"On February 18th, at 8:00 AM the Florida Health Care Freedom Act (SJR72) sponsored by Sen. Carey Baker will come before the Health Regulations Committee for a vote. ... MoreThe committee meeting can be seen live on the Florida Senate's website. Please contact the committee members and ask them to vote for this bill. Also contact the co-sponsors and thank them for supporting this bill. Chair: Senator Don Gaetz (R) (co-sponsor): (850) 487-5009 Vice Chair: Senator Eleanor Sobel (D) : (850) 487-5097 Senator Thad Altman (R) : (850) 487-5053 Senator Michael S. "Mike" Bennett (R) (co-sponsor): (850) 487-5078 Senator Andy Gardiner (R) : (850) 487-5047 Senator Dennis L. Jones, D.C. (R) : (850) 487-5065 Senator Alfred "Al" Lawson, Jr. (D) : (850) 487-5004 The Florida Health Care Freedom Act allows a vote on an amendment to the Florida Constitution that says any "law or rule shall not compel, directly or indirectly, any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care system," and specifies people and employers can't be fined for not buying insurance. This bill does not ban federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid in our state; it simply focuses on restricting the federal government from forcing Americans to participate in an insurance policy, public or private. Thank you, in advance, for taking action! "

"Just in time to bolster President Obama's "green" credentials at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced on December 7, 2009: "Today I'm proud to announce that EPA has finalized its endangerment ... More finding on greenhouse gas pollution and is now authorized and obligated to make reasonable efforts to reduce greenhouse pollutants under the Clean Air Act" (view video). So, even though the cap and trade energy tax bill was stalled in the U.S. Senate, President Obama was able to point to the EPA announcement in Copenhagen to show the commitment of the U.S. government to take measures to reduce greenhouse gases as part of the whole global warming/climate change charade being participated in by our political, academic, and news media elites. Fortunately, there is a movement in Congress to prohibit the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases. There are two bills in the House and one proposed amendment in the Senate to do just this. The first bill in the House is H.R. 391 which was introduced by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on January 9, 2009 and which currently has 151 cosponsors. The second bill in the House is H.R. 4396 which was introduced by Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.) on December 16, 2009. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.) has taken a different approach in the Senate with a resolution, which is supported by 35 Republicans and three Democrats so far, that could be used as an amendment and attached to the bill of her choice or introduced as a standalone bill. Contact your representative and senators and tell them to "stop the unconstitutional, jobs-killing, EPA regulation of carbon dioxide." "

"Redistricting amendments on the ballot: Florida voters earn historic chance to vote to stop politicians from rigging districts Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday Jan 22, 2010 After November passage voters will choose elected of ... Moreficials – not the other way around Tallahassee, FL – Today, Floridians took a giant step towards ending the incumbent and political party protection plan that masquerades as legislative and Congressional redistricting. The non-partisan group FairDistrictsFlorida.org gathered more than 1,650,000 petitions signed by Florida Republicans, Democrats and Independents from the Panhandle to the Keys. As a result, today the Secretary of State certified Constitutional Amendment 5 for the November 2, 2010 ballot, and is expected to soon certify its partner, Amendment 6. Florida voters now have a powerful opportunity to stop legislators from rigging and manipulating district boundaries in order to stifle competition while perpetuating their own political power. “These critical reforms will finally end the legalized conflict of interest that allows legislators to design their districts and those of Congress for their own political purposes,” said Bob Milligan, who was elected State Comptroller during the Lawton Chiles and Jeb Bush administrations. Under our present system, there are no rules that limit legislators from drawing districts to favor themselves or their parties. Districts in Florida are bizarrely shaped, often meandering for hundreds of miles or from coast to coast. Communities are carved up so that voters living in the same neighborhood are often represented by different members of Congress or state representatives. As a result, incumbent legislators almost never lose their re-election bids. Only three (out of 140 up for election each cycle) were defeated in the last six years. How could this happen? Because legislators draw up their own districts for one purpose: to ensure that they stay in office! Former Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham said, “Florida’s legislators are choosing their voters instead of voters choosing their representatives. There are presently no rules to stop this self protection plan. And when this happens, the voters don’t have a real choice! These amendments will change that.” With voter approval in November, Amendments 5 and 6 will establish constitutional rules that will: * Prohibit politicians from designing districts to favor themselves or their parties; * Require them to make the districts compact and community based; and * Make it impossible for legislators to draw districts to diminish the ability of minority voters to elect representatives. “I am so happy that the voters of Florida will finally have the opportunity to vote to put these fairness standards in the Florida constitution. These amendments provide new protections for all voters and especially minorities,” added Representative Perry Thurston of Broward County. State Representative Darren Soto, Orange County, said, “Today’s certification bodes well for achieving fair districts in the state of Florida. I think that these new protections will be very popular with my constituents as well as all of the voters of our great state.” For additional information and the exact language of Amendments 5 and 6, please visit www.FairDistrictsFlorida.org. "