& if the WH won't fire him, it's time for House to REPEAL RULE requiring a NO-AMENDMENT VOTE by

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Thu Aug-26-10 12:43 PM
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& if the WH won't fire him, it's time for House to REPEAL RULE requiring a NO-AMENDMENT VOTE by

.... January 11, 2011 by the lame duck Congress. This rule was embedded into the war funding bill and passed into law in July.

Perhaps, last July, it may not have then been clear to Speaker Pelosi that the Simpson Bowles Commission was run by people who consider Americans whose lifetime payroll & self-employment contributions have created trust fund surpluses of $2.5 trillion, loaned to the Treasury as bonds secured by the good faith & credit of the United States government, are feeding from the PUBLIC "TIT", and deserve no more than to have their bonds defaulted and benefits gutted.

But it should now be clear to all that Alan Simpson's gang of thieves intend, rather than to address the actual causes of the deficits (tax cuts for the rich in the face of unfunded wars and corporate welfare), but by legitimizing and formalizing the permanent theft of funds paid for the specific purpose of funding Americans retirement.

Alan Simpson is not telling the Chinese holders of U.S. government bonds that "The money's been spent. You'll have to take less than we promised."........ He's only telling that to Americans who have paid $2.5 trillion in surplus Social Security contributions, and who have loaned that to the U. S. Treasury in good faith......Americans he now characterizes as feeding from the public "tit".

It is now clear that a commission intent on defaulting on Social Security is not fit to be the beneficiary of a special, undemocratic rule requiring a NO-AMENDMENT, up-or-down vote by a lame duck Congress.

This rule, surreptitiously enacted into law in July, SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REPEALED.

It is not proper that Congress should abdicate their responsibilities by delegating the gutting of Social Security to a commission whose members view it as favors to be handed out rather than benefits due those who have paid $2.5 trillion in surplus contributions toward their retirement security.

The time to repeal this rule is NOW, before the November elections, before the lame duck session.

Speaker Pelosi has the opportunity and the duty to re-affirm Congress's responsibility over these issues.

The American people need to know they can vote in November for a party that will defend our values and fundamental obligations, not a party that will weasel out of it responsibilities and let an undemocratic commission steal our SS.

....sneaked language into the rule that the House is voting on tonight regarding war funding.

Embedded in the rule is the requirement that the House will vote on the deficit commission�s recommendations in the lame duck session if they pass the Senate.

The commission, co-chaired by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, is packed with members who favor the raising the retirement age to 70, means testing, and private accounts. Many also support investing 20% of the Social Security trust fund in the stock market.

...The rule is only good for the 111th Congress � it expires Jan 5, 2011, so a lame duck Congress would have to vote on it.

http://firedoglake.com/2010/07/01/breaking-pelosi-sneaks-approval-of-vote-on-debt-commission-recommendations-into-rule-regarding-war-funding/

Calls For Alan Simpson's Resignation From Debt Commission After "310 Million Tits" Insult

If Simpson Doesn't Resign, the President Must Fire Him

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