This Continental Congress 2009 will deliberate for almost 2 weeks to redress the U.S. government for all violations to our Constitution.
The last Continental Congress was 1774 when the colonies redressed the King for abuses which led to the American Revolution and finally our rule of law whereby each of us are 'sovereign' and inalienable Rights are guaranteed protected.
Many of us have come to the conclusion we can no longer put our trust and faith in the current D.C. congress that has for the most part been so compromised by so many private interests that it no longer represents 'We the people'.
The violations to the U.S. Constitution are myriad. The bailouts of wall street, the purchase of 'toxic assets', the trillions of dollars that are not accounted for, the number of foreign banks who received billions, yet the Federal Reserve refuses to tell us 'who' they are and 'how' much did they receive. Due to the Federal Reserve Act, they don't have to tell us a thing. These folks have had discretionary power since 1913 and have legal immunity to any and all policies that are and have been egregiously immoral, unethical and and enormous conflict of interest to say the least.
If the American people have a desire for truth, a dream for a return to the moral Constitutional system based upon the rule of law in all three levels of government, sound money and a true love for the 'moral', perhaps we can get our country back on track in a safe, peaceful manner.
Please visit http://www.cc2009.us today and learn more about this important event.
Fourth Congressional District Republicans Cordially Invites You To Our 29th Annual Anniversary Celebration Dinner and Auction on Friday, November 13, 2009
Gulden’s “61” Restaurant
Hwy 61 Just North of Beam Ave
2999 Hwy 61 N – Maplewood, MN
Phone: (651) 482-0384
Advanced Reservations: $30 per person or $55 per couple
Unreserved: $35 per person – $ 65 per couple - Pay at the door
Event Schedule:
6:00 p.m. Cash Bar
6:00 p.m. Silent Auction
7:00 p.m. Dinner
8:30 p.m. Live Auction
Reservations: Send check to 4th CD by Monday, November 9th Or phone reservation to Kathie Roberts: 202 Myrtle Place – South St Paul, MN 55075, Phone: 612-242-4321
Please start collecting your auction items!
Click for Invite attachment and Speaker Information.
On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. In this 4 minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty, scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009. A draft of the petition can be read here: http://www.globalclimatescam.com/documents/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf
Lord Monckton served as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher. He has repeatedly challenged Al Gore to a debate to which Gore has refused. Monckton sued to stop Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth" from being shown in British schools due to its inaccuracies. The judge found in-favor of Monckton, ordering 9 serious errors in the film to be corrected. Lord Monckton travels internationally in an attempt to educating the public about the myth of global warming.
Media contacts for letters to editors so people can take their own action: Here is across Minnesota http://capwiz.com/naus/dbq/media/?command=state_search&state=mn
Here is United States Wide http://www.reboottherepublic.com/blog/activism/huge-regional-media-contact-list-for-press-releases-etc/
Originally Printed in the Wall Street Journal
AUGUST 11, 2009, 7:30 P.M. ET
The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare
Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit.
By JOHN MACKEY
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."
—Margaret Thatcher
With a projected $1.8 trillion deficit for 2009, several trillions more in deficits projected over the next decade, and with both Medicare and Social Security entitlement spending about to ratchet up several notches over the next 15 years as Baby Boomers become eligible for both, we are rapidly running out of other people's money. These deficits are simply not sustainable. They are either going to result in unprecedented new taxes and inflation, or they will bankrupt us.
While we clearly need health-care reform, the last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system. Instead, we should be trying to achieve reforms by moving in the opposite direction—toward less government control and more individual empowerment. Here are eight reforms that would greatly lower the cost of health care for everyone:
• Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs). The combination of high-deductible health insurance and HSAs is one solution that could solve many of our health-care problems. For example, Whole Foods Market pays 100% of the premiums for all our team members who work 30 hours or more per week (about 89% of all team members) for our high-deductible health-insurance plan. We also provide up to $1,800 per year in additional health-care dollars through deposits into employees' Personal Wellness Accounts to spend as they choose on their own health and wellness.
Money not spent in one year rolls over to the next and grows over time. Our team members therefore spend their own health-care dollars until the annual deductible is covered (about $2,500) and the insurance plan kicks in. This creates incentives to spend the first $2,500 more carefully. Our plan's costs are much lower than typical health insurance, while providing a very high degree of worker satisfaction.
• Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits. Now employer health insurance benefits are fully tax deductible, but individual health insurance is not. This is unfair.
• Repeal all state laws which prevent insurance companies from competing across state lines. We should all have the legal right to purchase health insurance from any insurance company in any state and we should be able use that insurance wherever we live. Health insurance should be portable.
• Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must cover. These mandates have increased the cost of health insurance by billions of dollars. What is insured and what is not insured should be determined by individual customer preferences and not through special-interest lobbying.
