http://www.richmondteaparty.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:01:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/01/obamacare-ruled-unconstitutional-law-must-be-declared-void/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/01/obamacare-ruled-unconstitutional-law-must-be-declared-void/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:28:36 +0000 JoeGuarino http://www.richmondteaparty.com/?p=5657 ObamaCare, was ruled unconstitutional today by Florida Judge Roger Vinson.  And because the “individual mandate” to purchase health insurance was thrown out, he also wrote in his decision that the entire law must be declared void. In his decision, Vinson wrote: “While the individual mandate was clearly ‘necessary and essential’ to the act as drafted, it is not ‘necessary and essential’ to health care reform in general.” He continued, “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire act must be declared void.” This is the second decision in two months to rule ObamaCare unconstitutional. Six weeks ago, Virginia Judge Henry Hudson ruled that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, but did not go as far as Vinson in throwing out the entire law. The federal government will surely seek a stay on the ruling until the US Supreme Court can hear the case and make its decision.  Legal scholars anticipate that won’t happen until the fall of 2012 because the cases with decisions so far will have to proceed through the appellate courts this year. Precedent does exist, however, for having the case fast-tracked over the appellate courts and directly to the Supreme Court.

]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/01/obamacare-ruled-unconstitutional-law-must-be-declared-void/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/01/repeal-amendment-resolution-passes-house/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/01/repeal-amendment-resolution-passes-house/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:59:25 +0000 JoeGuarino http://www.richmondteaparty.com/?p=5570 HJ 542) passed the House of Delegates Tuesday.  The resolution calls upon Congress to convene a convention for the purpose of passing an amendment to Constitution that would allow states to repeal any federal law or regulation if two-thirds of them agree to it. Speaker Bill Howell, the first state lawmaker to come out in favor of this resolution last year, issued a press release stating, “Checks and balances are at the heart of the U.S. Constitution and The Repeal Amendment is a timely and thoughtful check on the threat to American liberties posed by our presently out-of-control federal Congress and federal government.”  Patroned by Delegate James LeMunyon, the resolution is co-patroned by a total of 51 delegates. Three Democrats–Dels. Johnny Joannou, Joe Johnson, and Onzlee Ware–joined 54 Republicans and two Independents in passing the measure.  Two Republicans–Dels. Bob Marshall and Brenda Pogge–joined 32 Democrats in voting against the measure.  One seat is vacant in the 100-seat House of Delegates. The resolution will now go to the Senate.  If the Senate passes it, the resolution will be sent directly to Congress because the governor does not have to sign resolutions.

]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2011/01/repeal-amendment-resolution-passes-house/feed/ 5 http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/12/lobby-day-2011-jan-17th/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/12/lobby-day-2011-jan-17th/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:09:28 +0000 EricM http://www.richmondteaparty.com/?p=5083 The Va 10th Amendment Revolution Lobby Day Rally will be on Monday, January 17th at the Virginia Capitol. This is an all day event to promote the full slate of the Freedom Bills 2011 to the state legislature. WE NEED YOU THERE to express your support of these bills to the VA legislature. See the list of Freedom Bills 2011 here. Since this is the Martin Luther King Birthday holiday, we hope that many of you that would not normally attend will be able to do so, due to relaxed work constraints for the holiday. Please make every effort to attend! The day will begin with a tailgate party with free coffee and donuts provided by Richmond 9.12 at the corner of 9th & Franklin Streets. We need volunteers to deliver the legislative packets to each member of the legislature from 9 – 11am. Volunteers will meet at 9:00am in the courtyard of the General Assembly Building located at 910 Capitol Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Please email Joe Guarino at joeguarino@richmondteaparty.com to sign up for this lobby committee to deliver the packets. Citizen lobbyists will lobby the legislators from 9:30 – 11am. We’ll break for lunch from 11am – 1pm. Special arrangements are in the works for patriots lunches in local restaurants. Details to come. The rally will be in front of the Capitol Bell Tower from 1 – 2pm. Confirmed Speakers: Parke West, Just Liberty – Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance Angie Parker, CoLA Committee VTPP John Taylor, Tertium Quids Donna Holt, Va Campaign for Liberty Bob Shoemaker, ANCIR Keynote: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli We encourage you to sign-up for email updates on the main page and to RSVP about your plans to join us on January 17th. Let’s show Washington and the State House that the Va 10th Amendment Revolution is a live and well and we won’t rest until we take back our communities, our state, our country, and our lives. Click here to visit the official VA 10th Amendment Revolution website for up-to-date details!

