To everyone that made calls to Ethics Committee re: DeLay!

[anarchy1999]

Defendant DeLay?
Nick Smith's bribery accusations land in the majority leader's lap.
By Timothy Noah
Posted Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at 4:02 PM PT


The House Ethics Committee finally released its report about allegations by Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., that the House leadership tried to win his support for the Medicare drug bill last November by offering a $100,000 bribe. (In the end, Smith voted no.) The big news is that Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, admitted that he offered to endorse Smith's son Brad, who was running for Congress at the time, in exchange for Smith's "yea" vote on the Medicare bill. According to the Ethics Committee—more precisely, its investigative subcommittee—this is a violation of House rules and warrants "public admonishment." But it may warrant a good deal more.

The Ethics ...
http://slate.msn.com/id/2107623/

to everyone that made calls, CHEERS!!

On Monday we can not let up. Keep the heat on and we must make more calls. DELAY IS GOING TO GO DOWN. Bugs have a short lifespan! This is one bug that has lived too long.

[Kanary]

1. Great news!

And that number again, folks, is 1-800-834-5276!

It will be time to repost that fine list of yours. :hi:

Good work, anarchy! Maaan, am I glad you're on *our* side. :) :)

Kanary, who always *did* like to squash bugs..... :)

[anarchy1999]

2. Kanary, all of us may have helped. They are all squirming under the

heat. The "Ethics" committee have much more to do. Thank you so much for your help. We need to get everyone on board for Monday and keep the heat and the light on DeLay.

The potential to take this @#@%%@@ down is huge. Ethics is Ethics everyone. Call the repubs and just say set partisan politics aside and do the right thing.

I am really appreciative of your help, Kanary. Thank you many times over.

This is not just Texas, this is a national matter.

[anarchy1999]

9. What list of mine? Do you mean Calimary's at Activism?

or CitySky from today? I don't like to squash bugs, I just don't like them. It's more fun to take a small firecracker and blow up ant hills, but hey, I grew up on a ranch and I was not evil. We caught frogs, snakes, had lots of cats and a three story treehouse along with a raft we floated on several ponds within the forest. I think maybe it's time for me to go to bed and dream pleasant thoughts for us all.

Once again, Kanary, thank you.

[calimary]

13. Excellent campaign to wage! 1 (800) 839 - 5276

First.

Thing.

Monday.

Morning.

Folks, I think we just MIGHT have these people on the run, or at least worrying about it. Kerry's debate victory has broken the slump and given us the momentum we've desperately needed. Now, if we can just stay fired up... Now is NOT the time to drop the ball and assume that things will just take care of themselves, or the truth will just automatically, magically, mysteriously, reign supreme. NOT IN THIS DAY AND AGE! If you want this to happen, you have to MAKE it happen. The media will not carry the ball on this. Not when they're still so concerned with carrying water for bush.

Please note the TOLL FREE CAPITOL HILL SWITCHBOARD number - it's corrected here. And then take the urgings of anarchy1999 and Kanary to heart. A worthy request - don't let it sink into nothingness by Monday!

[anarchy1999]

27. Thanks Calimary. Where would we be without you?

Love and Peace Out.

I believe we here at DU have far more potential than "exterminators of bugs and rodents". Get the book Hammered, it is an eye opener.

[Robbien]

3. Twisting arms, redistricting Texas, using Homeland Security to

try to arrest State Senators, taking in money poised as a charity and giving it out to his arm twisting cronies.

This guy is scum. Bug scum.

[anarchy1999]

4. I don't like bugs much at all, but I do believe there are many bugs

far nicer than DeLay. I would even venture to add the "bugs" don't want him and are ashamed to be associated with him. Maybe the bugs may even rise up and exterminate him in behalf of their good name.

[slojim240]

5. It's not "great news" if the media doesn't put it on the news.

If this had been a Dem, he would have to resign. I call this bribery, plain and simple. What is worse, it was an attempt to bribe a government official for a policy vote. This warrants jail time to me.

[Robbien]

6. Salon has a piece on this today.

House panel moves to limit floor access

A Cabinet member's role in pressing lawmakers to back the Medicare prescription drug law last year prompted the House ethics committee to recommend changing a 200-year-old rule allowing the president's top appointees access to the House floor.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson joined Republican lawmakers on the House floor in an extraordinary lobbying campaign to round up votes for the Medicare bill. The bill passed Nov. 22, after a roll-call vote lasting three hours, two hours 45 minutes longer than usual.

more at link:
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/10/01/house/index_np.html

So now if Delay wants to twist an arm, he is going to have to pass notes.

[6th Borough]

28. It was in the Friday edition of my local rag, the Sun-Sentinel /EOM

[anarchy1999]

7. I really do not know how to express to everyone here how important

this is. If we all band together, including MoveOn and TrueMajority this man can be exposed and removed, along with all of his corruption. The book "Hammered" by Dubose, the hearings from the other day re: the Casino Corruption, along with dear Mr. Christian Coalition Reed, the list just goes on and on.

Not to mention what this POS and all his cronies have done to Texas. He deserves to be driven out, just like Newt.

Please everyone here, we can make this happen, not later this year, but right now.

The NPR interview with the author of "Hammered" was shocking. Even to me, a Texas resident.

Lou Dubose, Hammered.

[Robbien]

8. I will help on Monday keeping the Action Alert thread bumped

and will call all the Republican/Democratic Senators on the panel.

Yes, this is important. Very important. If we do not take back the House, DeLay will continue blocking every Democratic bill and pushing every far right fundie bill.