• Enact tort reform to end the ruinous lawsuits that force doctors to pay insurance costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. These costs are passed back to us through much higher prices for health care.
• Make costs transparent so that consumers understand what health-care treatments cost. How many people know the total cost of their last doctor's visit and how that total breaks down? What other goods or services do we buy without knowing how much they will cost us?
• Enact Medicare reform. We need to face up to the actuarial fact that Medicare is heading towards bankruptcy and enact reforms that create greater patient empowerment, choice and responsibility.
• Finally, revise tax forms to make it easier for individuals to make a voluntary, tax-deductible donation to help the millions of people who have no insurance and aren't covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Many promoters of health-care reform believe that people have an intrinsic ethical right to health care—to equal access to doctors, medicines and hospitals. While all of us empathize with those who are sick, how can we say that all people have more of an intrinsic right to health care than they have to food or shelter?
Health care is a service that we all need, but just like food and shelter it is best provided through voluntary and mutually beneficial market exchanges. A careful reading of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution will not reveal any intrinsic right to health care, food or shelter. That's because there isn't any. This "right" has never existed in America
Even in countries like Canada and the U.K., there is no intrinsic right to health care. Rather, citizens in these countries are told by government bureaucrats what health-care treatments they are eligible to receive and when they can receive them. All countries with socialized medicine ration health care by forcing their citizens to wait in lines to receive scarce treatments.
Although Canada has a population smaller than California, 830,000 Canadians are currently waiting to be admitted to a hospital or to get treatment, according to a report last month in Investor's Business Daily. In England, the waiting list is 1.8 million.
At Whole Foods we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund. Our Canadian and British employees express their benefit preferences very clearly—they want supplemental health-care dollars that they can control and spend themselves without permission from their governments. Why would they want such additional health-care benefit dollars if they already have an "intrinsic right to health care"? The answer is clear—no such right truly exists in either Canada or the U.K.—or in any other country.
Rather than increase government spending and control, we need to address the root causes of poor health. This begins with the realization that every American adult is responsible for his or her own health.
Unfortunately many of our health-care problems are self-inflicted: two-thirds of Americans are now overweight and one-third are obese. Most of the diseases that kill us and account for about 70% of all health-care spending—heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and obesity—are mostly preventable through proper diet, exercise, not smoking, minimal alcohol consumption and other healthy lifestyle choices.
Recent scientific and medical evidence shows that a diet consisting of foods that are plant-based, nutrient dense and low-fat will help prevent and often reverse most degenerative diseases that kill us and are expensive to treat. We should be able to live largely disease-free lives until we are well into our 90s and even past 100 years of age.
Health-care reform is very important. Whatever reforms are enacted it is essential that they be financially responsible, and that we have the freedom to choose doctors and the health-care services that best suit our own unique set of lifestyle choices. We are all responsible for our own lives and our own health. We should take that responsibility very seriously and use our freedom to make wise lifestyle choices that will protect our health. Doing so will enrich our lives and will help create a vibrant and sustainable American society.
Mr. Mackey is co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market Inc.
The State Convention is hereby called to convene on Saturday, October 3, 2009 8:30 AM at RiverCentre, Saint Paul. Registration will be begin at 7:30 a.m. and the meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Major Agenda Items Include:
1. Constitution Committee Report
2. Gubernatorial Straw Poll
3. Reports by State Party Officers
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REGISTRATION FEE:
Online or mail in prior to 09/28/09 11:59 PM:
$30 with a lunch (NOTE: there will be no break for lunch)
On site:
$40 (LUNCH NOT INCLUDED AND LUNCH NOT AVAILABLE for purchase onsite)
Guests:
$20 with a lunch
For more information and to register online, visit www.mngop.com
| PRECINCT | GOP | DEM | TOTAL | % GOP |
| VADNAIS HEIGHTS P-1 | 833 | 729 | 1,562 | 53.33% |
| VADNAIS HEIGHTS P-3 | 979 | 912 | 1,891 | 51.77% |
| VADNAIS HEIGHTS P-2 | 1,092 | 1,228 | 2,320 | 47.07% |
| GEM LAKE P-1 | 125 | 143 | 268 | 46.64% |
| SHOREVIEW P-3 | 831 | 1,008 | 1,839 | 45.19% |
| LITTLE CANADA P-3 | 661 | 869 | 1,530 | 43.20% |
| ROSEVILLE P-03 | 745 | 986 | 1,731 | 43.04% |
| SHOREVIEW P-2 | 902 | 1,248 | 2,150 | 41.95% |
| LITTLE CANADA P-2 | 782 | 1,155 | 1,937 | 40.37% |
| SHOREVIEW P-1 | 505 | 748 | 1,253 | 40.30% |
| VADNAIS HEIGHTS P-4 | 726 | 1,123 | 1,849 | 39.26% |
| ROSEVILLE P-04 | 560 | 907 | 1,467 | 38.17% |
| LITTLE CANADA P-1 | 695 | 1,227 | 1,922 | 36.16% |
Minnesota House District 54B Republicans intend for these numbers to look very different in the 2009 and 2010 elections. But we need your help to accomplish this. For a more detailed look at 2008 election results, click here.
Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:00 p.m.
Location: Vadnais Heights Elementary School, 3645 Centerville Road, Vadnais Heights, MN 55127
Precinct caucuses are the first step used by Minnesota’s major political parties to select the candidates and issues they will support in the 2008 elections. Minnesota’s three major political parties are the Democratic-Farmer-Labor, Independence, and Republican parties. Minnesota's minor political parties are the Green, Constitution, and Libertarian Parties. Precinct caucuses are open to the public.
What’s happening at the caucuses?
- Election of delegates and alternates
Delegates are the individuals who will go to the party conventions later in the spring and summer to determine which candidates will receive the party endorsement. At the precinct caucus you will have an opportunity to elect delegates and alternate delegates. Become a delegate if you want to influence which candidates your party will support. - Discussion of issues
Caucuses also provide a forum for you to voice your views on a wide range of important political issues. You can submit and vote on resolutions that the party conventions may make a part of their platform. - Election of local party leadership
The political parties use the precinct caucuses to elect their precinct officers. - Straw Ballot
Political parties may use the precinct caucuses to conduct preference polls for presidential candidates. The caucuses are also a great place for other candidates for elected office to build support.
Where will my caucus be held?
The parties have provided the Office of the Secretary of State with lists of caucues times and locations. The office encourages those interested in attending a precinct caucus to use our Caucus Finder. The Caucus Finder will display the caucus meetings and times in your precinct.
Who can attend the caucuses?
Precinct caucuses are free and open to the public. To participate at a caucus you must support or be likely to support the candidates of the political party whose caucus you attend.
What if I have a disability?
Most caucuses are held in accessible buildings. Individuals who plan to attend party caucuses may request an interpreter if needed. Requests must be made by letter or electronic mail to the state office of the major political party whose caucus they plan to attend before the precinct caucus date.
Individuals who require audio, braille, or large print materials may request all official caucus materials to be sent as soon as they are available. Contact your party’s state office for more details.
What is the next step after the precinct caucuses?
Each caucus will elect a certain number of delegates, which they usually set based on the voting results in that precinct for the party’s candidates in previous state elections. The delegates elected on precinct caucus night will take part in the party’s county or district convention, and many of these delegates will continue on to the congressional district and state conventions.
Be An Election Judge!
Election judges serve in over 4,000 polling places across Minnesota on election day. State law permits employees to take time off from work without loss of pay to serve as election judges. Parties also often ask people to express their interest in being an election judge (poll worker) at the precinct caucuses.
You can express interest in serving as an election judge by contacting your county auditor, municipal clerk, or township clerk at any time.
How to become an election judge:
- Contact your county auditor, city clerk, or township clerk and apply to be an election judge.
- Wait to be contacted by your county auditor, city clerk, or township clerk. If appointed, they will let you know when you will be attending election judge training.
- Serve as an election judge on the day of the primary, general election, and possibly at any special elections.
Tired of the usual chicken dinners? The Fourth Congressional District Republicans are planning to hold their first annual golf outing at the Keller Golf Course on September 16 from 3:00-9:00pm.
Format: Best Ball Scramble 9 Holes. Great format for Beginners – Expert levels. Do not be afraid to participate.
Rules: Use best drive, 2nd shot, ect. to the green
Must use everyone's Tee shot at least once
Teams of 4 Preferred (5 acceptable if necessary)
After tournament party at the Keller Clubhouse. Drinks, entrées and appetizers available for purchase. Short speeches plus a meet & greet with the gubernatorial candidates. It’s about people meeting like-minded liberty loving conservatives.
Get the heck away from the computer, get the heck away from work. Come on out and play to fight for freedom.
Golf Event Information
WHERE: Keller Golf Course
2166 Maplewood Drive
WHEN: Wednesday September 16, 2009. 1st tee off is at 2:54 PM with rounds every 9 minutes.
Registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Contact David Vranish @ djvranish@yahoo.com or 612-384-2480.
WHO: Open to everyone
COST: $40/player
SOCIAL HOUR: After round of golf at the Keller Club house
SPONSORS: If you would like to sponsor a hole, please contact David Vranish 4 days prior to Event. “H” signs are welcome at the start of a hole for $100.
