Dear EZ,
We need your help today to stop wasteful government spending by contacting your senators and telling them to oppose the "Coburn Omnibus."
Americans are looking to Congress to move America toward energy independence and what does Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid do instead? He schedules a vote on an $11 billion pork barrel spending package - with no offsets!
That's right - another $11 billion added directly to the deficit. You won't believe the story.
Anti-spending champion Senator Tom Coburn has used a time-honored Senate tradition to put "holds" on 36 different spending bills to prevent them from being passed without a full debate. Many of these bills are worthwhile, but others would, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, "enrich special interests and private developers at the expense of taxpayers."
They would also fund such "critical" projects as a greenhouse in Maryland, studying historic shipwrecks, and the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. At a time when the costs of gas and food are skyrocketing, these are the wrong priorities.
Frustrated at Coburn's holds, Reid rolled all these bills into one - cynically calling it the "Coburn Omnibus" - and plans to hold a straight up-or-down vote, no amendments. You can help stop this outrage!
Please contact your senators and tell them to oppose the "Coburn Omnibus." They'll know what you mean - and they'll get the message.
Best Regards,
Joe Eule
Chief of Staff
Freedom's Watch
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