{"id":3965,"date":"2011-06-20T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennaction.org\/pablog\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2011-07-23T22:07:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T22:07:35","slug":"help-ask-rep-pat-meehan-why-he-voted-to-destroy-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/?p=3965","title":{"rendered":"Help hold Rep. Pat Meehan accountable for his support of the Ryan Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you been wondering when Congressman Meehan will be hosting a town hall? \u00a0Do you have questions about his votes on critical issues like Medicare and taxes? \u00a0Well now is your chance. \u00a0Congressman Pat Meehan has set up a Twitter account to take questions from his constituents.<\/div>\n
Can you join us for a virtual rally tomorrow, Tuesday, June 21, between 12pm and 2pm by tweeting a question on Medicare?<\/div>\n
We want to ask Congressman Meehan the hard questions. He didn\u2019t ask what we thought on Medicare before voting on the Ryan budget bill, so now is our chance. Can you join the rally by tweeting a question on Medicare to Congressman Meehan?<\/div>\n
Please be sure to use the #AskPat hashtag so that everyone joining us in this event can see each other’s questions. \u00a0Just click on the #AskPat<\/strong> hashtag or search for #AskPat at Twitter to see what people are saying. \u00a0Also, the Congressman requests that people who send him questions include their name and the town they live in. \u00a0 If you run out of room, you can shorten some words easily. \u00a0For example, you – u, be – b, for – 4, to\/too – 2, and – &.<\/div>\n
If you don\u2019t have a twitter account, it\u2019s easy to learn and only takes a minute to set up. \u00a0Go to twitter.com. \u00a0Set up an account. \u00a0Be sure to search for PennAction and follow us. Then tweet a question to Congressman Meehan as part of the virtual rally tomorrow from 12pm – 2pm!<\/div>\n
Sample Questions<\/div>\n
1. What are you doing to ensure that deficit reduction plans protect #SocialSecurity, #Medicare, and #Medicaid? #AskPat<\/div>\n
2. Will \u00a0you help stop cuts by state and local governments that are hurting families and costing jobs? #AskPat<\/div>\n
3. Will you ask the rich and corporations to help reduce the federal deficit by paying more in taxes? #AskPat<\/div>\n
4. How will you create jobs for those who have been left behind in the recovery? #AskPat<\/div>\n
5. How much do the tax cuts in the budget drafted by Rep. Ryan and passed by the House cost? \u00a0Whom do they benefit? #AskPat<\/div>\n
7. Why did you vote for tax cuts in the Ryan budget that mostly go to the very rich and corporations? #AskPat<\/div>\n
8. Why did you vote for a budget cuttings billions from #Medicaid? How many would lose coverage or benefits? #AskPat<\/div>\n

Tell your friends!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you been wondering when Congressman Meehan will be hosting a town hall? \u00a0Do you have questions about his votes on critical issues like Medicare and taxes? \u00a0Well now is your chance. \u00a0Congressman Pat Meehan has set up a Twitter account to take questions from his constituents. Can you join us for a virtual rally tomorrow, Tuesday, June 21, between 12pm and 2pm by tweeting a question on Medicare? We want to ask Congressman Meehan the hard questions. He didn\u2019t ask what we thought on Medicare before voting on the Ryan budget bill, so now is our chance. Can you join the rally by tweeting a question on Medicare to Congressman Meehan? Please be sure to use the #AskPat hashtag so that everyone joining us in this event can see each other’s questions. \u00a0Just click on the #AskPat hashtag or search for #AskPat at Twitter to see what people are\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[45,70,123,23],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p35YuU-11X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3965"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6124,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965\/revisions\/6124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}