Winners of the the 2009 MN GOP CD4 best-ball golf tournament: Jeff Hagen (54B Secretary), John Kossett (54B Chair), Lorri Zuleger (CD4 Secretary), Nicole Haakinson, Tom (54A Resident)
1. Allow tax-deductions for individuals purchasing health insurance premiums. Since 1942, premiums on employer-sponsored plans have been tax-free while health insurance plans purchased by individuals have not enjoyed such benefits. The result: Most people get their health insurance from their employer. The down side it that now if you get laid off, you lose your insurance and become stigmatized with a pre-existing condition. Ending this special treatment will allow individuals to purchase affordable health insurance in a fair market environment. Repealing this 1942 federal law will facilitate portability of coverage, regardless of employment, and will put to rest much of the debate regarding pre-existing conditions.
2. Allow individuals to purchase insurance across state lines by invoking the interstate commerce clause. One study estimated that that adjustment alone could cover 17 million uninsured Americans without costing taxpayers a dime. Currently, Minnesotans have only five insurance companies to choose from. Interestingly, three of the largest, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Medica and HealthPartners, are all non-profit organizations. So much for those evil profit-hoarding private insurance companies.
3. Enact tort reform to end unjust medical malpractice claims. Insurance premiums paid by doctors are passed down to the consumer, making health care more expensive for all.
4. Stop regulating what insurance companies have to cover. Mandating what insurance policies must cover leads to increased prices. Minnesota is one of the worst for mandating all sorts of ridiculous coverage. For example, ten states require residents to purchase coverage for hairpieces. And in 45 states, teetotalers (individuals completely abstinence from alcoholic beverages) must purchase coverage for alcoholism treatment.
5. Repeal the Kefauver Harris "Drug Efficacy Amendment" of 1962, mandating that the FDA test for not just safety but effectiveness. According to the Cato Institute, this drives the cost of some medications up as much as 40%. The invisible hand of free market has brought forth objective, independent, and reliable market solutions such as Consumer Reports, Underwriters Laboratories, and the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. As consumers and doctors demand such a service for food and drug effectiveness, the market will surely respond with such testing organizations. These services will be more efficient and cost effective than a bureaucratic federal regulator.
6. Switch to a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). Most Americans are over-insured. A HDHP is a health insurance plan with lower premiums and higher deductibles than a traditional health plan. Insurance plans should be for catastrophic and unforeseen risk, not for everyday regular purchases. You wouldn't purchase gas or tires with your auto insurance. You wouldn't purchase a vacuum or furniture with your homeowners insurance. So why do we insist on purchasing routine tests and medications under our health insurance plan? As a result, Doctors’ offices waste billions just in the billing process. Plus, this third-party payer system masks the costs charged to insurance companies, employers, and customers. Switch to a HDHP and save!
7. Expand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for routine expenses. HSAs are tax-advantaged medical savings account available to taxpayers in the United States who are enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). HSAs are for out-of-pocket and non-catastrophic expenses. Having a high-deductible health insurance plan in conjunction with consumer-driven HSA are key to low cost health care. It put patients in charge of their health care dollar.
8. Make costs transparent to the consumer. Insist that providers show consumers a detailed breakdown of their services and costs. Regardless of who is footing the bill, sunlight is the cure to wasteful spending.
9. Allow doctors to take their licenses from state to state. Rethink medical licensing laws to encourage greater competition among providers. For routine needs, consider seeing a nurse practitioner instead of a doctor. Patients should seek out the best medical practitioners for their dollar. Using non-partisan reviews such as Angie's List or Consumer Reports will provide shoppers with the information they need to make wise decisions.
10. Congress should change Medicare & Medicaid to a voucher system. Currently 46% of all health care spending in America is paid for by the government. This leads to hundreds of billions in potential waste. Let the customer choose any health plan on the market and if they choose an economical plan, allow them to roll their savings into next years plan. Again, let's put the consumer in control.
11. Legalize choice, competition, and responsibility. Let individuals control their own health care dollars, and allow consumers to choose from a wide variety of health plans and providers, without government interference. Choice, competition, and consumer-driven spending are why the cost of Laser Vision Correction procedures have gone from $10,000 to around $1000 in just 20 years. Most health care spending is non-catastrophic. Allow consumers to shop around get the best service for their dollar.
12. Encourage your federal legislators to reject single-payer, public-option, and "Medicare for All" proposals (H.R. 3200 and H.R. 676). Instead, ask them to pass The Patients' Choice Act (S. 1099 and H.R. 2520). Engage your Representative Betty McCollum at 651-224-9191, Senator Amy Klobuchar at 612-727-5220, and Senator Al Franken at 651-221-1016. Don't wait another moment. Call them today.
Taxes
-Limit to critical government functions – not for income
redistribution or bailing out irresponsible organizations.
-Reduce taxes – smaller government is better.
Health Care
-Government run health care is a bad idea. Competition is good for
consumers. Let us shop across state lines.
-A tax credit for purchasing our own health care insurance.
-We are better qualified than government bureaucrats to make our
health care decisions.
-Government run health care has proven to lead to rationing.
Cap & Trade
-Global Warming is a hoax to promote Cap & Trade. e Earth goes
through cycles of cooling and warming - Naturally! Cap & Trade
will not have an affect on our climate.
