House Democrats Cry Foul Over Rejected Mailings

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By Daniel Newhauser
Roll Call Staff
June 14, 2011, 9:18 p.m.

Democratic House Members are lashing out at Republican leadership over rejected mass mailings, saying their messages lambasting the GOP budget plan and its effect on Medicare are being censored.

Five Democrats wrote to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday asking him to intervene. They say Republicans on the House franking commission, which screens the content of mass mailings paid for with Congressional funds, have become more sensitive since the May 24 special election in New York. Democrat Kathy Hochul made opposition to the plan authored by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) a central element of her successful campaign for the New York seat.