MORE CALLS TO HOUSE DEMS ON ILLEGALS & HC

More calls to House Dems on illegals & healthcare


Your phone calls have created tough choice for Pelosi -- make Pres. a liar or make CHC mad

HERE'S THE UPDATE ON HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION BATTLE IN THE U.S. HOUSE: Please continue to phone Democratic Representatives from your state and urge them not to make Pres. Obama a liar by passing a healthcare bill that has loopholes for illegal aliens.


202-224-3121


Find the Democratic Members from your state at www.CongressGrades.org. Click on your state to see the list.


Pres. Obama has scheduled a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for this (Thursday) afternoon.


Presumably, the Hispanic Caucus will ask the President to prove himself a liar to the American people.


Obama and his spokesmen have made a very clear promise to a joint session of Congress and in many national media appearances that illegal immigrants will not benefit from any new federal healthcare plan.


The authoritative news service Congress Daily reports that the Hispanic Caucus has threatened Speaker Pelosi with voting against a House healthcare bill if it requires full verification against illegal immigrant participation in all parts of the new federal plan.


At the moment, Pelosi is bowing to the pro-illegal-immigration Hispanic Caucus and turning a cold shoulder to all those moderate Democrats who say their constituents want the House bill to back up Pres. Obama's promises.


But your phone calls -- especially to Democrats in competitive Districts -- are creating great tension in the House leadership.


Congress Daily reported today:


Vulnerable Democrats have launched a last minute push to include language excluding undocumented immigrants from buying insurance in the exchange with private money -- a provision included in the Senate Finance Committee bill.


But adding the language to the House bill could jeopardize passage. Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., said if the provision is included in the bill, a majority of the 22-member Congressional Hispanic Caucus will vote against the rule.


Losing those votes could combine with remaining anti-abortion Democrats to leave leaders unable to bring the bill to the floor, said Pastor, a chief deputy whip. "With the issue of pro-life and other people voting against it, it becomes pretty difficult to deal with," he said.


To fulfill the President's promise, the House bill needs to have: full verification requirements for every single part of the federal plan -- not just one part as Speaker Pelosi has now accepted. a bar on illegal aliens from being part of the "exchange."


Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) said those fulfillments of Obama's promise would be too much to swallow: "I have already said no tax dollars shall go to support healthcare for undocumented workers. What more do you want me to do?"


Gutierrez said. "I'm being consistent. But now they want to feed the frenzy of the xenophobic, right-wing anti-immigrant. Guitierrez and other champions of illegal aliens are willing to have words that bar illegal aliens from benefits but not actual verification procedures.


Will the Hispanic Caucus this afternoon persuade Obama to prove Joe Wilson correct?


Please keep pressure on all Democratic Members of the House at 202-224-3121.