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Today’s Downsizer-Dispatch…::::::We must do immediately something we’d hoped to postpone until Spring. We must start booking me on every radio show in America to tell people about the Read the Bills Act. ::::::And we must start building a coalition of talk show hosts, blogs, and organizations to pass RTBA. ::::::Why were we delaying these things? Why are we rushing to do them now? I’ll tell you.
First episode of the Downsize DC Conference Call . . .
Today’s Downsizer-Dispatch… ::::::In this message::::
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- Massive mistakes in yesterday’s message are corrected below:::
- Will John McCain exploit Abramoff scandal to silence DownsizeDC.org? :::
- What are your ideas for additional ways we can Downsize DC?:::
:::Am I The Missing Link?::::::I, James Babka, hereby confess that I screwed up the links in yesterday’s message in every possible way, causing many busy DC Downsizers to waste their time. I humbly apologize for my gross incompetence. Here are the correct links . . .::::::To see the letter from the Congressman who offered to sponsor the “Read the Bills Act,” and learn the details of what happened with that offer, click here. ::::::To learn about our new bill to prevent the bureaucracy from creating its own laws, click here. ::::::To learn why we’re not really bothered by what happened with the potential RTBA sponsor, click here. ::::::Will John McCain use the Abramoff scandal to shut down DownsizeDC.org?::::::I’ll discuss this question tonight when I
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Why I’m still excited . . .
Today’s Downsizer-Dispatch…::::::On December 14 we told you we had a sponsor for the Read the Bills Act. We’ve posted the letter from the Congressman who said he would sponsor RTBA on our blog. You can read it and decide for yourself whether or not we had reason to be excited. ::::::This good news caught us off-guard. We thought RTBA needed a few improvements before submission. We quickly moved to make these important changes to the bill before calling the Congressman’s office. ::::::When we called, we were told he wasn’t going to sponsor the bill. ::::::Who is this Congressman? What does his letter say? And what were the events that led up to this moment? ::::::You can discover the answer to all these questions at our DownsizeDC.org blog. ::::::While we’re disappointed, we’re really not that bothered by the news. During the coming days and weeks (starting today) we intend to explain why we still feel good. We’ll also lay out our plans for 2006 and beyond. When you see what we have in store, we think you’ll be excited as we are. ::::::Jim Babka:::President:::DownsizeDC.org, Inc. ::::::P.S. Is this really bad news? Well, I’m putting the finishing touches on a second post for our blog (should be available this evening) that explains why we’re not really bothered by this news. Instead, we’re excited. Is that unrealistic? We don’t think so. Learn why in a second blog post titled, “Why I’m Still Quite Excited About RTBA Despite the Congressman’s Decision.” ::::::P.P.S. One of the great things about our blog is that you can leave a comment. We’d like to hear from you!
Update on RTBA sponsorship
Today’s Downsizer-Dispatch…::::::In this message::::
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- A summary of our work on enhancing the “Read the Bills Act.”:::
- Please vote for “Free Talk Live” in the latest podcast competition. :::
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A Progress Report::::::Before Christmas we requested your help in making improvements to the Read the Bills Act (RTBA). You responded (thank you) and we went to work. ::::::We were concerned about one method Congress might use for evading RTBA’s enforcement mechanisms. We feared Congress would make their bills easier to read by delegating all of the “rule making” details to the bureaucracy. But our legal research quickly showed us that . . . :::
It’s time to be wise… about government