President Obama is urging Congress to ram through a trillion dollar plus health care bill, despite overwhelming opposition from the American public, and a vote in the U.S. House is expected in just a few days. If the House passes the bill, it will become law, and we will have lost our fight.

Ohio Congress members Kilroy, Driehaus, and Wilson have indicated that they will most likely support the bill. We must let them know that this vote is directly against the wishes of their constituents!

This week, the president actually said the nation is “waiting for [Washington] to act” on the health care issue. This is arrogance and political posturing at its worst. Like us, the president knows the truth. Every reputable public opinion poll for months has clear majorities of the American people saying “NO” to the health care “reform” coming out of Washington, D.C.

Now is the time to finish the job of protecting this most personal freedom by stopping the Democrats’ Washington takeover of our health care in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Please call Congress members Steve Diehaus (202-225-2216), Charlie Wilson (202-225-5705), and Betty Sutton (202-225-3401) and ask them to vote no on the health care bill, which still includes dozens of corrupt special-interest deals like the Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, Chris Dodd's $100M University of Connecticut Hospital earmark, etc. There are a lot of promises being made right now that the bill will be fixed or improved in various ways after it passes, possibly via reconciliation.

Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune is proposing another increase in the Hamilton County sales tax. Raising the sales tax without a vote of the electorate will be among the options discussed at two hearings on the proposed tax increase.