Tell House Republicans: Stop holding working families hostage to Tea Party demands!

The Issue

Stand behind President Obama’s veto of the Republicans’ radical payroll tax cut extension.

Republicans' plan to extend the payroll tax cut is a radical blow to seniors and middle class families. And it’s a gift to billionaires and big oil.

The House GOP just rammed through their radical proposal. Sign the petition right now and stand with President Obama's veto threat!

Here are the most outrageous provisions of the Republican plan:

>Requires millions of seniors to pay more for health care.

>Cuts unemployment insurance benefits for one million Americans.

>Tacks on the unrelated, controversial provisions like the Keystone XL Pipeline while cutting environmental air quality standards.

>Lets billionaires and big oil off the hook. They won't pay one more cent under the Republican plan.

The Democrats' plan won't touch Social Security or Medicare, but it will close arcane tax loopholes for the top 1%.

Sign our petition right now telling Boehner, Cantor and Republicans to stop holding the payroll tax cut hostage to Tea Party demands.

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Democratic Congressional Campaign CommitteePetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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The Issue

Stand behind President Obama’s veto of the Republicans’ radical payroll tax cut extension.

Republicans' plan to extend the payroll tax cut is a radical blow to seniors and middle class families. And it’s a gift to billionaires and big oil.

The House GOP just rammed through their radical proposal. Sign the petition right now and stand with President Obama's veto threat!

Here are the most outrageous provisions of the Republican plan:

>Requires millions of seniors to pay more for health care.

>Cuts unemployment insurance benefits for one million Americans.

>Tacks on the unrelated, controversial provisions like the Keystone XL Pipeline while cutting environmental air quality standards.

>Lets billionaires and big oil off the hook. They won't pay one more cent under the Republican plan.

The Democrats' plan won't touch Social Security or Medicare, but it will close arcane tax loopholes for the top 1%.

Sign our petition right now telling Boehner, Cantor and Republicans to stop holding the payroll tax cut hostage to Tea Party demands.

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Democratic Congressional Campaign CommitteePetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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The Decision Makers

Former U.S. House of Representatives
2 Members
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
Former US House of Representatives - Virginia-7
John Boehner
John Boehner
Former US House of Representatives - Ohio-8

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Petition created on December 14, 2011