NC Renegades

The Freedom Index: A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution rates congressmen based on their adherence to constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and a traditional foreign policy of avoiding foreign entanglements. The percentages below are cumulative scores based on key votes from 1999 to 2014.

North Carolina

Sen. Kay Hagan – 11%
Sen. Richard Burr – 57%
Dist.1: George Butterfield – 16%
Dist.2: Renee Ellmers – 60%
Dist.3: Walter Jones – 78%
Dist.4: David Price – 19%
Dist.5: Virginia Foxx – 70%
Dist.6: Howard Coble – 65%
Dist.7: Mike McIntyre – 45%
Dist.8: Richard Hudson – 60%
Dist.9: Robert Pittenger – 53%
Dist.10: Patrick McHenry – 70%
Dist.11: Mark Meadows – 70%
Dist.13: George Holding – 72%

All states

h/t frLarousse2

If the worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history reaches the United States, federal law permits “the apprehension and examination of any individual reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease”.  These individuals can be “detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary”.  In other words, the federal government already has the authority to round people up against their will, take them to detention facilities and hold them there for as long as they feel it is “reasonably necessary”.  In addition, as you will read about below, the federal government has the authority “to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill”.  If you want to look at these laws in the broadest sense, they pretty much give the federal government the power to do almost anything that they want with us in the event of a major pandemic.  Of course such a scenario probably would not be called “martial law”, but it would probably feel a lot like it.

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If you are exposed to the disease, the incubation period can be from anywhere from two days up to 21 days.  But the average is usually about eight to ten days.

In other words, you can be spreading it around for over a week before you even know that you have it.

There is no vaccine for Ebola and there is no cure.

Not everyone dies from the virus, but most people do.

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And what if this was the plan all along?

David DeGerolamo

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYMovGBCSoc

U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor tells a Virginia newspaper he will resign his seat in the House of Representatives months earlier than expected. The  early Friday that Cantor will step down Aug. 18 to make sure constituents have a voice during the “consequential” lame-duck session.

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Good Riddance.

David DeGerolamo

Friend — 

Yesterday, Speaker Boehner and House leadership did something that’s never been done in American history: They voted to sue the President. 

What’s certain is that this is an utter waste of time and millions of taxpayer dollars. 

But it gets crazier — this opens the door for extreme voices in Congress to call for impeachment.

I wish that was as unbelievable as it sounds. But look at John Boehner’s track record: He let an extreme minority shut down the government, gave them more than 50 votes trying to derail Obamacare, and now he’s letting them call the shots over a wasteful lawsuit.

This isn’t going to stop unless the American people demand it — right now, add your name to tell John Boehner you’re fed up with this nonsense.

As grassroots organizers who are working for real change that actually helps people, what’s most frustrating is that political stunts like this lawsuit only make it more unlikely that they’ll get something meaningful done.

John Boehner is the Speaker of the House. That’s a job that should mean something — the chance to fix problems and tackle the issues that the American people sent you there to do.

Instead, he’s one of the biggest reasons this is the least productive Congress in modern history. 

That’s pretty shameful, and what just happened yesterday on Capitol Hill is making matters worse.

Add your name to tell John Boehner to knock off the political games and get something done:

http://my.barackobama.com/John-Boehner-Lawsuit

Thanks,

Abby

Abby Witt
Deputy National Director of Issue Campaigns
Organizing for Action