IMMEDIATE Action Item: Land Acquisition in Highway Bill Endangers Private Property, Contact your Senator Now!

Submitted by Richard Taylor APP on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 01:29 Current Events

Private Property Inholders in federal monuments and landowners bordering federal lands, or in the target of federal expansion are just some of the private properties holders in grave danger of condemnation of their property!

It will also attack your local tax base!

Everyone Needs to Call your Senators, and Representatives NOW! to oppose allowing this to happen in your state or in other states.

The first vote has been taken and your Senators sold you out! DO NOT LET THE FINAL HIGHWAY BILL have the LWCF attached!

Rand Paul needs to head this off from taking place.

The battle is on in House-Senate Conference Committee between the Senate Highway bill that "DOES have the LWCF";

...and the House version of the Highway bill with "NO LWCF land acquisition".

You must call your Congressman and both Senators immediately!!! to urge them to oppose any LWCF Fund add on in the Highway Bill in the House-Senate Conference Committee.

Massive increase in land acquisition at stake.

Rural America in Peril.

Action by you now is critical.

Urgent Action Required
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American Land Rights Association
PO Box 400 – Battle Ground, WA 98604
Phone: 360-687-3087 – Fax: 360-687-2973
E-mail: alra@pacifier.com
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Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE – Washington, DC 20003

Many Senators Voted Yes On LWCF Land Acquisition & Let You Down.

Look at this list of Senators who sold you out by voting to take $1.4 billion dollars from the taxpayers to set up a guaranteed land acquisition trust fund for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) for the next two years.

That amount is on top of what the LWCF normally receives. That puts millions of landowners in danger from the Park Service, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and BLM.

Especially amazing is the vote *for the LWCF* from Senators *Begich *and *Murkowski* of Alaska, *Crapo* of Idaho, *Collins and Snow* of Maine, *Klobuchar *of Minnesota, *Blunt *of Missouri, *Baucus and Tester* of Montana, Ayott of New Hampshire, Conrad and *Hoeven* of North Dakota, Brown and *Portman *of Ohio, *Inhofe *of Oklahoma, Johnson of South Dakota, *Alexander* of Tennessee, plus Cantwell and Murray of Washington. The complete vote list is at the bottom of this
e-mail.

Senators Murkowski and Inhofe are the most disappointing. They know better and represent states that strongly oppose Federal land acquisition.

*Senator Inhoff* is on the LWCF Highway Bill Conference Committee and exerts a lot of influence. Everyone in Oklahoma should call, fax and e-mail him every week until the end of May. The Conference Committee may go beyond that.

Look below at the Conference Committee Members and send them an e-mail, fax or make a phone call if they are from your state.

Here are the Republican Senators on the Conference Committee: A Yea
means they voted for the LWCF in the Senate.

James Inhofe (R-OK) (Yea) --Fax: (202) 229-0380 – Staff E-mails:
ryan_Jackson@inhofe.senate.gov ; luke_Holland@inhofe.senate.gov

David Vitter (R-LA) (Yea) – Fax: (202) 228-5081 -- Staff E-mails:
bryan_zumwalt@vitter.senate.gov
;
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (No) – Fax: (202) 224-6331 – Staff E-mails:
jared_brown@hatch.senate.gov ; john_tanner@hatch.senate.gov

Richard Shelby (R-AL) (Yea) – Fax: (202) 224-3416 – Staff
E-mails:; andrew_newton@shelby.senate.gov

Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) (Yea) – Fax: (202) 224-0776 – Staff
E-mails: dana_barbieri@hutchison.senate.gov ; david_davis@hutchison.senate.gov
; jenifer_healy@hutchison.senate.gov ; troy_lyons@hutchinson.senate.gov

John Hoeven (R-ND) (Yea) – Fax: (202) 224-7999 – Staff E-mails:
don_larson@hoeven.senate.gov ; ryan_bernstein@hoeven.senate.gov ;
josh_carter@hoeven.senate.gov ; emily_tryon@hoeven.senate.gov
; jessica_yearous@hoeven.senate.gov

*Here are the Senators who did not represent many of their constituents. You can call any Senator at (202) 224-3121.** *

The Senate complete vote list is at the bottom of this message.