]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/12/lobby-day-2011-jan-17th/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/09/is-the-tea-party-the-gop-is-the-gop-the-tea-party/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/09/is-the-tea-party-the-gop-is-the-gop-the-tea-party/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:20:45 +0000 Dster http://www.richmondteaparty.com/?p=3815 Read about it here. To excerpt:

• House Republican leader John Boehner says: “There really is no difference between what Republicans believe in and what the Tea Party activists believe in.”
• Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says: “If I weren’t chair of the RNC I’d be out there in the Tea Party movement.”

This Tea Party person says:  Dear GOP ‘Leaders’: There are some minor differences between the Republican Party and the Tea Party:

• Republican leaders want to be Tea Party members; Tea Party members don’t necessarily want to be Republicans. I sure as hell don’t.
• The Tea Party is about fiscal restraint. The Republicans executed the greatest spending spree in US history under President Bush (until Obama broke that record) and supported (still support?) earmarks.
• The Tea Party is about Constitutional adherence. The Republicans drove for and passed the Patriot Act, passed unfunded mandates, ignored the Tenth Amendment, etc.
• The Republicans also have a social agenda on abortion, gay marriage, etc. The Tea Party does not. There are members in the Tea Party who are social conservatives, social libertarians, social liberals, etc. The Tea Party movement does not have a stance on these issues. The way I look at it (just one person’s opinion): when the plane is in a nose-dive and about to crash, I don’t care if Adam and Steve are holding hands in row 17. Save the country, then we can chat about that other stuff. Just one man’s opinion. But you can bet that opinion isn’t welcome in the GOP.

The great British statesman Benjamin Disraeli could have been talking about the pandering, spineless Republican Party leadership when he mocked: “I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?” The GOP leadership doesn’t get it. They never have. They still don’t.

]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/09/is-the-tea-party-the-gop-is-the-gop-the-tea-party/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/08/top-ten-reasons-why-congress-hates-the-tea-party-patriot-groups-and-why-you-should-register-for-the-oct-8-9-virginia-tea-party-patriots-convention/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/08/top-ten-reasons-why-congress-hates-the-tea-party-patriot-groups-and-why-you-should-register-for-the-oct-8-9-virginia-tea-party-patriots-convention/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:18:14 +0000 Dster http://www.richmondteaparty.com/?p=3559 www.vateapartyconvention.com): 10. Most Tea Party & Patriot group supporters actually work for a living, and it’s human nature not to like people who are so very different from you. 9. One word: emails. 8. Tea Party & Patriot group supporters won’t shut up and eat their cake. 7. Qualifying for a lifetime pension the day they take office apparently isn’t enough for members of Congress. 6. Two other words: phone calls. 5. Tea Party & Patriot group supporters APPARENTLY ARE NOT READING THE FORM LETTERS THAT THEIR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE SENDING THEM. 4. Tea Party & Patriot group supporters are crazy lunatics obsessed with things like the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. 3. Tea Party & Patriot group supporters act like Congress works for them. What’s up with that? 2. How can anyone who doesn’t have a personal driver know anything about how the country should be run? 1. Tea Party & Patriot group supporters seem to think that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Want to really aggravate Congress? Come to the first annual Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention on Oct. 8-9 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center! REGISTER NOW at www.vatteapartyconvention.com.

• See nationally known keynote speakers like Lou Dobbs, Dick Morris, John Fund, Herman Cain, JennyBeth Martin, Ginni Thomas and Bishop E.W. Jackson.
• Attend Seminars on Constitution, Public Policy and Grassroots Training.
• During the National Policy Forum, hear from policy experts such as Congressman Ron Paul, Congressman Steve King, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia governor and U.S. Senator George Allen, and others.
• Take part in the first Presidential Straw Poll of the 2012 campaign – WHO DO YOU WANT TO GET A JUMP START ON UNSEATING THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION? MAKE IT HAPPEN HERE!!
• Party hard at the Friday Night Freedom Lovers Extravaganza (only $20/ticket)!

REGISTER NOW at www.vatteapartyconvention.com The Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention is being presented by the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation. For more information, go to www.virginiateapartypatriots.com. For general information: info@vateapartyconvention.com For sponsor / vendor information: sponsors@vateapartyconvention.com To leave us a message via phone, please call: (888) 567-6896. REGISTER NOW at www.vatteapartyconvention.com.

