Texas Insider Report: WASHINTON D.C Revere America a conservative Washington-based group named after the Revolution-era hero late last week announced it has collected more than 1 million signatures calling for the repeal & replacement of the Democrats healthcare reform law via its online petition.
This bill (President Obamas Health Care Reform" law) doesnt improve Health Care. What it does is penalize small businesses and hurt small business" said Lt. Governor David Dewhurst in a recently released video highlighting the effort.
It eliminates private plans because the plan of the Federal government is to create a sinlge payer system" Dewhurst said last week in launching a series of hard-hitting TV ads now running across Texas. (see below.)
George Pataki former GOP governor of New York and chairman of the repeal group told reporters over the summer that he supports a more market-based system including reforms allowing insurers to sell plans across state lines and limiting malpractice claims.
The American people have made their concern known over this law and they will deliver a clear 
message on Nov. 2" Pataki said in a statement announcing the million-signature mark.
Americans feel like they have been handed an unworkable system they neither trust nor understand Pataki said.
Another Revere America repeal drive targeting Congress members and candidates hasnt been as successful. Despite House Minority Leader John Boehners (R-Ohio) endorsement of a candidate-focused repeal petition only two other GOP incumbents have signed on. (A total of 55 candidates from across the party spectrum have endorsed that measure.)
In the waning days of the campaign Revere America plans to use direct mailing to 300000 voters focusing on the top 75 House races and the top five Senate contests the group said.
Democrats who opposed the healthcare bill will not be targeted.
The full text of Revere Americas Petition appears below.
message on Nov. 2" Pataki said in a statement announcing the million-signature mark.
Americans feel like they have been handed an unworkable system they neither trust nor understand Pataki said.
Another Revere America repeal drive targeting Congress members and candidates hasnt been as successful. Despite House Minority Leader John Boehners (R-Ohio) endorsement of a candidate-focused repeal petition only two other GOP incumbents have signed on. (A total of 55 candidates from across the party spectrum have endorsed that measure.)
In the waning days of the campaign Revere America plans to use direct mailing to 300000 voters focusing on the top 75 House races and the top five Senate contests the group said.
Democrats who opposed the healthcare bill will not be targeted.
The full text of Revere Americas Petition appears below.
Petition to Repeal the Healthcare Reform Bill
WHEREAS the health care bill recently passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Obama ignores the will of the majority of Americans who vigorously oppose government controlled national health care and WHEREAS this law includes an unprecedented overreach of the federal government into the lives of individuals and tramples on the Constitution and WHEREAS this law threatens the patient-physician relationship and the highest standards of medical care and WHEREAS this law mandates that citizens either purchase health insurance or pay a fine to the federal government for not doing so and WHEREAS this law significantly jeopardizes jobs our economy and our childrens futures by adding nearly one trillion dollars to the national deficit and substantially increasing taxes on families and businesses and WHEREAS in sum and total this law represents an arrogant disregard for the personal freedom of the people of the United States THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we the undersigned citizens of the United States of America support the repeal and replacement of this law with responsible reforms to our nations health care system. This post was updated at 10:38 a.m. Friday Oct. 29 to reflect the true number of House races Revere America is targeting in the coming days.
