both of them will be the face of Obamacare at the polls.
Each of these senators needs to hear fromthousands and tens of thousands and indeed hundreds of thousands of Americans that we know a yes on cloture means yes on Obamacare and will assess their records accordingly.
Key Democratic Senators:
Arkansas
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (18.70% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-4843
Local Phone: Dumas (870) 382-1023, Fayetteville (479) 251-1224, Little Rock (501) 375-2993, Jonesboro (870) 910-6896, Texarkana (870) 774-3106
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Sen. Mark Pryor (18.33% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2353
Local Phone: Little Rock (501) 324-6336
Link to E-mail
Connecticut
Sen. Joe Lieberman (15.96% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-4041
Local Phone: (860) 549-8463
Link to E-mail
Florida
Sen. Bill Nelson (37.28% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5274
Local Phone: Orlando (407) 872-7161, Miami-Dade (305) 536-5999, Tampa (813) 225-7040, West Palm Beach (561) 514-0189, Tallahassee (850) 942-8415, Jacksonville (904) 346-4500, Broward (954) 693-4851, Fort Meyers (239) 334-7760
Link to E-mail
Indiana
Sen. Evan Bayh (20.70% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5623
Local Phone: Evansville (812) 465-6500, Fort Wayne (260) 426-3151, Hammond (219) 852-2763, Indianapolis (317) 554-0750, Jeffersonville (812) 218-2317, Southbend (574) 236-8302
Sen. Mary Landrieu (23.20% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5824
Local Phone: Baton Rouge (225) 389-0395, Lake Charles (337) 436-6650, New Orleans (504) 589-2427, Shreveport (318) 676-3085
Link to E-mail
Montana
Sen. Jon Tester (16.00% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2644
Local Phone: Billings (406) 252-0550, Bozeman (406) 586-4450, Butte (406) 723-3277, Glendive (406) 365-2391, Great Falls (406) 452-9585, Helena (406) 449-5401, Kalispell (406) 257-3360, Missoula (406) 728-3003
Link to E-mail
Nebraska
Sen. Ben Nelson (47.26% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-6551
Local Phone: Omaha (402) 391-3411, Lincoln (402) 441-4600, Scottsbluff (308) 631-7614, Kearney (308) 293-5818, South Sioux City (402) 209-3595
Link to E-mail
Nevada
Sen. Harry Reid (18.96% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3542
Local Phone: Carson City 775-882-7343, Las Vegas (702) 388-5020, Reno (775) 686-5750
Link to E-mail
North Dakota
Sen. Kent Conrad (19.57% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2043
Local Phone: Bismarck (701) 258-4648, Fargo (701) 232-8030, Grand Forks (701) 775-9601, Minot (701) 852-0703
Link to E-mail
Sen. Byron Dorgan (16.57% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-2551
Local Phone: Bismarck (701) 250-4618, Fargo (701) 239-5389, Minot (701) 852-0703, Grand Forks (701) 746-8972
Link to E-mail
South Dakota
Sen. Tim Johnson (18.36% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-5842
Local Phone: Aberdeen (605) 226-3440, Sioux Falls (605) 332-8896, Rapid City (605) 341-3990
Link to E-mail
West Virginia
Sen. Robert C. Byrd (28.26% Lifetime ACU rating)
DC Phone: (202) 224-3954
Local Phone: Charlestown (304) 342-5855, Eastern Panhandle (304) 264-4626
The “Blue Dog” House Democrats:
Alabama
Rep. Bobby Bright – 2nd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2901
District Phone: Dothan (334) 794-9680; Montgomery (334) 277-9113; Opp (334) 493-9253
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/bright/contact-form.shtml
Rep. Parker Griffith – 5th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4801
District Phone: Huntsville (256) 551-0190; Decatur (256) 355-9400; Shoals (256) 381-3450
Link to E-mail: http://griffith.house.gov/?sectionid=7§iontree=4,7
Arkansas
Rep. Marion Berry – 1st District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4076
District Phone: Jonesboro (870) 972-4600; Cabot (501) 843-4955; Mountain Home (870) 425-3510
Link to E-Mail: http://www.house.gov/berry/messageform.html
