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URGENT!!!! URGENT!!! The MOTHERS Act to pass
July 26 if we do not stop it! Action needed now!
7/22/08 9:48 PM
Dear Friends,
Politics being what they are, a development has just arisen which will
put The
MOTHERS Act to a vote in the US Senate THIS WEEK. The bill will be
introduced this Friday with an anticipated vote this Saturday.
Here is the story in brief: the majority leader of the Senate, Harry
Reid, has
bundled up a large number of pending bills into one package (referred to
as an
"omnibus bill") and is seeking to get a vote on the whole package of
bills under
the name of the “Coburn Omnibus Bill” (that’s the unofficial name,
officially
the bill is known as the “Advancing America’s Priorities Act”).
Even though the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act is named for a
woman who was put on a cocktail of mind altering psychiatric drugs and also
electro-shocked BEFORE she took her life, and even though the bill has
never
been brought before the appropriate Senate committee for discussion and
committee vote, this bill has been included, with others, in the packaged
"Omnibus" bill.
To bring the Coburn Omnibus bill to a vote on the Senate floor, the
sponsors of
the bill must invoke "Cloture."
Cloture is a formal method of cutting off debate on a bill in the Senate
and forcing
a vote on it.
To invoke cloture - to force a vote on the bill - 60 Senators must agree
- 60
Senators must vote yes to invoke cloture.
We are opposed to a procedure that denies any discussion of a bill
before it is
voted on.
But more importantly, we are opposed to The MOTHERS Act itself, which has
been packaged with this larger bill. The reasons for this opposition are
set forth at the
following links:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-
mothers-act
http://www.uniteforlife.org/paxilinfantdeaths.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5035F0873A36F493
and
http://www.uniteforlife.org/implications.pdf
But in brief, it denies informed consent to the countless number of
mothers (and
their children) who will be placed on suicide and homicide-inducing
antidepressants as a result of this legislation.
Call your Senator's office and voice your opposition to the cloture vote.
The message to your Senator's office should be clear and simple: tell
them that
you are opposed to cloture on the “Coburn Omnibus Bill” (or
the Advancing America’s Priorities Act).
That's the message.
To find the phone number to your Senator's office, go to
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
or see this list below… If you have time please call and fax as many Senate
offices as you can!
Do this NOW. We have two days!!
(this phone list from Excel looks neater on the PDF - please see
attachment or view it on the yahoo group for UNITE:
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/sJ6GSONS6yFV5cbcuiBH7KZ75F_-EPIE68qhV564WxysIq8ZFRMLr_1Lo4gApZ0rhJ8ILzG...)
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State First Last DC Phone DC Fax
District
Phone1 District Fax1
AK Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665 202-224-5301 907-271-3735 907-276-4081
AK Ted Stevens 202-224-3004 202-224-2354 907-271-5915 907-258-9305
AL Jeff Sessions 202-224-4124 202-224-3149 334-244-7017 334-244-7091
AL Richard Shelby 202-224-5744 202-224-3416 205-759-5047 205-759-5067
