Posts Tagged → Jo Bonner
Please give Rep. Bonner a call and ask him to support HR1207
UPDATE: Thanks for the help and apparently our telephone calls worked. We’ve just received word that Jo Bonner is now a co-sponsor of HR 1207. Please go ahead and give his office a call anyway in order to thank him for his support of an open and transparent monetary policy.
On Friday, we asked Congressman Jo Bonner whether he’ll be siding with the rest of Alabama’s Republican congressional delegation or siding with the Democrats on HR 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009.
Today, we have some national assistance in trying to persuade Congressman Bonner to become the 191st cosponsor of the bill. Right now, folks are getting the word out on Twitter to give Congressman Bonner a call.
I’d like to ask you to do two things:
- If you have a Twitter account, help us get out the word. It just takes a few seconds. If you don’t have a Twitter account, it just takes a few seconds to sign up and help us out. Once you get there, please retweet the following message: Today’s HR 1207 Call-A-Thon Target: Jo Bonner 202-225-4931 Details: http://bit.ly/LtSuF #tlot #tcot #alpolitics
- Give Congressman Bonner a call at 202-225-4931 and ask him to co-sponsor HR 1207.
These calls are already making a difference and we only need 28 more co-sponsors for a solid majority.
Congressman Bonner, on which side of the fence will you sit?
All of the Republican members of Alabama’s House delegation have co-sponsored the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009 (H.R. 1207) except one: Jo Bonner.
Members of the Republican Liberty Caucus would like to know whether Congressman Bonner prefers transparency and accountability or business as usual in DC. We’d like to know if his political ideology is more in line with Artur Davis, Bobby Bright and Parker Griffith or more in line with Spencer Bachus, Mike Rogers and Robert Aderholt.
We’ll know that Congressman Bonner has rejected the Nancy Pelosi side of the aisle when he signs onto H.R. 1207 as a cosponsor of the bill.
Related posts:
Senator Shelby caught in the act
ALRLC encourages Alabama’s congressional delegation to support Federal Reserve Transparency Act
Resolution regarding HB1207
ALRLC is looking for a few good conservatives
The Club for Growth has just released their 2008 congressional ratings. While Alabama’s Senators scored in a marginally acceptable manner, our Representatives had embarrassing results. Steve Gordon makes the following observation:
The Club for Growth has posted both their House and Senate ratings online. They also note that the “moderate” (or squishy, as I prefer) lawmakers “are not supportive of economic liberty.”
“So when you hear someone praise a lawmaker for being a ‘centrist’ or a ‘moderate’, think twice before assigning them any real merit on economic issues,” writes Andrew Roth at the Club for Growth blog.
In one recent test of how people currently feel about squishy Republicans, Rasmussen is reporting that Pat Toomey currently outpolls Senator Arlen Specter by 21 points in the much more liberal state of Pennsylvania. “If these numbers are right, Specter has a tough road to renomination ahead of him,” noted James Antle at the American Spectator.
In neighboring Florida, Governor Crist could be facing similar problems. “There may be a Tea Party conservative rebellion brewing against ‘me too’ Republicans like Crist,” notes journalist Robert Stacy McCain on his personal blog.
If the current Tea Party hostility regarding taxation and deficit spending continues, each Republican member of Alabama’s House delegation will be very susceptible to a primary challenge — especially Everett and Rogers. Additionally, the nine percent scored by Artur Davis may make it very difficult for him to pick up enough independent votes to satisfy his gubernatorial ambitions.
The Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus is looking for candidates to run against any of the “squishy” Republicans in Alabama. If you are interested in running for public office, please contact Shana at shanajk@gmail.com.