/Alaska/
Yea AK Begich, Mark
Yea AK Murkowski, Lisa
* *
*Colorado*
Yea CO Bennet, Michael
Yea CO Udall, Mark
* *
/Idaho/
Yea ID Crapo, Michael
Nay ID Risch, James
* *
/Kansas/
Yea KS Moran, Jerry
Yea KS Roberts, Pat
* *
/Maine/
Yea ME Collins, Susan
Yea ME Snowe, Olympia
* *
/Minnesota/
Yea MN Franken, Al
Yea MN Klobuchar, Amy
* *
/Missouri/
Yea MO Blunt, Roy
Yea MO McCaskill, Claire
* *
/Montana/
Yea MT Baucus, Max
Yea MT Tester, Jon
* *
/Nebraska/
Nay NE Johanns, Mike
Yea NE Nelson, Ben
/Nevada/
Nay NV Heller, Dean
Yea NV Reid, Harry
/New Hampshire/
Yea NH Ayotte, Kelly
Yea NH Shaheen, Jeanne
* *
/North Carolina/
Nay NC Burr, Richard
Yea NC Hagan, Kay
/North Dakota/
Yea ND Conrad, Kent
Yea ND Hoeven, John
* *
/Ohio/
Yea OH Brown, Sherrod
Yea OH Portman, Robert
/Oklahoma/
Nay OK Coburn, Thomas
Yea OK Inhofe, James
/Oregon/
Yea OR Merkley, Jeff
Yea OR Wyden, Ron
* *
/South Dakota/
Yea SD Johnson, Tim
Not Voting SD Thune, John
/Texas/
Yea TX Cornyn, John
Yea TX Hutchison, Kay
/Washington/
Yea WA Cantwell, Maria
Yea WA Murray, Patty

* **If you like the massive debt and deficit, you’ll love the LWCF.*

-----All property owners must take immediate action.

If the LWCF Land Acquisition Amendment is included in the "final Highway Bill" it means a huge increase in land acquisition funding for the Park Service, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management.

The LWCF threatens inholders, landowners, ranchers, farmers, miners, forestry advocates and many others. It also means a threat to off-highway vehicle users. Access will be cut off to Federal lands.

It also threatens and undermines local communities with the loss of tax base as the LWCF converts millions of acres of private land into government ownership.

The LWCF threatens Rural America.
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In summary, the Senate doubled the money they take from taxpayers for the Land and Water Conservation fund to buy land by adding $700 million for each of the next two years on a guaranteed basis (no need to for Congress to appropriate).

There is no Congressional appropriations process for this money in the LWCF fund and little or no oversight in spite of our country facing a huge debt and deficit.

Stop The "LWCF Highway Bill Land Grab", Go To www.landrights.org for more details.

*Action Items: (The LWCF is a huge issue that threatens you).

1. Please forward this message to at least 10 other people. Your whole list if possible.

2. Deluge your Congressman and both Senators with calls, faxes and e-mails from now until May 31st.* Call at least once a week. Call any Congressman at (202) 225-3121. You must make his or her phone come off the hook.

Ask them to oppose any LWCF funds in the Highway Bill Conference Committee between the House and Senate versions of the bill. No land acquisition funds should be included in the Highway Bill.

The House-Senate Conference Committee started May 7th. That’s why your calls, faxes and e-mails now are so critical. The greens are deluging Congress with calls. You must do the same.
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What’s wrong with the LWCF (Land and Water Conservation Fund) portion of the Highway Bill (we were calling it the Transportation bill)

A. It doubles funding for the LWCF adding $700 million for each of the next two years.

The greens will use this bump in funding to set a precedent for future years funding. So this is more than a fight over two years funding. You also must block the trust fund part. Any money must go through the appropriations process.

B. Extends the LWCF until 2022 from the present law of 2015.

C. *It funds a CARA like Land Acquisition Trust Fund that will be a threat to all private property owners and Rural America for many years.

D. None of this money will be used to create jobs.

E. None of this money will be used to reduce the deficit.

F. The LWCF money will be a dagger in heart of the economy.

G. A fully funded LWCF is an all out attack on Rural America.

H. A fully funded LWCF is an attack on local communities.

I. Inholders and landowners are in grave danger!

J. LWCF land acquisition will lead to a massive expansion of Federal lands thereby reducing your access and use. The green groups will work to get the new Federal lands into Wilderness status.

You do not want the Park Service, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and BLM to get these billions of dollars to buy millions of acres of private land and convert it to government ownership.

The land acquisition funding in the Senate Highway Bill threatens all private property owners, ranchers, farmers, miners, forestry and other users of both private as well as Federal land.

The LWCF is a constant attack on Rural America. It is the attempt by the greens to drive rural people out of their homes and into the cities.

Urgent Action By You Now Is Required. Stop the attack on Rural America.

Look here at the complete list of how the Senators voted on LWCF Amendment to the Highway Bill.

