To: Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE-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?

Republican extremism has convinced me that those who vote in sympathy with them have no concerns for most of their constituents at home. Thank goodness that Social Security has not been impacted or I would be in desperate straits. As a retired citizen who has devoted over sixty years to our nation's economy, I deplore the actions of an extreme minority and the results facing others.