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SENATE SWITCHBOARD -- 202-224-3121 TOLL FREE: 1-877-851-6437 PHONE THESE SENATORS TO VOTE 'NO' -- OR DREAM AMNESTY WILL PASS NEXT WEEK Friends, we don't yet have the 41 sure NO votes that we must have to stop the DREAM Act amnesty in the Senate next week. Scroll down to see the lists of the top phoning targets today. And don't put off your calls. They are desperately needed today. Pro-amnesty forces claim that their super-expensive, special toll-free telephone system processed 5,000 pro-amnesty phone calls to Senators yesterday. They brag that they expect to be handling 10,000 pro-amnesty calls a day until the DREAM Act amnesty passes! Friends, we have to match them. Please look at the target lists below and start phoning some Senators. The pro-amnesty forces are throwing everything they have into beating us. And I'm talking tens of millions of dollars that are backing the nation's top union, religious, ethnic and academic leaders who are storming the offices of Congress with their last-minute, desperation push for this amnesty for an estimated 2.1 million illegal aliens. YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED SEVERAL SENATORS INTO OPPOSING THE 'DREAM' AMNESTY You are making in-roads with your faxes and your phone calls since Tuesday. Some Senators who previously have supported the DREAM Act amnesty have now publicly stated that they oppose DREAM as part of the Defense bill! Congratulations to all of you for these turnarounds:
ACTION: If you live in those states, call their offices and take just a moment to thank them for their pledge to oppose the DREAM Act. SENATE SWITCHBOARD -- 202-224-3121 Nelson's and Hagan's stated opposition, though, is not complete. It not clear if they will vote to kill the entire Defense bill in order to stop the amnesty. At present, it looks like there won't be a direct vote on the amnesty, requiring Senators to stop the whole Defense bill and force leaders to bring a new, clean bill back to the floor. So, push for a full pledge when you call to thank Hagan and Ben Nelson. TOP FENCE-SITTING PROSPECTS WHO NEED YOUR PHONE CALL BEFORE THEY WILL PLEDGE AMNESTY OPPOSITION As far as we know, none of the following Senators has committed either to oppose or support the DREAM Act amnesty as part of the Defense authorization bill next week. For a number of mixed reasons, we believe these Senators are the ones of the uncommitted who are most likely to listen to reasonable persuasion from constituents asking for a NO vote. ACTION: Call the DC office of these Senators (the 202 number). Of calling the local offices (the number on the second line) will be most helpful, as well. If you've never called a Senate office, it isn't hard. Just state your name to the staffer and quickly say you are calling to ask the Senator to OPPOSE the DREAM Act amnesty. Then give one reason for your opposition, say thank you and good-bye. Find talking points in my blog. DEMOCRATS ON THE FENCE WHO ARE GOOD PROSPECTS Sen. Pryor of Arkansas 202-224-2353 501-324-6336 Sen. Landrieu of Louisiana 202-224-5824 225-389-0395 Sen. Stabenow of Michigan 202-224-4822 313-961-4330 Sen. McCaskill of Missouri 202-224-6154 314-367-1364 Sen. Baucus of Montana 202-224-2651 406-657-6790 Sen. Tester of Montana 202-224-2644 406-449-5401 Sen. Conrad of North Dakota 202-224-2043 701-258-4648 Sen. Dorgan of North Dakota 202-224-2551 701-239-5389 REPUBLICANS ON THE FENCE WHO ARE GOOD PROSPECTS Sen. LeMeiux of Florida 202-224-3041 904-398-8586 Sen. Collins of Maine 202-224-2523 207-945-0417 Sen. Snowe of Maine 202-224-5344 207-874-0883 Sen. Brown of Massachusetts 202-224-4543 617-565-3170 Sen. Johanns of Nebraska 202-224-4224 402-758-8981 Sen. Gregg of New Hampshire 202-224-3324 603-225-7115 Sen. Hutchison of Texas 202-224-5922 214-361-3500 TOUGHER UNCOMMITTED TARGETS -- CAN YOU PERSUADE THEM? Your first and most important phone calls are to the Senators above. ACTION: The following list is of Senators who have shown a real proclivity toward amnesty but seem to have remained uncommitted. Under the pressure of the impending November elections, some of these Senators could be persuaded to vote NO. I would emphasize with them that a controversial bill like this has no business being put inside a Defense bill, regardless of how they may feel about the amnesty itself. REPUBLICANS Sen. Murkowski of Alaska 202-224-6665 907-271-3735 Sen. Lugar of Indiana 202-224-4814 317-226-5555 Sen. Brownback of Kansas 202-224-6521 785-233-2503 Sen. Voinovich of Ohio 202-224-3353 614-469-6697 DEMOCRATS Sen. Begich of Alaska 202-224-3004 907-271-5915 Sen. Shaheen of New Hampshire 202-224-2841 603-647-7500 Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico 202-224-6621 505-346-6791 Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio 202-224-2315 216-522-7272 Sen. Wyden of Oregon 202-224-5244 503-326-7525 Sen. Casey of Pennsylvania 202-224-6324 412-803-7370 Sen. Johnson of South Dakota 202-224-5842 605-332-8896 Sen. Warner of Virginia 202-224-2023 804-775-2314 Sen. Webb of Virginia 202-224-4024 703-573-7090 Sen. Goodwin of West Virginia 202-224-3954 304-342-5855 Sen. Rockefeller of West Virginia 202-224-6472 304-347-5372 SENATORS WHO ARE CO-SPONSORING THE 'DREAM' AMNESTY Once you have done what you can with phone calls to the Senators on the lists above, you should look through this list to see who is causing all this problem by pushing so hard to give 2 million more permanent work permits to illegal aliens to compete with 22 million American and legal immigrant workers who can't find a job. You can reach these through the Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or in our Congress directory (I apologize that this directory is loading sluggishly today). Give special attention to Boxer, Gillibrand, Lincoln and Mikulski, all of whom are running for re-election in November. (AR) Lincoln (CA) Boxer (CA) Feinstein (CO) Bennet (not Bennett of Utah) (CO) Udall (not Udall of New Mexico) (CT) Dodd (CT) Lieberman (DE) Carper (DE) Kaufman (FL) Nelson (HI) Akaka (HI) Inouye (IL) Burris (IL) Durbin (IN) Bayh (IN) Lugar (IA) Harkin (MD) Cardin (MD) Mikulski (MA) Kerry (MI) Levin (MN) Franken (MN) Klobuchar (NV) Reid (NJ) Lautenberg (NJ) Menendez (NM) Bingaman (NY) Gillibrand (NY) Schumer (OR) Merkley (PA) Specter (RI) Reed (RI) Whitehouse (VT) Leahy (VT) Sanders (WA) Cantwell (WA) Murray (WI) Feingold THANKS FOR CALLING TODAY. WE CAN'T STOP CALLING . . . BECAUSE THE PRO-AMNESTY FORCES WON'T. |
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