VOTE DETAILS (A Yea vote means they voted for the LWCF)

/Alabama/
Yea AL Sessions, Jefferson
Yea AL Shelby, Richard
/Alaska/
Yea AK Begich, Mark
Yea AK Murkowski, Lisa
/Arizona/
Nay AZ Kyl, Jon
Nay AZ McCain, John
/Arkansas/
Yea AR Boozman, John
Yea AR Pryor, Mark
/California/
Yea CA Boxer, Barbara
Yea CA Feinstein, Dianne
/Colorado/
Yea CO Bennet, Michael
Yea CO Udall, Mark
/Connecticut/
Yea CT Blumenthal, Richard
Yea CT Lieberman, Joseph
/Delaware/
Yea DE Carper, Thomas
Yea DE Coons, Chris
/Florida/
Yea FL Nelson, Bill
Nay FL Rubio, Marco
/Georgia/
Yea GA Chambliss, Saxby
Yea GA Isakson, John
/Hawaii/
Yea HI Akaka, Daniel
Yea HI Inouye, Daniel
/Idaho/
Yea ID Crapo, Michael
Nay ID Risch, James
/Illinois/
Yea IL Durbin, Richard
Not Voting IL Kirk, Mark
/Indiana/
Nay IN Coats, Daniel
Nay IN Lugar, Richard
/Iowa/
Nay IA Grassley, Charles
Yea IA Harkin, Thomas
/Kansas/
Yea KS Moran, Jerry
Yea KS Roberts, Pat
/Kentucky/
Nay KY McConnell, Mitch
Nay KY Paul, Rand
/Louisiana/
Yea LA Landrieu, Mary
Yea LA Vitter, David
/Maine/
Yea ME Collins, Susan
Yea ME Snowe, Olympia
/Maryland/
Yea MD Cardin, Benjamin
Yea MD Mikulski, Barbara
/Massachusetts/
Yea MA Brown, Scott
Yea MA Kerry, John
/Michigan/
Yea MI Levin, Carl
Yea MI Stabenow, Debbie Ann
/Minnesota/
Yea MN Franken, Al
Yea MN Klobuchar, Amy
/Mississippi/
Yea MS Cochran, Thad
Yea MS Wicker, Roger
/Missouri/
Yea MO Blunt, Roy
Yea MO McCaskill, Claire
/Montana/
Yea MT Baucus, Max
Yea MT Tester, Jon
/Nebraska/
Nay NE Johanns, Mike
Yea NE Nelson, Ben
/Nevada/
Nay NV Heller, Dean
Yea NV Reid, Harry
/New Hampshire/
Yea NH Ayotte, Kelly
Yea NH Shaheen, Jeanne
/New Jersey/
Yea NJ Lautenberg, Frank
Yea NJ Menendez, Robert
/New Mexico/
Yea NM Bingaman, Jeff
Yea NM Udall, Tom
/New York/
Yea NY Gillibrand, Kirsten
Yea NY Schumer, Charles
/North Carolina/
Nay NC Burr, Richard
Yea NC Hagan, Kay
/North Dakota/
Yea ND Conrad, Kent
Yea ND Hoeven, John
/Ohio/
Yea OH Brown, Sherrod
Yea OH Portman, Robert
/Oklahoma/
Nay OK Coburn, Thomas
Yea OK Inhofe, James
/Oregon/
Yea OR Merkley, Jeff
Yea OR Wyden, Ron
/Pennsylvania/
Yea PA Casey, Robert
Nay PA Toomey, Patrick
/Rhode Island/
Yea RI Reed, John
Yea RI Whitehouse, Sheldon
/South Carolina/
Nay SC DeMint, Jim
Nay SC Graham, Lindsey
/South Dakota/
Yea SD Johnson, Tim
Not Voting SD Thune, John
/Tennessee/
Yea TN Alexander, Lamar
Nay TN Corker, Bob
/Texas/
Yea TX Cornyn, John
Yea TX Hutchison, Kay
/Utah/
Nay UT Hatch, Orrin
Nay UT Lee, Mike
/Vermont/
Yea VT Leahy, Patrick
Yea VT Sanders, Bernard
/Virginia/
Yea VA Warner, Mark
Yea VA Webb, Jim
/Washington/
Yea WA Cantwell, Maria
Yea WA Murray, Patty
/West Virginia/
Yea WV Manchin, Joe
Yea WV Rockefeller, John
/Wisconsin/
Nay WI Johnson, Ron
Yea WI Kohl, Herbert
/Wyoming/
Nay WY Barrasso, John
Nay WY Enzi, Michael

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