-Cap & Trade will make it more expensive to heat and cool our
houses, more expensive to feed our families, and more expensive to
get to our jobs.
-Danish political scientist “Bjørn Lomborg: Our priorities for saving
the world” on YouTube provides a fantastic argument that there are
many more effective uses of our money other than trying to fight
global warming.
Education
-We have the right to decide how and where our children are educated.
-We need a more inclusive tax credit for private and home school tuition.
-Competition leads to higher quality at a lower cost.
Firearms
- Thee right to self-defense is an inherent right; e US Constitution
guarantees protection of our right to keep and bear arms.
The 2010 Minnesota Governors race is shaping up to be a busy one. At least nine Republicans and an equal number of Democrats have lined up to replace outgoing Governor Tim Pawlenty. Republican candidates will have a sense of their standing in the race when the state party holds a straw poll at its October convention.
Some of the candidates include State Representative Tom Emmer, former House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, State Representative Paul Kohls, and former State Auditor and current President of the Minnesota Free Market Institute Pat Anderson. Other candidates include former State Representative Bill Haas, State Senator David Hann, State Senator Mike Jungbauer, environmental advocate Leslie Davis, and Phil Herwig.
The Taxpayers League of Minnesota and the Legislative Evaluation Assembly of Minnesota have scorecards available, so you can track your favorite candidate. Scorecards can be found at http://www.taxpayersleague.org/scorecards.html and
http://www.mnlea.org/reports.htm.
The 2010 race will no doubt be a close one. Minnesota is a swing state and the governor's race is essential to stopping the left wing tax and spend agenda of the democrats. With issues such as stadium tax, budget deficits, medical marijuana, and newborn DNA on the line, the 2010 governors office will shape policy for years to come.
We need your help now more than ever — especially in these areas:
Communications:
- Write a letter to the editor
- Graphic design for party promotion or campaign literature
- Web site production / maintenance
- Host or help with local cable programming and posting to YouTube
General:
- Assist with local parades, rallies
- Data Entry / database / management
- Mailings (envelope stuffing, labeling, etc)
Voter Outreach:
- Voter Contact and Identification
- Communication and Education
- Volunteer Coordination
- Fund-raising
- Social Events (picnics, parades, etc)
Campaign Support
- Walk my neighborhood/area with the candidate
- Drive the candidate during block walking
- Be a part of the lawn sign distribution team
- Have a candidate lawn sign on my property
- Host a fund-raising/get-together (home/other) for the candidate
- Drop candidate's literature in my area
- Work on the candidate's campaign team
House District 54B Republicans need your help to continue our work. Will you consider contributing $100, $50, or $25 to help us help our candidates?
Please send your contributions to:
House District 54B Republicans
Matt Effertz, Treasurer
4312 Greenhaven Court
Vadnais Heights, MN 55127
Minnesota House District 54B Republicans
457 Bear Ave S
Vadnais Hts, MN 55127
651-442-9002
John Kossett, Chair (651-442-9002)
Jay Eberth, Deputy Chair (651-483-8394)
Jeff Hagen, Secretary (651-341-9448)
Matthew Effertz, Treasurer (651-407-0045)
Tamara Hirsch, Vice Chair (651-407-9211)
Michael Jamnick, Vice Chair (320-293-8566)
Mike Cady, Vice Chair (651-429-9981)
Jim Tucker, Vice Chair (651-330-0863)
Craig Johnson, Vice Chair (651-653-8511)
Peter Maddeaux, Vice Chair (651-407-0225)
State Central Committee Delegates
Jeff Hagen, Craig Johnson
State Central Committee Alternates (in order)
Nancy Johnson, Tim Miller, Michael Jamnick, John Kossett
Precinct Officers
Gem Lake P-1
Little Canada P-1
Little Canada P-2
Little Canada P-3
Roseville P-3 Greg DeKeuster, Chair (651-983-1952) Jeff Hagen, Deputy Chair (651-341-9448)
Roseville P-4
Shoreview P-1
Shoreview P-2
Shoreview P-3
Vadnais Heights P-1
Vadnais Heights P-2
Vadnais Heights P-3
Vadnais Heights P-4
Q: When was the last time the Federal Reserve was audited? A: NEVER! The “Audit The Federal Reserve” HR 1207 and S 604 bills are two of the most important investigative bills to come before Congress in over 90 years!
The Federal Reserve Chairman Bernake falsely claimed two weeks ago on the Jim Lehrer show that the Federal Reserve is already ‘audited’ by the GAO. This cannot be any further from the truth. Dr. Ron Paul has explained that the Federal Reserve have provisions that purposely block all important facts providing necessary transparency to Congress and thus the American people. Where and to whom did all these trillions of dollars go? The American people deserve to know.