All the bad will in the House leads back to DeLay in one way or the other.

[anarchy1999]

10. Thank you. The things I've heard on NPR the last couple of days

have been shocking. I fear for this country if this man is not removed. I just wish everyone could hear the interview I heard with Dubose. He and Molly Ivins work together, this time, with this book, "Hammered", I believe he did on his own (I don't doubt Molly was helping), but it was an eye opening experience. I knew DeLay was bad news, I just had no idea how bad.

[calimary]

14. And while you're at it, if you want to add insult to injury (against tom

delay), REMEMBER RICHARD MORRISON! He's running AGAINST tom delay in the Sugarland, Texas area. HOW SWEET it would be to see delay unceremoniously dumped, humiliated off his swaggering, arrogant, power-mad high horse! Richard Morrison's the guy to do it.

http://www.richardmorrisonfordistrict22.com/

[proud patriot]

11. Wheeeeee !

Right On :D

[anarchy1999]

12. Can we all really try to keep this kicked up through the weekend and

hit Capitol Hill hard on Monday? I believe we must. I hope everyone here will take this on. Thanks to everyone in advance.

Over the weekend flood their answering machines, send e-mails, all of you with contacts, call them, make our voices be heard. We will stand no more for this.

[Dem2theMax]

15. Kicking and will call on Monday as well.

:kick:

[Robbien]

16. The calling info from the prior thread

please light up the phones and demand a full investigation into:

Count 1 - soliciting a bribe from Westar in exchange for legislation favorable to the energy company
Count 2 - laundering $190K in PAC money thru the RNC then illegally distributing it to TX candidates
and
Count 3 - using Federal resources to track down the TX dems who fled the state in an attempt to thwart quorum for DeLay's redistricting plan

Use the toll free number ( 1-800-834-5276)and ask for each of the ten Senator's phones or call them directly:

Ethics Committee Members
***
Republicans
Joel Hefley (CO-5) 202.225.4422
Doc Hastings (WA-4)202.225.5816
Judy Biggert (IL-13)202.225.3515
Kenny Hulshof (MO-9)202.225.5712
Steven LaTourette (OH-14)202.225.5731

Democrats
Alan Mollohan (WV-1)202.225.4172
Stephanie Tubb Jones (OH-11) 202.225.7032
Gene Green (TX-29) 202.225.1688
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) 202.225.1766
Michael Doyle (PA-14)202.225.2135

[Kanary]

17. Thanks so much, Robbien! That's the info I asked anarchy to repost......

I appreciate you doing the digging, and putting it back on here!

:thumbsup:

What a team! :grouphug:

Kanary :hi:

[Robbien]

18. Some even better contact info for the Republican members

This list includes their email and fax numbers!

THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS:

JOEL HEFLEY - Colorado
2372 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
202-225-4422 voice
202-225-1942 fax
http://www.house.gov/hefley/contact.shtm

DOC HASTINGS – Washington
1323 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-4704
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
http://www.house.gov/hastings/district.html

JUDY BIGGERT – Illinois
1213 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
http://judybiggert.house.gov/contact.asp

STEVEN LATOURETTE – Ohio
2453 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone - [phone]
http://www.house.gov/latourette/contact.htm

KEN HULSHOF - Missouri
412 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2509
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/?id=360&lvl=C

[Kanary]

19. I also posted the local phone # for Hefley for Southern CO DUers

Not all of us can afford long-distance calls, so local numbers for some of these clowns are helpful.

These are great lists!

Thanks for the research!

Kanary

[juajen]

22. I'll give it a

:kick: :kick:

[anarchy1999]

20. All I can say is thank you to you all.

N/t

[Robbien]

23. The day I first became aware of this action a couple of weeks ago

was the day I spammed almost a half dozen threads with the Delay contact list because it felt as if it would be one of the most important things we could accomplish. (Lucky I wasn't banned for spamming! ha!)

More than happy to join in on this one also. We NEED DeLay GONE.

[proud patriot]

21. I really really don't like Delay

and I don't even live in Texas

[anarchy1999]

24. Once again, thank you to one and all. I just can't tell you how much

DU and all of you have meant over the course of the last few years. You guys all are what keep me motivated to try to make a difference. See you on the other side.

[Kanary]

25. For Robbien and anarchy --

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

Here's what I'm going to do, in thanks for all the work you've put into this -- I'm gonna PM 5 people here on DU and ask them to look at this thread, and follow with at least 2 or 3 phone calls.

I'm gonna put this information on 2 lists that I belong to.

I'm gonna call 5 people locally and give them the info, and ask them to call.

Then......

I'm gonna ask others here to do the same.

There's a chance here of affecting a change, and I'll do my part.

Thanks, Robbien and anarchy!!

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Kanary, getting a bit nausous and dizzzzzy from all those clinking mugs...... :hi:

[anarchy1999]

26. Cheers to you and thank you once again. Without you, I'd be noth.

Thank you ever so much.

I can't make my emoticons work, if I could I'd be giving all of you lots of smiles, toasts and You ROCK!

One of these days may we get together with a bottle and toast us all.

[anarchy1999]

29. Back to the top!!!

n/t
I hope there are others that will keep this on the front page all weekend long. DeLay has got to go.

[DeepModem Mom]

30. anarchy, you rock!

[anarchy1999]

31. Please, I'd be nothing without all of you. Together we are a force to

be reckoned with. I'd be nothing alone. Thank you so much DU.

[anarchy1999]

32. Kicking up. I'm doing my part, can we take it in shifts?

S
n/t

[Robbien]

33. Bumping this one up

It has been down far too long.