Letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner - Demand a Vote on Bill to Reopen Government

Letter

By: John Tierney, Jim McGovern, Karen Bass, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Mike Capuano, Yvette Clarke, Bill Enyart, Eliot Engel, José Serrano, Rubén Hinojosa, Sr., Tony Cárdenas, Dan Maffei, Robin Kelly, Dave Loebsack, Joe Crowley, Grace Napolitano, Gerry Connolly, Carol Shea-Porter, Lloyd Doggett II, Marc Veasey, Jerry McNerney, Matt Cartwright, Brad Sherman, Sheila Jackson Lee, Susan Davis, Joe Kennedy III, Tulsi Gabbard, Tammy Duckworth, John Carney, Jr., Don Payne, Jr., Henry Waxman, John Yarmuth, Jim Costa, Jan Schakowsky, Mike Michaud, Cheri Bustos, Gregory Meeks, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ann Kirkpatrick, John Delaney, Donna Christensen, Dutch Ruppersberger, Niki Tsongas, Chris Van Hollen, Jr., Cedric Richmond, Brian Higgins, Jim Clyburn, Colleen Hanabusa, Steve Israel, Mike Quigley, Raul Grijalva, Ed Perlmutter, Julia Brownley, Joe Garcia, Jim McDermott, Ted Deutch, Juan Vargas, John Garamendi, Alan Lowenthal, Henry Cuellar, Hank Johnson, Jr., Linda Sánchez, Marcy Kaptur, Jim Moran, Jr., Bill Foster, Pedro Pierluisi, Filemon Vela, Jr., Nita Lowey, Ron Barber, Diana DeGette, Bruce Braley, Nydia Velázquez, Tim Walz, Jerry Nadler, Gene Green, John Sarbanes, Albio Sires, Pete Visclosky, Tim Ryan, Zoe Lofgren, Ed Pastor, Keith Ellison, Rob Andrews, Sam Farr, Judy Chu, Bobby Rush, Denny Heck, Al Green, Bill Pascrell, Jr., André Carson, John Lewis, Eleanor Norton, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Sanford Bishop, Jr., Maxine Waters, Hakeem Jeffries, Bob Brady, Rick Larsen, Scott Peters, Rush Holt, Jr., Joyce Beatty, Suzanne Bonamici, Kurt Schrader, Peter DeFazio, Jared Polis, Bill Keating, Sean Maloney, Bill Owens, Bennie Thompson, David Price, Tim Bishop, Dan Kildee, Sandy Levin, Grace Meng, Nick Rahall II, Patrick Murphy, Adam Schiff, Steve Cohen, Gloria Negrete McLeod, Corrine Brown, Terri Sewell, Lois Capps, Derek Kilmer, Mike Doyle, Jr., Elizabeth Esty, David Scott, Mike Honda, Peter Welch, Dan Lipinski, Nancy Pelosi, Dina Titus, Lois Frankel, Steven Horsford, Carolyn McCarthy, Steny Hoyer, Charlie Rangel, Carolyn Maloney, Mark Pocan, Ami Bera, Donna Edwards, Kilili Sablan, Allyson Schwartz, Doris Matsui, Mel Watt, Madeleine Bordallo, Gary Peters, Annie Kuster, Luis Gutiérrez, Kathy Castor, Anna Eshoo, Pete Gallego, Ben Luján, Jr., Marcia Fudge, George Miller, Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Courtney, Raul Ruiz, Jim Langevin, Frank Pallone, Jr., Paul Tonko, Xavier Becerra, Eddie Johnson, Janice Hahn, Chellie Pingree, John Conyers, Jr., Loretta Sanchez, Alan Grayson, Jared Huffman, Jim Himes, Jackie Speier, David Cicilline, Collin Peterson, Emanuel Cleaver II, Brad Schneider, Stephen Lynch, Beto O'Rourke, Barbara Lee, John Dingell, Eric Swalwell, Mark Takano, Richard Neal, Rick Nolan, Elijah Cummings, Betty McCollum, Alcee Hastings, Sr., Frederica Wilson, Danny Davis, G. K. Butterfield, Jr., Chaka Fattah, Sr., Lacy Clay, Jr., Gwen Moore, Earl Blumenauer, Suzan DelBene, Bobby Scott, Rosa DeLauro
Date: Oct. 5, 2013
Location: Washington, DC

Today, 200 Members of the House Democratic Caucus, led by Congressmen Timothy H. Bishop and Patrick Murphy, sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner demanding a vote on behalf of the American people on the Senate-passed continuing resolution, which would reopen government and end the detrimental, five day long Republican Government Shutdown. The letter, which is signed by 195 voting Members and 5 non-voting delegates, makes clear that there is a bipartisan majority to pass this bill and reopen government now. Below is the full text of the letter:

October 5, 2013

The Honorable John Boehner
Speaker
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Speaker Boehner,

Enough is enough.

Today marks the fifth day that the federal government has been shutdown. Please consider how deeply unfair this is to the citizens we represent.

The solution to this crisis is a simple piece of legislation that funds the government at levels that have already passed both chambers of Congress.

At this point, to attach defunding or delaying the Affordable Care Act to legislation needed to re-open the government is to put our economy at risk in order to advance a political agenda.

We demand a vote on a clean continuing resolution immediately so that government functioning can resume and Americans can move on with their lives.

