The 2012 Gallup poll found that 83 percent
of Americans disapprove of the way Congress is doing its job. Our government
was created to be governed “by the people; for the people” but it has lost
itself in an ideologically partisan quagmire governed “by the corporations; for
the corporations and by the top one percent wealthiest people” at the expense
of the rest of us.
Since
Congress can’t govern anymore, it’s time “we the people” to take our government
back. As a result, a non-partisan effort called No Labels is working to bring
Congressional Republicans, Democrats and independents together to work on
issues facing our country. It’s chaired
by Republican former Governor Jon Huntsman and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin
from West Virginia.
No Labels is
asking Congress to follow some specific principles: Fix the filibuster, no
budget no pay, form a bipartisan leadership committee, bipartisan seating at
congressional sessions, and an up or down vote on Presidential appointments to
name a few. You can get the complete and comprehensive list at www.Nolabels.org.
Twenty five
members of Congress have already signed on, agreeing to become “problem
solvers” and meet as a group once a month. Local signers include Republicans
Charlie Dent of the Lehigh Valley area and Mike Fitzpatrick of Bucks County. You
can see who the rest are here: http://www.nolabels.org/friends-no-labels.
We, in Jim
Gerlach’s district would like to see Representative Jim Gerlach on this list.
We want Gerlach to end the gridlock in Congress.
No Labels
hopes to enlist 75 members of Congress by the end of 2013. I have asked Representative,
Jim Gerlach to sign on. I encourage you to ask your congressmen to do the
same. More information can be obtained at
www.NoLabels.org.