Title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 2/26/2009) Co-sponsors (282)
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. The House Bill 1207 currently has 282 co-sponsors. The Senate Bill 604 currently has 23 co-sponsors.
We would ask you to familiarize yourself with this bill and urge you once you understand how important this is, to please make phone calls to Betty McCollum's office at 202-225-6631 and urge her to so-sponsor HR 1207. We also need to urge Senators Klobuchar and Franken to get on board with S 604. Please call them at 202-224-3244 and 202-224-5641 and tell them to co-sponsor S 604. Thank you for supporting this critical legislation.
Contact your elected leaders and let them know what is on your mind.
District 54B State Representative - Bev Scalze
(651) 296-7153
rep.bev.scalze@house.mn
357 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Saint Paul, MN 55155-1606
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?leg_id=12279
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?district=54B
Voting Record1, Voting Record2 - Contact Representative Scalze
District 54 State Senator - John Marty
(651) 296-5645
sen.john.marty@senate.mn
sen.john.marty@senate.leg.state.mn.us
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?mem_id=1035
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?district=54
328 Capitol Building
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, MN 55155-1606
Voting Record1, Voting Record2 - Contact Senator Marty
Ramsey County Commissioner, District 1 - Tony Bennett
Tel: 651.266.8362
Fax: 651.266.8370
tony.bennett@co.ramsey.mn.us
Ramsey County Board Office
Room 220 Court House
15 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/cb/district1/index.asp
Ramsey County Commissioner, District 2 - Jan Parker
Tel: 651.266.8356
Fax: 651.266.8370
jan.parker@co.ramsey.mn.us
Ramsey County Board Office
Room 220 Court House
15 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/cb/district2/index.asp
Minnesota Governor - Tim Pawlenty
(651) 296-3391
http://www.governor.state.mn.us
Voting Record - Contact Governor Pawlenty
Office of the Governor
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Telephone: (651) 296-3391
Toll Free:(800) 657-3717
Facsimile: (651) 296-2089
E-mail:tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us
U.S. House of Representatives, Fourth Congressional District - Betty McCollum
202-225-6631
165 Western Ave N, Suite 17
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
651-224-9191
Fax: 651-224-3056
1029 Longworth House Office Bldg
Washington DC 20515
202-225-6631
Fax: 202-225-1968
http://www.mccollum.house.gov
Voting Record - Contact Representative McCollum
http://www.opencongress.org/people/blogs/400259_betty_mccollum/68?sort=newest
U.S. Senator - Amy Klobuchar
(202) 224-3244
302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-2
DC Phone: 202-224-3244
DC Fax: 202-228-2186
Toll Free: 1-888-224-9043
302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
phone: 202-224-3244
fax: 202-228-2186
1200 Washington Avenue South, Suite 250
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Main Line: 612-727-5220
Main Fax: 612-727-5223
Toll Free: 1-888-224-9043
http://klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm
http://klobuchar.senate.gov
Voting Record - Contact Senator Klobuchar
http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/412242_amy_klobuchar
U.S. Senator - Al Franken
202-224-5641
320 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-1
DC Phone: 202-224-5641
DC Fax: 202-224-1152
info@franken.senate.gov
http://franken.senate.gov
Voting Record - Contact Senator Franken
U.S. President - Barack Obama
http://www.whitehouse.gov
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
tel: 202-456-1414 fax: 202-456-2461 tty: 202-456-2121
e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
web: www.whitehouse.gov
Secretary of Agriculture - Tom Vilsack
1400 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, D.C. 20250
tel: 202-720-83631; fax: 202-720-6314
e-mail: agsec@usda.gov
web: www.usda.gov
Attorney General - Eric Holder
950 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20530
tel: 202-514-2001; fax: 202-514-4371
e-mail: askdoj@usdoj.gov
web: www.usdoj.gov
Secretary of Commerce - Gary Locke
1401 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20230
tel: 202-482-2000; fax: 202-482-2741
e-mail:
web: www.doc.gov
Secretary of Defense - Robert Gates
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20301-1000
tel: 703-692-7100; fax: 703-697-9080
web: www.dod.gov
Secretary of Education - Arne Duncan
400 Maryland Ave. SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-0100
tel: 202-401-3000; fax: 202-401-0596; toll free: 800-872-5327; toll free tty: 800-437-0833
e-mail:
web: www.ed.gov
Secretary of Energy - Dr. Steven Chu
