Filibustering FISA Legislation

Jun 25, 2008 13:22

I've been upset and bothered by a lot of things the president and congress have done in the past 7 years and have gotten angrier and angrier as our constitutional rights have been stripped away. I have emailed my representatives and congressmen (and signed more petitions) in the past 12 months than I have in all the rest of my years combined ( Read more... )

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oh HELL yeah... kuroshii June 25 2008, 19:04:57 UTC
i emailed my rep and both senators last friday morning, when i first heard about the legislation.

i got emails back from both senators (well, their staff) over the weekend. durbin intends to fight the bill, period. obama intends to fight to have the immunity provision removed. (i got an email back from my rep, too, but not only was it automated it came after the house had approved the damn thing so it was too late.)

here are direct US govornment links to find your rep and senators, too.
house of reps is here: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml
senate is here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
though if you wait to bookmark that until AFTER you've picked your state, it will remember and always go to your state

oh, and for good measure here's a link to find out how your people voted on any particular bill: Reply

Re: oh HELL yeah... tina_jens June 26 2008, 03:13:29 UTC
Excellent bonus material, Darci! Thank you!

Glad to hear you were even faster than me to enter the fray!

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