Rep. Mike Ross – 4th District
DC Phone: 1-800-223-2220
District Phone: El Dorado (870) 881-0681; Hot Springs (501) 520-5892; Pine Bluff (870) 536-3376; Prescott (870) 887-6787
Link to E-mail: http://ross.house.gov/?sectionid=77§iontree=76,77
Arizona
Rep. Harry Mitchell – 5th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2190
District Phone: (480) 946-2411
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/mitchell/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords – 8th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2542
District Phone: Tucson (520) 881-3588; Cochise (520) 459-3115
Link to E-mail: https://giffordsforms.house.gov/contact/email.shtml
California
Rep. Mike Thompson – 1st District
DC Phone: (202) 225-3311
District Phone: Napa (707) 226-9898; Humboldt (707) 269-9595; Mendocino (707) 962-0933; Yolo (530) 662-5272
Link to E-mail: http://mikethompson.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za.pl?/mthompson/contact/email_auth.txt&form=/mthompson/contact/email_form.shtml&pass
Rep. Dennis Cardoza – 18th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-6131
District Phone: Merced (209) 383-4455; (209) 527-1914; Stockton (209) 946-0361
Link to E-mail: https://writerep.house.gov/htbin/wrep_findrep
Rep. Jim Costa – 20th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-9308
District Phone: Fresno (559) 495-1620; Bakersfield (661) 869-1620
Link to E-mail: http://www.house.gov/formcosta/issue.htm
Rep. Loretta Sanchez – 29th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2965
District Phone: (714) 621-0102
Link to E-mail: http://www.lorettasanchez.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=17
Rep. Jane Harman – 36th District
DC Phone: (202) 225 8220
District Phone: El Segundo (310) 643 3636; Wilmington (310) 549 8282
Link to E-mail: http://www.house.gov/harman/contact/email.shtml
Rep. Joe Baca – 43rd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-6161
District Phone: (909) 885-2222
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/baca/ht_zip_parms.txt&form=/baca/messageform.shtml
Colorado
Rep. John Salazar – 3rd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4761
District Phone: Grand Junction (970) 245-7107; Pueblo (719) 543-8200; Durango (970) 259-1012; Alamosa (719) 587-5105
Link to E-mail: http://www.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/salazar/contact-zip.txt&form=/salazar/contact2.shtml
Florida
Rep. Allen Boyd – 2nd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-5235
District Phone: Tallahassee (850) 561-3979; Panama City (850) 785-0812
Link to E-mail: http://www.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/boyd/zip_authen.txt&form=/boyd/contact_email.html&pass
Georgia
Rep. Sanford Bishop – 2nd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-3631
District Phone: Albany (229) 439-8067; Colombus (706) 320-9477; Thomasville (229) 226-7789
Link to E-mail: http://bishop.house.gov/display.cfm?section_id=13
Rep. Jim Marshall – 3rd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-6531
District Phone: Macon (478) 464-0255; Dublin (478) 296-2023; Tifton (229) 556-7418
Link to E-mail: https://writerep.house.gov/htbin/wrep_findrep?HIP29329573301.1220.9427
Rep. John Barrow – 12th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2823
District Phone: Augusta (706) 722-4494; Sandersville (478) 553-9215; Savannah (912) 354-7282
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/barrow/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Rep. David Scott– 13th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2939
District Phone: Jonesboro (770) 210-5073; Smyrna (770) 432-5405
Link to E-mail: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Iowa
Rep. Leonard Boswell – 3rd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-3806
District Phone: (515) 282-1909
Link to E-mail: http://boswell.house.gov/?sectionid=81§iontree=4,81
Idaho
Rep. Walt Minnick – 1st District
DC Phone: (202) 225-6611
District Phone: Meridian (208) 888-3188; Lewiston (208) 743-1388; Couer d’Alene (208) 667-0127
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/minnick/contact-form.shtml
Indiana
Rep. Joe Donnelly – 2nd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-3915
District Phone: South Bend (574) 288-2780; Logansport (574) 753-2671; La Porte (219) 326-6808; Michigan City (219) 873-1403
Link to E-mail: http://donnelly.house.gov/contact/email.shtml
Rep. Brad Ellsworth – 8th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4636
District Phone: Evansville (812) 465-6484; Terre Haute (812) 232-0523
Link to E-mail: http://www.ellsworth.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=325&Itemid=
Rep. Baron Hill (Co-Chair for Policy) – 9th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-5315
District Phone: Jeffersonville (812) 288-3999; Bloomington (812)336-3000
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/baronhill/IMA/issue_subscribe_parm.txt&form=/baronhill/IMA/issue_subscribe_verify.shtml
Kansas
Rep. Dennis Moore – 3rd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2865
District Phone: Overland Park (913) 383-2013; Kansas City (913) 621-0832; Lawrence (785) 842-9313
Link to E-mail: http://www.moore.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za.pl?/moore/contact/zip_authen.txt&form=/moore/contact/email.shtml
Kentucky
Rep. Ben Chandler – 6th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4706
District Phone: (859) 219-1366
Link to E-mail: https://writerep.house.gov/htbin/wrep_findrep?HIP29329573301.26817.5636
Louisiana
Rep. Charlie Melancon (Co-Chair for Communications) – 3rd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4031
District Phone: Houma (985) 876-3033; Chalmette (504) 271-1707; Gonzales (225) 621-8490; New Iberia (337) 367-8231
Link to E-mail: http://www.melancon.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205
Maryland
Rep. Frank Jr. Kratovil – 1st District
DC Phone: (202) 225-5311
District Phone: Centreville (443) 262 -9136
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/kratovil/contact-form.shtml
Maine
Rep. Mike Michaud – 2nd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2943
District Phone: Bangor (207) 942-6935; Lewiston (207) 782-3704; Presque Isle (207) 764-1036; Waterville (207) 873-5713
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/michaud/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Minnesota
Rep. Collin Peterson – 7th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2165
District Phone: Detroit Lakes (218) 847-5056; Marshall (507) 537-2299; Montevideo (320) 235-1061; Red Lake Falls (218) 253-4356; Redwood Falls (507) 637-2270; Willmar (320) 235-1061
Link to E-mail: http://collinpeterson.house.gov/zipauth.htm
Mississippi
Rep. Travis Childers – 1st Districts
DC Phone: (202) 225-4306
District Phone: Tupelo (662) 841-8808; Hernando (662) 449-3090; Colombus (662) 327-0748
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/childers/webforms/contact_parm.txt&form=/childers/webforms/contact_form.htm
Rep. Gene Taylor – 4th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-5772
District Phone: Bay St. Louis (228) 469-9235; Ocean Springs (228) 872-7950; Hattiesburg (601) 582-3246; Laurel (601) 425-3905
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/genetaylor/webforms/zipauth.htm
North Carolina
Rep. Mike McIntyre – 7th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2731
District Phone: Lumberton (910) 735-0610; Fayetteville (910) 323-0260; Wilmington (910) 815-4959; Bolivia (910)-253-0158
Link to E-mail: http://www.house.gov/mcintyre/issue.shtml
Rep. Heath Shuler (Whip) – 11th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-6401
District Phone: Asheville (828) 252-1651; Murphy (828) 835-4981; Sylva (828) 586-1962
Link to E-mail: http://shuler.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/shuler/ht_zip_parms.txt&form=shuler/messageform.htm
North Dakota
Rep. Earl Pomeroy
DC Phone: (202) 225-2611
District Phone: Bismarck (701) 224-0355; Fargo (701) 235-9760