1000 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-0001
tel: 202-586-6210; fax: 202-586-4403; toll free: 800-342-5363
e-mail: the.secretary@hq.doe.gov
web: www.energy.gov
Secretary of Health and Human Services - Kathleen Sebelius
200 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, D.C. 20201-0004
tel: 202-690-7000; fax: 202-690-7203; toll free: 877-696-6775
web: www.hhs.gov
Secretary of Homeland Security - Janet Napolitano
Washington, D.C. 20528
tel: 202-282-8000
web: www.dhs.gov
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Shaun Donovan
451 Seventh St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20410-1044
tel: 202-708-0417; fax: 202-702-0299; tty: 202-708-1455
e-mail:
web: www.hud.gov/
Secretary of the Interior - Ken Salazar
1849 C St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20240-0001
tel: 202-208-7351; fax: 202-208-6956
e-mail:
web: www.doi.gov/
Secretary of Labor - Hilda Solis, nominee
200 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20210-0001
tel: 202-693-6000; fax: 202-693-6111; toll free: 866-487-2365; toll free tty: 877-889-5627
web: www.dol.gov
Secretary of State - Hillary Clinton
2201 C St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20520-0001
tel: 202-647-5291; fax: 202-261-8577
web: www.state.gov
Secretary of Transportation - Ray LaHood
400 Seventh St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20590
tel: 202-366-1111; fax: 202-366-7202; tty: 202-755-7687
e-mail: dot.comments@ost.dot.gov
web: www.dot.gov
Secretary of the Treasury - Timothy Geithner
1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20220
tel: 202-622-1100; fax: 202-622-0073
web: www.ustreas.gov
Secretary of Veterans Affairs - General Eric Shinseki
810 Vermont Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20420-0001
tel: 202-273-4800; fax: 202-273-4877; toll free: 800-827-1000
web: www.va.gov
CIA Director - Leon Panetta
Washington, D.C. 20505
tel: 703-482-0623 fax: 703-482-1739
web: www.cia.gov
EPA Administrator - Lisa Jackson
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20460
tel: 202-564-4700 fax: 202-260-3150 toll free: 1-888-372-8255
web: www.epa.gov
FBI Director - Robert S. Mueller III
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20535
tel: 202-324-3000 fax: 202-324-4705
web: www.fbi.gov
Forest Service Chief - Gail Kimbell
Sidney R. Yates Federal Buildling
201 14th St SW
Washington D.C. 20250
tel: 202-205-1661 fax: 202-205-1610
web: www.fs.fed.us
Indian Affairs, Assistant Secretary for (Head of BIA) - George Skibine, acting
1849 C. St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20240
tel: 202-208-7163 fax: 202-208-6334
web: www.doi.gov/bia
Indian Health Service Director - Robert G. McSwain
Reyes Buyilding
801 Thompson Ave., Ste. 400
Rockville, MD 20852
tel: 301-443-1083 fax: 301-443-4794
e-mail:
web: www.ihs.gov
Internal Revenue Service, Commissioner - Douglas H. Shulman
1111 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington DC 20224
tel: 202-622-5164 fax: 202-622-8653 toll free taxpayer information: 800-829-1040
web: www.irs.ustreas.gov
National Intelligence Director - Retired Admiral Dennis Blair
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Washington D.C. 20511
tel: 202-201-1111 (Public Affairs Office)
web: www.dni.gov
National Park Service Director - Mary A. Bomar
1849 C St. NW
Washington D.C. 20240
tel: 202-208-4261 fax: 202-219-0910
web: www.nps.gov
National Security Advisor - Jim Jones
National Security Council
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
17th Street and Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20506
tel: 202-456-9491 fax: 202-456-9270
web: www.whitehouse.gov/nsc
Office of Management & Budget Director - Peter Orszag
New Executive Office Building
725 17th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20503
tel: 202-395-4840 fax: 202-395-3888
web: www.whitehouse.gov/omb
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service - Regina Benjamin, nominee
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-66
Rockville, MD 20857
tel: 301-443-4000 fax: 301-443-3574
e-mail:
web: www.surgeongeneral.gov
United Nations Ambassador - Susan Rice
799 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017-3505
tel: 212-415-4000 fax: 212-415-4443
e-mail:
web: www.un.int/usa
U.S. Trade Representative - Ron Kirk, nominee
600 17th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20508
tel: 202-395-3230 fax: 202-395-3911 toll free: 888-473-8787
web: www.ustr.gov
Supreme Court Chief Justice - John G. Roberts
www.supremecourtus.gov
U.S. Supreme Court Building
1 First Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20543-0002
tel: 202-479-3211
Associate Justices:
Samuel A. Alito
Stephen G. Breyer
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Anthony M. Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
