Republicans Say Democrats are Censoring More GOP Mail

Roll Call August 21, 2009 Jackie Kucinich

House Republicans this week accused Democrats of censoring GOP mailings to constituents on a variety of subjects and of imposing uneven requirements on the minority party’s mail.

Democrats on the franking commission — which must approve all official mail — have blocked Republicans from using politically weighted descriptions of climate change legislation, the stimulus bill and other issues, according to e-mails obtained by Roll Call.

Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) said he went through seven drafts of his last newsletter, which included language about energy policy.

“It’s embarrassing and unsupportable,” Culberson said, adding that requests for approval used to take a matter of days instead of weeks.

Several e-mails between Member offices and franking commission staff obtained by Roll Call show that a number of recent GOP mail pieces were initially denied in part because they used the phrase “cap and tax” to describe the American Clean Energy and Security Act. The bill would establish a cap on carbon emissions, allowing companies that cannot meet the cap to buy offsets from other companies that emit less than their share, otherwise known as cap-and-trade. Republicans argue the measure amounts to a broad tax on consumers.

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NOTE: It is Cap and TAX for anyone who can read and comprehend. This is reprehensible on the part of the Democrat Cartel running the House. My Congressman should be allowed to say what he wants in an email to me without censorship by House Democrat spies -- don't know what else you could call them as they are all about stopping email between Republican Congressman and their constituents. Wish they would try it in the Senate -- would love to see them do it to Senator Inhofe and see the fireworks that would follow. Every constituent in this Country should be outraged at the censorship of the Democrat Cartel in the House. Pelosi acts like a dictator as she issues her orders and people jump.

This is the same Nancy Pelosi who after becoming Speaker of the House went to Syria to visit Assad whose government supports the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbelloh.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) chats with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) after a meeting in Damascus April 4, 2007