The games have to stop.

best regards,


Congressman Timothy H. Bishop (NY-1)
Congressman Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer
Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn
Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra
Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Joseph Crowley
Robert E. Andrews (NJ-1)
Ron Barber (AZ-2)
Karen Bass (CA-37)
Joyce Beatty (OH-3)
Ami Bera (CA-7)
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-2)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-2)
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU-DL)
Robert A. Brady (PA-1)
Bruce L. Braley (IA-1)
Corrine Brown (FL-5)
Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Cheri Bustos (IL-17)
G.K. Butterfield (NC-1)
Lois Capps (CA-24)
Michael E. Capuano (MA-7)
Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
John C. Carney, Jr. (DE-AL)
Andre Carson (IN-7)
Matthew A. Cartwright (PA-17)
Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
Donna M. Christensen (VI-DL)
Judy Chu (CA-27)
David N. Cicilline (RI-1)
Yvette D. Clarke (NY-9)
WM. Lacy Clay (MO-1)
Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-5)
Steve Cohen (TN-9)
Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11)
John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Joe Courtney (CT-2)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Elijah E. Cummings (MD-7)
Danny K. Davis (IL-7)
Susan A. Davis (CA-53)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4)
Diana DeGette (CO-1)
John K. Delaney (MD-6)
Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3)
Suzan K. DelBene (CO-1)
Ted Deutch (FL-21)
John Dingell (MI-12)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
Michael F. Doyle (PA-14)
Tammy Duckworth (IL-8)
Donna F. Edwards (MD-4)
Keith Ellison (MN-5)
Eliot L. Engel (NY-16)
William L. Enyart (IL-12)
Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18)
Elizabeth H. Esty (CT-5)
Sam Farr (CA-20)
Chaka Fattah (PA-2)
Bill Foster (IL-11)
Lois Frankel (FL-22)
Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2)
Pete Gallego (TX-23)
John Garamendi (CA-3)
Joe Garcia (FL-26)
Alan Grayson (FL-9)
Al Green (TX-9)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-3)
Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-4)
Janice Hahn (CA-44)
Colleen W. Hanabusa (HI-1)
Alcee Hastings (FL-20)
Denny Heck (WA-10)
Brian Higgins (NY-26)
James A. Himes (CT-4)
Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15)
Rush Holt (NJ-12)
Michael M. Honda (CA-17)
Steven A. Horsford (NV-4)
Jared Huffman (CA-2)
Steve Israel (NY-3)
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
Hakeem S. Jeffries (NY-8)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA-4)
Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)
Bill Keating (MA-9)
Robin Kelly (IL-2)
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (MA-4)
Daniel T. Kildee (MI-5)
Derek Kilmer (WA-6)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1)
Ann McLane Kuster (NH-2)
James R. Langevin (RI-2)
Rick Larsen (WA-2)
John B. Larson (CT-1)
Barbara Lee (CA-13)
Sander M. Levin (MI-9)
John Lewis (GA-5)
Daniel Lipinski (IL-3)
Dave Loebsack (IA-2)
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
Alan S. Lowenthal (CA-47)
Nita M. Lowey (NY-17)
Ben Ray Luján (NM-3)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-1)
Stephen F. Lynch (MA-8)
Daniel Maffei (NY-24)
Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12)
Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18)
Doris O. Matsui (CA-6)
Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
Betty McCollum (MN-4)
Jim McDermott (WA-7)
James P. McGovern (MA-2)
Jerry McNerney (CA-9)
Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5)
Grace Meng (NY-6)
Michael H. Michaud (ME-2)
George Miller (CA-11)
Gwen Moore (WI-4)
James P. Moran (VA-8)
Jerrold Nadler (NY-10)
Grace F. Napolitano (CA-32)
Richard Neal (MA-5)
Gloria Negrete McLeod (CA-35)
Rick Nolan (MN-8)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-DL)
Beto O'Rourke (TX-16)
William L. Owens (NY-21)
Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6)
Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-9)
Ed Pastor (AZ-7)
Donald J. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-7)
Scott H. Peters (CA-52)
Gary Peters (MI-14)
Collin C. Peterson (MN-7)
Pedro R. Piersluisi (PR-DL)
Chellie Pingree (ME-1)
Mark Pocan (WI-2)
Jared Polis (CO-2)
David E. Price (NC-4)
Mike Quigley (IL-5)
Nick J. Rahall (WV-3)
Charlie B. Rangel (NY-13)
Cedric L. Richmond (LA-2)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)
Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-2)
Bobby L. Rush (IL-5)
Tim Ryan (OH-13)
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (MP-DL)
Linda Sánchez (CA-38)
Loretta Sanchez (CA-46)
John P. Sarbanes (MD-3)
Janice D. Schakowsky (IL-9)
Adam B. Schiff (CA-28)
Brad Schneider (IL-10)
Kurt Schrader (OR-5)
Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA-13)
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-3)
David Scott (GA-13)
José E. Serrano (NY-15)
Terri A. Sewell (AL-7)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1)
Brad Sherman (CA-30)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-9)
Albio Sires (NJ-8)
Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY-25)
Adam Smith (WA-9)
Jackie Speier (CA-14)
Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
Mark Takano (CA-41)
Bennie G. Thompson (MS-2)
Mike Thompson (CA-5)
John F. Tierney (MA-6)
Dina Titus (NV-1)
Paul D. Tonko (NY-20)
Niki Tsongas (MA-3)
Chris Van Hollen (MD-8)
Juan Vargas (CA-51)
Marc A. Veasey (TX-33)
Filemon Vela (TX-34)
Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7)
Peter J. Visclosky (IN-1)
Timothy J. Walz (MN-1)
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-23)
Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Mel L. Watt (NC-12)
Henry A. Waxman (CA-33)
Peter Welch (VT-AL)
Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24)
John A. Yarmuth (KY-3)


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