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SB 417 passed the House today, 66-29! This means that one half of the RTP’s health care freedom initiative has successfully navigated the legislative branch of VA. Now, the bill should be enrolled and sent on to the governor, who is expected to sign it. However, procedurally, that might not happen for another several weeks.

HB 69, the VA Firearms Freedom Act, was reported by the full Militia Friday morning, 17-2. It should now come before the full House for debate and a vote next Monday and/or Tuesday. For HB 69 to receive a vote by the House before “crossover”, it will have to move through its three readings in two days. This is not uncommon as each house approaches Crossover. So, when we actually see the debate and vote on Monday and/or Tuesday is hard to say.

Now the bad news from our friend at Campaign for Liberty, Donna Holt:

Word just came that Bob Marshall’s HB10 has been assigned to the Senate Education and Health Committee. Why would this bill be assigned to Education and Health when the Senate versions were assigned to Commerce and Trade if not to stop it’s passage? Can it be that no one on the Senate side wants Bob Marshall to get credit for his defense of our health care freedom? What about credit for all of your hard work on HB10 which was the first bill we came together on.

We must call and email the members of the Senate Education and Health Committee immediately. Be polite, but be firm. We will tell you that the votes to get this out of Committee are currently NOT THERE! State Senators who are a part of the Senate Education and Health Committee: Houck (Chairman), Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Quayle, Martin, Newman, Edwards, Ruff, Whipple, Blevins, Locke, Barker, Northam, Miller, J.C. Phone Number Contacts Email Addresses UPDATE FROM DONNA HOLT: No sooner than I sent the last email out, HB10 was reassigned to the Senate Commerce & Trade Committee. Either you are REALLY fast on the draw or they realized their mistake and fixed it. While I have no doubt you are always fast on the draw, I gather they realized their mistake and reassigned the bill to the appropriate committee. That being said the action has is the same but directed to the members of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee. Use the contact links above. This is the list of the members of the Commerce and Labor Committee: Saslaw (Chairman), Colgan, Miller, Y.B., Wampler, Norment, Stosch, Edwards, Watkins, Wagner, Newman, Puckett, Puller, Herring, McEachin, Deeds

]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/02/action-alert-10th-amendment-bills-good-and-bad-news/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/02/update-hb69-firearm-freedom-act-bill/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/02/update-hb69-firearm-freedom-act-bill/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:12:37 +0000 Jamie http://richmondteaparty.com/?p=556

]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/02/update-hb69-firearm-freedom-act-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/02/hb-10-passes-committee-now-what/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/02/hb-10-passes-committee-now-what/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:19:48 +0000 guarinojoe http://richmondteaparty.com/?p=554 Senate bills to be merged? On the Senate side, now that three identical bills have passed the Senate, SBs 283, 311, and 417, it remains to be seen how these bills will be merged and under which number. I spoke today with Sen. Quayle, patron of SB 283, Sen. Martin, patron of SB 311, and the legislative aide of Sen. Vogel, patron of SB 417. No clear answer was given, except that tradition often allows the bill to go the senator with the most seniority. So, while we TEA Party Patriots have championed SB 417, it looks likely that it will be rolled into one of the other two bills. Then we will have the issue of whether HB 10 and the surviving Senate bill will be merged. While they are similar in some respects, they are uniquely different. The Senate bills focus on the individual not being required to purchase health insurance. HB 10 focuses on no law restricting an individual’s right to choose his own health plan or medical services. They each have also been written for different subsections of the Code of Virginia. More later.

]]> http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/02/hb-10-passes-committee-now-what/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/01/alert-senate-floor-vote-on-health-care-this-friday/ http://www.richmondteaparty.com/2010/01/alert-senate-floor-vote-on-health-care-this-friday/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:39:25 +0000 guarinojoe http://richmondteaparty.com/?p=466 Email the following Democrat Senators your encouragement and praise!!! They are most likely to support this bill: Senator Ralph S. Northam (D) (804) 698-7506 district06@senate.virginia.gov Senator W. Roscoe Reynolds (D) (804) 698-7520 district20@senate.virginia.gov Senator John C. Miller (D) (804) 698-7501 district01@senate.virginia.gov Senator Charles J. Colgan (D) (804) 698-7529 district29@senate.virginia.gov Senator Phillip P. Puckett (D) (804) 698-7538 district38@senate.virginia.gov If the bill is passed by for the day on Friday, then it will come up again on Monday, where again it may be passed by for the day. Hopefully it won’t be delayed, and we’ll witness a vote on Friday. Joe Guarino, Chairman RTP General Assembly Committee

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