{"id":2717,"date":"2017-06-20T13:41:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T18:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2017-06-20T16:57:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T21:57:01","slug":"stand-up-for-democracy-senator-portman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/20\/stand-up-for-democracy-senator-portman\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand Up For Democracy, Sen. Portman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is a key figure in the Senate Republican health care legislation, now being drafted in secret. \u00a0He has so far refused to have any face-to-face town hall meeting with his constituents over any issues. \u00a0He may very well vote on a massive health care bill with NO public hearings. \u00a0When it comes to democratic processes, how low are you willing to go, Sen. Portman? \u00a0When Obamacare was passed there were many public hearings stretching out over a year and the Democrats accepted more than 160 Republican amendments to the bill. \u00a0Back then, the Republicans considered this<\/em> an outrage, an apparent shortage of democracy. Now, congressional Republicans want bills to pass in the House and Senate in a small fraction of that time, with NO public hearings, and NO Democratic amendments even considered. \u00a0The hypocrisy is palpable. \u00a0Sen. Robert Portman, refuse to vote on any health care bill that does not have public hearings. \u00a0Sen. Robert Portman, refuse to vote on any health care bill that does not have a full CBO score indicating the health and budget effects. \u00a0\u00a0Sen. Robert Portman, refuse to vote on any health care bill that doesn’t improve the overall health of Americans.<\/p>\n

Below are two posters graphically depicting Sen. Portman as missing in action. \u00a0I gave these posters to his staff with the stipulation that as long as there is not parity of democracy among his constituents there will be parody. \u00a0Please feel free to share or print out these posters.<\/p>\n

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