For Immediate Release – March 5, 2010
Contact: Amy Payne, (703) 224-3200 or (703) 585-4584 (cell)

Americans for Prosperity Urges Constituents to ‘Honk No’ Outside Congressional District Offices
March 16 effort puts pressure on House members as critical health care vote looms

ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans for Prosperity, whose project Patients First has held hundreds of rallies against a Washington takeover of health care, is encouraging Americans to make their voices – and their horns – heard on March 16.

“Our hard-working activists can’t make it to Washington to rally every time Congress makes a move on this disastrous health care bill, but that’s okay,” said AFP President Tim Phillips. “We’re asking folks to drive around their members’ district offices and let them know they’re ‘honking no’ against this health care takeover.”

“The House’s vote on the Senate’s bill, coming up in the next two weeks, is the most critical vote – it’s a do-or-die situation,” Phillips said. “This bill would kill jobs, hurt patients and doctors, erode our freedoms and raise taxes to do it all.”

What: Honking Against the Health Care Takeover
Where: District offices of your members of Congress
When: March 16 at Noon local time
What to do: Drive around the block for about 15 minutes with a bumper sticker or sign on your car, letting people know why you are honking. Register at http://honkno.com/ to receive a free bumper sticker, and download a sign to tape in your car window.

For more information, and to find the district office nearest you, please visit http://honkno.com/.

Patients First is a project of Americans for Prosperity, focused on real health care reform that will lead to more choices for patients and affordable health care options for all.  Patients First is not affiliated in any way with Patient First Neighborhood Medical Centers.

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP has more than 975,000 members, including members in all 50 states, and 30 state chapters and affiliates. More than 60,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial investment in AFP or AFP Foundation. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org

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