ACTION ALERT: The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, HR 5297, is about to be voted on by the House

9-21-2010 Washington DC:

As I'm sure most folks know the Senate has passed HR 5297 "the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010," this is the bill with the offensive language in it and will deny any RSO convicted of a crime against a minor (person less than 18), any opportunity for a small business loan for the rest of their lives, if they find a need for such a loan, if the FULL House ultimately passes this bill.

However, before the bill goes to the FULL House, the House Rules Committee must set the rules for considering the bill when it goes before the FULL House. The Rules Committee is set to meet on Wednesday evening at 5 PM EST. The Senate did amend the bill, but not the sections covering sex offenders, and the Senate Amendments are what the Rules Committee will be reviewing. The current text of HR 5297 can be reviewed here.

As folks well know, it is not possible to contact lawmakers by e-mail because their filtering systems will exclude all but constituents. With that said, all lawmakers suggest that you contact them by Phone or Fax, which gives you the opportunity to talk to their aides and POSSIBLY get a message to lawmakers to REMOVE this OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE affecting certain sex offenders as that language is not based on any public safety reasoning, but is based on PURE HATE, which is unconstitutional.

Here is the FULL list of the Rules Committee members. However, reviewing past actions of the committee I have found not all members will vote on every action before the committee, and each vote seems to have different members voting. So my suggestion is this, everyone should contact the following Rules Committee members. Asking them to REMOVE the OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE affecting certain sex offenders:

Louise M Slaughter, Chair (New York) 2469 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3615 Fax: (202) 225-7822	James P McGovern (Massachusetts) 438 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6101 Fax: (202) 225-5759
Alcee L Hastings (Florida) 2353 Rayburn Office Building Washington D.C. 20515 Tel: (202) 225-1313 Fax: (202) 225-1171	Doris O Matsui (California) 222 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 p: 202.225.7163 f: 202.225.0566
Dennis Cardoza (California) 1224 Longworth Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6131	Michael Arcuri (New York) 127 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202)225-3665 Fax: (202)225-1891
Ed Perlmutter (Colorado) 415 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202.225.2645 Fax: 202.225.5278	Chelli Pingree (Maine) 1037 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6116 Fax: (202) 225-5590
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Florida) 2244 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202)225-4211 Fax: (202)225-8576	Virginia Foxx (North Carolina) 1230 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2071 Fax: (202) 225-2995

Next, since HR 5297 will go before the FULL House as soon as the Rules Committee finishes their work, and that we have no idea if the Rules Committee will remove the offensive language, it will ALSO BE NECESSARY for everyone to contact their personal Representatives and ask them to REMOVE the OFFSENSIVE LANGUAGE when the bill goes before the FULL House.

Hopefully these actions can spark some lawmakers to act and save a lifetime of harm to the registrants affected by this bill.

For now, have a great day & a better tomorrow.
eAdvocate