David H. Souter (retiring after June 2009); Sonia Sotomayor, nominee
John Paul Stevens
Clarence Thomas
CITY COUNCIL
Vadnais Heights
Susan Banovetz, Mayor, Phone: 651.653.1723
sbanovetz@cityvadnaisheights.com
3835 Tessier Trail
Marc Johannsen, City Council
mjohannsen@cityvadnaisheights.com
Phone: 612.336.9302
771 Burr Oak Court
Joe Murphy, City Council
jmurphy@cityvadnaisheights.com
Phone: 651.247.6442
148 Primrose Court
Lynn H. Kapaun, City Council
lkapaun@cityvadnaisheights.com
phone: 651.429.7226
4510 Oakhurst Ave.
Gerald J. Auge, City Council
jauge@cityvadnaisheights.com
phone: 651.429.7200
3704 Centerville Road
Little Canada
General questions should be directed to Little Canada City offices at:
Phone: 651-766-4029
Fax: 651-766-4048
Email: info@ci.little-canada.mn.us
Bill Blesener, Mayor
Term: 2009-2010
415 Brooks Avenue East
Little Canada, MN 55117
Home Phone: 651-484-7314
E-mail: wrbles@hotmail.com
Shelly Boss, Council Member
Term: Nov 24, 2008 - 2010
62 Bryan Street East
Little Canada, MN 55117
Home Phone: 651-482-1966
Email: shelly.boss@ci.little-canada.mn.us
John Keis, Council Member
Term: 2007-2010
3094 Payne Avenue
Little Canada, MN 55117
Home Phone: 651-482-8774
E-mail: john.keis@ci.little-canada.mn.us
Michael McGraw, Council Member
Term: 2009-2012
179 Little Canada Road East, #338
Little Canada, MN 55117
Home Phone: 651-483-3339
E-mail: michael.mcgraw@ci.little-canada.mn.us
Rick Montour, Council Member
Term: 2009-2012
2986 DeSoto Street
Little Canada, MN 55117
Home Phone: 651-482-8180
E-mail: rick.montour@ci.little-canada.mn.us
Roseville
If you want to email the Mayor and all Council Members at once, send email to city.council@ci.roseville.mn.us. http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us/forms.aspx?fid=115
Craig Klausing, Mayor, Term (2007-2010)
651-308-8916
craigklausing@comcast.net
447 Rose Place
Roseville, MN 55113
Amy Ihlan, Council Member, Term (2006-2010)
651-635-9152
amyihlan@comcast.net
1776 Stanbridge
Roseville, MN 55113
Jeff Johnson, Council Member, Term (2009-2012)
651-788-5200
http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us/forms.aspx?FID=257
Tammy Pust, Council Member, Term (2009-2012)
651-484-2573
tammy.pust@ci.roseville.mn.us
813 Millwood Avenue
Roseville, MN 55113
Dan Roe, Council Member, Term (2007-2010)
651-487-9654
dan.roe@comcast.net
2100 Avon Street
Roseville, MN 55113
Shoreview
Sandy Martin, Mayor
444 Lake Wabasso Court
Shoreview, MN 55126
Office: 651-490-4618
sandymartin444@comcast.net
http://www.ci.shoreview.mn.us/Council/Martin.html
Blake Huffman, Councilmember, Current term expires 12-31-2012
899 Cobb Road
Shoreview, MN 55126
Home: 651-484-6703
blakehuffman@comcast.net
http://www.ci.shoreview.mn.us/Council/Huffman.html
Ben Withhart, Councilmember
275 Demar Avenue
Shoreview, MN 55126
Home: 651-481-1040
Cell: 952-292-4866
benwithhart@yahoo.com
http://www.ci.shoreview.mn.us/Council/Withhart.html
Terry Quigley, Councilmember
1212 Silverthorn Courth
Shoreview, MN 55126
tquigley@q.com
Home: 651.484.5418
http://www.ci.shoreview.mn.us/Council/Quigley.html
Ady Wickstrom, Councilmember
1252 Silverthorn Drive
Home: 651.780.5245
ady@adywickstrom.com
http://www.ci.shoreview.mn.us/Council/Wickstrom.html
Terry Schwerm, City Manager
Office: 651.490.4611
tschwerm@ci.shoreview.mn.us
Gem Lake
http://www.gemlakemn.org/officials/index.cfm
Robert Uzpen, Mayor
651-492-5083
Tom Rasmussen, Council Member
651-426-8854
Jim Lindner, Council Member
651-429-7597
Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Council Member
651-260-9742
Chuck Watson, Council Member
651-653-8319
SCHOOL BOARD
Mounds View Public Schools District 621
http://www.moundsviewschools.org/sb_membership.asp
Roseville Area Schools District 623
http://www.roseville.k12.mn.us/schoolboard/
White Bear lake Area School District 624
http://www.whitebear.k12.mn.us/board_members.html
PARK BOARD
Vadnais Heights Park, Recreation, and Trails Commission
http://www.ci.vadnais-heights.mn.us/gov_commissions.asp
Little Canada Parks and Recreation Commission
http://littlecanada.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={2CA750D5-0906-47C7-8CF1-759F3039199A}
Shoreview Parks and Recreation Commission
http://www.ci.shoreview.mn.us/Council/CommitteesAndCommissions.html
Gem Lake Planning Commission
http://www.gemlakemn.org/meetings/pcminutes.cfm
Roseville Parks and Recreation Commission
http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us/index.aspx?NID=76
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