IMPORTANT: Please contact fence sitting Senators!

[merh]

Contacts for fence sitting Sens on opposing nuclear option

Senator Thad Cochran
http://cochran.senate.gov/contact.htm

WASHINGTON
202-224-5054

Senator Susan Collins
http://collins.senate.gov/low/contactemail.htm

Faxes may be sent to:
Washington, D.C. Office
[phone]

Senator Chuck Hagel
http://hagel.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Co...

Washington, D.C. Office
248 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Senator John McCain
http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.H...

241 Russell Senate Ofc. Bldg.
United States Senate
Washington DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Senator Bill Nelson
http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm#email

Hart Senate Office Building
Room 716
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Senator Arlen Specter
http://specter.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactI...

Main Office:
711 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: [phone]


Senator Ted Stevens
http://stevens.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm

Washington, D.C.
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Senator John E.Sununu
http://www.sununu.senate.gov/webform.html

WASHINGTON, DC
111 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
[phone]
FAX [phone]


Senator Olympia J.Snowe
http://snowe.senate.gov /
Phone: [phone] ·
Toll Free in Maine: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[email protected]

Senator George V. Voinovich
http://voinovich.senate.gov/

524 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
[phone] Fax: [phone]

Senator John Warner
http://warner.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm

Washington Office
225 Russell Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
[phone]
[phone] FAX

Info collected at http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/bububjones /

Complete Contact information in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3709739

[rodeodance]

1. I keep hearing that Warner is one of our best shots. Any truth to

this rumor?

[merh]

2. I don't know. As an elder statesman, one would think that he

could see past the immediate effect and recognize the devastating long term effect.

Let's hope the rumor is correct. :patriot:

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For an example of a letter/email/fax, this is what I sent to my senator:

Dear Senator Cochran.

Please stand up for the nation, for the law of the land. Vote against the nuclear option and preserve the filibuster. Doing away with the filibuster would set dangerous precedent as you are well aware. How many times have you watched "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and been inspired? Can you imagine the long term ramifications if the filibuster is extinguished?

The Constitution provides that appointments to judicial seats be accomplished with the advice and consent of the Senate. That is not a carte blanche approval of the President’s wishes by design. The checks and balances developed by our forefathers were for a reason, to balance power, to not allow a totalitarian mind set the chance to distort and destroy our beloved democracy. Our republic is a democratic republic, please vote to keep it that way.

Praying that you find the moral and political courage to do what is right for our democracy, not what is politically demanded.

[merh]

17. 1-877-SOB-U-SOB (Toll free number is still operational)

1-877-SOB-U-SOB (Toll free number is still operational)

1-877-SOB-U-SOB (Toll free number is still operational)

1-877-SOB-U-SOB (Toll free number is still operational)

[merh]

3. kick

:kick:

[converted_democrat]

4. Done

[merh]

5. Thank you and may I extend

a Welcome to DU, to you! :hi:

:grouphug:

[converted_democrat]

10. Thank you Merh.............

:hi: I just recently "offically" signed up, but I've been reading your stuff for a long time. You do good work!

[merh]

13. Gee, that is so nice of you to say.

:blush:

[ClassWarrior]

6. .

[merh]

9. NGU

:patriot:

[ClassWarrior]

12. Never never!

NGU. :patriot:

[merh]

21. Never, ever, ever

:patriot:

[undeterred]

7. Thanks a lot for the links

I will contact each of them. :hi:

[merh]

8. Great!

:pals:

They need to know how we feel! :patriot:

[caligirl]

11. done

[merh]

14. Great, thanks!

:patriot:

[Sapphire Blue]

15. 1-877-SOB-U-SOB (Toll free number is still operational)

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. When you contact these senators

First, ask for their position on "this filibuster thing," as if you don't know. This makes you seem less like an activist. Only when they ask you for your position do you say that you "don't want the rules changed, so the senator should oppose any changes to the rules."

1) Do not threaten them with working against them
2) Do not pontificate at length about repurcussions or consequences
3) Do not come off as an activist: say you're just seeing this now and you're very worried (not upset!) about what could happen
4) Accentuate the positive!!! Mention that you've respected their fairness and wisdom in the past, and you hope that they use it again tomorrow.
5) Use phrases from the Democratic senate speeches - "changing the rules," "radical," "abuse of power," "respect for the institution," "independent Senate," "conscience."

Any other tips?

[merh]

18. thank you!

;-) :hi:

[ClassWarrior]

19. .

[merh]

20. Boxer says call George Allen, Bill Frist, John McCain, and Chuck Hagel

Boxer suggests we call George Allen, Bill Frist, John McCain, and Chuck Hagel - email from Barbara Boxer

On Tuesday, Republican Senator Bill Frist, answering the call of the most extreme right-wing elements in America, is poised to pull the "nuclear trigger" on one the most fundamental principles of our cherished democracy: the filibuster, the right of the minority to make its voice heard on the floor of the United States Senate.

Frist's allies call it the nuclear trigger because they know there will be fallout in the Senate. We Democrats will not take it lying down. But the real fallout will be on the American people as they suffer generations of judges who will assail and outlaw their rights, attempting to weaken the federal government to such an extent that even Social Security and the minimum wage could be ruled unconstitutional, let alone environmental protections, civil rights, and human rights.

I am working overtime, night and day, to stop this power grab. So are my Democratic colleagues. And now, in the final hours before Senator Frist attempts to eliminate our right to filibuster -- violating the Senate's own rules and more than 200 years of precedent in the process -- we urgently need your help.

Call George Allen, Bill Frist, John McCain, and Chuck Hagel now -- 4 Republican Senators who are considering running for President in 2008 -- and tell them to uphold 200+ years of American values -- checks and balances and the right of the minority to be heard!

The Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the Presidency. And they won't rest until they get the Judiciary too.

Imagine -- they have gotten 208 of Bush's judges through the Senate, and Democrats have only stopped ten. That's a 95% success rate, but still they aren't satisfied!

Please take a moment to read the statement I recently delivered on the Senate floor regarding this "nuclear option" as well as a detailed analysis of the decisions and writings of one the key judicial nominees in all of this, Janice Rogers Brown. You can find it on my new PAC for a Change website at BarbaraBoxer.com.

Then, after reading my statement, please call Senators Allen, Frist, McCain, and Hagel and tell them to uphold 200+ years of American values. Anyone who supports the "nuclear option" does not deserve to be President, since they clearly don't understand our Constitutional system of checks and balances.

Finally, after you've made your phone calls, please forward this email to everyone you know, and invite your friends to contact these Senators as well. Make sure they understand what we are dealing with here and why the American people must get more involved in politics. I know it is popular in some places to slam the door on that idea, but you and I know we must not.

Thank you for caring and for sticking with me. Please contact these Senators today, before Tuesday's vote on the "nuclear option!"

Best Always,

Barbara Boxer

http://ga4.org/pacforachange/filibuster_calls.html?member_key=dkskgi4r5j8jdj&

[merh]

22. Call Them - they are just waiting to hear from us! (LOL)

Senator George Allen (R-VA) at [phone]

Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) at [phone]

Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) at [phone]

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at [phone]


:patriot:

[undeterred]

23. KICK!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[snowbear]

24. McCain on Harball right now..

And he confirmed that he'll vote against Bush on this one.. He also sure sounds like he's making plans to run in '08 :o

How the heck did Senator Ted Stevens make the list of fence-sitters? That old dinosaur would never in a million years vote against the ReTHUGS! :rofl:

[merh]

25. thanks!

:hi: