Letter to Democrat dissidents
As you have probably already heard, the House of Representative Republicans have led a mini coup last Friday by refusing to leave the House after Pelosi called for a vote for adjournment (which passed 213-212). One thing to be note about this vote is that every single Republican voted against adjournment along with 17 Democrats. The main reasons the Republicans were so against leaving was the fact that Congress hadn’t addressed the energy problem and, in particular, the issue about offshore drilling.
So as everyone was leaving, a handful of Republicans stayed at the capitol and gave speeches about what we need to do about our energy situation. This pissed off the Speaker of the House (good ol’ Nancy) to order the lights, microphones, and even C-SPAN be turned off. This didn’t stop them and they soon moved to other areas and used more innovative ways to get there message out. Anyways, you can read more about it here or see some of Representative John Culberson’s videos here.
As it stands right now (unless someone has some information I don’t know about) only Republicans are up at the capitol protesting this adjournment. What I want to do is get those 17 Democrats who voted against the adjournment measure to voice their support or even make their way back to the capitol to stand side by side with the Republicans. With Republicans being the minority, we are going to need some bipartisan support in order for us to affectively combat this oil crisis.
In the links below, I have prepared a letter that all you have to do is fill out one of the seventeen Democrat Congressmen’s names, your name, the date and your contact information and send it. In order for them to get these letters the fastest, I suggest you fax them to one (or all) of the offices that I have listed below. If you are going to be faxing the letter to more than one Congressman, be sure to match up the right name with the right office. I have already sent one to all of their Washington Offices and plan on sending one to all of their regional offices as well.
Feel free to alter the letter any way you wish. Sorry for any typos that the letter may have. I have proofread it but can’t guarantee that there aren’t any.
Contact information for Democrats who voted against adjournment
Letter to House Democrats who voted against adjournment
The Republicans are planning to stay up there all this week so please consider contacting one or several of these Democrats and urge them to show their support.
