Sunday, June 24, 2007
What you can do to defeat the Senate amnesty bill (S.1639) this week
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Two Items: (1) Thank you. (2) Latest Senate targets on cloture re: amnesty bill (S.1639)
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(1) Thank you.
Talk about getting the job done! I have heard from so many of you regarding signing onto the McConnell letter I mentioned on Friday that my team and I are still counting them.
I really enjoyed speaking with everyone who called me. I'll give you an update and a final count Monday. Your letter will be given to Senate Republican Leader McConnell on Tuesday morning.
(If you sent me an e-mail or called, you are a letter signer. Thank you. If you still want to get on, e-mail me at jbouletATenglishfirst.org (replace AT with @) before 4:00 PM Eastern time on Monday, June 25th.)
One thing is certain: our letter against the Senate immigration bill has more real signers than the pro-amnesty side could muster two weeks ago, when their press conference included several empty boxes where letters were supposed to be. "Security concerns," they claimed.
(2) Latest Senate targets:
(a) Good news: The new Senator from Wyoming, Dr. Barasso, is expected to be sworn in on Monday. He will probably follow the lead of his senior colleague, Enzi, who opposes amnesty.
(b) Via Mark Krikorian in National Review's "The Corner" last night:
There are 32 pretty solid No votes for cloture. If Senator Johnson of South Dakota remains in his sickbed, that is 33.
Our side needs eight of the following 12 senators who are leaning against the bill itself but so far are leaning toward the cloture motion ? which means, in reality, that they would be helping pass the amnesty, because if the bill comes to a final vote, it will pass.
There are 12 Senators whose decisions will likely determine whether the amnesty bill passes or not. You should wait until Monday morning after 9:30 AM to call or fax their offices, as the machines are turned off for the weekend.
Note: Senator Ensign runs the National Republican Senator Committee, so you all have a right to let him know how you feel even if you don't live in Nevada. The NRSC will be asking all of you for money, so communication should work both ways.
You still e-mail your Senators here:
Http://capwiz.com/ef/issues/alert/?alertid=9890766&PROCESS=Take+Action
Please consider supplementing your e-mail with telephone calls and faxes. I am told that some (but hardly all) Senators are now ignoring e-mail
Bond (R-Mo.)
202-224-5721 phone
202-224-8149 fax
Bingaman (D-N.M.)
202-224-6621 phone
202-228-3261 fax
Burr (R-N.C.)
202-224-3154 phone
202-228-2981 fax
Boxer (D-Calif.)
202-224-3553 phone
916-448-2563
Cochran (R-Miss.)
202-224-5054 phone
202-224-9450 fax
Conrad (D-N.D.)
202-224-2043 phone
202-224-7776 fax
Ensign (R-Nev.)
202-224-6244 phone
202-228-2193 fax
Levin (D-Mich.)
202-224-6221 phone
202-224-1388 fax
Gregg (R-N.H.)
202-224-3324
202-224-4952
Nelson (D-Neb.)
202-224-6551 phone
202-228-0012 fax
Hatch (R-Utah)
202-224-5251 phone
202-224-6331 fax
Webb (D-Va.)
202- 224-4024 phone
202-228-6363 fax
Please be polite and respectful, but firm. I don't know why some Senators are refusing to listen to the overwhelming majority of the American people either, but it does no good to yell at the college kids answering the telephone.
You might say:
Dear Senator,
Please don't allow yourself to be misled by amnesty advocates. There is only one difference between a procedural vote on cloture for the amnesty bill (S.1639) and a substantive vote on the bill itself: The cloture vote is far more important, because amnesty advocates needs 60 votes to keep their bill alive.
If you vote for cloture on the amnesty bill, you are really voting FOR the amnesty bill, as far as I and many of my friends are concerned.
A piece of major legislation like this written by a few Senators behind closed doors is beneath the dignity of the Senate and an insult to every Senator excluded from the drafting process.
Thank you for your time and consideration of my views.
Respectfully,
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