Pete Sessions: “reclaiming my time, my point is that the gentleman from Maryland referred to this as being a closed rule. It is not a…”

“reclaiming my time, my point is that the gentleman from Maryland referred to this as being a closed rule. It is not a closed rule. Mr. Speaker, I will insert in the Record a campaign plan from ACORN that is very much a part of this debate today about what organizations and groups plan to do with politics and money. Floridians for All--Campaign Plan for a November 2004 Minimum Wage Constitutional Amendment Initiative Introduction A Florida constitutional amendment initiative to create a minimum wage of $6.15 with indexing will help defeat George W. Bush and other Republicans by increasing Democratic turnout in a close election, will deliver wage gains to at least 300,000 Floridians, and will catalyze the construction of permanent progressive political infrastructure that will help redirect Florida politics in a more progressive, Democratic direction. The 2004 election in Florida is shaping up to be just as close as 2000, which Al Gore won by 537 votes. Although there have been demographic changes and growth throughout Florida when the 2000 total is adjusted for 2004 it is still-razor thin: Unofficial NCEC analysis shows that Gore's adjusted margin is 404, combined with the 2004 adjusted Nader voter-- 25,138 (assuming 25 percent stay home, 25 percent vote for Bush and 50 percent vote for Gore). The 2004 adjusted margin is 25,542--too close for comfort.…”