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from the Credo blog
[Read the article: Your Harry Reid-led Senate in action]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]January 23, 2008 9:11 AM
Huge Participation Brings Big Results
This is remarkable: CREDO Action members have sent so many emails to the presidential candidates in such a short period of time that we've shut down the Obama campaign's email servers!
At last count, over [strike]56,325[/strike] 68,421 emails have been sent through yesterday's action alert, which called upon presidential candidates and sitting Senators Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama to leave the campaign trail and help stop retroactive immunity and bad FISA legislation from becoming law.
Don't let up now! We're making the people who want to be President know that we expect them to lead right now.
Keep the pressure on by emailing Senators Clinton, McCain, and Obama now, and telling your family and friends to do the same.
Click here to take action!
Matt Browner Hamlin helped lead the fight against telecom immunity as part of Senator Chris Dodd's presidential campaign. He has joined the CREDO Mobile team to stop the Bush administration's illegal wiretapping program and hold the telecom companies accountable for their lawbreaking.
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That 'good 'ole boy' Harry Reid?
[Read the article: Your Harry Reid-led Senate in action]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He tip-toes to the local whore house...
Any woman in the trade would be well advised to demand triple what he gets from the telecoms upfront. And, chase it with a shot of penicillin.
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for anyone at work w/out access to C-span 2
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Christy Hardin Smith and the crew at FDL are virtually live-blogging the FISA discussion in the Senate now.
(at sig)
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There it is...
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kit Bond arguing that the troops in theater are at risk because of FISA limits.
C-span 2 live streaming
http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2
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toll free from FDL
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Toll-free numbers for Congress from Katymine:
1 (800) 828 - 0498
1 (800) 459 - 1887
1 (800) 614 - 2803
1 (866) 340 - 9281
1 (866) 338 - 1015
1 (877) 851 - 6437
You get the switchboard and ask to be connected to a particular Senator's office.
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RMP
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can understand some disappointment with Durbin, but he's at least using some time to pound the Bush administration in detail. He may not join Dodd in a filibuster - but, I'll give him credit for his willingness to spell out the chronology of deceit.
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Jeebus
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Specter: let's substitute the federal gov't as defendant in lieu of the telecoms. Er, no thanks, Specter.
I'm beginning to think the best way to deal with the telecoms is in the court of the marketplace.
@ the hallmark
I'm not sure, but I would think Durbin's office might be able to provide it eventually. Sooner than that, I don't know.
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Jebbie
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have no ponies, but your gracious and silver-tongued eloquence prompts me to offer you a choice between two aging, er, seasoned quarter horses; a black (gelding) or a buckskin (mare).
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conservativeslayer
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]T'would appear we share the same Senators. My condolences :-(
I'm pretty sure that Salazar's system has me blacklisted as spam, which is why I've taken to getting my name included in mass petitions by the ACLU and Credo. Allard? What a waste of ... well, if we could replace him with an empty space we'd be further ahead. I'm not sure that even Coors or Beauprez would be worse.
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RMP
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]@RMP; Durbin voted NO. It was a changed vote. I lost my C-span connection but someone at FDL said it was a mechanical problem in the vote counting.
cboldt (of FDL) says official vote count should be available shortly. Link at my sig.
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mission impossible
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Okay, Conservativeslayer, and anyone else from Colorado lurking in the threads - or, anyone who has friends or family in Colorado and wants to help - our very own Senator Salazar is on the list of those we need to try to flip, and get them to vote against cloture on Monday.
Salazar (202) 224-5852
http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
It may well be mission impossible, but we have nothing to lose by trying.
Marcy Wheeler's full list:
Meanwhile, call these people and tell them to vote against cloture:
Bayh (202) 224-5623
Carper (202) 224-2441
Inouye (202) 224-3934
Johnson (202) 224-5842
Landrieu (202)224-5824
McCaskill (202) 224-6154
Mikulski (202) 224-4654
Nelson (FL) (202) 224-5274
Nelson (NE) (202) 224-6551
Pryor (202) 224-2353
Salazar (202) 224-5852
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Go, Jim White!
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I need to figure out where the rest of the folks on that list of Marcy's are. Might be a chance I know some voters in those areas who could put their shoulder to the wheel, but are otherwise oblivious (by dint of family, work, etc...) to the issue.
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the rundown
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bayh - IN
Carper - DE
Inouye - HI
Jonhson - SD
Landrieu - LA
McCaskill - MO
Mikulski - MD
Nelson - FL
Nelson - NE
Pryor - AR
Salazar - CO
Corrections, anyone?
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[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For those of us with the onerous task of calling/emailing senators who voted with the Republicans yesterday, and who will try to 'flip' their senators today, Marcy wheeler has some great talking points up at FDL (link at sig).
For everyone else inclined, Obama and Clinton should be encouraged to vote against cloture as well.
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Good Grief!
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In the time it took for me to call Salazar's office, email him, and send emails to Clinton and Obama - the world spun 180-degrees. Sheesh...
Amazing.
Waiting for updates from all of the usual suspects.
Thanks, pow wow!
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Iokannan in the Well
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We need as many Senators on Marcy's list (as reproduced by Sysprog) as we can get. Since Clinton and Obama are sitting senators they have a vote. Edwards is no longer a sitting senator, ergo, he has no vote. However, Edwards, as I understand it, does have the privilege to be present and has access to sitting senators as a kind of "lobbyist." He could offer support, and signal a stance on the issue, with his presence and by "twisting the arms" of those on the list who are sitting senators.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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chatter at FDL...
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...suggests Reid may try to kick the FISA can into 2009.
Click at sig and follow from comment #171 on down.
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DiFi's listening...
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You have Senator Feinstein’s attention.
All of your calls are getting through to her. The proof: her Communications Director actually felt compelled to respond directly to the Courage Campaign this morning after bloggers, CREDO Mobile, MoveOn and others flooded her phone lines...
via Crroks and Liars (at sig)
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Hans B !!
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's too frickin' funny. I'm stealing it and repeating it!