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9/11 Responders Legislation: a NAME AND SHAME campaign

NPR reports today that OK Sen. Tom Coburn still plans to actively block the Zagroda Bill, aka the 9/11 Responders Bill - the legislation Jon Stewart has dubbed "the least we can do/no-brainer act of 2010."

 

Now we get the same word on the US Chamber of Commerce. (Warning: the following may induce vomiting.)

The Chamber — a powerful trade association representing the health insurance industry, ExxonMobil, as well as dozens of foreign corporations — opposed the bill because it paid for health care benefits by ending a special tax loophole exploited by foreign corporations with business interests in the United States. The Chamber also demanded that Congress should stop deliberating over benefits for 9/11 heroes, and instead focus on extending “all of the expiring 2001 and 2003″ tax cuts.

Let's hold these corporate whores to the public shaming they deserve. Let's utilize every avenue of social media to hold them up to the scorn they deserve.

Here's a tweet you can cut and paste. It leaves you nineteen characters to append the name of the person/corporation/lobbyist who need shaming.

SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. #911firstrespondersbill

Find their Twitter account if you can so it comes to their attention - e.g., @TomCoburn.

We can fill the screens of Twitter with these calls for shame. Those of you active elsewhere - Facebook, MySpace, wherever - please carry the campaign there.

And please add via comments here the name (and ideally, the Twitter name) of others standing in the way of aiding the 9/11 responders. Be sure to include a link to the source of your info.

Thanks. Let's get on it.

Comments

Shep Smith contributes these names

Yes, on Fox News.

"We called a lot of Republicans today who are in office at the moment, these are the ones who told us no: Senators Alexander, Barrasso, Cornyn, Crapo, DeMint, Enzi, Grassley, Kyl, McConnell, Sessions, Bacchus, Gregg and Inhofe. No response from: Bunning, Coburn, Ensign, Graham, Hatch and McCain. I'm not really surprised," Smith said.

Angie

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Start with

@TomCoburn @USChamber

Angie

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

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