AR Blanche Lincoln 202-224-4843 202-228-1371 501-375-2993 501-375-7064
AR Mark Pryor 202-224-2353 202-228-0908 501-324-6336 501-324-5320
AZ Jon Kyl 202-224-4521 202-224-2207 602-840-1891 602-957-6838
AZ John McCain 202-224-2235 202-228-2862 602-952-2410 602-952-8702
CA Barbara Boxer 202-224-3553 415-956-6701 415-403-0100 415-956-6701
CA Dianne Feinstein 202-224-3841 202-228-3954 415-393-0707 415-393-0710
CO Wayne Allard 202-224-5941 202-224-6471 303-220-7414 303-220-8126
CO Ken Salazar 202-224-5852 202-228-5036 303-455-7600 303-455-8851
CT Christopher Dodd 202-224-2823 202-224-1083 860-258-6940 860-258-6958
CT Joseph Lieberman 202-224-4041 202-224-9750 860-549-8463 860-549-8478
DE Joseph Biden 202-224-5042 202-224-0139 302-573-6345 302-573-6351
DE Thomas Carper 202-224-2441 202-228-2190 302-573-6291 302-573-6434
FL Mel Martinez 202-224-3041 202-228-5171 904-398-8586 904-398-8591
FL Bill Nelson 202-224-5274 202-228-2183 407-872-7161 407-872-7165
GA Saxby Chambliss 202-224-3521 202-224-0103 770-763-9090 770-226-8633
GA Johnny Isakson 202-224-3643 202-228-0724 770-661-0999 770-661-0768
HI Daniel Akaka 202-224-6361 202-224-2126 808-522-8970 808-545-4683
HI Daniel Inouye 202-224-3934 202-224-6747 808-541-2542 808-541-2549
IA Charles Grassley 202-224-3744 202-224-6020 515-288-1145 515-288-5097
IA Tom Harkin 202-224-3254 202-224-9369 515-284-4574 515-284-4937
ID Larry Craig 202-224-2752 202-228-1067 208-342-7985 208-343-2458
ID Mike Crapo 202-224-6142 202-228-1375 208-334-1776 208-334-9044
IL Richard Durbin 202-224-2152 202-228-0400 312-353-4952 312-353-0150
IL Barack Obama 202-224-2854 202-228-4260 312-886-3506 312-886-3514
IN Evan Bayh 202-224-5623 202-228-1377 317-554-0750 317-554-0760
IN Richard Lugar 202-224-4814 202-228-0360 317-226-5555 317-226-5508
KS Sam Brownback 202-224-6521 202-228-1265 785-233-2503 785-233-2616
KS Pat Roberts 202-224-4774 202-224-3514 913-451-9343 913-451-9446
KY Jim Bunning 202-224-4343 202-228-1373 859-341-2602 859-331-7445
KY Mitch McConnell 202-224-2541 202-224-2499 502-582-6304 502-582-5326
LA Mary Landrieu 202-224-5824 202-224-9735 504-589-2427 504-589-4023
LA David Vitter 202-224-4623 202-228-5061 337-262-6898 337-262-6373
MA Edward Kennedy 202-224-4543 202-224-2417 617-565-3170 617-565-3183
MA John Kerry 202-224-2742 202-224-8525 617-565-8519 617-248-3870
MD Benjamin Cardin 202-224-4524 202-224-1651 410-962-4436 410-962-4256
MD Barbara Mikulski 202-224-4654 202-224-8858 410-962-4510 410-962-4760
ME Susan Collins 202-224-2523 202-224-2693 207-945-0417 207-990-4604
ME Olympia Snowe 202-224-5344 202-224-1946 207-874-0883 207-874-7631
MI Carl Levin 202-224-6221 202-224-1388 313-226-6020 313-226-6948
MI Deborah Stabenow 202-224-4822 202-228-0325 517-203-1760 517-203-1778
MN Norm Coleman 202-224-5641 202-224-1152 651-645-0323 651-645-3110
MN Amy Klobuchar 202-224-3244 202-228-2186 612-727-5220
MO Christopher Bond 202-224-5721 202-224-8149 573-634-2488 573-634-6005
MO Claire McCaskill 202-224-6154 202-228-6326 816-421-1639 816-421-2562
MS Thad Cochran 202-224-5054 202-224-9450 601-965-4459 601-965-4919
MS Roger Wicker 202-224-6253 202-224-2262 601-965-4644 601-965-4007
MT Max Baucus 202-224-2651 202-228-0515 406-657-6790 406-657-6793
MT Jon Tester 202-224-2644 202-224-8594 406-449-5401
406-449-
5462
NC Richard Burr 202-224-3154 202-228-2981 336-631-5125 336-725-4493
