Maine DU'ers Contact Sen Collins RE the Filibuster Vote

[rndmprsn]

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050427collins.shtml

she's wavering...we need to push her over the edge, contact info below.

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WASHINGTON — Maine Sen. Susan Collins finds herself at the center of a political maelstrom as a pivotal vote in the fight to end unlimited Senate debate on judicial nominees. Collins, a Republican who is still forming a position on the filibuster issue, has received thousands of calls and been the target of TV and newspaper ads.

She says she believes every nominee for the federal courts deserves an up-or-down vote, but is reluctant to abandon the filibuster for nominees entirely.

"I think that filibusters against judicial nominees should be very, very rare events," Collins said Tuesday. "I think the Democrats have overused the filibuster and that that has been unfair. . . . Having said that, I would be reluctant to forever give up my right to filibuster."

Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, is expected to oppose a rule change that would end filibusters for judicial nominees. Maine's senators are central to the filibuster rule change because the 55 Republicans in the 100-member Senate have enough numbers to win majority votes, but they don't have the 60 votes needed to cut off debate, or end a filibuster.

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Contact Information
Web Site: collins.senate.gov
E-mail: Contact Via 'Web Form.'

Washington Office:
461 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1904
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Main District Office:
202 Harlow St., #204
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[Paradise]

1. done & thank you.

not a maine du'er but it couldn't hurt :)

[Donna Zen]

2. Done

Of course this means one of her dumb-ass letters will soon be on its way to my house.

Ever notice how this women begins every sentence with "I" ?