To: Rep. Russ Fulcher (ID-1)

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.

Why is this important?

My 89 year old mother fears for her $833 Social Security check that she needs to buy her medicine and groceries and pay her insurance.

My husband who is retired relies on his Social Security for household expenses and medication and insurance. We can not run our household if we do not have the funds to pay for our daily living expenses and we sure can't stimulate the economy by buying goods and services--even if Christmas is coming--if we don't have the funds.

Lift the debt ceiling, reopen the government, and get workers back to work!