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Liberal Dem lawmaker vows to reject GOP, White House debt deal
07/31/11 04:04 PM ET
One of the most liberal members of Congress vowed Sunday to reject an emerging debt-ceiling compromise among lawmakers and the White House, calling it a “cure as bad as the disease.”
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in a statement that progressive lawmakers and working families “were thrown under the bus” by a deal that “trades peoples' livelihoods for the votes of a few unappeasable right-wing radicals.” The result, he said, is as bad for the Democratic Party as it is for the country.
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“We have made our bottom line clear for months: a final deal must strike a balance between cuts and revenue, and must not put all the burden on the working people of this country,” he said. “This deal fails those tests and many more.”
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Debt ceiling deal: What Nancy Pelosi is up to
By Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake
Posted at 06:30 AM ET, 08/01/2011
First, Pelosi said of the deal: “We all may not be able to support it, or none us may be able to support it.” Then, later in the evening she folowed up with this lukewarm comment: “I look forward to reviewing the legislation with my caucus to see what level of support we can provide.”
Pelosi, a savvy political operator, understands that the bill — backed by all of the other major congressional leaders and President Obama — will pass.
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Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, called the deal “a sugar-coated Satan sandwich” — a sentiment reflected (if not so colorfully) in a number of public comments from liberals Sunday
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Cillizza sounds very sure of himself, but if Tea Party members refuse to vote for the bill, Boehner needs votes from Democrats to pass this bill. So it looks like the Progressive and Black Caucuses, both large caucuses, might be needed for passage and based on what their leaders said yesterday, their votes don't seem like a lock to me.
From Twitter:
@repgrijalva
My statement on the #debt #compromise. We're trading working Americans' livelihoods for #GOP radical votes. I'm a no http://t.co/... #p2
18 hours ago via web
@repcleaver Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
This deal is a sugar-coated satan sandwich. If you lift the bun, you will not like what you see.
1 hour ago via Twitter for Mac
This debt deal is antithetical to everything the great religions of the world teach, which is take care of the poor, aged, vulnerable.
1 hour ago via Twitter for Mac
Spending cuts but no revenue increases? My constituents called, e-mailed my office asking for balance.
1 hour ago via Twitter for Mac
A special 'super congress' to provide recs on cuts but not increases? Who said what we need in Washington is another committee?
59 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac
Yes, Medicaid and Social Security are protected from super committee recs, under this deal. Medicare? Would be on the chopping block.
57 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac
Democrats got nothing in this deal, and if we did, someone please show it to me.
48 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac
Yes, the potential cuts to Medicare are on the provider side. I am still worried about the impact on access for seniors: http://t.co/...
23 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac
Today's Action
1) Contact the chairs and/or members of the
Progressive Caucus and the
Congressional Black Caucus. Contact information is below.
2) If you choose, contact any or all of the people or organizations for which we have collected contact information over these past weeks: White House, your representatives, state Democratic parties, DNC, DSCC, DCCC.
Tell them not to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid in any way, shape or form. Tell them to vote "No" on this bill and to demand a clean debt ceiling bill. Contact information is below.
Contact information:
Congressional Black Caucus
Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, II, Chairman
1433 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-226-9776
congressionalblackcaucus@email.house.gov
@repcleaver
Congressional Progressive Caucus
CO-CHAIR OFFICE LOCATIONS:
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva
1511 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
ph (202) 225-2435
fax (202) 225-1541
progressive@mail.house.gov
@repraulgrijalva
Rep. Keith Ellison
1027 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
ph (202) 225-4755
progressive@mail.house.gov
@keithellison
White House
White House Comments Line: 202-456-1111
White House Switchboard: 202-456-1414
White House FAX: 202-456-2461
White House Email Page: www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Congress
Capitol Switchboard: (202)224-3121
(Just ask for your Rep.'s or Senator's office).
Look up your Representative's / Senator's contact information:
http://www.contactingthecongress.org/
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
DNC by email: www.democrats.org/page/s/contact
DNC by phone: (202) 863-8000
DNC by snail mail: 430 S. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC 20003
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)
DCCC by email: www.dccc.org/page/s/contact
DCCC by phone: (202) 863-1500
DCCC by snail mail: 430 S. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC 20003
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)
DSCC by email: info@dscc.org
DSCC by phone: (202) 224-2447
DSCC by snail mail: 430 S. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC 20003
Social Networking:
White House Twitter ID: @WhiteHouse
White House Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/whitehouse
Use TweetCongress to look up your Representative's / Senator's Twitter ID
(Note: I found that looking up by name was more effective than by zip code.)
DSCC on Twitter: @DSCC
Rep. Cleaver on Twitter: @repcleaver
Rep. Raul Grijalva on Twitter: @repraulgrijalva
Contact Information for State Democratic Parties
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