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Message #00581
Fwd: John Boehner: Enough is enough!
Blessing and honor to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Troy L
Thompson
*'A veteran - one of many who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a
blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount
of 'up to and including their life.' (Author unknown)*
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From: Anna Galland, MoveOn.org Political Action <moveon-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 1:19 PM
Subject: John Boehner: Enough is enough!
To: troy thompson <troylamonte@xxxxxxxxx>
Sign the petition: Tell Speaker Boehner and House Republicans to stop
wasting millions of our tax dollars on their partisan lawsuit against
President Obama and move on to the real issues facing our country.
<http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300088&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=1>
<http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300088&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=2> "Speaker
Boehner and House Republicans: Stop wasting millions of our tax dollars on
your partisan lawsuit against President Obama. Please move on to the real
issues facing our country."
<http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300088&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=3>
Sign the Petition!
<http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300088&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=4>
Dear MoveOn member,
House Speaker John Boehner just took his next step toward a taxpayer-funded
lawsuit against President Obama. His reason? President Obama has used his
executive authority to get things done, while Congress has dithered.
In a recent membership vote,* 88% of MoveOn members said that if John
Boehner launched this wasteful lawsuit, then holding him accountable should
be a top MoveOn priority.*
So we're fighting back. Together, we can elevate the profile of this
ridiculous lawsuit, expose it as partisan politics at its worst, and ensure
that it reinforces the worst of the GOP brand, backfiring on Republicans in
the November elections.
Will you sign our petition to demonstrate your opposition to this latest
Republican outrage? We've set a goal of 150,000 signatures—and we'll be
reporting the numbers to the media in real time.
The petition says: "Speaker Boehner and House Republicans: Stop wasting
millions of our tax dollars on your partisan lawsuit against President
Obama. Please move on to the real issues facing our country."
*Click here to sign, and then pass it on to your friends.
<http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300088&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=5>*
With elections approaching, this could be political suicide for
Republicans. If we shine a huge spotlight on this insanity, it could drive
down GOP popularity like the government shutdown last fall.* New polling
confirms that a large majority of Americans—including many Republicans—do
not want the GOP wasting millions of our tax dollars on this political
stunt.*1
Yet today, the Republican-controlled House Rules Committee moved forward
with legislation to authorize the lawsuit—laying the groundwork for a vote
on the full House floor next week. Once that happens, Speaker Boehner will
actually file suit.
And then he'll lose. *Virtually every legal expert who's weighed in expects
this lawsuit to be rejected on the merits.*2 But John Boehner is filing it
anyway, because he's afraid to stand up to his far-right Tea Party base.
Impeachment may be next.
Will you sign the petition, so we can make sure House Speaker Boehner and
Republicans know you've had enough?
*Sign the petition: Tell Speaker Boehner and House Republicans to stop
wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on this partisan lawsuit, and move on
to the real issues facing our country.*
<http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300088&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=6>
We have to fight back and ensure the courts aren't the only place that
Republicans lose. Once at least 150,000 people sign our petition, MoveOn
members will deliver it to their Republican representatives in GOP-held
House districts—and we'll invite members of the media too—so that
Republicans' constituents know what they're up to. We'll generate national
press coverage exposing Republicans for the partisan obstructionists that
they are, and run ads that carry this message to swing voters. If we play
our cards right, we can make this sham lawsuit backfire in a big way.
* The first step is generating as many signatures as possible today*—so we
can deliver the petition to Republican representatives and generate media
coverage before the House votes.
*Click here to sign, and then share the petition with everyone you know.
<http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300088&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=7>*
If this feels a bit like deja vu, it's because it's reminiscent of MoveOn's
founding petition—against the Republican Congress that impeached Bill
Clinton instead of attending to the pressing business facing the country in
1998. Once again, it's on the American people to stand up and fight back.
Thanks for all you do.
–Anna, Jo, Jessica, Nick, and the rest of the team
SOURCES:
1. "Poll: Boehner lawsuit a 'political stunt,'" *The Hill*, July 14, 2014.
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300069&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=8
2. "Why experts see little hope for GOP plan to sue Obama over law's
delay," *Los Angeles Times*, July 19, 2014.
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=300070&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=9
Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 8 million members—no
corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff
ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.
<https://pol.moveon.org/donate/donate.html?cpn_id=44&id=98959-27090827-pmN4BEx&t=11>
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