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Please tell Rep. Jan Schakowsky to vote 'YES" on repealing sugar subsidies when the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) of 2013 comes to the House floor.

Last week, the House Committee on Agriculture passed 35-10, H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) of 2013. The vote on final passage is expected this June.

In 2012, Rep. Bob Goodlatte proposed an amendment to repeal sugar subsidies, which failed 35-10. Now, instead of introducing the amendment in committee last week, Rep. Goodlatte decided to wait until the bill comes to the House floor for a vote on final passage.

According to the Commerce Department, for every sugar industry job “saved” nearly three food manufacturing jobs are lost.

The federal sugar program is a prime example of the federal government wrongly picking winners and losers in the private sector. It dislocates jobs, increases prices for consumers and businesses, and includes a protectionist quota that stifles freer trade.

Benefits to repeal:

- It would reduce food prices for families;

- It would reduce the cost of government that grants the subsidies;

- It would lower the costs of companies using sugar, making them more competitive both locally and internationally.

Derrick Grayson, better known as TMOT, announced today that he is running for the U.S. Senate in his home state of Georgia. Grayson gained fame among the Liberty Movement for his viral YouTube commentary videos and is an avowed Ron Paul supporter. I am proud to endorse him in his race! Check out the announcement, and please like his Facebook page!

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Please tell Rep. Jan Schakowsky to support H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013.

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The policy recommendations from the April 30th-May 1st meeting have not changed.

Overall, unless the economy stabilizes and real growth is visible, the Federal Reserve will continue to purchase $45 billion a month of long-term Treasury bonds to drive down borrowing costs and $40 billion a month of agency mortgage backed securities (MBS) to artificially suppress mortgage borrowing rates.

Excessive monetary policy by the Federal Reserve is not new. In April of 2011, Bloomberg News sued the Federal Reserve under the Freedom of Information Act. Out of the 28,000 pages we found out that the Fed had SECRETLY loaned out money to the Bank of China and the Arab Bank Corporation owned partly by the Libyan central bank.

In July of 2011, in the first ever Federal Reserve Audit, it was discovered that the Fed loaned out $16 TRILLION at 0% interest to banks and corporations around the world in less than three years through the emergency loan program at the discount window.

EVERY AMERICAN should be outraged by this lack of transparency. Bloomberg News had to sue to get information and not until then did we actually have an audit of the Federal Reserve.

Guess what? The story gets better. Rep. Jan Schakowsky was one of those in Congress who sat idly by and did NOTHING for taxpayer accountability.

Even after the American people found out about the $16 TRILLION lent out by the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis to major domestic and foreign banks, she still decided to vote against H.R. 459, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012, which solely called for accountability and transparency.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, you have FAILED in providing transparency and accountability to the American people.

The Federal Reserve's out of control monetary policy hurts those that matter the most: the poor who cannot feed themselves due to high food prices caused by inflation and the elderly who live on fixed incomes and cannot save for retirement.

Please tell your representatives to 'VOTE NO' on H.R. 850, the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013. This legislation imposes additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.

The House has not voted on this legislation yet. Today, the Senate passed 99-0, S. Res. 65, The Iran Sanctions Resolution which is essentially identical to the H.R. 850.

Economic sanctions are considered an act of war. Would the United States allow other countries to impose economic and financial sanctions on them? No. That is why it is considered an act of war. Sanctions are the first steps to actually engaging in military combat with a country, whether unilaterally or through international resolutions.

In addition, economic sanctions typically consolidate the coercive authority of authoritarian governments and create incentives for authoritarian leaders to become more repressive toward opposition groups to preserve power.

In 2011, Representative Jan Schakowsky voted in favor of H.R. 1905, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended). Now, she has co-sponsored the House legislation H.R. 850, the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013 which complements the resolution passed today by the Senate.

"Like" if you are AGAINST imposing economic and financial sanctions on those most vulnerable: women, children, and minorities.

"Share" if you think it is time for Representative Jan Schakowsky to COME HOME NOW.

We need REAL LEADERSHIP in Washington that is consistent with the intentions of our founders: stay of out entangling alliances and build relationships and trade with other countries.

Please contact Senator Dick Durbin and Senator Mark Kirk and tell them to vote against S. 954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013.

- 80% of the nearly $1 trillion bill is allocated to Food Stamps or what is commonly known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

- Around 60% of the crop insurance premiums paid for by the federal government go to major corporations while claiming to help small farmers.

- Favored industries include cotton, peanuts, corn, soy, and sugar. Sugar has its own section in the bill.

"Like" if you support small business farmers and not subsidizing major corporations at the expense of the taxpayers.

"Share" if you agree this legislation is nothing more than big government cronyism.

Senator Dick Durbin
Washington, D.C. office
202-224-2152

Senator Mark Kirk
Washington, D.C. office
202-224-2854