The Sandwich Democratic Town Committee

[Editor’s Note: the follow post was written by Kristina Meservey of Eastham]

As a disabled veteran, I have learned several things from the recent government shutdown and debt ceiling political conflict in Washington and I wanted to share them with The Free Press readership.

1. The House refused to conference with the Senate about the budget
2. The House Rules Committee changed the rules at a secret majority meeting so that a Discharge Petition could be brought by only Mr. Cantor or a Designee.  The Founding Fathers established that a House Rule could be changed only with an open vote of at least two thirds of the House present.
3. Senator Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin led an unsuccessful attempt to rally Veterans against the President.  They handed out Confederate flags along with American Flags.  The day after the demonstration, a coalition of Veterans Groups spoke out against attempts to politicize the shutdown with Veterans. It is my understanding that legislation is being developed by this coalition to exclude Veterans from future Shutdowns.
4. This unfortunate debacle cost US Taxpayers (me included) incredible angst and 24 billion dollars.
5. This needs to be the message of the Democratic Party going forward.