Meehan Introduces “Grassroots” Bill to Silence Us. Call Your U.S. Representative Today
From GrassrootsFreedom.com
Dear friend,
Congressman Marty Meehan (D-Massachusetts) has introduced H.R. 2093 that will harm the rights of citizens to receive information about and criticize Washington.
Please call your United States Representative today and tell him or her to oppose H.R 2093, the Meehan grassroots bill. Go here to find contact information for your U.S. Rep:
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml
And please forward this email to as many people you can today, and ask them to act quickly.
The House Democratic leadership is keeping their timing under close wraps, but congressional staffers have said this unconstitutional bill may be considered by the Judiciary Committee as part of lobbying reform as early this Friday, but more likely next week. If it gets voted out of committee, then it goes to the floor of the House.
Whatever day HR 2093 is considered, it’s important to start calling Congress now, and forwarding this email alert now to help get more callers to oppose this bill.
The Meehan bill will regulate citizen-supported grassroots causes. What would trigger this new law? Citizens engaging in their First Amendment rights to (1) speak, (2) publish, (3) associate and (4) petition the government. It even will regulate some religious activity.
But get this. It will help big special interests, billionaire George Soros, and even big-time lobbyists themselves. The bill was written by lobbyists, so it will, of course, protect them and their clients.
My letter this week to Congressman Meehan shows how our First Amendment rights are being done in by secret dealings with insider lobbyists and Mr. Meehan’s own lawyers.
http://www.grassrootsfreedom.com/gw3/articles-news/articles.php?action=view&CMSArticleID=1381&CMSCategoryID=23
Dozens of grassroots organizations joined by the ACLU have signed a letter opposing the Meehan bill, H.R. 2093.
Grassroots causes would be required to tell Congress what they’re talking about in private communications to you and other citizens – often before they even say it.
This is very bad legislation. It is actually dangerous to our democracy because it attacks our basic freedoms to speak and criticize government.
The grassroots bill was defeated in Senate earlier this year, 55 – 43.
Now citizens must tell the House of Representatives that the First Amendment means what it says, “Congress shall make no law . . .”
So please, call your U.S. Rep today. Tell him or her to vote against H.R. 2093, the Meehan grassroots bill.
And please forward this email to as many people as you can today, if you can.
Thank you.
Mark Fitzgibbons
GrassrootsFreedom.com
P.S. Let us know how your Representative says he or she will vote on the grassroots bill. Email back! We want to know who’s for the First Amendment and who’s against it.
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