Congress: Feeling the Grassroots Heat on Benghazi

Visit our News page ** IMPORTANT BENGHAZI UPDATE & ACTION ALERT ** TURNING UP THE HEAT: FOUR NEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CO-SPONSOR BENGHAZI LEGISLATION Today, we have some very good news to report about H. Res. 36, legislation introduced by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) which would create a special congressional committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack. As Ronald Reagan famously said, “When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.” Well, we can tell you that your combined voices on the Benghazi issue are really heating up Capitol Hill! More and more federal legislators understand that when you say you want a special committee convened to get to the bottom of the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, including a U.S. Ambassador – you mean business. THANK YOU. Over the last few days alone, FOUR Members of Congress have decided to cosponsor Rep. Wolf’s Benghazi bill, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 184. That’s over 80 percent of Republicans in the House of Representatives! Though this is wonderful progress, we must now redouble our efforts so that Speaker Boehner brings H. Res. 36 to the House floor for a vote. In addition, former Representative Pete Hoekstra (Chair of the House Intelligence Committee) recently commented to Fox news about the ineffectiveness of having five separate congressional committees investigate Benghazi – as opposed to one, focused, committee. The article, “Rep: GOP Disunity Hurts Benghazi Investigation” is well worth a read. The four newest cosponsors of H. Res. 36 are:        •  Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX/12)        •  Rep. George Holding (R-NC/13)        •  Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL/1) Note: Replaced Rep. Jo Bonner        •  Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA/3) (If one of these legislators represents you, please take a moment to say “thank you!” It goes a long way.) Does your House legislator place a Benghazi investigation at a high priority? Click HERE for a list of Members of Congress who are NOT cosponsors of H. Res. 36. If you see your legislator’s name on that list he/she needs to hear from you. Will you help out by taking the easy and quick action noted below? ** Important Benghazi Action Item ** If your House legislator has still not cosponsored H. Res. 36, please contact him/her to ask why, and to express your support for legislation creating a special congressional committee to investigate the Benghazi attack. As always, please be respectful at all times. (NOTE: H. Res. 36 is NOT the same as H. R. 36. Please be sure to accurately identify the legislation we are supporting, to avoid confusion.) Click HERE for a list of House Members, by state, who still have NOT cosponsored Rep. Wolf’s bill. Is your legislator on that list? If so, please contact him/her via phone call or e-mail and request that he/she sign on to H.Res.36 as a cosponsor. Let your legislator know that this is a very important issue to you, and one that you will have in mind when you cast your vote this November. Click HERE to obtain contact information for your House legislator. After all this time, there is no excuse for a Member of Congress not to support a special Benghazi committee. We’ve had months and months of hearings and political theatre on this issue and the important questions remain unanswered. Let’s keep the heat on high in the U.S. Congress when it comes to Benghazi. Thank you for all that you do. Together we ARE making a difference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT for America P.O. 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