Posts Tagged ‘Congress/Capitol Hill’

Tuesday is National Call Congress Day

1st October 2009 by Catherine Favazza 1 Comment

The temptation to succumb to fatigue over the health care issue is strong, but it’s never been more important for Americans to speak out against intrusive, over-reaching health care reform. A final vote may be just a stone’s throw away—and we’re almost certain to see it this month.
Please consider participating in National Call Congress Day [...]

Arm Yourself With Good Information Before You Protest

5th August 2009 by Catherine Favazza 3 Comments

A great (and often untapped) resource available to conservatives is local free market think tanks. The State Policy Network has a full list of conservative think tanks in every state, each with loads of research that’s ripe for the picking for activists, bloggers and otherwise concerned voters. Use their map to identify your state’s think [...]

4 Republican Senators to Watch on Health Care

3rd July 2009 by Catherine Favazza Comments Off

Democrats in the Senate want their health care reform enacted as soon as possible. If these four Republicans go the way of the Ds–and that’s not an impossible scenario–the intrusive government takeover of the health care industry may happen before the August recess. The only way we can take action and attempt to have an [...]

St. Louis Small Business Protests Rep. Russ Carnahan’s Cap and Trade Vote – UPDATED

1st July 2009 by Catherine Favazza Comments Off

Kudos to the folks of McArthur’s Bakery in St. Louis for telling Rep. Russ Carnahan what they think about his vote on cap and trade:

DSM, a Missouri blogger I met at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, got the video and has the scoop:
McArthur’s Bakery on Lemay Ferry Road, exercised their freedom of speech to protest [...]

Congress Hoops It Up for the Homeless

2nd April 2009 by Catherine Favazza 1 Comment

On the one hand, it’s great that these legislators are helping the homeless. But really? Really? It’s got to be the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen in a long time.
You have to watch the video for yourself.

PS: Since when is Bob Casey cute?!

“…and that’s a dangerous place to be.”

12th March 2009 by Catherine Favazza Comments Off

On Tuesday, I joined a group of conservative bloggers to meet with Rep. Tom Price, congressman from Georgia and the chairman of the Republican Study Committee. A staunch conservative and a 20-year veteran of orthopedic surgery, Price met with us to discuss–appropriately–Congress’ spending spree and health care. He also took questions from the crowd of [...]