A freshman Democrat from Alabama, Rep. Parker Griffith, will announce today that he is moving parties to now become a Republican, CBS News Capitol Hill producer Jill Jackson, hears from a GOP congressional leadership source.

Health care , cap and trade bills, and the stimulus, were some of the major Democratic initiatives Griffith voted against this year.

He also said he would never vote House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to be speaker again after speaking out against her.

Politico reported that even so Griffith’s northern Alabama district never elected a Republican for Congress, 61 percent of the votes last year were won by Republican Sen. John McCain in the presidential election, Huntsville being an included district.

Rep. Bud Cramer was replaced when Griffith won the seat last year by a three point margin over Wayne Parker a Republican.

Griffith will likely state that the Democrats health plans are the reason for his switch, as he is a radiation oncologist. Although there are reports that the Republican leadership have since the town hall protests over summer, have been courting him.

The switch will not dramatically change the balance of power in the House chamber being that the Democrats will not have 257 members and the Republicans 176.

“These pink slips are a call for fiscally responsible and constitutionally responsible Americans,” said Rep. Steve King of Iowa.

The pink slips are a symbol of job dismissal. With Rep. Trent Franks, R-Arizona, saying members need to vote the will of the people or be fired in the next election.

Franks stood in front of plasterboards with dozens of the pink pieces of paper which had been attached, where he told reporters, “You are looking at just a sample of the 5 million pink slips that Americans have sent to Congress.”

Those Americans, he said, are “people who are saying to members of Congress that ‘we are fed up with the absolute out-of-control spending, and we are going to respond and do what we can to take our country back.’ ”

They dont mention which political party are being targeted as part of the campaign protest.

Although the website WorldNetDaily may hold some answers as in their online store for just $30 you can order to have one ( a “notice” ) delivered to every member of Congress.

The notices say lawmakers should oppose “government health care”, “cap and trade”, “hate crimes” and “any more spending”.

This campaign started in September and a commercial firm hired by the website delivers the “notices”.

World Net Daily, also offers such things as the online sale of a bumper sticker that says “You lie!” The words have become a slogan against a range of Democratic issues, popularized after an outburst in September by Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina during a presidential speech about health care.