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    IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES TARGET HOUSE GOP WITH 'GRASS-TOPS' CAMPAIGNS

    IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES TARGET HOUSE GOP WITH 'GRASS-TOPS' CAMPAIGNS



    by TONY LEE
    1 Aug 2013


    Republican groups that support immigration reform will join big business interests, left-wing interest groups, and labor unions to target 100 House Republicans during the August recess.

    Activist groups like the SEIU, AFSCME, and the National Council of La Raza will reportedly hold "hundreds of events in districts across the country" in August, and Republican groups will also join in the efforts to pressure House Republicans. The House is expected to vote on piecemeal immigration reform bills after the recess in an attempt to get to a conference with the Senate.

    According toPolitico, this "unusually coordinated" and "unprecedented" effort will include a "a major grass-tops initiative" by groups like the American Action Network, the Partnership for a New American Economy, Republicans for Immigration Reform, a super PAC formed by former Bush Administration official Carlos Gutierrez, and other interests. These campaigns will try to make it seem like there is a groundswell of support for immigration reform in the districts of lawmakers who are on the fence.
    “Advocates of reform understand that for our conservative base, the month of August is very important to provide accurate information about the need for comprehensive reform,” Charlie Spies, of the Republicans for Immigration Reform super PAC, told the publication.

    He also said comprehensive immigration reform supporters were caught off-guard by the backlash last decade from working-class Americans who did not want a flood of cheap labor reducing their wages, and they vowed not to be caught off-guard during the next round.

    In addition, American Action Network reportedly plans to "spend about $250,000 in August" to "push House Republicans to consider supporting immigration reform. The campaign will be in more than 20 districts and more than 10 states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, California and Texas."

    Politico notes that "senior strategists from numerous groups are engaging in daily conference calls to ensure that they are targeting districts in a comprehensive way."

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...tops-Campaigns






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    Why am I the only person reading this article at this time, 5 p.m.? Inaction is passive assistance. We caught the left off guard in 2007; this time it is obvious that their mega bucks billionaires are paying big time to create the illusion of public support.

    Damn it people get out there, be public, be a big mouth, organize some demonstrations don't let this scum create a false illusion. They do not have the people, they have the money that can purchase a lot of theater and organized activity that creates the illusion of big numbers. We only have ourselves, but there are way more of us than there is of them, but we must be noisy, active, visible. Get loud, get visible. Do not let them win by default, by our silence.

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