Link to E-mail: http://www.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/formpomeroy/ht_zip_parms.txt&form=/formpomeroy/messageform.htm
New York
Rep. Mike Arcuri – 24th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-3665
District Phone: Utica (315) 793-8146/8147; Auburn (315) 252-2777/2778; Cortland (607) 756-2470
Link to E-mail: http://arcuri.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Ohio
Rep. Charles Wilson – 6th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-5705
District Phone: Canfield (330) 533-7250; Marietta (740) 376-0868; Bridgeport (740) 633-5705; Ironton (740) 533-9423; Wellsville (330) 532-3740
Link to E-mail: http://www.charliewilson.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139
Rep. Zack Space – 18th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-6265
District Phone: Dover (330) 364-4300; Zanesville (740) 452-6338; Chillicothe (740) 779-1636
Link to E-mail: http://space.house.gov/?sectionid=61§iontree=26,61
Oklahoma
Rep. Dan Boren – 2nd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2701
District Phone: Muskogee (918) 687-2533; Claremont (918) 341-9336; McAlester (918) 423-5951
Link to E-mail: http://www.house.gov/boren/emailsignup.shtml
Pennsylvania
Rep. Jason Altmire – 4th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-2565
District Phone: Aliquippa (724) 378-0928; Natrona (724) 226-1304
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/altmire/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Rep. Patrick Murphy – 8th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4276
District Phone: Bristol (215) 826-1963; Doylestown (215) 348-1194
Link to E-mail: http://www.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/formpatrickmurphy/ht_zip_parms.txt&form=/formpatrickmurphy/messageform.shtml
Rep. Christopher Carney – 10th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-3731
District Phone: Clarks Summit (570) 585-9988; Shamokin (570) 644-1682; Williamsport (570) 327-1902
Link to E-mail: http://www.carney.house.gov/contact.shtml#email
Rep. Tim Holden – 17th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-5546
District Phone: Berks (610) 921-3502; Dauphin/Perry (717) 234-5904; Lebanon (717) 270-1395; Schuylkill (570) 622-4212
Link to E-mail: http://holden.house.gov/htbin/formproc_za/holden/email_zipauth.txt&form=messageform.shtml
Tennessee
Rep. Lincoln Davis – 4th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-6831
District Phone: Columbia (931) 490-8699; Jamestown (931) 879-2361; McMinnville (931) 473-7259; Rockwood (865) 354-3323
Link to E-mail: https://writerep.house.gov/htbin/wrep_const
Rep. Jim Cooper – 5th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4311
District Phone: Nashville (615) 736-5295
Link to E-mail: http://www.cooper.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=61
Rep. Bart Gordon – 6th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4231
District Phone: Murfreesboro (615) 896-1986; Cookeville (931) 528-5907; Gallatin (615) 451-5174
Link to E-mail: http://gordon.house.gov/contact/contact_form.shtml
Rep. John Tanner – 8th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4714
District Phone: Union City (731) 885-7070; Jackson (731) 423-4848; Millington (901) 873-5690
Link to E-mail: https://writerep.house.gov/htbin/wrep_findrep
Texas
Rep. Henry Cuellar – 28th District
DC Phone: (202) 225-1640
District Phone: Laredo (956) 725-0639; McAllen (956) 631-4826; Rio Grande City (956) 487-5603; San Antonio (210) 271-2851; Seguin (830) 401-0457
Link to E-mail: http://cuellar.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm
Utah
Rep. Jim Matheson – 2nd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-3011
District Phone: South Salt Lake (801) 486-1236; St. George (435) 627-0880;
Link to E-mail: https://forms.house.gov/matheson/contact.shtml
Virginia
Rep. Glenn Nye – 2nd District
DC Phone: (202) 225-4215
District Phone: Hampton (757) 326-6201; Eastern (757) 789-5092
Link to E-mail: http://nye.house.gov/?sectionid=7§iontree=4,7