I just got an email from Moveon saying the Alito filibuster has begun. Frist is going to call for cloture on Monday. The Dems need to at least put up a fight.
I haven’t been able to reach my senators’ Washington offices — the lines are busy! — so I tried the local district offices (find your senators’ here). Those lines are busy, too. Then I sent faxes, which are probably stuck in a fax queue. I’m going to keep trying the phones. I suppose emails wouldn’t hurt.
Do what you can!
Update: Found this at Democrats.com (click for more):
Here’s more contact info. Spread/email/post this far and wide. Let’s get everyone involved this weekend. Call tomorrow when cell phone minutes are free, and twice on Sunday!
The Three Turncoats:
Ben Nelson
Phone: (202) 224-6551 / (402) 441-4600
Fax: (202) 228-0012 / (402) 476-8753
Email: http://www.senate.gov/~bennelson/contact/email.cfmTim Johnson
Phone: (202) 224-5842 / (605) 226-3440 / (605) 341-3990 / (605) 332-8896
Fax: (202) 228-5765 / (605) 226-2439
Email: http://www.senate.gov/~johnson/emailform.cfmRobert Byrd
Phone: (202) 224-3954 / (304) 342-5855
Fax: (202) 228-0002 / (304) 343-7144
Email: http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.htmlOur “Party Leaderâ€:
Harry Reid
Phone: (202) 224-3542 / (702) 388-5020
Fax: (202) 224-7327 / (702) 388-5030
Email: http://reid.senate.gov/email_form.cfmDemocrats Not Confirmed Filibuster-ers:
Barack Obama
Phone: (202) 224-2854 / (312) 886-3506
Fax: (202) 228-4260 / (312) 886-3514
Email: http://obama.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm?cat=legalMary Landrieu
Phone: (202) 224-5824 / (504) 589-2427
Fax: (202) 224-9735 / 504) 589-4023
Email: http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfmKen Salazar
Phone: (202) 224-5852 / (303) 455-7600
Fax: (202) 228-5036 / (303) 455-8851
Email: http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfmJoe Biden
Phone: (202) 224-5042 / (302) 573-6345
Fax: (202) 224-0139 / (302) 573-6351
Email: http://biden.senate.gov/contact/emailjoe.cfmByron Dorgan
Phone: (202) 224-2551 / (701) 250-4618
Fax: (202) 224-1193 / (701) 250-4484
Email: [email protected]Diane Feinstein
Phone: (202) 224-3841 / (415) 393-0707
Fax: (202) 228-3954 / (415) 393-0710
Email: http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.htmlEvan Bayh
Phone: (202) 224-5623 / (317) 554-0750
Fax: (202) 228-1377 / (317) 554-0760
Email: http://bayh.senate.gov/LegForm.htmMaria Cantwell
Phone: (202) 224-3441 / (206) 220-6400
Fax: (202) 228-0514 / (206) 220-6404
Email: http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/Kent Conrad
Phone: (202) 224-2043 / (701) 258-4648
Fax: (202) 224-7776 / (701) 258-1254
Email: http://conrad.senate.gov/webform.htmlBlanche Lincoln
Phone: (202) 224-4843 / (501) 375-2993
Fax: (202) 228-1371 / (501) 375-7064
Email: http://lincoln.senate.gov/webform.htmlMark Pryor
Phone: (202) 224-2353 / (501) 324-6336
Fax: (202) 228-0908 / (501) 324-5320
Email: http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/Frank Lautenberg
Phone: (202) 224-3224 / (973)-639-8700 / (856) 338-8922
Fax: (202) 228-4054 / (973) 639-8723 / Fax: (856) 338-8936
Email: http://lautenberg.senate.gov/webform.html?Email=Email+Senator+Lautenberg+Your+Comments+on+an+IssueBob Menendez
Phone: (202) 224-4744
Fax: (202) 228-2197
Email: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mail/?id=395&type=CO&state=NJJay Rockefeller
Phone: (202) 224-6472 / (304) 347-5372
Fax: (202) 224-7665 / (304) 347-5371
Email: [email protected]And Sympathetic Republicans:
Lincoln Chafee
Phone: (202) 224-2921 / (401) 453-5294
Fax: (202) 228-2853 / (401) 453-5085
Email: http://chafee.senate.gov/webform_original.htmSusan Collins
Phone: (202) 224-2523 / (207) 945-0417
Fax: (202) 224-2693 / (207) 990-4604
Email: http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.Email&CFID=48722893&CFTOKEN=55709294Olympia Snowe (The ladies may have a uterus, just not a spine.)
Phone: (202) 224-5344 / (207) 874-0883
Fax: (202) 224-1946 / (207) 874-7631
Email: http://snowe.senate.gov/Webform.htm
I couldn’t get through to DC either, so I called the local offices of both my Senators (Hawai’i). The phone answerers each said their office was swamped.
I wonder what proportion of those calls from the citizenry are against confirmation? I know recent polls seemed to support confirmation, but not by much….
P.S. Just saw on dKos that our turncoat Ben “Helmet Head” Nelson is counting his fingers and toes re a filibuster. Called his local office to express my support for Kerry’s filibuster. I got voicemail, left a message, and sent Ben an email too. Not much gets thru his thick head, but it was worth a shot.
Tonight I’ll email friends in Colorado to work on Ken Salazar.