NC Elizabeth Dole 202-224-6342 202-224-1100 919-856-4630 919-856-4053
ND Kent Conrad 202-224-2043 202-224-7776 701-258-4648 701-258-1254
ND Byron Dorgan 202-224-2551 202-224-1193 701-250-4618 701-250-4484
NE Chuck Hagel 202-224-4224 202-224-5213 402-758-8981 402-758-9165
NE Ben Nelson 202-224-6551 202-228-0012 402-441-4600 402-476-8753
NH Judd Gregg 202-224-3324 202-224-4952 603-225-7115 603-224-0198
NH John Sununu 202-224-2841 202-228-4131 603-647-7500 603-647-9352
NJ Frank Lautenberg 202-224-3224 202-228-4054 973-639-8700 973-639-8723
NJ Robert Menendez 202-224-4744 202-228-2197 973-645-3030 973-645-0502
NM Jeff Bingaman 202-224-5521 202-224-2852 505-988-6647 505-992-8435
NM Pete Domenici 202-224-6621 202-228-3261 505-346-6791 505-346-6720
NV John Ensign 202-224-6244 202-228-2193 702-388-6605 702-388-6501
NV Harry Reid 202-224-3542 202-224-7327 702-388-5020 702-388-5030
NY Hillary Clinton 202-224-4451 202-228-0282 212-688-6262 212-688-7444
Rodham
NY Charles Schumer 202-224-6542 202-228-3027 212-486-4430 212-486-7693
OH Sherrod Brown 202-224-2315 202-228-6321 216-522-7272
216-522-
2239
OH George Voinovich 202-224-3353 202-228-1382 614-469-6697 614-469-7733
OK Tom Coburn 202-224-5754 202-224-6008 918-581-7651 918-581-7195
OK James Inhofe 202-224-4721 202-228-0380 918-748-5111 918-748-5119
OR Gordon Smith 202-224-3753 202-228-3997 503-326-3386 503-326-2900
OR Ron Wyden 202-224-5244 202-228-2717 503-326-7525 503-326-7528
PA Bob Casey 202-224-6324 202-228-0604 717-231-7540
PA Arlen Specter 202-224-4254 202-228-1229 215-597-7200 215-597-0406
RI Jack Reed 202-224-4642 202-224-4680 401-943-3100 401-464-6837
RI Sheldon Whitehouse 202-224-2921 202-228-6362 401-453-5294
401-453-5085
SC Jim DeMint 202-224-6121 202-228-5143 864-233-5366 864-271-8901
SC Lindsey Graham 202-224-5972 202-224-3808 864-250-1417 864-250-4322
SD Timothy Johnson 202-224-5842 202-228-5765 605-332-8896 605-332-2824
SD John Thune 202-224-2321 202-228-5429 605-334-9596
TN Lamar Alexander 202-224-4944 202-228-3398 615-736-5129 615-269-4803
TN Bob Corker 202-224-3344 202-228-0566 423-756-2757
TX John Cornyn 202-224-2934 202-228-2856 512-469-6034 512-469-6020
TX Kay Bailey Hutchison 202-224-5922 202-224-0776 214-361-3500 214-361-3502
UT Robert Bennett 202-224-5444 202-228-1168 801-524-5933 801-524-5730
UT Orrin Hatch 202-224-5251 202-224-6331 801-524-4380 801-524-4379
VA John Warner 202-224-2023 202-224-6295 804-739-0247 804-739-3478
VA Jim Webb 202-224-4024 202-228-6363 804-771-2221
VT Patrick Leahy 202-224-4242 202-224-3479 802-863-2525
VT Bernard Sanders 202-224-5141 202-228-0776 802-862-0697 802-860-6370
WA Maria Cantwell 202-224-3441 202-228-0514 206-220-6400 206-220-6404
WA Patty Murray 202-224-2621 202-224-0238 206-553-5545 206-553-0891
WI Russell Feingold 202-224-5323 202-224-2725 608-828-1200 608-828-1203
WI Herb Kohl 202-224-5653 202-224-9787 414-297-4451 414-297-4455
WV Robert Byrd 202-224-3954 202-228-0002 304-342-5855 304-343-7144
WV John Rockefeller 202-224-6472 202-224-7665 304-347-5372 304-347-5371
WY John Barrasso 202-224-6441 202-224-1724 307-261-6413 307-265-6706
WY Michael Enzi 202-224-3424 202-228-0359 307-682-6268 307-682-6501
Sincerely,
Amy Philo
214-705-0169 home
817-793-8028 cell
URGENT! Sign the petition against the MOTHERS Act at
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-mothers-act
Visit
www.uniteforlife.org