Welcome to the Clallam County GOP's Website!
Lincoln Day Dinner & Auction
Red Lion Inn, Port Angeles
Friday, March 9th
No-host bar - 5:00 ~ Dinner 6:30
$50/person ~ $95/couple
Baron of Beef or Rosemary Chicken*
GUEST SPEAKER
MICHAEL BAUMGARTNER
Candidate for U.S. Senate
Read about this outstanding man at www.votebaumgartner.com/
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Reserve seats at headquarters as soon as possible: 417-3035
or call Bob Forde - 360-808-1922
or email us with your information.
Seating is Limited.
Click here to make your reservation.
If you have an appropriate item to give, please notify
Lyn Lawson-Wheeler at 452-7170
REMINDER
2012 Caucuses
March 3, 2012
SCOTUS Verdict Due Soon
March 26-28: The Supreme Court of the United States hears oral arguments on the
constitutionality of Obamacare.
June 25: The final day of Supreme Court’s 2011-2012 session.
A decision on Obamacare’s constitutionality is expected within a week or two before this date.
WHAT is CONGRESS up to?
CHECK IN AT
http://www.govtrack.us/
and http://www.opencongress.org/
Register to vote at: wei.secstate.wa.gov/clallam/
The General Election is scheduled for November 8th.
Congratulation to our new County Commissioner, Jim McEntire, who was sworn in on Dec. 30
by Judge Rick Porter.
Please be sure to show up at any county commission meetings you can to show support and be involved with what's going on in our county!
The 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature is scheduled to begin January 9, 2012.
Is it time for you to get involved and take some action as a citizen? You can volunteer with the Clallam County Republican Party! Email us!
Do you know who your precinct committee officer is?
No? Well, check at clallamrepublicans.org to find out.
Maybe you don’t have a PCO!
If you don’t, have we got a job for you!
To volunteer, just contact Dick Pilling at dickpilling@clallamrepublicans.org
and make him one happy fellow.
The CCRP had a booth at the Clallam County Fair.
It was a great opportunity for outreach and fun!
Independence Day 2011 - The CCRP makes a good showing!
A great time was had by all who participated both with the 3 entries we had in the Port Angeles parade as well as the members of the crowd. We heard many many cheers as we drove along the route and only 3 negative comments. That's a sign of change in the way people are thinking, we believe.
A special "thank you" to Ed Leitz and Leitz Farms for the use of hay for the haywagon.
Here are a few of the photos from that fun event:
A new Web site tracks the numerous ongoing court cases against Obamacare.
Healthcarelawsuits.org provides easy access to the facts behind the different legal challenges to Obamacare. There are more than 20 active cases challenging Obama’s health care reform, with 28 states as plaintiffs.
List of local government meetings:
* Clallam County Commissioners - meet every Tuesday, 10:00 am at the County Court House
* Sequim City Council - meets the 2nd & 4th Mondays, 6:00 pm at the Sequim Transit Center
* Sequim School Board - meets 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:00 pm District Board room (old brick building on high school grounds)
* Port Angeles School Board - meets 2nd & 4th Monday, 7:00 pm at various school sites.
* Port Angeles City Council - meets 3rd Tuesday, 6:00 pm at PA City Hall
We Need Office Volunteers
If you can spare just a few hours each week phone 417-3035 or 457-1816.
The RWCC cupboards are bare!
Our military gift boxes are empty. Please check our suggestion list at
http://clallamrepublicans.org/rwcc/list.pdf. We will mail gift boxes again in the spring. Please leave your gifts/money for postage at hdqrs. in Port Angeles, or at 445 W. Washington, Sequim (the Master Locksmith's shop) ask for Sue or Shauna. Thanks to all who donated items/postage in the past.
Good sources for checking the rubber-stamp records of
Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray and Norm Dicks
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Maria_Cantwell.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Patty_Murray.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Norm_Dicks.htm
with the Democrat's Platform - and
you'll see why more folks are joining us!
Lords of Pork
From our read-it-and-weep desk, there are now 39,294 congressional earmark requests for fiscal 2011 — that's $131 billion worth — bobbing around in the great money seas of Washington. Those requests are no longer anonymous flotsam, however. A trio of advocacy groups — Taxpayers Against Earmarks, WashingtonWatch.com and Taxpayers for Common Sense — are tracking those earmarks in a public database.
The groups are monitoring lawmakers and the partisan divide. Indeed, $106 billion has been requested by Democrats, $23 billion by Republicans. On the spendthrift ‘Hooligan Representatives’ list are four Republicans and a whopping 253 Democrats; among sensible ‘Hero Representatives’ are 175 GOPers and five Democrats. There are findings on senators, too. See it all here: http://endingspending.com
(Members of Congress are labeled as either a Hero or a Hooligan. Yep, you guessed it: Cantwell, Murray and Dicks are all called hooligans.)
IN THE NEWS...
Your chance for input about what gets cut from the federal budget...
I don't know if you've seen that Eric Cantor (Rep from VA and Republican Whip) has started a new effort to identify ways to cut spending. He isn't yet addressing the "big ticket" items of entitlements, but each week will put out a list of about 5 items that should be considered for cutting. We The People can vote on which item we want cut, and the Republicans will introduce a bill in the House to make that cut. If you want to read an article about this project by Cantor, you can go here: http://biggovernment.com/ecantor/2010/05/12/tired-of-big-government-spending-then-youcut-it/; or to vote on this week's list go here: http://www.republicanwhip.house.gov/YouCut.
Make Mine Freedom (1948)
Stay informed on State Sovereignty
Bookmark
www.tenthamendmentcenter.com
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Famous humorist Will Rogers once said: “No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
As the State Legislature continues into overtime at great expense to the citizens of the State, you can learn what bills are under consideration by going to washingtonvotes.org.
Meanwhile, when Congress comes back from recess, continue to keep your eyes on what they're doing- every day they are moving forward new bills intended to reduce our liberties. www.opencongress.org
VoteSmart Knows Everything
Get voting records for all members of Congress and
the Legislature, some dating as far back as 1993.
Click on
www.votesmart.org/