Subject: End the House Republican shutdown
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Dear Friend,
This is not Washington dysfunction -- it is tea party recklessness.
The federal government is shut down right now because tea party extremists are holding the government of the United States hostage, and 800,000 federal workers and our many private sector partners are paying the price.
And all it takes is for House Speaker John Boehner to bring the clean government funding bill we passed in the Senate back up for a vote, where it would pass with a bipartisan majority.
I'm joining ten of my fellow senators petitioning Speaker Boehner to bring a clean funding bill up for a vote and end the shutdown. Join us by signing our petition today.
The American people deserve better than the gridlock and grandstanding that we've seen in Washington in recent months caused by House Republicans, but this shutdown -- and the looming threat of not meeting our obligations and paying our debt -- take obstruction to a whole new level.
The devastating effects of the tea party's government shutdown are real, and they'll only get worse the longer this goes unresolved.
This reckless and irresponsible shutdown puts communities, small businesses and people's livelihoods in Louisiana at risk. It is not fair, and it needs to change.
There's a straightforward solution to this shutdown crisis, and enough votes in the House to end it right now if Speaker Boehner just brings the Senate-passed budget bill to the floor.
Stand with my Senate colleagues and me now: Tell John Boehner to end the shutdown.
The people of Louisiana sent me to Washington to find solutions and keep government working for them, and that's exactly what I intend to do.
Thank you for standing with me and my colleagues today,
Mary Landrieu
U.S. Senator
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