Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is poised to ram into law one of the most far-reaching Big Labor power grabs in decades.

And your U.S. Senators could be the key votes.

Just recently, Big Labor’s allies in the U.S. House forced through the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill (S. 3194) by attaching the bill to emergency war funding.

So what does this Big Labor payback scheme have to do with the Afghan War or national security?

Literally NOTHING!

I know you’re as disgusted as I am.

The truth is, Big Labor’s allies will use any underhanded scheme to get their way.

And they know this month could be their last realistic chance to force the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill into law — so you and I have to be ready for ANYTHING!

You see, passage of the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill is designed to force every firefighter and police officer in the country under union boss control.

Worse, it’s just the first step toward forcing ALL state and local public employees under Big Labor’s thumb.

Just take a look at California and Illinois to see what happens when Big Labor gains control of state and local government workers.

California is facing a budget deficit of over $19 billion thanks to out-of-control government union bosses and their outrageous demands.

Illinois is facing a $13 billion shortfall — half the state’s budget!

Dropping down a level, the city of Vallejo, California, actually went bankrupt after nearly 75 percent of its budget was spent on satisfying the demands of the union agreement covering police and firefighters.

And the Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, recently stated that struggling cities are “handcuffed” by public sector monopoly bargaining.

Should Big Labor’s allies ram the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill into law, this kind of dysfunction could be coming to a town or city near you.

Quite simply, passage of the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill could be the last straw for already struggling communities.

The truth is, passage of this Big Labor power grab would mean:

• State and local governments — who are already experiencing budget shortfalls during these troubled economic times — will be forced to pay the salaries and perks of union bosses.In the Post Office alone, taxpayers have been forced to fund over 1.75 million hours of union organizing.

• Small communities that depend on volunteer police and firefighters for their safety will be forced to do without them.Or, communities will have to deal with mammoth tax hikes to pay for union boss-controlled public safety workers.

• Our cities, towns and neighborhoods become less safe.Forcing police and firefighters under the control of power-mad union bosses will tend to drive many of the best men and women out of their jobs.

Think your town or city could “take a pass”? Think your local and state public officials could stand up to the federal government and refuse to go along?

Believe me, I wish they could.

But under the provisions of S. 3194, no matter what your state and local officials say, every police officer and firefighter in towns and cities across the whole country will ultimately be handed over to union boss control.

And, of course, history shows us police and firefighter monopoly bargaining also has all too often led to strikes. This legislation could pit honest taxpayers like you against the very people you count on to protect you.

When your police are ordered out on strike, who will defend your home and loved ones?

When union militants set up picket lines around fire stations, who will put out the fires?

The fact is, this dangerous legislation could be rammed through nearly any day.

It comes as no surprise that Harry Reid will stop at nothing to retain his power and his position as the champion of the Obama agenda. Harry’s most recent lies surface in his newest campaign ads accusing Sharron Angle of wanting to take away Social Security and Medicare benefits from seniors.  Reid knows this is a lie, but for Harry Reid, power is far more important than honesty.

While Harry Reid tries to frighten seniors about Sharron Angle, he leaves out the truth that the health care bill that he forced down the throats of all Americans cuts nearly $500 billion dollars from Medicare. Cuts that will make it difficult for seniors to find quality health care. Harry Reid is the real danger to our seniors, not Sharron Angle. His position as Senate Majority Leader and a complicit media will allow Harry Reid to spread his lies if we do not counter with ads showing the truth.

Angle’s plan to fix Social Security is similar to others that would allow young workers more control over their retirement investments while keeping corrupt politicians like Harry Reid from raiding the Social Security trust fund every year to pay for programs that only benefit their political allies.  Angle’s plan does not cut benefits or end a program that American workers paid into their entire working lives.

Rush Limbaugh blasts “moronic Republicans” for going along with another Harry Reid Big Labor gift of federally mandated forced unionism on state and local workers; specifically the Police Fire Forced Unionism bills in the Senate (S. 394 & S. 1611) and in the U.S. House (H.R. 413).

Nevada Republicans Tuesday picked tea party candidate Sharron Angle to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, marking the start of an epic showdown between a king of Capitol Hill and a conservative renegade who wants to turn Washington on end.

The choices couldn’t be more different, reports the Associated Press’ Michael R. Blood.

Reid, 70, is the bland, sometimes prickly Democratic powerhouse who tells Nevadans, “I’m just who I am.” Angle, 60, is a fiercely committed small-government, low-tax crusader, an outsider even in the GOP, who says, “I am the tea party.”

The former school teacher and legislator grabbed the nomination after a brutal primary in which her rivals depicted her as too extreme to appeal to independents who often cast the decisive votes in centrist Nevada. She benefited when one-time front-runner Sue Lowden was widely mocked for suggesting consumers use chickens to barter with doctors.

Below is an endoresement of a candidate who is running against Harry Reid from the state of Nevada:

Fellow Conservative,

It was my honor a few weeks ago to sign landmark legislation outlawing abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy.

But full credit must go to the Nebraska legislators who sponsored this remarkable pro-life bill and shepherded it to passage. We need more like them in statehouses nationwide and in Congress.

That’s why I am writing you today. We have an opportunity to help Sue Lowden become the only pro-life woman in the U.S. Senate.

Sue Lowden is running against Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid in Nevada, who always campaigns as a “pro-life Democrat” before caving to the pro-abortion lobby in Washington. In fact, Harry Reid has earned a 100 percent rating from pro-abortion group NARAL and a 0 rating from National Right to Life Center.

But Sue Lowden is a real pro-life leader and she has a record of accomplishment in the Nevada State Senate. She’s been endorsed by the Susan B. Anthony List — a national grassroots pro-life group – thousands of pro-life supporters at the grassroots level, and I am offering my 100% endorsement as well.

But to defeat powerful Senator Harry Reid, she needs your help today. Please join me on her campaign team by making a special donation.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Dave Heineman
Governor of Nebraska

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