EXTRA HOT TEA: NEED YOU TO MAKE YOUR CALLS TODAY -- HR 2499- Congress to vote on Puerto Rico Democracy Act

Last Tuesday, the liberal House leadership pulled the controversial D.C. House Voting Rights bill from the floor schedule, and we thank you for all of your calls and for taking action! However, just two days after they backed away from the D.C. bill, the House announced that it would move to consider an even more controversial bill that paves the way for U.S. territory Puerto Rico to become the 51st state!

Sponsored by Puerto Rican delegate Pedro Pierluisi (D), the Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R. 2499) - which has reared its ugly head a number of times over the past few congresses but has yet to have any success - would require Puerto Ricans to hold a national referendum to decide if they want Puerto Rico to remain a self-governing U.S. commonwealth, or become the 51st state.

The referendum would be set up as two plebiscites which would effectively deceive Puerto Ricans into voting for statehood. In the first round of votes, the Puerto Rican people would be given the choice between remaining a U.S. territory and "pursuing a different political status." If the majority votes to maintain the status quo, this bill would require that Puerto Rico vote on this same issue every eight years. If the majority votes for "different status," a second round of votes would be held where Puerto Ricans would choose either statehood or independence-the status quo of "U.S. territory" would not even be an option! In other words, the two ballots would be rigged to favor the outcome of statehood, overriding the wishes of Americans and Puerto Ricans who want to maintain the current commonwealth status.


Why we do not want Puerto Rico admitted as the 51st state:



The U.S. would transform, overnight, into a bilingual nation. At least half of Puerto Ricans do not speak English, the language of our U.S. Constitution and founding documents. The Washington Times article, "Puerto Rican statehood," analyzes all the implications of adding a foreign language-speaking state to the Union.


It would bring immediate demands for massive federal spending. The average income of Puerto Ricans is less than half that of our poorest state, and infrastructure and the environment are far below American standards. Puerto Rico has a population with a median national income of $17,741, nearly a third below that for the U.S.


Puerto Rico is already a democracy. Despite the bill's deceptive title, Puerto Rico already has an elected government and exists as a self-governed commonwealth of the U.S.
Statehood would give Puerto Rico more congressional representation than 25 of our 50 states! It would inevitably give Democrats two additional U.S. Senators and 6 to 8 additional Members of the House.

H.R. 2499 is stealth legislation designed to lead to the admission of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico as the 51st state, thereby making us a de facto bilingual nation, like Canada. The U.S. Congress should not be forcing Puerto Ricans to vote on statehood, especially since the Puerto Rican people have rejected statehood three times since 1991!



No Member of Congress who describes himself as a limited government, fiscal conservative should be casting a YEA vote for H.R. 2499, as Puerto Rican statehood would cause an immediate increase in federal expenditures, particularly for taxpayer-funded welfare state services.

Tell Congress not to override the wishes of Americans and Puerto Ricans who want to maintain the current commonwealth status of Puerto Rico by forcing a vote on rigged referenda!

TAKE ACTION!


The House will likely bring H.R. 2499 to the floor for a vote on Thursday of this week. Please call and email your Representative today and tell him to vote NO on H.R. 2499 which forces a vote on rigged referenda to make Puerto Rico the 51st state!

*Even if you think you have a solid conservative representing your district, please contact him and tell him to vote NO. H.R. 2499 has approximately 50 Republican cosponsors-they need to hear from you!

Contact your House Member at this link https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

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Comment by Kay Ragan Durden on April 30, 2010 at 11:56am
Ok, Now they (Puerto Rico) have to vote and this has happened before and they voted NO. They have a pretty good deal already set up with the U.S. We will see.
Comment by Barbara Cox on April 30, 2010 at 11:17am
Ander Crenshaw voted YES. here is a link to how each one voted:
http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/242
Comment by Kay Ragan Durden on April 28, 2010 at 8:49pm
You Rock Billy!! Just hope you have unlimited long distance!!! Allen is a Dem and I sure am hoping he goes down this time.
Comment by Kay Ragan Durden on April 28, 2010 at 5:09pm
Billy, Allen Boyd is so eat up with DEM'S he will vote with them. He is the congressman for Layfayette County. We have a Farm there and believe me the good old farmers are fed up with him.
Comment by Kay Ragan Durden on April 28, 2010 at 3:59pm
Ok I just called too and got someone to answer like Barbara first ring. Ander does have some good kids working for him. I wonder what other rabbits the Dem's will pull out of there hats.
Comment by Barbara Cox on April 28, 2010 at 3:25pm
I just got through to Congressman Crenshaws office on the first ring, so we do need to call.
Comment by Steve Dundore on April 28, 2010 at 2:06pm
I just called Congresman Ander Crenshaw office in washington DC they told me Ander is leaning towards a yes vote on HR 2499 everyone needs to call him at 202-225-2501 Vote NO ON HR2499

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