Something To Howl About

This is so disappointing. Just when it looked like the momentum was on our side, squishy Republicans are selling out the country. Idiots.

Last night, against all expectations, Senate Republicans cut a deal with Harry Reid to advance the so-called "Food Safety Bill," that everyone thought was dead.

While that bill had no forced-unionism implications, the way they snuck it through late on a Sunday night without even a roll-call vote tells us a lot about the kind of deal-making and arm-twisting that is going on right now.

Not a single Republican objected, even though dozens voted against the bill just a few weeks ago. Just one objection would have killed the bill for the year.

Clearly, a backroom deal was cut.

With Big Labor still demanding the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill (S. 3991), it's critical we keep up the pressure.

After you've contacted your Senators, or if you have already called and know where they stand, please call Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senators Scott Brown, Susan Collins, and Olympia Snowe.

Insist they oppose any version of the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill -- and any attempt by Harry Reid to use the bill as leverage in another deal.

Tell them that the time for deal-making is over.

Harry Reid's renegade "lame duck" Congress does not represent the will of the American people, who rejected Big Labor-backed incumbents on Election Day.

The union bosses are scrambling to ram through S. 3991 before newly elected pro-Right to Work Senators and Congressmen take office in just a couple of weeks.

With Senate Republicans no longer united to filibuster legislation before a continuing resolution to fund the government is passed, the union chiefs think they have the votes if Reid puts the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill back on the Senate calendar.

Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Scott Brown are among the handful of Republicans who have supported earlier versions of S. 3991, and Big Labor is banking on them to support this power grab now.

And please, tell Senate Minority Leader McConnell and Republican Senators Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins that they should not cut any more deals with Harry Reid and let him abuse what little time remains in the "lame duck" session to pay back his union-boss benefactors.

Don't let the Senate make another deal behind closed doors to ram through controversial legislation. Please, act now.

Sincerely,

Mark Mix