To: Rep. Mike Kelly (PA-16)

Tea Party Republicans: Stop holding the country hostage!

From the government shutdown to the debt ceiling, Tea Party Republicans have wreaked enough havoc on our country. Stop holding the country hostage to further your political gains; vote on a clean budget resolution and raise the debt ceiling without demanding cuts to Social Security, Obamacare, or any other vital programs.

Enough with the political games! The Affordable Care Act is now the law--that's settled; so it is your job to support it, fund it, and move the nation forward.

Why is this important?

We are a small architecture and preservation business now unable to direct our clients and contractors to the Preservation Briefs on the National Park Service's website for preservation info. This is public info paid for by the taxpayers to be used to advance community improvements and reinvestment.

Since Congress is holding the federal budget hostage, projects and investment are now at risk of being lost. This is reviving the Great Recession.