Success! Elect, never appoint

[Antigen]

April 27, 2004

We scored a major victory in our fight against amending the Constitution to allow for the appointment of members of the U.S. House.  On April 22, 2004, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed the Continuity in Representation Act (H.R. 2844) by a vote of 306 to 97.  Congressman Ron Paul was an original cosponsor of H.R. 2844 and The Liberty Committee worked to get it passed.

On June 4, 2003, the political elite launched their well-financed scheme.  On June 20th, we started the counter offensive.  They want appointed House members.  We want elected House members.  On July 23rd, we brought in Professor Charles Rice from Notre Dame Law School to brief members of Congress and their staffs. Sarah Foster of WorldNetDaily.com has chronicled our efforts from the beginning.  The recent victory your support made possible means that should a terrorist attack kill 100 or more House members, H.R. 2844 will require states to hold expedited elections -- not appointments.

"The People's House" is safe, for now.  But the political elite won't give up -- they are still pushing for a vote on their constitutional amendment which we'll continue to fight against tooth and nail.  But for now, savor your victory.  Thank you for your help!

For complete coverage of our important victory, see "Members of Congress
vote for full House" by Sarah Foster, WorldNetDaily.com.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/artic ... E_ID=38216

Vote Tally for H.R. 2844
http://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/votes/ ... gress=1082

Kent Snyder
The Liberty Committee
http://www.thelibertycommittee.org

Question, who else even knew there was a Constitutional Amendment in the works to allow for the appointment of Congresscritters?

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another; shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement
http://laissezfairebooks.com/product.cfm?op=view&pid=FF7485&aid=10247' target='_new'>Thomas Jefferson  

[thepatriot]

The roll call on H.R. 2844 shows 202 Republicans and 104 Democrats voted yes; seven Republicans, 89 Democrats and one Independent voted no; and 18 Republicans and 12 Democrats didn't vote.

I would be interested in finding out who voted to have this crap passed....and flood their offices with calls. I certainly would not vote for anybody who actually wanted this put into law, this shit is dangerous and so are those who wanted it.Good work on finding this Ginger , I had no idea of such a Bill, typical they try to sneak in something like this with most of the public unaware.[ This Message was edited by: thepatriot on 2004-04-28 06:20 ][ This Message was edited by: thepatriot on 2004-04-28 06:22 ]

[Antigen]

You should sub to the Liberty Committee list. Ron Paul rocks! And, like all good things, he comes from the Pittsburgh area :wink:

Ya' know, I got a tickler on this some months ago. Never did get around to looking into it enough to really advocate one way or the other. Many of these types of action alerts turn out to be horribly misleading once you dig into the details.

But can you imagine looking at this issue from the pov of an elected Congresscritter? It would be like a damned hit hanging over their heads! If you can accept as possible (not proven true or even likely, just possible) that, at some point in the future, someone might come along evil enough and w/ strong enough incentive to knock off 100+ congresscritters. Control of the legislative body of the most powerful nation on the planet at the moment is some pretty heady shit!

I think any Congressman who voted in favor of this measure should be put on suicide watch immediately!

Life is like a bird, at any given moment it is droping a load. It is only a matter of time before one eventually find you.

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