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House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter plans for the Rules Committee to meet Friday on the health care bill. She first suggested using the so-called "Slaughter House Rule" as a means to pass the Senate version of ObamaCare in the House without actually voting on the bill.

Pushing back against the Slaughter House Rule, Liberty Counsel distributed a letter to every member of the House of Representatives, showing that the proposed rule is unconstitutional. Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution states, "Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; … in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively.”

The Founding Fathers included Article I, Section 7 in the Constitution to keep Congress accountable to the people. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Louise Slaughter are attempting to deceive the American people by refusing to cast votes on the actual language in the Senate healthcare bill.

The President and his allies in Congress are masters of confusion and deception. They have a political agenda which distorts the facts regarding healthcare. The Senate healthcare bill funds abortion, rations care, limits freedom, and will bankrupt America.

Last night President Obama said he is not concerned with the process. In other words, the end justifies any means. It is unbelievable that the President would disregard the Constitution and the rule of law to push a narrow political agenda that most Americans have rejected.

Speaker Pelosi said, "We have to pass the Bill so that you can find out what is in it." Apparently, she underestimates the intelligence of the American people. Our message to Speaker Pelosi is, "America has been listening; Americans know what is in the Bill and they simply do not want a government takeover of their healthcare!"

In the past few weeks, Liberty Counsel supporters have sent over 250,000 faxes to members of Congress, expressing their outrage over the healthcare bill.You can also schedule faxes to your elected officials through our special web page on ObamaCare and hear a special audio message from Mat Staver. If you prefer to use your own fax machine to send faxes, we have provided all the information you need on this web page. 

Take the extra time to call and email your elected officials and tell them what you think about ObamaCare. This will likely require patience, so please don't give up if you get a busy signal or are placed on hold for an available line. It isn't too late if we all work together for healthcare freedom.

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