UPDATE 9-10-09: Yesterday,
the Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Cass
Sunstein by a vote of 63 to 35 (Roll
Call 273). This means that the Senate achieved the 60
vote threshold to stop debate and proceed to final passage.
The final up or down vote on Cass Sunstein will likely occur
today, so please continue calling your Senators' offices.
Senators to target include the Republicans who supported
cloture, as well as a handful of moderate Democrats:
Bennett (R-UT)
Collins (R-ME)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Lugar (R-IN)
Snowe (R-ME)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Bayh (D-IN)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Lincoln (D-AR) opposed cloture
Pryor (D-AR) opposed cloture
Webb (D-VA) opposed cloture
September 9, 2009
Congress is back, and one of the Senate's first orders of
business is to vote on one of President Obama's appointed "Czars"
to be the next head of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the White House Office
of Management and Budget. President Obama has nominated his
"Regulatory Czar," Cass Sunstein, to this powerful position
within the Executive Branch.
Since 1990, Cass
Sunstein has written 35 books which advocate changes to U.S.
law in the following issue areas:
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Expanding radical animal rights, specifically granting the
right to legally sue to animals and banning hunting.
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Rationing medical care for the elderly as a major component
of health care reform legislation.
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Increasing gun control legislation because he views "almost
all gun control legislation as constitutionally fine."
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Advocating federal law to provide for 'presumed consent'
rather than 'explicit consent' for human organ donation to
science after death.
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Censoring freedom of speech, particularly on the internet to
crack down on "falsehoods" and "rumors."
Of course, these are just the tip of the iceberg! Cass
Sunstein is yet another radically left-wing Obama
"Czar" who will be in a powerful position to make decisions
about how Obama's loosely-defined health care policies are
"regulated" from within the White House!
The Senate has scheduled the floor confirmation vote for
Cass Sunstein today!
Please call your Senators' offices NOW and tell them you
expect them to oppose and vote NO on Cass Sunstein to
head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs!
Capitol Switchboard:
202-224-3121
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