Howard Phillips, founder of the Constitution Party and three times its Presidential candidate, sent out this e-mail. It is an obvious appeal for funds but also outlines agenda items for conservatives in 2011.
I would like to wish you my very best regards in the new year.
As I prepare TCC’s 2011 legislative strategy, I seek your help to support our top priorities with your most generous possible financial gift.
The current Congress was dangerous to our liberties. The American people have spoken loudly, and the message for the new Congress is to stop and reverse President Obama’s socialist agenda and cut government spending.
You can count on TCC to fight for votes to repeal ObamaCare and to block funding to implement it. The death tax must be killed for all time and the temporary extension of the tax cuts must be made permanent.
There is so much which together we can do in the new year, and we can make serious progress in 2011 with your most generous possible financial gift.
The House now has the opportunity to pass conservative bills, although these may be rejected by the Senate and vetoed by Mr. Obama. Thus the pressure will be on conservatives to compromise and cave in to pass ‘compromise’ bills which Obama will sign. This is a phony bargain and falling for this trick will preemptively surrender the strength of the new Congress to the President.
By holding firm, even if good bills are vetoed, we are actually strengthening our position and setting up for 2013 when we may get such bills signed. Each veto strengthens the conservatives in Congress and forces the President to offend the majority of Americans to appease his Leftist friends.
The most important message you must constantly reinforce with your Senators and Representative is “No Compromise.”
- · We must hold firm on a full and complete repeal of ObamaCare, not just removing a few pages from the 2,000 page socialist bill and claiming it is fixed.
· Prohibit spending money to implement ObamaCare.
· Pass border security — no amnesty: build a 2,000 mile border fence to seal the border from drugs, gangs and illegals, and protect it with sufficient troops.
· No compromise on cap-and-trade/energy/carbon taxes. Pass a bill to block the EPA from controlling carbon as a pollutant. Americans must not suffer massive hikes in energy prices.
· Hold a Congressional investigation to determine if impeachment is warranted.
· Investigate abuses of power and potentially illegal or unconstitutional actions by Obama officials.
· Vote NO on all Constitutionally deficient judges and justices. A vote to confirm a pro-abortion judge or justice, for example, is a vote for abortion.
· Rebuild our defenses to counter threats from Red China, Iran, and other regimes.
· Make permanent the temporary extension of the tax cuts.
· Kill the death tax entirely. Don’t compromise on returning to rates from past years.
· Defeat all tax increases of any type under any name, including a European-type VAT” tax.
· Pass tax cuts to help the economy recover, not spend billions more on stimulus spending.
· Slash the budget. Eliminate entitlements.
· Defeat all unconstitutional bills.
· Block any bills which would lead to making Puerto Rico or Washington, DC into states.
· End the Fed! We will work with Ron and Rand Paul to audit the Federal Reserve and restore accountability to monetary policy.
· Repeal WTO and NAFTA to regain Congressional control of trade policy.
All these issues make the work of The Conservative Caucus (TCC) even more urgent and more important. Unless conservatives unite and lead the charge to block and repeal Obama’s agenda, the new majority in the House could be co-opted by special interests and as with the last time the GOP ran Congress, the result could be business-as-usual and no action to repeal Obama’s agenda.
I invite you to participate to help TCC reach Americans across the country with legislative alerts; expansion of our nationwide weekly television program, Conservative Roundtable; hold news conferences and public events; reach talk shows and media outlets; build a greater army of volunteers and activists who will flood Congress with letters and petitions; and take many other important actions which will result in greater pressure on Congress to block and repeal the Obama agenda.
Please join our efforts with your maximum donation, by signing up to receive our email alerts, by taking action, and telling your friends.
Please let me know your thoughts as we begin the new year.
We share a great love for our beloved nation and the blessings it has provided. Let’s resolve to restore America to greatness. Your donation will enable TCC to fight to block Obama’s radical agenda, and to defend our Constitution. I will be grateful for your support.
Donation link: http://www.conservativeusa.org/donate
With personal best wishes, I am
Sincerely,
Howard Phillips
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus (TCC)
We concur wholeheartedly Mr. Phillips!