Reid sabotages Balanced Budget cloture vote

GRASSFIRE NATION UPDATE
Steve Elliott
Sam,
This morning, Harry Reid used a procedural move to sabotage the Senate cloture vote on "Cut, Cap and Balance." Technically it was a "vote on the motion to table the motion to proceed"
to the bill.
In doing so, Reid call the bill "radical" and said
it was "one of the worst pieces of legislation to
ever be placed on the floor of the United States
Senate."
Radical? Cutting spending is radical? Capping government spending is radical? Balancing the budget is radical?
It was a strict party-line vote with all Democrats voting to table (i.e. kill) the bill. This despite the fact that 20 Democratic Senators have pledged their support for a Balanced Budget Amendment.
The Big Spenders think they just won the fight. Now, Reid and gang are headed back to negotiate a "compromise" that will increase our debt, expand government and raise our taxes.
What's next?
One of two things...
Either the backroom deal that Obama and the Big Spenders have been working on for weeks will pass with tax increases and no end to the spending and deficit madness,
Or...
A second wave of the Tea Party resistance will arise and demand an end to runaway spending, demand a balanced budget amendment, and demand fiscal accountability in Washington.
If you are outraged...
#1 -- Call Reid and your two Senators
Harry Reid: 202-224-3542
Sen. Nelson 202-224-5274
Sen. Rubio 202-224-3041
More things you can do:
#2 -- Sign the Spending petition (if you haven't done so
already)

#3 -- Send Congress the Pre-Declined cards:

#4 -- Help expose the Spending Addiction. On Monday we are launching "National Government Spending Addiction Intervention Week" with a kickoff Tele-Conference with Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
Go here for details and to sign up for our Launch Conf call:

#5 -- (most important) Stay in the fight. Keep your chin up.
The price of liberty is high. We must remain vigilant. The very future of our nation is at stake and we have been called to serve for "such a time as this." This is OUR Valley Forge, OUR Iwo Jima. You and I can be part of the generation that restores liberty and limited government for our children, grandchildren and generations yet to come. To find others who are "in the trenches", go here:

For liberty,
Steve Elliott
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