I have an account over at RedState, and they'd emailed me wanting me to be on their Action Alert list. Well, low and behold, today they've sent one out, for the SCHIP vote. They want several members of congress contacted, presumably to persuade them to vote to deny children healthcare. I thought it would be fun to share this with everyone here. Maybe we can counter their efforts, maybe that's just wishful thinking. Either way, we can't win if we don't fight.
When I first got on the list, I didn't know what sort of "Action Alerts" I'd receive. It seems pretty straightforward, they want their readers to call members of Congress to persuade them on SCHIP. I'm not sure why these Representatives made it onto their list, but they did. Here's what they sent me:
Dear RedState Reader,
Several Republican congressmen from California have had to return home because of the forest fires.
As a result, Nancy Pelosi is going to bring the SCHIP bill back for a vote today, banking that with these absences she can get the bill passed.
Several Republicans who voted "no" last week need to hear from us. Call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to stand firm and vote no on H.R. 3963.
Here's who you need to talk to:
Judy Biggert (IL)
Charles Boustany (LA)
Ginny Brown-Waite (FL)
Ken Calvert (CA)
Ander Crenshaw (FL)
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ)
Elton Gallegly (CA)
Bob Inglis (SC)
Tim Johnson (IL)
John Peterson (PA)
Mike Rogers (MI)
Bill Shuster (PA)
Greg Walden (OR)
All the best,
Erick Erickson
Editor, RedState.com
I'm not familiar with most of those names, so I'm not sure how easy or difficult it would be to persuade them to vote for SCHIP, but I don't think the right-wing efforts should go unanswered. All it takes for evil to win, is for good people to do nothing after all. Anyone who knows more about the congresspeople on this list, and whether they might be wavering or maybe just in a politically precarious position, or any information at all really, would be appreciated.