Archive for August, 2009

New Facebook Fan Page

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

You can become a fan of the Henry County Republican Party. Upcoming events, news and other announcements will be visible in your news feed. Stay in touch, help support the local party and build awareness for the Republican party.


Henry County Republican Party on Facebook

Is H.R. 3200 A Move Towards Single Payer Healthcare?

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Compilation video of President Obama and senior Democrats saying that they want to move to a single payer healthcare system:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-bY92mcOdk.

Paul Krugman on moving to a single payer healthcare system:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7WNxrySFQA

Resources on Current Legislation

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

For those of you who haven’t visited, www.opencongress.org is a great site for information on current actions in Congress. Being able to track bills (and people) as they move through Congress and are amended is important to our being able to understand, speak and respond to current legislation. The official site for legislative information is the Library of Congress, THOMAS

While it isn’t light reading, you should check out H.R.3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. This piece of legislation represents a monster of Federal bureaucracy and the end of private health insurance. The larger issue is that it creates a system of medical care where life and death decisions are based on economics and society as a whole, not what is morally and ethically right for the individual patient.

H.R. 3200 on OpenCongress.org

H.R. 3200 on THOMAS

Lynn Westmoreland Looking for Candidates

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Representative Lynn Westmoreland recently joined with Representative Kevin McCarthy on a road trip to find GOP candidates. It is important that we have strong, conservative candidates to challenge incumbent Democrats in races across the country.

Read the full store at Politico:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/25812.html